With respect to China’s development and globalization, the role of its 30 million overseas Chinese cannot be underestimated. This is particularly true for Wenzhou, a municipality in Zhejiang Province in southeast China whose emigrants are leading the new wave of Chinese migration to Europe. Nonetheless, they have contributed greatly to the development of the export-led economy at home. To investigate links between emigration to Italy and their home development, extensive fieldwork was conducted in both Wenzhou and the Italian region of Veneto in 2006, in the frame and thanks to the funding of a Ateneo’s research project of the University of Padova (the project was designed and directed by Valter Zanin). This paper attempts to address the following questions: Why is international migration crucial for Wenzhou’s development and competitiveness in the 21 st century? How have Wenzhou’s entrepreneurs developed their businesses in Italy? What contributions have they made to home development? The research findings and implications for Chinese globalization are highlighted.
Exploring links between international migration and Wenzhou's development, CPI Discussion Paper 25, China Policy Institute (CPI), online: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/china-policy-institute/publications/
ZANIN, VALTER
2007
Abstract
With respect to China’s development and globalization, the role of its 30 million overseas Chinese cannot be underestimated. This is particularly true for Wenzhou, a municipality in Zhejiang Province in southeast China whose emigrants are leading the new wave of Chinese migration to Europe. Nonetheless, they have contributed greatly to the development of the export-led economy at home. To investigate links between emigration to Italy and their home development, extensive fieldwork was conducted in both Wenzhou and the Italian region of Veneto in 2006, in the frame and thanks to the funding of a Ateneo’s research project of the University of Padova (the project was designed and directed by Valter Zanin). This paper attempts to address the following questions: Why is international migration crucial for Wenzhou’s development and competitiveness in the 21 st century? How have Wenzhou’s entrepreneurs developed their businesses in Italy? What contributions have they made to home development? The research findings and implications for Chinese globalization are highlighted.
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