The book answers questions about the main challenges of China's regional policy. Supporting less developed regions (areas) and building competitiveness in various local and regional systems is a kind of fire test for the Chinese political elites. Building competitiveness in China is primarily through large and numerous investments, but also through modest effects on reducing development disproportions.

Currently, much is said about the directions of development of modern China. However, we still do not know what will determine the expected superpower position of the Middle Kingdom. The book is an attempt to answer questions about China’s main development challenges from a regional perspective. China aspires to become the country with the largest economy and development potential. This intention may turn out to be in vain if such significant disparities and development imbalances in the regional system are still present in China. The key to understanding the transformation of contemporary China is to recognize the internal determinants of the functioning of both the state and the economy from a regional perspective. A better understanding of the ways of managing regional development disparities may contribute to a more accurate assessment of the dynamics and directions of China’s socio-economic development.

Regional policy as a public policy shaped in an authoritarian country differs from the models that operate in democratic countries. It is a specific example of the coexistence of public intervention and the use of market mechanisms. This is accompanied by politically differentiated centralization and economic decentralization, subordination to planning and openness to the use of supply and demand mechanisms, top-down political control, and bottom-up initiative.

The book answers questions about the main challenges of China's regional policy. Supporting less developed regions (areas) and building competitiveness in various local and regional systems is a kind of fire test for the Chinese political elites. Building competitiveness in China is primarily through large and numerous investments, but also through modest effects on reducing development disproportions. The book focuses on three dimensions related to regional policy, namely: the importance of the political and administrative system, the ways of planning and implementation, and the manifestations of reflexivity and adaptability. The publication allows for a better understanding of the impact of the way of shaping the policy on the results achieved within it in an authoritarian state.

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