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China's Opening up after 40 Years: Standing at a Historic Turning Point

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  • Jiandong Ju
  • Xinding Yu

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This paper comprehensively reviews China's openness since 1978 from three aspects: trade, foreign investment and global production sharing. We point out that the economic development of China is now standing at a historic turning point. Specifically, economic changes in China are discussed from four dimensions: (i) from China being a world assembly line to a world manufacturing powerhouse; (ii) from China being a world capital receiver to a world investor; (iii) from China being a world factory to a world market; and (iv) from the situation of “made in China†to “innovated in China.†At the same time, the global economic system has also reached a turning point. A “North America–Europe–Asia†tri†polar system has formed, in which the USA, Germany and China, respectively, serve as the regional core economies.

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  • Jiandong Ju & Xinding Yu, 2018. "China's Opening up after 40 Years: Standing at a Historic Turning Point," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 26(2), pages 23-49, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:chinae:v:26:y:2018:i:2:p:23-49
    DOI: 10.1111/cwe.12235
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