State-Mediated Knowledge Transfer and Resource Mobility: a Case Study of China Local Government Entrepreneurship
Journal
Issues and Studies
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper focuses on a new phenomenon in China: local government entrepreneurship in constructing infrastructure and attracting investment has been diffused from more developed to less developed regions. We argue that this geographically diffused phenomenon is part of a larger attempt by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to facilitate advancement of less developed regions. The CCP has used a unique and centralized personnel management system to shift knowledge and resources in the interest of local economic development through between region pairing assistance and inter-regional cadre transfer. This diffusion has mixed results: it accelerates infrastructure construction, investment and economic growth in less developed areas, but at the expense of increased social exclusion and environmental pollution. © 2015 Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Subjects
Between-region pairing assistance; Chinese Communist Party; Geographical diffusion of development knowledge and resource; Inter-regional cadre transfer; Local government entrepreneurship
Type
journal article