China's High Speed Railway Development: Economic Impacts And Lessons In Technology Transfer

This book studies the impact of high-speed rail (HSR) network on regional development and the sustainability of China's GIUR (Government-Industry-University-Research) system. It aims to summarize the experiences of China's HSR, which can provide several policy guidelines for developing countries. The book expounds two key areas: (1) the impact of HSR network on the urban industrial structure, urban creativity and urban-rural income gap of cities in different regions and cities with heterogeneous locations along the HSR lines in the long and short term; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of the GIUR system as well as its adjustment in the technology-pioneering stage.For the first key area, HSR and urban development, Dr Zhao conducted the empirical research and descriptive statistics based on urban development theory, and the results indicate the following conclusions. Firstly, connecting to HSR network can significantly increase the proportion of tertiary industry in the eastern citie