Multiregional Economic Development in China

This book provides, in an easy-to-use format, an extensive collection of data and information on China’s 31 provinces and its interprovincial economic linkages. Intended as a comprehensive resource book, it profiles the geography, demography, and eco

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iregional Economic Development in China

Multiregional Economic Development in China

Rongxing Guo Hao Gui Luc Changlei Guo •

Multiregional Economic Development in China

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Luc Changlei Guo Xinhua Daxin Shenzhen China

Rongxing Guo Regional Science Association Peking University Beijing China Hao Gui Shenhua Group Beijing China

ISBN 978-3-662-46619-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-46620-9

ISBN 978-3-662-46620-9

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Notes on the Text

Most of China’s provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities that are under the direct control of the central government), which are the average size and scale of a European country in population or land area, are considerable political and economic systems in their own right. Indeed, the Chinese economy is far too huge and spatially complicated and diversified to be misinterpreted. The only feasible approach to analyzing it is, therefore, to divide it into smaller geographical elements through which one can have a better insight into the spatial mechanisms and regional characteristics. This book provides, in an easy-to-use format, a broad collection of data and information on China’s 31 provinces and its interprovincial economic linkages. It is a resource book that profiles the geography, demography, and economy for each of these provinces. The materials presented in this book, which are gathered from a variety of sources and some of which (especially those in Chap. 2) are not easily found in English media, will be of great value to students, researchers, business and government agencies, and news media who are interested in either individual provinces or China as a whole. In this book, the geographical scope of China covers only mainla