Regional China A Business and Economic Handbook

Most of China's provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities that are under the direct control of the central government), which are the average size and scale of a European country in population and land area, are considerable political and economic systems in their own right. This handbook provides, in an easy to use format, a broad collection of data on China's 31 provinces. It is a resource book that profiles the geography, demography, economy, political environment and business climates for each of these provinces.The materials included in this handbook, which can be regularly updated with new editions to make sure that the provincial data are as up-to-date as possible, are clearly presented in one volume and will become a useful source book to researchers, businesses, government agencies, and news media with an interest in either the rapidly changing provincial economies or the Chinese economy as a whole.

RONGXING GUO is Head of Regional Economics Committee of Regional Science Association of China at Beijing University, China. He has served with the OECD in Paris and at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He has an Amazon (USA) author's page.

Acknowledgments
Maps and Facts
Introduction
PART I: PROVINCES A-Z

Anhui
Beijing
Chongqing
Fujian
Gansu
Guangdong
Guangxi
Guizhou
Hainan
Hebei
Heilongjiang
Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Inner Mongolia
Jiangsu
Jiangxi
Jilin
Liaoning
Ningxia
Qinghai
Shaanxi
Shandong
Shanghai
Shanxi
Sichuan
Tianjin
Tibet
Xinjiang
Yunnan
Zhejiang

PART II: RANKING THE PROVINCES
Per Capita Gross Regional Product (GRP)
Population
Ratio of Illiterate Population Aged 15 or Over
Gross Regional Product (GRP)
Composition of GRP: Primary Sector
Composition of GRP: Secondary Sector
Composition of GRP: Tertiary Sector
Fixed Asset Investment
Status of Foreign Funded Enterprises: Number of Registered Enterprises
Status of Foreign Funded Enterprises: Total Investment
Status of Foreign Funded Enterprises: Registered Capital
Foreign Trade: Export
Foreign Trade: Import
Sales of Consumer Goods
Per Capita Annual Disposable Income of Urban Residents
Engle's Coefficient of Urban Residents
Per Capita Annual Net Income of Rural Residents
Engle's Coefficient of Rural Residents
Number of Patent Application Granted
Number of Patent Application Granted: Inventions
Number of Patent Application Granted: Utility Models
Number of Patent Application Granted: Designs
Ease of Doing Business: Starting a Business
Ease of Doing Business: Registering Property
Ease of Doing Business: Getting Credit – Creating and Registering Collateral
Ease of Doing Business: Enforcing Contracts
Notes on the Text
Abbreviations
Glossary
Appendix