China has been developing very fast for more than 30 years. Its construction industry played a very important role
in the whole developing process. In order to find out
the reasons and processes that make China construction
industry developed so fast in the last 30 years, we starte
d two research projects that are funded by China Ministry
of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction and China Ministry of Education. We found that there are three
management paradigms or dominate modes changes in the last 30 years’ fast development for China construction
industry and its project management. At the first management paradigm change in 1980s, they mainly use the
internal contract management of their own companies instead of the old planning economy construction
management method to increase the productivity of construction projects. At the second management paradigm
change, they mainly use the marketing mechanism and co
mpetition in the construction industry to raise the
efficiency of construction industry. In the last management paradigm change, they mainly relied on the innovation
of the technology and management for construction projects in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness.