Regional powerhouse
Subtitle: the Greater Pearl River Delta and the rise of China
By: Michael Enright, Edith E. Scott, Ka-mun Chang.
Contributors: Scott, Edith E., 1958-; Chang, Ka-mun.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Singapore; Hoboken, NJ; Chichester, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Industries -- China -- Pearl River Delta; Pearl River Delta (China) -- Economic conditions; China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000
Description: Publisher description: China's economic rise has captured the world's imagination. At the forefront has been the Greater Pearl River Delta, a region consisting of Hong Kong, Macao, and part of Guangdong Province, whose unique and complex complementarities have created a regional powerhouse of global importance. The authors show how the Greater Pearl River Delta region has benefited from China's economic opening by combining the international orientation, business experience, and financial muscle of Hong Kong and Macao with the land, labor, and skills of the Chinese Mainland. They show how this combination has created an increasing number of world beating industries that have attracted companies and business people from all around the globe. They show how China's accession into the WTO strengthens the region's position in the national and international economies. Finally, they show how the region's trajectory will lead it to even greater prominence in the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-320) and index.