中国电信产业的发展模式：文献回顾与研究方向.doc

中国电信产业的发展模式：文献回顾与研究方向 //.paper.edu.cn - 1 - 中国科技论文在线 Seeking the Chinese Model of Telecommunications Development: a Critical Review and Research Agenda# LIU Chun * 5 (School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031) Foundations: Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No.20120184120027);Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No;Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SWJTU11CX092,SWJTU11ZT32) Brief author introduction:LIU Chun (1976-),Male, Associate Professor, Telecommunications Policy and Abstract: There has been growing interest in research concerning China’s telecommunications and scholars from various disciplines have generated an impressive number of publications, which have been encouraged by the significant progress made in this sector and are based on the assumption that China presents a unique model of development. This essay is devoted to reviewing the research 10 literature on the topic and identifying pending and open questions. We found that while the existing research elucidates the Chinese model of telecommunication, the findings are far from conclusive. Instead, several issues are revealed that need to be explored in future work. Key words: Industrial Policy; Chinese Model; Telecommunications Development 15 0 Introduction Although the first cable landed in Shanghai 150 years ago, there had been almost no record in the academic databases regarding China’s telecommunications until 1978. The only exception is a piece published in the Public Opinion Quarterly in 1938 concerning the potential annihilation of 20 China’s early effort to establish an efficient national telecommunications network by the Japanese invasion [1] . In the late 1970s, two American delegations from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) visited Chin