The structure and organization of China's local and provincial telecommunications organizations are not well known outside China. This paper describes the institutional structure and internal management practices of China's telecommunications industry. The first section discusses the...

This forward-looking volume offers insights into the globalization of the Chinese economy and its accession to the WTO. The contributors provide updated accounts of recent developments in the Chinese economy and examines the implications of China's accession for the rest of the world.

This forward-looking volume offers insights into the globalization of the Chinese economy and its accession to the WTO. The contributors provide updated accounts of recent developments in the Chinese economy and examines the implications of China's accession for the rest of the world.

Five years after its accession to the World Trade Organization, China has to carry out full commitments of market opening in many fronts, in particular the local currency banking services. Meanwhile, as China gradually rises to the rank of the middle-income countries, it faces the possible...

In the last two decades, China's western inland region has largely been left out of the nation's economic boom. While its 355-million population accounts for 28% and its land area for 71% of China's total, the region's share of the national GDP is under 20%. Since 1999, Beijing has implemented...