英文摘要 |
This paper discusses the issues of regional integration and conflict of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city-region. With increasing links to global economy, Beijing has gradually been transformed into a global city, attracting multinational companies to establish headquarters, as well as promoted as a economic capital with functional divisions of labor and economic links. However, Tianjin, another major city in the region, has undergone rapid industrial development since 2006, especially from the central government's 'Tianjin Binhai New Area' spatial strategies stimulus. Under this strategic support, Tianjin has not only competes with Beijing for central government's financial franchise polices, but also absorbs the manufacturing industries of Hebei and Beijing. However, we find that despite the rise in the Binhai New Area that prompted Tianjin's economic and industrial development, the primary position of Beijing in this region has not been weakened. This article will point out that the arguments based on the spatial division of economic labor theory or political power determinism both ignore the fact that the cityregional spatial structures are also products of history, thus are not effective in explaining the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei competitive relationships. Therefore, the historical spatial structure of planned economy determines the gathering of national ministries, state-owned financial and corporate headquarters in Beijing. Although the state's Binhai spatial strategy has partly changed the spatial division of economic relationships between cities, it cannot again reverse the historical-institutional spatial structure of Beijing. The results will be dislocated development of Tianjin city and forced competition with Hebei industrial developments. |