Spatial Structure And Regional Development In China: An Interregional Input-output Approach

摘要

Scholars and policy-makers have long fretted about the causes and consequences of spatially uneven development in China. Goodman and Segal (1994) suggested that the forces of localism and regionalism were producing a China that was 'fuzzy at the edges' (p. xii), and, if left unchecked, might cause the country to 'deconstruct'. Wang and Hu (1999), recognizing that perceived or real regional economic disparities may provide cause for social unrest, urged empowerment of central and western regions through increased investment in human capital and infrastructure, coupled with incentives for non-government investors. In this edited volume, editors N. Okamoto and T. Ihara, along with eight other Japanese and Chinese scholars, seek to 'understand regional development in China in a spatial context ... [and] show how to apply an input-output analysis to considering such issues' (p. x). To do this, they use data from a 2003 Multi-regional Input-Output Model for China (CMRIO) developed by the Institute for Developing Economies in Japan.