Ausländische Direktinvestitionen und Wissenstransfer nach China

verfasst von

Ingo Liefner

Abstract

After 30 years of economic reform, the People's Republic of China is a key player of today's world economy. China is among the world's top exporters - especially in the fields of low-tech products like garments. Part of the country's export performance is connected to the inflow of foreign investment. Foreign-invested companies account for more than 50 per cent of China's exports. The inflow of foreign investment, however, does not only stimulate trade. More importantly, foreign investors are also a source of new knowledge. Theoretical concepts as well as empirical investigations show that Chinese firms benefit from contacts with foreign investors, becoming more innovative and productive. Hence, foreign investment has an important role in China's efforts to establish a more knowledge-based economy. One of the results of the Chinese governments policy of economic opening and transformation is a rapid and sustained growth of exports and imports. Public discussion in Germany rarely acknowledges how much the success in Chinese foreign trade has contributed to economic growth, to reducing poverty in China and to politically stabilizing the Asia-Pacific rim. Instead the dominant position of China in certain product segments is heavily debated over here, often accompanied by the demand for new tariffs and other protectionist measures to shield local industries from Chinese competition.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Physische Geographie und Landschaftsökologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Geographische Rundschau

Band

60

Seiten

4-11

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

0016-7460

Publikationsdatum

05.2008

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Gewässerkunde und -technologie, Energie (insg.), Atmosphärenwissenschaften

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum