12:22 Aug 22 

Maybe this can help/clarify: http://nboard.nciku.com/qna/question/10000000000000034897

"for example 汽车工业 is only about manufacturing cars.

while 汽车行业 is any work or business to do with cars."

The title you suggested sounds good to me!

00:51 Aug 22 

Sorry, Jeff. I didn't see your translation for the title earlier. I think it sounds good.

00:48 Aug 22 

“中国工业” can be translated as “China's industrial sectors” (just as Ratlike suggested) or “China's industry sectors.”

Please see the following two references:

“FDI 对中国工业部门…”
“…FDI…on China's Industrial Sectors”
http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecjnlarticleView.aspx?atliid=12750...

“...Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on China's Industry Sectors”
http://www.cerdi.org/P_perso/PP_PUB.asp?IDUSER=jiehe

Please note that “部门” (as in the first reference) doesn't necessarily mean “government agencies.”
It can refer to “private sectors” such as telecommunications, oil, tourism, banking, mining,.. etc.

Although “industrial branches”can be found in several documents too, the term seems less used than “industry sectors” or “industrial sectors.”

23:54 Aug 21 

I'm still trying to work out the title, and I've found some more references. This government statistics website (http://www.stats.gov.cn:82/ndsj/information/nj97/L021A.END) uses the phrase 'industrial branches' for 行业. The China Statistical Yearbook online (http://www.stats.gov.cn:82/yearbook/indexC.htm) gives the three main categories of 农业、工业、建筑业.

For the title I am leaning towards "FDI and the Development of High-Growth Industrial Sectors in China: 1998-2006"

23:36 Aug 21 

So is it ok to translate the title as: "FDI and the development of high-growth industries in China's industrial sector"?