Industrial park management in the Chinese environment

Abstract: In China many investments especially from foreign companies are located in industry parks. However, the general situation and management perspectives of developing Chinese industrial parks are not very clear to the westerners. With the rapid development, industrial parks will play a key role in China''s economy, therefore, those issues relating with China''s industrial parks need to be further discussed. This paper is one of such efforts. It will review the development of China''s industrial parks, including characterizing industry parks in China and discussing the main site selection criteria and important aspects for foreign investors. The main focus of this paper is to discuss the current environmental management practices of industrial parks because such parks have been main sources of pollution. New development strategy for industrial parks, such as eco-industrial development, should be considered and implemented. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]