International Economic Cooperation - (Second Edition)

Author: Li Hong
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Since the beginning of the 21st century, technological revolutions have rapidly developed. International division of labor, characterized by industrial restructuring, has further deepened. The relationship of both competition and interdependence among countries has become increasingly strong, and the world economy has been continuously moving towards globalization, integration, and internationalization. Against the backdrop of the continuous development of the world economy, the content and forms of international economic cooperation have also undergone new developments and changes: the cross-border movement of factors of production such as capital, technology, and labor has accelerated, and cooperation has expanded continuously in the fields of capital, production, technology, and services of various countries; the forms of international economic coordination have been constantly evolving, with expanding coordination areas and increasing levels of coordination; new waves of regional economic integration have strengthened economic cooperation among countries within the regions. Since the beginning of the new century, due to the continuous deepening of China's reform and opening-up, especially after China's accession to the World Trade Organization, China's economy has achieved significant development. Comprehensive cooperation has been carried out with countries in the fields of trade, investment, technology, production, finance, and services. China's economy has been fully integrated into the world economic system, and the degree of economic internationalization has been continuously improving. In response to the new changes in international economic cooperation and to meet the needs of teaching and research, we have revised the edition of the book "International Economic Cooperation," deleting some content and adding and supplementing new content. The revisions are mainly reflected in the following aspects: Chapter 1 has been expanded to include an overview of China's foreign economic cooperation development; Chapter 2 has had some content removed and has been supplemented with content on economic internationalization, integration, and globalization, using this background to discuss theoretical issues of international economic cooperation; the original Chapters 3 and 4 have been combined; the original Chapter 8 has been divided into two parts: international engineering contracting cooperation and international labor cooperation, to adapt to the rapid development of China's foreign engineering contracting and labor cooperation. In addition, revisions and supplements have been made to other chapters. The newly revised second edition of "International Economic Cooperation" consists of 10 chapters and an appendix. The main content includes an overview of international economic cooperation, economic globalization and international economic cooperation, international economic coordination and legal protection, international leasing cooperation, international technology transfer cooperation, international investment cooperation, international credit cooperation, international engineering contracting cooperation, and international development assistance. The book incorporates some case studies, and each chapter is followed by review questions to help readers further analyze and study the issues discussed in the book. In summary, the second edition of "International Economic Cooperation" is more suitable for teaching and research in undergraduate and graduate courses related to international economic trade in terms of structure, content, and teaching hours.