This edited volume investigates the unique characteristics of Chinese innovation and regional development, China's policy framework, and the role that transnational corporations play in China's increasing innovation activities.

Ingo Liefner is Professor of Economic Geography at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Yehua Dennis Wei is Professor of Geography at the University of Utah, USA.

1. Introduction: Innovation and regional development in China Ingo Liefner and Yehua Dennis Wei Part I 2. Explaining Innovation and Regional Development in China: How much can we learn from applying established Western theories? Ingo Liefner 3. Regional Structures and Trends in China's Innovation System: An indicator-based account of the last decade's developments Henning Kroll and Rainer Frietsch 4. China's Regional Economic Development from a National Perspective: The case of the biopharmaceutical industry Marcus Conlé Part II 5. FDI Networks, R&D Activities and the Making of Global Cities in China Yehua Dennis Wei 6. The Development of the Spatial Concentration and Coagglomeration of Industrial and Public Innovation in China: A province level analysis Frank Bickenbach and Wan-Hsin Liu 7. Firm activity and Regional Brokers in Science-driven Knowledge Networks in China's Biotechnology System Stefan Hennemann and Tao Wang Part III 8. Personalization of Business Relations in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: An institutional necessity or a strategic opportunity? Daniel Schiller 9. Emerging Regional Innovation Systems in Shenzhen, China: Technological evolution of foreign-invested and indigenous firms Chun Yang 10. Linkage, Leverage, Learning and the Developmental Upgrade of the Zhangjiang IC Design Industry Cluster, China Tangwei Teng 11. Intercultural Economic Practices and Institutional Support in Shanghai's Automobile Supplier Industry Heiner Depner and Harald Bathelt 12. Technological Advantage of Beijing and its Effect on Urban Development Jie Fan and Dong Chen 13. Conclusion Ingo Liefner and Yehua Dennis Wei