Empirical Studies On China's Integration Into The World Economy

China will exert a great impact on the world market after its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) with its labor-intensive exports, since China has more than 20% of the world's population~â‘  Among which farmers make up 78.1%~â‘¡ of the share. This paper intends to measure the skill content embodied in China's net exports by using Maskus'(1994) methodology. All occupations in China are divided into six categories based on educational attainment. These six groups play different roles in China's exports to the world. Although the empirical results match the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanck (HOV) theory generally, some departures arc apparent. The most abundant factor is "manufacturing manual workers", not "farmers",...