Authors; Abstract; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Problems and Challenges for NGEs in the New Stage; 1.1 Chinaś Increasingly Prominent Role in the World Economy; 1.1.1 A More Important Position for China in Global Economic Development; 1.1.2 Favorable Conditions for the Sustained, Steady, and Rapid Growth of Chinaś Economy; 1.1.2.1 China in the Mid-to-Late Stage of Industrialization; 1.1.2.2 Chinaś Quickening Urbanization; 1.2 New Problems Facing NGEs ́Development in the New Economic Stage

1.2.1 Institutional Restraints and Marketing Hardships in Structural Transformation and Industrial Upgrading1.2.2 Challenges in the Replacement of Labor by Technology; 1.2.3 Time Needed for Adjustments to the Geographical Distribution and Cultivation of Comprehensive Regional Competitiveness A...; 1.2.3.1 Regional Differences in Market Systems; 1.2.3.2 Lack of a Supporting System for Overall Industrial Distribution; 1.2.4 Further Improvement of the Environment and the Conditions Necessary for Full Integration into the International Economy

1.3 Choices for NGEs ́Greater Development in the New Stage1.3.1 Correctly Recognizing NGEs ́Nature and Overcoming Ideological Obstructions for the Great Development of NGEs; 1.3.2 Mechanisms for Deepening Economic System Reforms and Solving the Institutional Problems Facing NGEs ́Greater Development; 1.3.3 Strengthening the Capacity for Independent Innovation and Extricating NGEs from Their Current Market Plight; 1.3.4 Improving Industrial Shift Policies to Form Newly Competitive NGEs; 1.3.5 Formulating a Package of Supporting Policies for NGEs ́Going-Global

1.3.6 Guarding Against External Risks and Guaranteeing the Quality and Security of Chinese Enterprises ́Going Global1.4 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 2: The Post-WTO Era: NGEs ́New Development and the Sustained Rapid Growth of Chinaś Economy; 2.1 The Roles of NGEs ́Development in Chinaś Economic Growth; 2.2 Characteristics of NGEs ́Development in the New Economic Stage; 2.2.1 Secondary Industry: The Major Domain of NGEs; 2.2.2 SMEs: Major Types of NGEs; 2.2.3 Most NGEs Founded After 1992; 2.2.4 NGEs ́Uneven Regional Distribution

2.3 NGEs ́Development Models and Their Influence on Chinaś Economic Growth2.3.1 NGEs ́Development Models; 2.3.1.1 Expansion of Scale; 2.3.1.2 Consistence with Chinaś Urbanization; 2.3.1.3 Motivation by Technological Innovation; 2.3.2 The Role of NGEs ́Development in the Sustained Rapid Growth of the National Economy; 2.4 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Industrial Transformation and Upgrading: The Inevitable Choice for NGEs ́New Growth and Development; 3.1 The Environment and Mechanisms of NGEs ́Industrial Transformation and Upgrading