Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Guangzhou – The Road to Regaining Its Central City Status.- Chapter 3. Shenzhen – Innovation and Governments’ Roles in Reform and Development.- Chapter 4. Fuzhou – Re-energizing Regional Economic Development and the Changing Urban Functions.- Chapter 5. Shanghai – Urban Development and Regional Integration through Mega Projects.- Chapter 6. Hangzhou – Raising the Urban Competitiveness by Introducing New Socio-economic Strategies and Spatial Roles.- Chapter 7. Nanjing – City Positioning and Development Strategies in the Twenty-first Century.- Chapter 8. Hong Kong – Challenges and Responses of Logistics Industry.- Chapter 9. Prospect of China’s Coastal Cities.

About the Author

Jianfa SHEN is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geography and Resource Management, and Director of Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on urban and regional development and governance, spatial population modelling and migration analysis. He serves in the Editorial Boards of The China Review, Population, Space and Place, and Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, GeoJournal: An International Journal on Geography, Asian Geographer, and Geographical Research. He has undertaken research funded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council and the Central Policy Unit of HKSAR government. He has published 22 books, 107 refereed journal papers and 45 refereed book chapters.

Gordon KEE is Research Associate of Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, and Lecturer of Master of Social Science in GlobalPolitical Economy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His major research interests include regional development and governance, China studies and infrastructure development. He has published over 30 books, book chapters, journal articles, conference articles, and occasional papers.