The literature on regional change in post-reform China suggests a consistent pattern of increasing regional disparity during 1990s. This paper explains disparity through the lens of industrial transition as reflected in the three major economic sectors, agriculture, manufacturing, and services...

This paper will examine the policy actors and imperatives for regional innovation systems. The emphasis is on regional, rather than national systems, since regions have the competitive advantage in the global economic context of the borderless world (Acs 2002; Cooke et al, 2004; Ohmae, 1999; Sassen, 2006)....

The present study employs panel data of 29 provinces and municipalities in mainland China from 2003 to 2016 to empirically investigate the influence of international students on China's outward FDI. The results show that international students in China can significantly promote outward FDI in...