regions within China is considered. It is found that the direct contribution of WTO membership is small to the whole economy … 40 separate industries across 31 regions (or 8 regional blocks) of China for the period 2002–07. Labour movement between … in terms of growth and development. Real GDP will rise only 6.48 per cent (5.6 per cent) in the pure WTO short-run (long …

China’s recent accession to the WTO is expected to accelerate its integration into the world economy, which aggravates … concerns over the impact of globalization on the already rising inter-regional income inequality in China. This paper discusses … China’s globalization process and estimates an income generating function, incorporating trade and FDI variables. It then …

This paper depicts the trend of regional inequality in rural China for the period 1985-2002. The total inequality is … decomposed into the so-called within- and between-components when China is divided into three regional belts (east, central and …