Governance system construction for China’s metropolitan regions based on rescaling and multi-level governance: A case study of the Nanjing Metropolitan Region
[Objective] Exploring the construction logic of China’s metropolitan regions governance system is conducive to enriching and deepening the research of “city-region” governance mechanism, and providing a scientific basis for promoting the optimisation of the governance structure and high-quality deve...
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Science Press, PR China
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Ziyuan Kexue |
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| Online Access: | https://www.resci.cn/fileup/1007-7588/PDF/1741585602883-2064545493.pdf |
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| Summary: | [Objective] Exploring the construction logic of China’s metropolitan regions governance system is conducive to enriching and deepening the research of “city-region” governance mechanism, and providing a scientific basis for promoting the optimisation of the governance structure and high-quality development of the metropolitan regions. [Methods] Based on the integrated analysis framework of rescaling and multi-level governance, this study comprehensively used qualitative research methods to analyze the construction process of the governance system in Nanjing Metropolitan Region. [Results] (1) The municipal governments, provincial governments, and central government carried out governance activities dominated by the behavioral motives of economic growth, spatial rescaling, and stable development, respectively. (2) The lower-level governments mainly expressed their governance demands through the scale shift strategy of upward voice transmission, and guided the downward flow of power and resources; the higher-level governments mainly conveyed their governance intentions through the scale shift strategy of downward responsibility setting, and shaped the governance rules where constraints and incentives coexist. (3) The rescaling of power relations has promoted the formation of a multi-level governance structure, which is specifically manifested in the reshaping of intergovernmental relations (governments at the same level have shifted from “race to the bottom” to cooperation and co-design, and governments at the upper and lower levels have shifted from commanding-following to cooperating) and the reshaping of government-market relations (the governments’ active choice and policy decision on the market accumulation mode). [Conclusion] Multi-level governments jointly promoted the construction of governance system in China’s metropolitan regions. Each level of government should further clarify its identity and governance objectives, and flexibly use diverse scale shift strategies to strengthen collaboration between governments at the same level and at higher and lower levels, so as to respond to the national spatial strategy of “accelerating the cultivation and development of modern metropolitan regions”. |
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| ISSN: | 1007-7588 |