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State-led development of China's model towns: the case of Guangdong / Yue, Gong

Yue, Gong	Journal Article
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Town development significantly drove China's rural industrialisation and urbanisation forward during the 1980s and 1990s. This article examines the state-led development of model towns since the early 2000s. A case study of Guangdong province demonstrates that all levels of the government administration system have been involved in the establishment of model towns, forming a state-led development framework from "above". As is evident in the state-led framework, prefectural and county governments control the development even though the central and provincial governments have established major development programmes and organised local governments to implement them. Government interactions have therefore resulted in diverse development paths with varying effects among regions. While state-led development has involved industrialists as a crucial force, it has largely excluded forces from "below", such as village collectives and rural migrants.

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State-led Development ; China's Model Towns ; Case of Guangdong

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Urbanisation of the Chinese Rural Population: a Literature Review of China's New-type Urbanisation / Yue, Gong

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China's New-type Urbanisation Plan has greatly impacted hundreds of millions of rural citizens. This article provides a comprehensive review on recent urbanisation trends with respect to the Chinese rural population. It offers three key findings: (i) the actual progress of current urbanisation is significant yet still limited; (ii) the reform strategies of rural land marketisation and restructuring urbanisation finance are innovative yet largely unrealised; and (iii) the goals of growth and citizenship embedded in reform strategies may be inconsistent and contradictory. Despite reflecting a significant rural-to-urban demographic transformation, China's new-type urbanisation trajectory is a long-drawn-out process.

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