I dubbi della “fabbrica del mondo”: il ruolo delle piccole e medie imprese private nelle strategie di sviluppo della Cina

The dramatic growth of the private small-medium enterprises in China can be deemed as one of the driving forces of the successful economic change of that country. Recent surveys, however, have revealed that most of the private SMEs are still constrained by the institutional framework as well as by their small scale, technical inefficiency, opaque corporate governance, lacking investments. This picture contrasts with the project of modernization, which, according to the latest formulations by the Chinese communist leadership, means the transformation of a "large" manufacturing country into a "strong" manufacturing country.