Industrial policy and global big business revolution: The case of the Chinese coal industry

Peter Nolan, Huaichuan Rui

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

710 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

China has actively implemented an industrial policy during the last two decades. However, despite important progress, the overall result is rather disappointing. Should China continue to pursue industrial policy? Should China focus instead on developing successful globally competitive firms within the global value chain? This paper, based on an in-depth case study on the Shenhua Group, which has been deliberately built as an indigenous globally competitive coal corporation, argues that it is still possible for China to build powerful big businesses in some sectors. However, a well-designed industrial policy is necessary.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-113
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Industrial policy, big business revolution, coal industry, China

Cite this