Foreign direct investment in China by country of origin, on the one hand, presents significant diversification in terms of the total number of investing countries; on the other hand, it also shows great concentration in terms of the overwhelming dominance of developing source countries,...

The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade and further to examine the impact of FDI on trade from the evidence of China. Some earlier theoretical work has predicted either a substitute or complementary relationship...

The manufacturing sector has been the most important and the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China since 1979. This article examines the composition and the location determinants of FDI in China's manufacturing. The study shows that FDI in China's manufacturing is mainly...

This paper examines the process and extent of China's commercial integration into the global economy through its trade and investment links. China's emergence as an economic entity appears to have been a result of combination of 'push' factors in capital rich economies such as the NIEs and...

Using an econometric regression analysis to test the hypotheses based on the location advantages of the theory of FDI, this paper investigated and answered two main questions: what are the location determinants of FDI inflows into developing countries and what is the relative performance of...

Using panel data, a multiple regression model of the location decision of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China is developed and estimated. The results for the period of 1987-94 of China's 29 provinces indicate that provinces with higher GDP, higher per capita income, higher level of...

The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade and further to examine the impact of FDI on trade from the evidence of China. Some earlier theoretical work has predicted either a substitute or complementary relationship...

This paper examines the evolution and the main features of China's inward foreign direct investment policies implemented since 1979. The paper reveals that in all the policy aspects relating to FDI China has taken a positive but gradual reform approach. This has been demonstrated by the gradual...

Foreign direct investment in China by country of origin, on the one hand, presents significant diversification in terms of the total number of investing countries; on the other hand, it also shows great concentration in terms of the overwhelming dominance of developing source countries,...

The manufacturing sector has been the most important and the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China since 1979. This article examines the composition and the location determinants of FDI in China's manufacturing. The study shows that FDI in China's manufacturing is mainly...