Globalisation, transition and development in China : the case of the coal industry / Huaichuan Rui

'Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeCurzon.'

Includes bibliographical references and index

Overview: the rise and fall of TVE coalmines in China -- The major forces for the development of TVE coalmines -- Great contributions of TVE coalmines -- Significant problems of TVE coalmines -- The difficulties of closing TVE coalmines and the underlying causes -- Conclusion -- Transition: Transforming traditional SOE coalmines -- Introduction -- Gradualist reforms implemented in the coal industry -- The difficult situation of SOE coalmines -- Categories of the causes of Jixi's difficulties -- The success of gradualism versus SOE's difficulties -- Conclusions -- Globalization: building competitive coal corporations -- Introduction -- The big business revolution and consolidation in the coal industry -- Strengthening China's industrial policy to meet the challenge -- The Shenhua group: can China build competitive indigenous big business? -- Conclusion: Interrelationship of the three challenges and the role of state -- Introduction -- The interrelationship between the three challenges -- Government deals with three challenge: achievements and failures -- Government deals with the three challenges in the future -- Conclusion: Understanding China's development strategy