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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

Abstract

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.

Type
Research Report
Copyright
© The China Quarterly, 2002

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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.