Exports and FDI in ChinaTools Zhang, Jing and Zhang, Xufei (2015) Exports and FDI in China. In: Handbook on trade and development. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 398-407. ISBN 9781781005309 Full text not available from this repository.AbstractSince it adopted open-door policy and launched economic reforms in 1978, China’s exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and economy have grown rapidly. China has become the largest exporter since 2009 and its exports have grown much faster than imports, resulting in a huge trade surplus over the years. Meanwhile, China has also been one of the largest recipients of FDI in the world. Its experience with exports and FDI undoubtedly has important implications for other developing countries. Rapid growth in China’s exports appears to have been due to its increasing involvement in processing trade, which is facilitated by FDI (see chapter by Sharma and Wang on this volume). Trade intermediaries and indirect export through Hong Kong also seem to play an important role in this process. Intermediary firms play an important role in international trade especially in Asian developing countries and recent research in international trade has begun to examine the role of intermediary firms in export expansion (Bernard et al, 2010 and Antras and Costinot, 2011). The purpose of this chapter is to provide an updated picture of China’s exports and FDI by surveying the most recent research on this topic. It also identifies the challenges China faces, and explores the policy implications.
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