英文摘要 |
This article explores the mechanisms of economic development and the role of the local government of Chongqing municipality's Fuling district in the spatial context of interior China, in order to understand the urban-regional developmental model which is different from littoral ones of rural industrialization, outward-oriented industrialization or large scale privatization. In contrast to the common impression of in efficiency of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Fuling district government uses the SOEs as the vehicles to promote local economic development. The main contribution of this article lies in modifying existing theories to construct the analytical framework dealing with the relations between property regime, local government and local economic development, and indentifying the particularity as well as significance of the experience of Fuling's development. Moreover, this article maintains dialogues with relevant discourses on China's property regimes' transformation and points out the shortcomings of orthodox theories of privatization. Finally, it further argues that investigating the transformation of local property regimes from the perspective of local government’s agency under certain conditions of constraint is significant in exploring the complex mechanisms of China's institutional change and local economic development. |