China and the challenge of economic globalization : the impact of WTO membership / edited by Hung-Gay Fung, Changhong Pei, and Kevin H. Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fung, Hung-gay.

Pei, Changhong.

Zhang, Kevin H.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization--China.

World Trade Organization.

China--Commerce.

China.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This multidisciplinary study evaluates the implications of China's WTO membership on the nation and provides policy guidance for those doing business in China or working with the Chinese economy.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Part I Economic Performance After China's Accession to the World Trade Organization; 1 An Analysis of China's Foreign Trade After WTO Accession; 2 Foreign Direct Investment Opportunity or Challenge for China After WTO Membership?; 3 China's WTO Compliance Commitment and Progress in the Initial Stage; 4 After Accession to the WTO Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Western China; Part II The WTO and China's Economic Welfare; 5 Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality; 6 A New World Factory and China's Labor Force

7 China's WTO Membership Commitments and Challenges 8 Corporatism Rebuilding the Framework of China's Welfare Regime; 9 China's Trade-Related Investment Measures and Their Development Following WTO Accession; 10 China's Employment and WTO Accession; Part III Financial Reforms and Capital Markets; 11 China's Financial Reform in Banking and Securities Markets; 12 How Do Chinese Firms Raise Capital? An International Comparison; 13 The Debt Financing Gap for Small Business in China; 14 Institutional Reform in the Chinese Banking System and China's Implementation of Commitments to the WTO

Part IV Industrial and Agricultural Development 15 Openness and China's Industrial Locations An Empirical Investigation; 16 Agricultural Policy Developments After China's Accession to the WTO; 17 The Impact of China's Accession to the WTO on Chinese Agriculture and Farmers; 18 Recent Development of the Petroleum Industry in China; About the Editors and Contributors; Index

Notes:

An East Gate book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610912445

9781315497716

1315497719

9781315497723

1315497727

9781315497730

1315497735

9781280912443

1280912448

9780765620033

0765620030

OCLC:

242684444