Regional Powerhouse

Michael Enright and Edith Scott, the top specialists on the Hong Kong economy, have here traced the big new development, the intimate linkages between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta area to create a dynamism and vitality that rivals that of Shanghai. Thorough, informative, analytic."
--Ezra Vogel
　　Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences　Harvard University Asia Center
　"Regional Powerhouse: The Greater Pearl River Delta and the Rise of China is a compelling and rigorous insight on the region that led China's economic miracle and continues today as a pivotal piece in the global economic jigsaw."
　　Chairman and CEO, Asia　Morgan Stanley
　"For those of us who live in this region, this book captures for the first time 　the full magnitude and complexity of the strength that has emerged from our unique interactions. For those living elsewhere, it makes a compelling case for why the Greater Pearl River Delta region should be in the forefront of their own understanding of an emerging China."
Wirman, The Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council

Book Description

The authors show how the Greater Pearl River Delta region has benefited from China's economic opening by combining the international orientation, business experience, and financial muscle of Hong Kong and Macao with the land, labor, an skills of the Chinese mainland. They show how this combination has created an increasing number of world beating industries that have attracted companies and business people from all around the globe. They show how China's accession into the WTO strengthens the region's position in the national and international economies. Finally, they show how the region's trajectory will lead it to even greater prominence in the future.

Book Dimension
Height (mm) 234 Width (mm) 165

1 China, its regions, and the Greater Pearl River Delta
1
2 The economic development of Hong Kong
15
3 The economic development of the Pearl River Delta region
35
4 Economic interaction between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region
67
5 Combinations and competitiveness in the Greater Pearl River Delta region
97
6 Forces shaping the Greater Pearl River Delta region
135
7 Future interaction between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region
165
8 Future combinations and competitiveness in the Greater Pearl River Delta region 191
9 Issues for the Greater Pearl River Delta region
227
10 The Greater Pearl River Delta region in perspective
253