Opportunities and challenges brought by the NIR for industrial upgrading in China -- Industrial policy and overcapacity: empirical research of China -- Zombie firms and industrial upgrading -- Industrial structure and global value chain -- Product Space and quality upgrade -- Platform economy:...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is currently promoting indigenous technology development through support of Chinese firms and, arguably, by restricting operations of foreign multinational firms. This policy seems to overlook the impact of foreign firms on technology development in local...

China needs a substantial growth of modern-sector employment to absorb its huge supply of underemployed people and new labor market entrants. The present crisis with its massive layoffs of workers makes the issue even more pressing. Although the government has announced large public investments...