Industrial Upgrading (Policy Choices for China in an Open Environment)

Author: Zhe Ru
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book is mainly composed of two parts: the preface and the main text. The preface section primarily describes the national and domestic economic background of the book's topic, as well as its theoretical and practical significance. It summarizes the research history and current status of the topic both domestically and internationally, outlines the research approach and methods of this book, and briefly introduces the difficulties and innovations encountered during the research process, as well as the main content and structure of the study. The main text is divided into seven chapters. The first part, "The Evolution of Theories on Industrial Upgrading Under Open Conditions," serves as the theoretical background, starting with the theoretical foundation for industrial structure upgrading. The second chapter empirically examines the historical practice of the flying geese model and industrial upgrading in East Asian countries. The third chapter analyzes the intrinsic relationship between the flying geese model, China's industrial upgrading, and economic growth. The fourth chapter explores the mechanism of industrial upgrading driven by opening up, primarily focusing on the role of technological progress and foreign trade in promoting industrial upgrading. The fifth chapter examines the mechanism of industrial upgrading driven by capital factor mobility. The sixth chapter investigates the path choices for China's industrial upgrading under open conditions. The seventh chapter takes China's automotive industry as a case study to research the realistic conditions and policy recommendations for industrial upgrading in the automotive sector under open conditions.