The diplomma thesis deals with the Lewis turning point and its impact on the Chinese economy. The work is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter explains the basic concept ,,Lewis turning point" and its position in the global context. Besides W. A. Lewis is also mentioned in a number of other authors dealing with growth theories. Here it is primarily determined whether China has reached the Lewis turning point, which is the impact of this point on the Chinese economy, the labor market and what follows the development of the Chinese economy after reaching this point. The third part is found a connection between Lewis turning point and university/higher education. Part of this chapter are the specifics, trends and especially the problems of the university system in China. The conclusion of this chapter is devoted to a turning point, and its impact on education.

近年來，富士康受到國際間高度的重視，然而，富士康中國工廠員工的高自殺率使得學者較重視員工的工作情況，鮮少對公司的擴張、轉移以及搬遷進行研究。本文聚焦於過去四十年富士康在中國的經濟發展面向。 使用雁行理論分析中國經濟發展的文獻不斷增加，富士康也參與於該理論所描述之中國邊境的工廠遷移現象，因此，本文整理學者對雁行理論的論辯，指出該理論無法解釋中國邊境發生的經濟現象。為彌補雁行理論的不足，我們將敘明中國空間發展於不同區域的漸進式轉變，係透過中央與地方政策的施行而開始。 研究結果顯示，依據區域經濟的發展階段差異，投資往往發生在相對優勢的地區，然而， 透過政策影響國家之動態優勢，以及投資趨動力……等，並不符合日本學者赤松要提出之雁形理論。一份關於富士康的直接與間接投資的分析指出，富士康的發展方向反映了中國的整體經濟發展，並且有兩個同時進行的發展方向：其一，地理上來說，富士康將投資從中國沿岸地區轉移至內陸地區，甚至進一步移往東南亞及歐美地區。其二，富士康將其產品種類擴大並提升到更多元及優質的方向。 / Over the last few years, Foxconn has started to gain massive international attention, however influenced by the high rate of suicides that afflicted plants in Mainland China, scholars focused the most on the labor condition of Foxconn workers, pushing the company’s very interesting business expansion, diversion and relocation into the background. This paper will focus on these processes in the context of China’s economic development of the past forty years. A growing literature about the latest developments of the Chinese economy adopts the flying geese model to describe the phenomenon of factory relocation that is taking place within the Chinese national borders. Foxconn is also part of the process. For this reason this work will also join in the scholar debate about the flying geese, making clear that the model falls short in explaining some aspects of this phenomenon. A detailed description of China spatial development, that is the gradual development of different regions brought about the launch of national and local policies, will make up for the shortcomings. Results show that investments were often taken according to the relative comparative advantage of regions in their respective stage of development, however in some cases China’s governmental policies changed the country’s comparative advantage dynamics, and investments’ driving forces were therefore in contrast with Akamatsu’s precepts. An analysis of Foxconn direct and indirect investments shows that the company has mirrored the growth of China, and evolved simultaneously in two different ways: geographically speaking they have moved investments from the Chinese coast to the central regions, and further to South East Asia, US and Europe; while at the same time expanding production into a more diverse and advanced set of products.

Apart from rapid economic growth, China has also experienced significant demographic changes over the past few decades. The People's Republic of China's family planning policies led to a sharp drop in the fertility rate. This MS Thesis aims to assess the possible consequences of the family planning policies on future growth of Chinese economy. The theoretical part defines population policy, assess the connections between population growth and economic growth and deals with the development of population theory over the years. The analytical part describes the family planning policy in China, its principles and instruments. Next it identifies the possible consequences of the demographic changes caused by the drop in fertility rate. The last part of the thesis focuses on two economically most severe consequences - population ageing and shrinking working age population - and evaluates its implications on future growth of Chinese economy.