Foreign direct investment flow, competitiveness and technological structure of foreign trade in China in the beginning of the 21st century

Vol. 30 No. 3 (2010)

Jul-Sep / 2010
Published July 1, 2010
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How to Cite

Ferreira Cunha, Samantha, and Clésio Lourenço Xavier. 2010. “Foreign Direct Investment Flow, Competitiveness and Technological Structure of Foreign Trade in China in the Beginning of the 21st Century”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 30 (3):491-510. https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/455.

Foreign direct investment flow, competitiveness and technological structure of foreign trade in China in the beginning of the 21st century

Samantha Ferreira Cunha
Professor do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
Clésio Lourenço Xavier
Professor do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 30 No. 3 (2010), Jul-Sep / 2010, Pages 491-510

Abstract

China’s government introduced open market reforms in 1979, mediated by industrial policies improving the ability of attracting higher quality FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), which helped China’s economy developing its technological capabilities. As a result, China’s share in international trade rose impressively becoming third-largest trading nation in the world, by 2004, also its export structure is significantly more sophisticated. Facing the importance of understanding the determinants of developing word specialization patterns, this paper focuses on the competitiveness and technological structure of exports and imports by China for 1994-1998 and 2001-2005.

JEL Classification: F14.


Keywords: China’s Trade pattern competitiveness technological catching‑up