Chinese provinces–embedded inter-country input-output datasets with firm ownership heterogeneity (opens in new tab)

Understanding how domestic and foreign-invested firms across China’s provinces participate in domestic and international production networks has become increasingly important in both scientific research and policy analysis. However, existing data infrastructures, most notably input–output (IO) datasets, does not adequately support this line of inquiry. Conventional inter-country IO (ICIO) databases treat China as a single, homogeneous economy and therefore overlook substantial variation at th...