China’s Western Development Program in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, while coastal ‘Special Economic Zones’ and ‘Open

Cities’ flourished in eastern China, western regions still languished in relative poverty. To

bridge this gap, Chinese authorities launched an ambitious development campaign in

2000: the “Western Development Program”, aimed at bringing domestic and foreign

investment, expertise and capital into the vastness of western China.

As China struggles to meet its growing energy and export needs in the 21st century, an

opportunity awaits foreign commodity companies that can reach these booming regions.

Teck Resources Limited (Teck), like other Western mining companies, has recently been

making some in-roads into China, focusing on resource-rich peripheral regions, in

particular Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang. However, there are still many

socio-political barriers that inhibit these foreign companies from accessing the lucrative

Chinese market.

This research aims to shed light on how the WDP is affecting the above-mentioned

peripheral regions and if it has/is impacted/ing Teck’s role in China in the period 2005-……TOECONTINUED

Faculty Supervisor:

Pitman Potter

Student:

Partner:

Teck Resources Ltd (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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