Regional Economic Development in China in 2020

This book focuses on China's regional economic development, particularly of urban clusters such as those around Beijing and Shanghai as well as in the Pearl River Delta. This book includes an extensive analysis of how Chinese urbanism is happening in practice, whether in the Belt and Road, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, or with regards to the synergistic effects of high-speed rail. This book comprehensively and systematically expounds the status quo, significance, and construction of the future pattern of China's regional coordinated development practice.

Provides insights into the new Chinese megacities Explores how high-speed rail drives new urban corridors of density Argues for the alleviation of the resource gap between urban centers and rural areas

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Jiuwen Sun is a professor and doctoral tutor of the School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China. He is also the president of the National Economic and Geographical Research Association, the vice president of the China Regional Economic Association, the vice president of the China Regional Science Association, and member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development of the State Council. His research interests include regional economic theory, urban economic theory, and poverty alleviation and development.

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Part New Environments for China's Regional Economic Development.- Chapter 1 Domestic Environment.- Chapter 2 International Environment.- Part New Impetus for China's Regional Economic Development.- Chapter 3 Strategy for the Ecological Conservation and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin Economic Zone.- Chapter 4 Strategy for the Development of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.- Chapter 5 Improvements to China's New Urban System.- Chapter 6 China's Integrated Urban-Rural Development and Rural Revitalization.- Part New Paradigm for China's Regional Economic Development.- Chapter 7 China's "Dual-Circulation" Paradigm: Its Background and Philosophy of Development.- Chapter 8 Synergies Between the "Dual-Circulation" Paradigm and Metropolitan Areas.- Chapter 9 China's Industrial Layout Under the "Dual-Circulation" Paradigm.- Part Summary and Prospect.- Chapter 10 Summary of China's 13th Five-Year Plan Period and Prospect for Its 14th Five-Year Plan Period.