What Are the Determinants of China’s Export Growth?—A Systematic Review of Chinese Literature (1997-2016)

The purpose of this review is to communicate the research results of Chinese academia in this field to interested scholars in Western academia. Our review question is: What were the factors that positively or negatively influenced China’s export? We designed a systematic review protocol and then conducted a seven-round in-depth search. After the searching and checking process, a database of 620 academic journal articles was created. Altogether, we find 269 factors have boosted or hindered China’s export. Majority of researches focused on macro level factors. Very few papers studied the firm level or individual level factors. Based on our database, several most frequently studied factors that affect China’s export are identified. In the end, a future research direction is proposed.