Yang, Zhifeng; Anwar, Sajid; Yang, Yuqi - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 2, pp. 1-18
(FDI) on industrialization across China's four major regions - East, Central, West, and Northeast - using panel data from … 31 provinces (1998-2016). Our findings reveal significant regional variations: FDI negatively impacts industrialization … and Western regions. To achieve balanced industrialization, policymakers should adopt spatially differentiated strategies …