| The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones Contributor(s): Crane, George T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873325141 ISBN-13: 9780873325141 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - History | Military - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.951 |
| LCCN: 89010759 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Series: Studies on Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1979 China launched a new international economic policy with the establishment of four Special Economic Zones (SEZs): Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Shantou in Guangdong Province and Xiamen in Fujian Province. Modelled loosely on export processing zones and free trade zones found in other less developed countries, the SEZs offer a variety of financial inducements to foreign investors in order to harness international business for national economic advantage. Designed to be a cornerstone of China's economic reforms, by 1985 the SEZs (in the mid-80s zone-like policies were extended to fourteen coastal cities) were scandal-ridden and fraught with serious problems. This work, the first book-length analysis in English of China's SEZs, examines the problems and promise of this innovative approach to "structural economic reform" and the comparative significance of the SEZs. |