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The Private Sector and China's Market Development Contents List of figures and tables About the author Preface 1 2 Introduction Rural-urban industrial growth in the private sector: the case of Zhejiang province The spatial structure of industrial clusters: regional agglomerative economies The private sector integrates industrial types with market types Dynamic growth mechanisms for industrial clusters The evolution of industrial clusters in accordance with market development, industrialisation and urbanisation Notes 3 The private sector and China's market development: case studies in Zhejiang and Jiangsu The South Jiangsu model vs. the Wenzhou model, 1978-92 The rapid development stage, 1993-97 The promotional stage, 1998-2003 Optimising private sector industries and spatial organisations Comprehensive innovation: universal extension of the privatisation mechanism since 2003 Notes 4 Innovation and market transition at the regional level in China Development innovation for regional industrial growth Private sector innovation is increasing Private enterprises will dictate China's regional economic development 40 47 49 50 52 53 23 24 27 33 35 19 21 5 9 12 5 vii ix xi 1 5 Market transition and future developments in China's private sector Definition of private sector development The structure of private sector industrial clusters The socialised service platform for developing industrial clusters Innovative technologies and the sustained development of private sector industrial clusters Notes 64 66 55 56 57 59 6 The development of the private sector from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang model to the universal Chinese model The Jiangsu-Zhejiang model and the comprehensive development of the Chinese private sector Private entrepreneurship and the New Oriental fairy tale Tales of industrialisation throughout China 68 72 76 67 7 Market integration and the internationalisation of China's private enterprises Internationalisation and regional market development Why private enterprises are failing to make great breakthroughs in internationalisation Promoting regional market integration and improving private sector internationalisation 91 88 85 85 8 Labour rights protection and the sustainable development of the private sector The social security situation of migrant workers in private firms Difficulties for migrant workers vis-à-vis the social security system Migrant workers' demand for social security The institutional social security framework for private sector workers Lessons from the European welfare state Note 93 93 97 102 105 111 113 115 123 Bibliography Index