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Prefecture-level Statistics as a Source of Data for Research into China's Regional Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2003

Carsten Herrmann-Pillath,
Daniel Kirchert and
Pan Jiancheng
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Abstract

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Analyses of regional economic disparities in China mostly refer to the level of the province. The report provides a survey of the prospects and limitations of using prefecture-level data in order to understand the spatial dynamics of growth. A new database has been built that is based on the original data available in the provincial yearbooks. The data are in the GIS framework. A large set of maps is accessible via www.on-China.de. Preliminary observations on possible new insights include, amongst others, a more complex picture of rural development.

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Type
Research Report
Information
The China Quarterly , Volume 172 , December 2002, pp. 956 - 985
Copyright
© The China Quarterly, 2002

Footnotes

Support of this research by the Märkische Arbeitgeberverband is gratefully acknowledged. Additional support was generously provided by the Volkswagen Foundation in the context of the Sino-German Cooperation Programme in Empirical Economic Research.