Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-215) and index.
Machine derived contents note: List of tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: foreign trade in China's economic development -- Part I. Foreign Trade Reforms, Economic Efficientcy, and Trade Patterns: 2. Foreign trade reforms and the economic efficiency of foreign trade -- 3. The commodity composition of China's foreign trade, 1978-1985 -- Part II. Foreign Trade, Shortage, and Inflation: 4. Foreign trade and consumer goods imbalance: theory -- 5. Foreign trade and internal imbalance: empirical evidence -- Conclusion: the prospect of foreign trade reforms -- notes -- References -- Index.