The global manufacturing trade comprises 70% of the total trade, and the manufacturing export from China comprises 93% of the country’s total export. This paper explores the importance of continuously maintaining a strong manufacturing industry for China’s future economic development. It emphasizes that in order to be a world economic leader, China must first have the strongest manufacturing industry; it then discusses the ways to achieve that objective
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Yueyun (Bill) Chen. (2015). China’s Path to Sustainable, Stable and Rapid Economic Development: From the Largest to the Strongest Manufacturing Country. Journal of World Economic Research, 4(5-1), 8-19. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jwer.s.2015040501.12
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