State Policy and Spatial Restructuring in Post-reform China, 1978-95
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3198176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George C S Lin (0000-0003-4927-2034, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 670-696 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2427.00222 |
| OpenAlex | W2032953407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
China's economic reform since 1978 has brought profound change, not only to the functioning of the state organization, but also to the structuring of the space economy. Prior to the reform, the Maoist regime introduced a system of state socialism featuring a centrally planned economy, an anti-commercialist ideology and a development strategy that aimed at the rapid growth of industrial output. Important characteristics of the Maoist plan-ideological space included an uneven economic landscape dominated by the northern manufacturing heartland, a rigid urban hierarchy vertically integrated by a few large cities, and an 'invisible wall' separating urban and rural settlements. The post-reform market-regulatory regime has decentralized the power of decision-making, allowed a market economy to 'grow out of the plan', and freed state control over some peripheral areas that are not indispensable to the growth of the national economy. This has given rise to a distinct developmental landscape marked by the rapid expansion of new production space in South China, small towns and the vast countryside. Spatial restructuring in post-reform China has been primarily a result of state disarticulation rather than increased state intervention. A distinction needs to be made between 'nation-state' and 'local-state' for a better understanding of the operating mechanism of regional development. To solve the mystery of China's spatial restructuring requires a comprehensive approach that moves beyond the traditional East-West regional dichotomy and concentrates on the shifting emphasis of the production space between North and South China, between large cities and small towns, and between cities and the countryside.La réforme économique en Chine depuis 1978 a produit un profond changement, non seulement du fonctionnement de l'organisation de l'état, mais aussi de la structuration de l'économie de l'espace. Avant la réforme, le régime maoîste avait introduit un système de socialisme d'état marqué par une économie planifiée centralement, une idéologie anti-marché, et une stratégie de développement qui avait pour but la croissance rapide de la production industrielle. Les caractéristiques importantes de l'espace maoîste comprenaient un paysage économique inégal dominé par le centre stratégique de la manufacture du nord, une hiérarchie urbaine rigide intégrée verticalement par quelques grandes villes, et un 'mur invisible' séparant les installations urbaines et rurales. Le régime de régulation du marché après les réformes a décentralisé la prise de décisions, a permis à une économie de marché de 'sortir du plan' et a libéré le contrtôle de l'état sur quelques domaines périphériques qui ne sont pas indispensables à la croissance de l'économie. Ceci a créé un paysage distinctif de développement marqué par l'expansion rapide d'un nouvel espace de production en Chine du sud, dans les petites villes et dans la campagne immense. La restructuration spatiale dans la Chine d'après les réformes a été avant tout un résultat de la désarticulation de l'état plutôt que de son intervention croissante. Afin de mieux comprendre le mécanisme d'opération du développement régional, une distinction doit ?tre faite entre 'nation-état' et 'état-local'. La résolution du mystère de la restructuration spatiale en Chine demande une approche compréhensive allant plus loin que la dichotomie régionale traditionnelle est-ouest et portant son attention sur l'accentuation changeante de l'espace de production entre la Chine du nord et la Chine du sud, entre les grandes cités et les petites villes, et entre les villes et la campagne
China · Communism · Economic restructuring · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Ideology · Market socialism · Planned economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Socialism · Socialist economics · Socialist market economy · Sociology · Urban hierarchy · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 51 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |