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The Institutional and Political Background to Chinese Urbanisation |
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| Authors: | Sun Shiwen |
| Abstract: | Chinese cities have a very distinct history defined by their relationship to government and the land. Under imperial rule they served as administrative centres for rural agricultural areas that took precedence, economically and politically. Professor Sun Shiwen of Tongji University, Shanghai, describes how today’s urbanisation process is still informed by the city’s uniquely Chinese characteristics. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | primary government ‘chengshi’ Shanghai Shenzhen ‘migrant workers’ hukou ‘floating population’ Chinese Government administrative management centralisation Open Door policies NPC (National People’s Congress) CPPC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) centrally-controlled land-use policy ‘hot money’ ruralurban binary system macro-control policies |