While European integration has substantially contributed to economic convergence between the member states of the EU … towards economic convergence on a national scale between 2000 and 2011, mainly caused by the rapid growth of the most lagging … countries. On a regional scale, however, the process of convergence was much slower and almost came to an end after the …

transformation and its impact on economic growth. To fill the gap, this paper takes a deep dive into China's convergence progress in … that China's productivity convergence remains at an early stage, with the industrial sector more advanced than services …-tech sectors. Going forward, ample room remains for further convergence, but the shrinking distance to the frontier, the structural …