Introduction -- Regional pollution emission in China -- Technology, production, and the environment -- Regional convergence from an environmental perspective -- Openness, the environment, and productivity -- Structural change, convergence, and the environment -- Unbalanced development and the...

Economic Transformation -- . China in Transformation -- Human Capital -- Human Capital in China -- Labor-Force Human Capital -- Technology Diffusion -- Structural Change -- Development Strategies -- Structure and Inequality -- The Role of Human Capital -- A Theoretical Model.

"This book discusses economic development of contemporary China from multiple perspectives. China was historically the world's largest economy and enjoyed one of the most splendid civilizations. China's GDP consisted of about one third of the world's total by 1820. However, because of the...