Over the last decade, a large part of the Chinese countryside has experienced a 'hollowing
out'process in economy and state administration, as rapid urbanisation and development …

At the turn of the millennium, the disparities between rural and urban livelihoods,
underdevelopment and administrative shortcomings in the Chinese countryside were …

Since the mid-2000s, the Chinese government has promoted village modernization under
the banner of “building a new socialist countryside.” To explain the origins and outcomes of …

In recent years, the launch of National New Areas (guojia xinqu) has garnered widespread
scholarly attention and has been recognized as a new round of rescaling strategies by the …

Over the last decade, rural township governments have been subjected to intensive
streamlining and rationalization programmes. This article examines which ongoing reforms …

In recent years, national new areas (Guojia Xinqu) have become prosperous strategies
across China, but this emerging phenomenon, so far, has received little attention in …

This research focuses on the governance of rural living environments in China from the
perspective of “System-Life”. The objective of improving rural living environments is to …

China's rapid economic growth following the 1978 reforms has resulted in significant
economic, social and environmental change. These reforms and their outcomes have been …

In March 2006, China's National People's Congress officially promulgated the central
government's intention to “build a new socialist countryside”, a new policy initiative and …

China's central government has been devoted to advancing its dualistic land administration
system, such as by designating pilot areas to explore rural land circulation and …