2016 Growth Slowdown Analysis by Income Thresholds and Annual Update of Competitiveness Analysis for 34 Greater China Economies

This book is an update of the competitiveness rankings for Greater China economies at the sub-national and regional level with the latest available data. The study uses a comprehensive methodology which measures competitiveness across four unique dimensions to provide an in-depth competitiveness analysis for the 34 economies and the five regions of Greater China. It then recommends policy prescriptions which would be relevant to each economy and region based on their specific strengths and weaknesses.

Aside from exploring competitiveness, the book also analyses the growth slowdown phenomenon for Greater China economies by income thresholds. This volume is recommended for scholars and researchers interested in China's economic development.

Tan Khee Giap is a Co-Director of the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) and Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also the Chairman of the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. Prior to joining ACI, Dr. Tan has taught at the NUS Department of Economics and Statistics, between 1990 and 1993 after which he was based in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) since 1993. During his time at NTU, he was also an Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Office between 2007 and 2009. Dr. Tan has consulted extensively with the various government ministries, statutory boards and government-linked companies of the Singapore government and also served as a consultant to international agencies. Dr. Tan is the lead author of twenty books, serves as journal editor and published widely in international refereed journals. His current research interests include econometric forecasting, cost of living index, global live- able cities index, ease of doing business index and competitiveness analysis on sub-national economies of China, India, Indonesia and ASEAN.

Wang Peng is a Research Fellow at the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining ACI, she worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics, NUS, and was responsible for conducting undergraduate modules such as Game Theory and Public Economics. Dr Wang received her PhD in Economics from NUS and obtained her Bachelor (Honours) degree in Applied Mathematics from NUS, too. Her research focuses on Organizational Economics, Applied Microeconomics and Public Economics. In particular, she is interested in designing optimal incentives for teams and organizational structure in firms. She has also worked on multi-tasking problems, research joint ventures, and preventative actions of the government. At ACI, her work focuses on competitiveness studies of the Greater China economies. Dr Wang is also involved in the project of city-level competitiveness analysis in collaboration with the Shandong Academy of Social Sciences, China, as well as the cost of living project and city liveability project.

Xie Teleixi currently works as a Research Assistant at the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS). Teleixi graduated with a first-class honours bachelor's degree in Economics from NUS in 2015 and was awarded the Dean's list twice during her studies at NUS. At ACI, her work focuses on data analysis and competitiveness studies of the Greater China economies. She has co-authored an editorial opinion on public policy in Singapore, two journal papers, one on the growth slowdown of Chinese economies in the Journal of Economics and Development Studies and one on causal drivers of the international tourism industry in Tamil Nadu in the International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, as well as a book on the 2015 competitiveness studies of the Greater China economies.