ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the rise of the ITP sector in general and in China. This chapter focuses on the internally driven and externally imposed factors that caused the rise of the ITP sector in Southern China. It identifies and discusses four key factors that play a role in the expansion of ITPs in Southern China, namely, the domestic demand for the products, the agronomic conditions, the institutional conditions of land control and labour in rural China, and the financial capital from both domestic and international sources.
