Since the late 1970s, China has enjoyed one of the most remarkable periods of economic growth ever seen. However, the country faces deep economic, ecological, political and social challenges. It is at the crossroads. In order to attempt to resolve the challenges, which path will China take? Will...

China's fast economic growth after 1978 provided opportunities for existing large plants to grow into more complex, big businesses, stimulated especially by booming demand for their `upstream' products, such as steel, heavy machinery and petrochemicals. However, large firms emerged also from...

The main body of the paper analyses the reasons and the nature of Corporation's remarkable growth during the economic reform years since the late 1970s in China.

In the analysis of China's industrial reforms attention has focused on the declining role of the state sector. However, the emergence of the fast-growing market economy in China since the late 1970s has provided opportunities for traditional large plants to grow into more complex big businesses,...

In China's industrial reform, alongside the much-studied dynamism of small industries, there has been a simultaneous powerful growth of large-scale state industry. State planning has played an important role in this process, through heavy protection from international competition and support for...

China has actively implemented an industrial policy during the last two decades. However, despite important progress, the overall result is rather disappointing. Should China continue to pursue industrial policy? Should China focus instead on developing successful globally competitive firms...