Preface to the English Edition
A Dialog With the Author
Introduction
1 Opening Up Becomes a Key State Policy
Embargo and Isolation in the Early Years of New China
Self-Imposed Seclusion Under Ultra-Leftist Ideology
"Closed-Doorism" Sets the Economy at an Impasse
Peoples Choice: Dengs Comeback to Power
"Emancipating the Mind" and the "Criterion for Truth"
Restoring Order and Setting Things Right
Sounding Out the Outside World
A Historic Turning Point for China
2 The Birth of Special Economic Zones
Shekou, the Opening Salvo
Guangdong and Fujian Set the Pace
Setting Up a "Frontline General Staff"
From Special Export Zones to Special Economic Zones
What Is Special About Special Economic Zones?
Fording the River by Groping for Stones
The Policy for Special Economic Zones Is Sound
Designing a Framework for Opening Up Coastal Regions
3 Bringing in Advanced Technology and Equipment
Uninterrupted Learning Is the Key to Progress
Braving Interference to Make Foreign Things Serve China
Boosting Technology Importation Becomes a Major State Policy
Opening Up More Avenues to Bring in Technology
Striving for Innovation and Transcendence
4 Lessons for the Opening-Up Policy
Joint Ventures, a Pragmatic Choice
The First Law on Foreign Investment Is Born
The First Group of Joint Ventures
Overcoming Obstacles to Success
5 "Borrowing a Hen to Lay Eggs"
The "Debt-Free" Era Comes to an End
Borrowing Loans From Japan, a New Experiment
Restoring Chinas Seat in the World Bank
Diversifying Sources of Foreign Loans
6 Foreign Trade Reforms Rough Beginning
Breaking the Monopoly Over Foreign Trade
Reform Brings About New Vitality
GATT Membership: From Rejection to Re-entry
7 Learning Along the Way
Learning to Swim by Swimming
Accelerating Training for the Opening-Up Effort
Sending Students Abroad After a Long Hiatus
Borrowing Foreign Brains by Recruiting Experts
Learning Modern Management Is a Revolution
Historic Choice: To Establish a Market Economy by Opening Up
Postscript by the Translators
Glossary of Names
Index
