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China’s Path to Sustainable, Stable and Rapid Economic Development: From the Largest to the Strongest Manufacturing Country

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The global manufacturing trade comprises 70% of the total trade, and the manufacturing export from China comprises 93% of the country’s total export. This paper explores the importance of continuously maintaining a strong manufacturing industry for China’s future economic development. It emphasizes that in order to be a world economic leader, China must first have the strongest manufacturing industry; it then discusses the ways to achieve that objective

DOI 10.11648/j.jwer.s.2015040501.12
Published in Journal of World Economic Research (Volume 4, Issue 5-1, September 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue The Globalization and Economic Structure Changes

Page(s) 8-19
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Keywords

Economic Structure, Economic Growth, Globalization, China’s Economy

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