China's special economic zones at 30

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-240

  Yeung, Yue Man ^a   Lee, Joanna ^a   Kee, Gordon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hainan; Hong Kong; Innovation diffusion; Macao; Open door policy; Shantou; Shenzhen; Special economic zones; Technology transfer; Wage reform; Xiamen; Zhuhai

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBALIZATION; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; OPEN DOOR POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649993094     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.2.222     Document Type: Article

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