《《1.Spatial polarization and dynamic pathways of Foreign Direct Investment》.pdf

Geoforum 43 (2012) 836–850 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Geoforum journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/geoforum Spatial polarization and dynamic pathways of Foreign Direct Investment in China 1990–2009 Simon Xiaobin Zhao a,b,⇑, Roger C.K. Chan c, Neo Ying Ming Chan a a International Centre for China Development Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong b Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong c Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The spatial and sectoral distribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China has changed dramatically Received 12 June 2008 in the past two decades. FDI was largely concentrated in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and other Southern Received in revised form 3 February 2012 Coastal provinces in early stages and shifted to the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and the Bohai Economic Available online 19 March 2012 Rim (BER) sequentially in later stages. It created unique and dynamic paths of the spatial evolution of FDI in China. Although many provinces have received relatively more FDI since the late 2000s, Guang- Keywords: dong and Jiangsu are still the two major recipients of FDI in China, demonstrating and over-arching polar- FDI ization process. Furthermore, most FDI in China has been in the manufacturin