China's Technological Catch-Up Strategy: Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency, and Co2 Emissions

by Michael T. Rock and Michael Toman

Prior to 1979, China had a bifurcated and geographically-dispersed industrial structure made up of a relatively small number of large-scale, state-owned enterprises in various industries alongside numerous small-scale, energy-intensive and polluting enterprises. Economic reforms beginning in 1979 led to the rapid expansion of these small-scale manufacturing enterprises in numerous energy-intensive industries such as aluminum, cement, iron and steel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199385327
• ISBN13: 9780199385324
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.4"