Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorKenworthy, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorNewman, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGao, Yuan
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:56:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:56:13Z
dc.date.created2015-12-17T20:00:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKenworthy, J. and Newman, P. and Gao, Y. 2015. Growth of a Giant: A Historical and Current Perspective on the Chinese Automobile Industry. World Transport Policy and Practice. 21 (2): pp. 40-55.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6880
dc.description.abstract

The automobile industry in China has marched into its 5th decade since 1956 and in 2009 surpassed the USA as the giant of global automobile production and consumption. Rapidly increasing motorization in China exerts unprecedented economic, social, and environmental effects at home and abroad. This paper aims to provide a synoptic overview of the Chinese automobile industry, classifying it into four distinct phases, which are characterized by the prevailing institutional environments. These are the Start-up Phase from 1956 to 1978, Growing Phase from 1979 to 2001, Prosperity Phase from 2002 to 2010, and finally the Stationary Phase from 2011 until the present day. It analyses China’s national political, economic, trade, international relations and other factors and how these affected the development of the overall Chinese automobile industry, with a specific emphasis on the formulated and applied automobile industry policies. The dramatic growth in the automobile industry currently faces a potential period of decline as China’s latest industrial policies focus on alleviating the ownership and use of private vehicles, especially in its major cities due to severe congestion and other impacts. Thus, China has entered an era similar to other developed nations and cities, though it has made such economic changes at a speed and scale unparalleled in history.

dc.publisherWorld Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities
dc.relation.urihttp://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/wtpp21.2.pdf
dc.titleGrowth of a Giant: A Historical and Current Perspective on the Chinese Automobile Industry
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume21
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage40
dcterms.source.endPage56
dcterms.source.issn1352-7614
dcterms.source.titleWorld Transport Policy and Practice
curtin.note

Copyright © 2015 Eco-Logica Ltd

curtin.departmentSustainability Policy Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record