China: Políticas de Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento Econômico

The present study has as its objective to show the level of the economic development attained by the People’s Republic of China through analysis of statistical data in the term between 1978 and 2004. The study brings a brief historical about the Chinese society and explains concepts of economic growth, economic development,economic development according to the evolutionist theory, HDI and social development and International Trade policies. Following, we analyze statistical datafrom the country, in the light of theories mentioned throughout the study