Productivity growth and technological change in Chinese industry

SW2/ P761 Productivity Growth and Technological Change in Chinese Industry Gene Tidrick WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 761 A Background Study for China: Long- Term Development Issues and Options  1mCHINA Long-Term Development Issues and Options This report is supplemented by six annex volumes published by the World Bank: I China: Issues and Prospects in Education 2 China Agriculture to the Year 2000 3 China The Energy Sector 4 China: Economic Model and Projections 5 China. Economic Structure in International Perspective 6 China The Transport Sector In addition, nine background papers, numbered bere as they are referred to in the text, bave been prepared in connection with the report. They are available as World Bank staff working papers. I The Asian Experience in Rural Nonagricultural Development and Its Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 757) 2 International Experience in Urbanization and Its Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 758) 3 Alternative International Economic Strategies and Their Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 7 59) 4 International Experience in Budgetary Trends during Economic Development and Their Relevance for China (Staff WVorking Paper 760) S Productivity Growth and Technological Change in Chinese Industry (Staff WVorking Paper 761) 6 Issues in the Technological Development of China's Electronics Sector (Staff Working Paper 762) 7 The Environment for Technological Change in Centrally Planned Economies (Staff WVorking Paper 7 1 8) 8 Managing Technological Development: Lessons from the Newlv Industrializing Countries (Staff Working Paper 717) 9 Growth and Structural Change in Large Low-Income Countries (Staff Working Paper 7 6 3)  WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 761 A Background Study for China: Long-Temi Development Issues and Options Productivity Growt]h and Technological Change in Chinese Industry Gene Tidrick The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  Copyright