1978 Yllmda başlattlgl ekonomik reform ve dl~a ayllma politikasmdan beri, <;in ekonomikayldan yok hlZh geli~ti ve dlinya ekonomisinde onemli roller oynamaya ba~ladl. Imilyardan fazla nlifusa sahip olan <;in'in buglinkli konumlara gelebilmesinde ne gibifaktorler onemli katkllarda bulumnu~tur? Hlzh bliylime slirecinde ne gibi sorunlarla kar~1kar~lya gelimni~tir? Bu iki soruya cevap aramak bu tezin amaylandlr.Bu sorulara cevap ararken, <;in ekonomisinin bliylimesinde katklda bulunan kaynaklar tektek incelenmeye yah~llml~tlr. HlZll bliylimenin beraberinde getirdigi sorunlar,Ekonominin A~m ISlmnasl ve Gelir Daglhmmdaki E~itsizlik gibi bir kay onemli konularaodaklamlml~t1r.<;in'in dlinya ticaretindeki mian rolli, bazl lilkeleri olumsuz yonde etkileyerek bu lilkelerinuluslararasl piyasalardaki rekabet gliclinli kaybetmesine neden olmaktadlf. Tlirkiye de <;inekonomisinden olumsuz yonde etkilenen lilkelerden biridir. Bu ylizden tezin sonbollimlinde Tlirkiye-<;in ekonomik ili~kilerine yer verilmektedir.
Since the reform and opening up policy began in 1978, China has sustained high growtland begins to take important role in World economy. The thesis aims to find answers fofollowing questions: How can China achieve such successes with more than 1 billiorpopulation and what are the main factors contributed China's rapid economic growth;What are the main challenges China facing in economic transition?When studying those topics above, I have tried to examine all the factors which accelerateChina's economic growth and focused on some challenges which are resulted from rapidgrowth, such as overheating economy and income disparities.China's increasing role in the world trade influenced some countries negatively and causeshem to loose their competitiveness in international market. And Turkey is one of them. So,in the last chapter of the thesis, I have tried to study the economic relationship betweenTurkey and China.