Foreign Direct Investment in China : Challenges and Prospects for Regional Development.

Foreword by Seiichi Kondo --
Preface by Long Yongtu --
Introduction by Marino Baldi --
Chapter I. Setting the Scene --
Main Issues on Foreign Direct Investment in China's Regional Development: Prospects and Policy Challenges by Markus Taube and Mehmet Ogutcu --
The New Regional Patterns of FDI Inflow in China: Policy Orientation and Expected Performance by Jiang Xiaojuan --
Business Perspective: Why Did We Invest in China? by Robert T. Dencher --
Advantages and Investment Requirements in China's Western Region: The Particular Case of Lanzhou by Liu Yajun --
What Type of Investment for the Chinese Hinterland? by Peter Kreutzberger --
Challenges for FDI in China's Regional Development: Japanese Perspective by Hiroshi Matsumura and Akira Izumo --
Competitive Investment Environment, Rule of Law, and Recipe for Success by Ann B. McConnell --
China's Foreign Investment and Regional Development Strategy: Improving Comparative Advantages and Overcoming Impediments by Liu Yong --
Chapter II. International Chinese Experiences --
F-oreign Direct Investment and Regional Development: Experience of OECD Regions and Prospects for China by Bernard Hugonnier --
Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in Southeastern Turkey by I. H. Olcay Unver --
Candian Experience with Foriegn Direct Investment and Regional Development by Jeff Nankivell --
Lessons from Brazil's Regional Development Policies by Alfredo Lopes Neto --
Experiences of China's Coastal Region in FDI Attraction and Lessons for Central and Western Regions by Ma Yu --
Chapter III. Investment Promotion and Local Enterprise Development --
Improving Investment in Western China by Andrew Proctor --
Best Practice Guidelines for Investment Promotion: Relevance to China by David Banks --
The Experience of Promoting Foreign Investment in Saxony, Germany: It's All About People by Guenter Metzger --
Foreign Investment Promotion in Shanghai: Lessons for Central and Western China by Chen Kianping --
Industrial Districts: An Italian Perspective by Vincenzo Del Monaco --
Township Enterprises in China and FDI by Zhang Tianzuo --
Regional Development and Sustainable Investment: The Case for a Regional Multi-Stakeholders Forum and Observatory in West China by Philippe Bergeron --
Foreign Direct Investment and Importanceof the "Go West" Strategy in China's Energy Sector by Mehmet Ogutcu --
Synthesis of Discussions and Conclusions --
Synthesis of Discussions --
Conclusions and Policy Messages by Rainer Geiger and Liu Zuozhang --
Annex I. Author Biographies --
Annex II. Participants List.