China's New Development Strategies

This book examines China's new development policies, which seek to reposition China from export platform for a diverse array of low-cost consumer goods to technological leader in sectors linked to advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, e-commerce, and new internet-related production networks oriented to China's large domestic market. Focusing on the post-2010 period, the book shows how China's central government programs and reforms (upgrading from above) are coupled with a wide variety of local government policies, firm strategies, and domestic economy shifts (upgrading from below) that link China's top-down programs into industrial growth on the ground. Placing China's current development push within a global value chain (GVC) context shows how Chinese development strategies and the global economy remain intertwined. This volume brings together international GVC experts and China-based researchers who have carried out detailed fieldwork and industry specific quantitative analyses of GVCs and development with important implications for policymakers in both developed and developing economies.

Provides valuable insights into industrial policies, global industries, and logistics Explores how and why Chinese supply chains aren't easily replicable Forecasts how COVID-19 and digital transformations might change global economic structures

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Gary Gereffi is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Value Chains Center at Duke University. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. degree from Yale University. Gereffi has published over a dozen books and numerous articles on globalization, industrial upgrading, and social and economic development, and he is one of the originators of the global value chains framework. Recent books include: Handbook on Global Value Chains (Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, and Gale Raj-Reichert, co-editors) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019); Global Value Chains and Development: Redefining the Contours of 21st Century Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018); and Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective (Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi, and Cornelia Staritz, co-editors) (The World Bank, 2010).

Penny Bamber is a global value chain specialist, with more than a decade of experience working at the Duke Global Value Chains Center. She has contributed significantly to the development of the global value chain framework, particularly with respect to the intersection between international business and country-level development policy. She has published extensively, contributing to numerous books, reports and journal articles on economic growth and development, technology and skills for the future and the role of gender amongst others. Penny has consulted and provided policy analysis widely for national and international organizations, including the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation, UNCTAD, ILO, the African Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Karina Fernandez-Stark is an international consultant and a Duke Global Value Chains Center Affiliate, who has led numerous research projects related to economic development and competitiveness around the world. She has consulted for the African Development Bank, ECLAC, Inter-American Development Bank, OECD, UNCTAD and the World Bank, amongst others. Together with Gary Gereffi, Karina authored the highly cited book Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer. She has published several research reports and articles on industrial upgrading and social and economic development. Her research continuously brings a policy focus advising country governments in different continents. Karina has conducted Global Value Chains workshops in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Klappentext

This book examines Chinäs new development policies, which seek to reposition China from export platform for a diverse array of low-cost consumer goods to technological leader in sectors linked to advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, e-commerce, and new internet-related production networks oriented to Chinäs large domestic market. Focusing on the post-2010 period, the book shows how Chinäs central government programs and reforms ( upgrading from above ) are coupled with a wide variety of local government policies, firm strategies, and domestic economy shifts ( upgrading from below ) that link Chinäs top-down programs into industrial growth on the ground. Placing Chinäs current development push within a global value chain (GVC) context shows how Chinese development strategies and the global economy remain intertwined. This volume brings together international GVC experts and China-based researchers who have carried out detailed fieldwork and industry specific quantitative analyses of GVCs and development with important implications for policymakers in both developed and developing economies.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part 1. Upgrading from Above: Industry 4.0 and China's New Development Strategies.- Chapter 2. Made in China 2025: Advanced Manufacturing and Transformation of Production Networks.- Chapter 3. Alibaba's Distribution-Driven Approach Towards the Industrial Internet: A Chinese Approach to Industry 4.0? - Chapter 4. Reorganization of Global Value Chains in the Digital Economy: China's Response.- Chapter 5. Industry 4.0: China's Path to the Adoption of Digitalization and Automation Technologies.- Part 2. Upgrading from Below: Active Local Governments and Firms and the Reconfiguration of Value Chains in China.- Chapter 6. Industrial Upgrading from Below: Can Chinese Local Manufacturing Firms Reconfigure Global Value Chains? - Chapter 7. Objective and Subjective Social Upgrading and Downgrading of Technical Workers in China's Transitional Economy.- Chapter 8. Active local government and new Chinese firms in the emerging industries in Kunshan.- Chapter 9. Small City, Big Wisdom: Urban Transformation and Industrial Upgrading Strategies for Kunshan in the Changing Globalization Era.- Part 3. China's Shifting Role in Regional and Global Value Chains.- Chapter 10. China's Shifting Roles in Asian Electronics Trade Networks: Implications for Regional Value Chains.- Chapter 11. Chinese Cities in ICT Manufacturing Value Chains: A Multi-Product Analysis.- Chapter 12. Whither Global Value Chains: The Shifting Role of Taiwanese FDI in Mainland China.- Chapter 13. China's Energy Policy: Implications of 'Green or Brown' Recovery for China's Role in Manufacturing GVCs.- Chapter 14. Concluding Note.