REGIONAL CHANGE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING INVESTMENT IN INLAND CHINA
数据分析显示中国外商直接投资近年出现从沿海向内陆转移趋势逆转的新格局，探讨了路径依赖、市场、基础设施等区域差异的原因，并讨论了内陆吸引外资的策略。
Data analysis reveals that regional changes of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China witnessed a new pattern in the recent years. The shift trend from coastal China to Inland China lasting since 1979 disappeared in 1997, replacing with it is a slight increase in share of FDI in the coastal. This fact does not follow China's policies on increasing openness in the inland and great western development commenced in recent years, as well as regional flying geese theory. The underlying reasons were explored in terms of path dependence, and regional disparities on market, infrastructure, high-skill labor, industrial linkages and soft investment environment. This was followed by discussions on strategies for inland China to attract FDI.