%0 Journal Article %T Present Position of China¡¯s Local Industrial Clusters(LICs) in the Global Value Chain(GVC): Apparel and Textile industry Case Study %A Ping-Qing LIU %A Qiang GU %J Canadian Social Science %D 2007 %I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture %X In the globalization era, cost competitiveness alone will not be sufficient to guarantee further success. The China¡¯s LICs faced a serious challenge between the top-down (global) and bottom-up (local) governance pressures. In order to remain competitive, there is a need for LICs to upgrade their activities and move up along GVC, and shall constantly pursue enhancement and optimization of value chain and developing their capabilities. To help overcome the constraints on LICs, the need to develop new and more effective governance strategies and policies are high priority. This paper also shows how LICs can break out of the ¡°lock-in¡± which results form working for a small powerful GVC¡¯s governors. It recognizes the GVC governance variance and opening up new opportunities for LIC. Key words: Local Industrial Clusters (LICs), Global Value Chain (GVC), Governance R¨¦sum¨¦: A l¡¯¨¦poque de globalisation, la comp¨¦titivit¨¦ du prix seul ne suffit pas pour garantir le succ¨¨s futur. Les GIL de Chine font face ¨¤ un double d¨¦fi s¨¦rieux des pressions de gouvernance globale et locale. Afin de maintenir la comp¨¦titivit¨¦, il est n¨¦cessaire pour les GIL d¡¯am¨¦liorer leurs activit¨¦s et de s¡¯avancer dans la CVG. Ils devraient poursuivre constamment le renforcement et l¡¯optimisation de la cha ne de valeur et d¨¦velopper leurs capacit¨¦s. Pour vaincre les contraintes, le d¨¦veloppement de plus de nouvelles strat¨¦gies de gouvernance est devenu la premi¨¨re priorit¨¦. L¡¯article montre aussi comment les GIL peuvent se d¨¦barrasser de l¡¯isolation qui r¨¦sultant du fait qu¡¯ils travaillent pour les gouverneurs d¡¯une petite CVG puissante. Il reconna t la diff¨¦rence de gouvernance de la CVG et la cr¨¦ation de nouvelles opportunit¨¦s pour les GIL. Mots-Cl¨¦s: Groupes industriels locaux GIL), Cha ne de valeur globale(CVG), gouvernance %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/504