Annual Report on the Development of China’s Special Economic Zones (2019)

Abstract

"The Annual Report objectively reflects the year's developments in terms of politics, the economy, society, culture, the environment, innovation and reform, and describes the problems, challenges and countermeasures in both traditional and new special economic zones. It provides an analysis of China's special economic zones, including a review of the year's developments in the form of experimental zones. It also presents new special economic zones and focuses on analyzing the transformation of these zones; the use of resources; sustainable, economic and social development; social security and technical innovation in the context of current developments. It also offers a comparative analysis and makes policy and development suggestions for each issue."--Publisher's description. Preface -- PART I. GENERAL REPORT -- 1 Annual Report on the Development of China's Special Economic Zones / Tao Yitao and Li Meng -- PART II. REPORTS ON SPECIFIC RESEARCHES -- 2. Report on the Industrial Transformation Development of China's Special Economic Zones / Yiming Yuan, Yikun Zhou and Zhenkun Yan -- 3. Report on the Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Development of China's Special Economic Zones / Ruoyu Zhong and Xincai Peng -- 4. Report on the Innovative Development of China's Special Economic Zones / Kai Zhang and Songbin Wu -- 5. Report on the Institutional Reform of China's Special Economic Zones / Jiaxi Chen, Huidan Huang and Ruiting Zuo -- 6. Report on the Construction of the Social Credit System in China's Special Economic Zones / Keting Zhang and Fang Zhang -- 7. Report on the Development of Social Security in China's Special Economic Zones / Xingmin Gao, Jinhong Xu, Xiangjun Zhang and Fawen Gao -- 8. Report on the Development of the Financial Industry in China's Special Economic Zones / Maojia Guo -- 9. Report on the Development of the Cultural Industry in China's Special Economic Zones / Yaqin Zhong -- PART III. INVESTIGATION REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES -- 10. Report on the Development of Africa's Special Economic Zones / Haiping Luo.