Regional Economic Development in China

The Contributors

xv The Contributors Chen฀Wen฀is฀Professor฀and฀Head฀of฀the฀Centre฀for฀Regional฀Development฀ and฀ Planning,฀ Nanjing฀ Institute฀ of฀ Geography฀ and฀ Limnology,฀ Chinese฀ Academy฀of฀Sciences,฀Nanjing. Chen฀Ziqiang฀is฀a฀graduate฀of฀the฀Ocean฀University฀of฀China,฀Qingdao,฀ majoring฀in฀the฀management฀of฀agricultural฀economics. Du฀Jiang฀is฀Professor฀in฀the฀College฀of฀Economics฀at฀Sichuan฀University.฀ His฀research฀is฀on฀foreign฀direct฀investments฀and฀international฀finance.฀He฀ has฀a฀Ph.D.฀in฀Management. Feng฀Yueqiu฀is฀Director฀of฀the฀International฀Cooperation฀Department฀at฀the฀ China฀Development฀Institute,฀taking฀charge฀of฀public฀affairs,฀and฀relations฀ with฀international฀organizations฀and฀think-tanks.฀She฀was฀formerly฀a฀lecturer฀ in฀the฀English฀Department฀of฀Qiqihar฀University.฀She฀has฀a฀special฀interest฀in฀ regional฀economy฀and฀development.฀She฀has฀a฀M.A.฀degree฀in฀Economics. Guo฀Wanda฀ was฀Head฀of฀the฀research฀project฀on฀Study฀on฀the฀Important฀ Areas฀ and฀ Regions฀ in฀ the฀ New฀ Round฀ of฀ Chin’s฀ Opening฀ for฀ the฀ Ministry฀ of฀Commerce฀of฀China฀and฀also฀the฀project฀on฀Study฀on฀the฀Development฀ Strategies฀for฀Cooperation฀between฀Shenzhen฀and฀Hong฀Kong฀for฀the฀Shenzhen฀ Municipal฀Government.฀He฀received฀his฀Ph.D.฀in฀Economics฀from฀Nankai฀ ฀ University. Han฀Limin฀is฀Professor฀in฀the฀Management฀College฀of฀Ocean฀University฀of฀ China,฀Qingdao.฀He฀specializes฀in฀foreign฀economy฀and฀trade,฀port฀economics฀ and฀agricultural฀economics. 00฀RegEDC.indd฀฀฀15 7/29/09฀฀฀9:35:22฀AM xvi xvi฀ The฀Contributors Jun฀ Zhang฀ is฀Cheong฀Kong฀Professor฀of฀Economics฀and฀Director฀of฀the฀ China฀Centre฀for฀Economic฀Studies฀at฀Fundan฀University,฀China. Li฀Yongning฀is฀Professor฀and฀Director฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀International฀Studies฀ at฀the฀Guangzhou฀Academy฀of฀Social฀Sciences.฀His฀research฀area฀is฀on฀economic฀ sociology,฀focusing฀on฀regional฀management฀and฀development฀studies.฀He฀ is฀the฀author฀of฀many฀policy฀research฀reports฀on฀international฀cooperation฀ between฀the฀Pearl฀River฀Delta฀and฀other฀mega-cities฀in฀East฀Asia.฀ Lin฀ Chao฀ is฀a฀graduate฀of฀the฀Ocean฀University฀of฀China,฀Qingdao.฀He฀ specializes฀on฀management฀of฀฀agricultural฀economics. Liu฀Feng฀is฀Senior฀Research฀Associate฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Development฀ Strategy฀and฀Regional฀Economy฀in฀the฀Development฀Research฀Centre฀of฀the฀ State฀Council.฀His฀research฀interests฀are฀regional฀economics฀and฀tourism.฀He฀ has฀served฀as฀a฀consultant฀to฀many฀local฀governments฀in฀China.฀He฀obtained฀ his฀Ph.D.฀from฀the฀Chinese฀Academy฀of฀Sciences. Lu฀ Ding฀ is฀Professor฀of฀Economics฀and฀Senior฀Research฀Associate฀at฀the฀ University฀of฀Fraser฀Valley฀University,฀Canada.฀He฀had฀previously฀worked฀ in฀Sophia฀University,฀National฀University฀of฀Singapore,฀and฀University฀of฀ Nebraska฀at฀Omaha.฀His฀research฀interests฀include฀international฀trade฀and฀ investment,฀ economic฀ system,฀ and฀ regional฀ economic฀ development.฀ He฀ received฀his฀Ph.D.฀from฀Northwestern฀University,฀United฀States. Lye฀ Liang฀ Fook฀ is฀ Research฀ Fellow฀ in฀ the฀ East฀ Asian฀ Institute,฀ National฀ University฀of฀Singapore.฀He฀manages฀the฀Secretariat฀of฀Singapore’s฀Network฀ of฀East฀Asian฀Think-Tanks,฀a฀Tract฀2฀body฀under฀the฀ASEAN+3฀framework฀ to฀foster฀regional฀economic฀cooperation.฀He฀was฀previously฀working฀in฀the฀ Ministry฀of฀Foreign฀Affairs,฀Singapore.฀His฀research฀interests฀include฀China’s฀ central-local฀relations,฀leadership฀changes,฀and฀political฀stability฀in฀China. Ping฀Shu฀is฀Associate฀Professor฀at฀the฀School฀of฀Economics,฀Nankai฀University,฀ Tianjin. Saw฀Swee-Hock฀is฀Professorial฀Fellow฀in฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies,฀Singapore,฀and฀Honorary฀Professor฀in฀the฀University฀of฀Hong฀Kong฀ and฀Xiamen฀University.฀He฀is฀also฀an฀Honorary฀Fellow฀of฀the฀London฀School฀ of฀Economics.฀He฀was฀the฀Founding฀Professor฀of฀Statistics฀in฀the฀University฀ of฀Hong฀Kong฀and฀National฀University฀of฀Singapore.฀His฀publications฀are฀ 00฀RegEDC.indd฀฀฀16 7/29/09฀฀฀9:35:22฀AM xvii mainly฀on฀statistics,฀demography฀and฀finance.฀Among฀his฀major฀books฀are฀ ASEAN-China฀ Relations:฀ Realities฀ and฀ Prospects฀ (co-editor),฀ ASEAN-China฀ Economic฀Relations฀(editor),฀and฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀in฀China฀(co-editor).฀ He฀received฀his฀Ph.D.฀from฀the฀London฀School฀of฀Economics. Sun฀Wei฀is฀a฀Ph.D.฀candidate฀at฀the฀Nanjing฀Institute฀of฀Geography฀and฀ Limnology,฀Chinese฀Academy฀of฀Sciences,฀Nanjing. Shandre฀Thangavelu฀is฀Associate฀Professor฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Economics,฀ National฀University฀of฀Singapore.฀He฀was฀formerly฀attached฀as฀the฀Head฀of฀the฀ Economics฀Unit฀in฀the฀Ministry฀of฀Manpower฀under฀the฀Economist฀Service฀ ฀ to฀the฀Ministry฀of฀Trade฀and฀Industry.฀He฀is฀now฀assisting฀as฀a฀consultant฀to฀ the฀Ministry฀of฀Manpower.฀He฀obtained฀his฀Ph.D.฀from฀Queen’s฀University,฀ Canada. Toh฀Mun฀Heng฀is฀Associate฀Professor฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Business...