China has accelerated and deepened bank reform since it joined the WTO in 2001. Employing a stochastic distance … governance changes on bank efficiency in China for the period 1995-2005. Our results show that bank efficiency has been improved … foreign competition is beneficial to China's on-going bank reform, and going-public is just a means to allow effective foreign …

address future economic development in China. These policies emphasized 'building a harmonious society' using a 'scientific … approach'. The paper assesses whether these policies are likely to help China achieve its target of quadrupling per capita GDP …

Hong Kong and Macau were re-united with China in the late 1990s as two special administrative regions (SARs). Over the … last half century, they were China's good examples of economic development, windows of openness and investors. Due to … historical reasons, China lagged far behind Hong Kong and Macau in terms of per capita incomes. However, rapid economic growth in …

China's economic miracle over the past three decades has been featured with its open-door policy, especially the … regional growth differences in China. However, it suggests that FDI cannot be blamed for causing regional inequality; it is the …

China's economic miracle over the past three decades has been featured with its open-door policy, especially the … regional growth differences in China. However, it suggests that FDI cannot be blamed for causing regional inequality; it is the … investments as a means to reduce regional inequality. -- foreign direct investment ; regional inequality ; China …

One downside effect of rapid economic growth in China has been the ever rising inter-regional inequality. Foreign … FDI has been an important factor of economic growth in China. It also suggests that it is the uneven distribution of FDI …

Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the pressure for bank reforms has mounted as China ought to fully open up its … foreign competition can solve China's banking problem remains to be tested. This paper aims to answer this question through …