Economic Developments in Contemporary China

<p>China’s role in global affairs today continues to rise. This book provides an authoritative comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary economic developments in China. Key topics include agriculture; the market gradually replacing central planning; the global financial crisis; the reform of state-owned industrial enterprises; the non-state sectors; the ‘open-door’ policy (including the WTO exchange rate policy and inward and outward direct foreign investment); and China’s economic performance in general. </p><p>The book continues - and adds to – the overview of developments up to May 2006 which were covered in the author’s <em>China: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments</em> (2006) and is the companion volume to <em>Political Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide</em> (2010) - both published by Routledge.</p>