Jianfa Shen - Urbanization, Regional Development and Governance in China

Rapid urbanization in China in recent decades and the challenges of social and regional integration and governance have been issues of major concern. This book explores the course of urbanization and development in China over recent decades. It considers a range of issues including urbanization, changing urban and regional systems, regional integration and governance. The book pays particular attention to the economic relations between Hong Kong and mainland China, and how regional development, integration and governance unfold in the Hong KongPearl River Delta region.

Jianfa Shen is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management and Director of the Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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The Power of Relationalism in China

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Chinas Financial Opening

Coalition Politics and Policy Changes

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Urbanization, Regional Development and Governance in China

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Midwifery in China

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Jianfa Shen

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This book is based on research that has been conducted since 2002, mainly in the period 20022014. The Department of Geography and Resource Management and the Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong provided an excellent environment for academic research. The colleagues and staff in these units have been very supportive to my work. I have also benefited a lot from working with my research staff team as well as MPhil and PhD students who are involved in related research projects. Thanks are due to Mr. Gordon Kee of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies for his assistance in securing 2007 data for and processing other figures.

The research on which this book is based is supported by research grants from various sources in the following: Direct Research Grants of The Chinese University of Hong Kong for .

Earlier versions of some chapters were presented in various seminars and conferences: Urban Governance in a Cross-Border City Region: The Case of Hong Kong, keynote address delivered at the Third International Conference on Urban Governance in China, Nanjing University, 1921 May 2002; Space, Scale and the State: Re-organizing Urban Space in China was presented at the International Conference on Globalization, the State, and Urban Transformation in China, Organized by Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1517 December 2003; Scale, State and the City: Urban Transformation in Post-reform China was presented at the Conference on the New Chinese Urbanism, Organized by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, the City University of New York, 2324 May 2005; A Study on the Dual Track Urbanization in China was presented at the 8th Asian Urbanization Conference, 2023 August 2005, Kobe; Integration of World City and Its Hinterland under Globalization: Changing Relations between Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta, keynote speech presented at the International Conference on Globalization and Transformation of Megacity, Center for Modern China City Studies at East China Normal University, 2223 June 2007, Shanghai; Inter-city Cooperation and Competition between Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Institutional Constraints and Asymmetric Urban Governance was presented at the Sub-Forum of Strategic Choices for Asian Cities under Globalization, Shanghai Forum 2008, 2427 May 2008; Intercity Competition and Cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Theories, Realities and Policies, seminar presented at the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, the University of Hong Kong, 15 October 2008; Enhancing Urban Competitiveness through Inter-city Cooperation: The Case of Shenzhen and Hong Kong was presented at Asia Economic Community Forum, 1113 November 2009, Incheon; Cross-Boundary Cooperation and Competition in Hong KongShenzhen Metropolitan Region, keynote speech presented at International Conference on Hong Kongs Role in Globalization and the Development of China, organized by the Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta, Sun Yat-sen University; Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University; China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, 1315 October 2011, Guangzhou; Urbanization Process and Policy Responses in China was presented at Beijing Forum 2013, 13 November 2013; Not Quite a Twin City: Cross-Boundary Integration in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, IGU Regional Conference: Changes Challenges Responsibility, 1822 August 2014, Krakw; Intercity Cooperation and Competition in Hong KongShenzhen Metropolitan Region was presented at Tianjin Forum 2015, 1617 January 2015, Tianjin.

My research has benefited from discussions and exchanges with many scholars in the field, especially Roger Chan, Tony Champion, Peter Cheung, Cindy Fan, Allan Findlay, Chaolin Gu, Si-ming Li, George Lin, Laurence Ma, Pengfei Ni, Yuemin Ning, Neil Smith, Daniel Sui, Guixin Wang, Dennis Wei, Qihao Weng, Fulong Wu, Weiping Wu, Wei Xu, Anthony Yeh, Yue-man Yeung, Jieming Zhu and Yu Zhu. I would also like to thank scholars who have invited me to the seminars and conferences mentioned earlier and the sponsors of these academic activities.