The Transformation of the Clothing Industry in China

Miao Zhang, Xin Xin Kong and Santha Chenayah Ramu
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Miao Zhang: Department of Development Studies, University of Malaya
Xin Xin Kong: Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development
Santha Chenayah Ramu: Department of Economics, University of Malaya

No DP-2015-12, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This article examines the transformation of clothing manufacturing in China with a focus on institutional support, technological upgrading and global production chains. The evidence shows that reforms and integration into global production chains has rapidly expanded China’s exports but it has also driven the relocation abroad of Chinese clothing firms. Global integration has motivated clothing firms to upgrade through learning, adoption and innovation. Hence, despite improvements in technological capabilities the share of clothing value-added in manufacturing has gradually declined. Also, China has increasingly faced industrial structural change from clothing to the capital goods, real estate and high tech sectors.

Keywords: China; clothing; global integration; production networks; technological upgrading (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L62 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages.
Date: 2015-02
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