Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; Author biography; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Industrial upgrading in Guangdong; 3 China embarks on ambitious megacity plans in Guangdong; 4 Nansha new district in Guangdong: state initiatives and perspectives; 5 Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic zone; 6 Developing China's Hainan into an international tourism destination; 7 Development of the central region in China; 8 China's western development strategy: ten years on 9 Chengdu: a rising economic star in western China10 The Guangxi Beibu Gulf economic zone; 11 Inter-regional industrial transfer in China; 12 China's ghost cities; Index.