The Local States in China's Urban Growth: A Survey of the Institutional Characteristics

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Conventional wisdom attributed China's rapid urbanization to targeted measures taken by the central state.This paper looks at the role of Chinese local states in China's urban and industrial growth, not as an advocate of urbanization and industrialization per se, but as an entrepreneu rial manager that aims to maximize its revenues from urban physical and economic growth.It demonstrates how local states in China are motivated by the imperatives associated with fiscal and political institutions and enabled by housing and land use policies to promote the growth of real estate and manufacturing sectors.Specifically, the political appointment system links the political prospects of Chinese officials to the office achievements accomplished during their few year terms, while the fiscal system related the local financial strength to their efforts to mobilize revenue collection.It is under such circumstance that urban growth becomes the imperative mission of Chinese local states.The housing an

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