Research on the Development Trend of the Economic Relationship between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao

Author: Chen Guanghan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Front Shop, Back Factory" is a typical economic cooperation model that has emerged between Hong Kong, Macao, and the Pearl River Delta since the 1980s. This book, based on the "Front Shop, Back Factory" model, studies the development and evolution of the economic relationship among Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. The openness of the Chinese mainland market and the changes in comparative advantages between Hong Kong, Macao, and the Pearl River Delta are the two basic factors influencing the economic relationship among them. The implementation of the CEPA is a significant milestone in distinguishing the economic and trade relationship between Hong Kong and Macao and the mainland. This book's first part studies the formation of the "Front Shop, Back Factory" model from the perspective of cooperation patterns or models and explores how the economic and trade cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong will "shift from manufacturing to services." The second part reveals from the perspective of mechanisms and systems how the economic and trade cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will transition from "spontaneous cooperation" to "conscious cooperation." Moving from "Front Shop, Back Factory" to "unified market," from "manufacturing" to "services," and from "spontaneous cooperation" to "conscious cooperation" represents the author's theoretical summary of the development and evolution of the economic relationship among Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao in terms of cooperation patterns (models), cooperation content, and cooperation mechanisms. This also constitutes the main content of the book.