TY - BOOK ID - 10004864 TI - China's west region development = AU - Lu, Ding AU - Neilson, William A W PY - 2004 SN - 9812388001 9786611934712 1281934712 9812794824 9789812794826 9789812388001 9781281934710 6611934715 PB - Singapore River Edge, N.J. World Scientific DB - UniCat KW - China, Northwest -- Economic conditions -- Congresses. KW - China, Northwest -- Economic policy -- Congresses. KW - China, Southwest -- Economic conditions -- Congresses. KW - China, Southwest -- Economic policy -- Congresses. KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - China, Northwest KW - China, Southwest KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions KW - Southwest China KW - Northwest China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10004864 AB - In the last two decades, China's western inland region has largely been left out of the nation's economic boom. While its 355-million population accounts for 28% and its land area for 71% of China's total, the region's share of the national GDP is under 20%. Since 1999, Beijing has implemented the West China Development Program to boost the region's growth. To study the major domestic issues and the global implications of this program, the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives organized and hosted a multidisciplinary international conference on March 6-8, 2003. This volu ER -