the european journal of comparative economics vol 2 n pp 203 219 issn 1824 2979 available online at http eaces liuc it china in international fragmentation production evidence from ict industry alessia amighini 1 united nations conference on trade and development abstract this paper investigates position most dynamic globally dispersed sector world economy shows that during 1990s dramatically increased its market shares products now ranks among top three exporters moreover has upgraded mere assembly imported inputs to manufacturing high tech intermediate goods as a result import dependence declined domestic value added exports supports hypothesis industrial upgrading occurred some tradable sectors through technological learning associated with processing therefore pattern specialization initially dominated by could be favourable country s long term extent entering lower end is promotive catching up more sophisticated technology intensive jel classification f020 f14 l63
