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Conversion in China

In: The Economics of International Security

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  • Chai Benliang

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The last decade has seen two major events in China’s political and economic affairs: the demobilization of 1 000 000 military personnel, and the conversion of surplus defence industrial capacity for peaceful uses. Since 1979, after the sharp reduction in military production due to the demobilization, the Chinese defence industries have begun on a large scale to convert surplus industrial capacity for civilian production. Because this process has been fraught with difficulties, the defence enterprises call the conversion ‘the reconstruction of the military industries’. After ten years of conversion, significant achievements have already been gained. Civilian products of all defence industries in China (PRC) accounted for two-thirds of the gross military and civilian output of all defence industries in 1991. The civilian products cover 43 categories and 10 000 kinds, ranging from consumer goods to means of production.

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  • Chai Benliang, 1994. "Conversion in China," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Manas Chatterji & Henk Jager & Annemarie Rima (ed.), The Economics of International Security, chapter 21, pages 223-231, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23695-4_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23695-4_21
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