39-62 Growth politics in urban china: A case study of jiangsu's jiangyinJingjiang industrial park

China Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-62

  Xiaolong, Luo ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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36. According to my interviewees, most of the investors from Jiangyin who invested in Jingjiang, believed that the participation of the Jiangyin government would improve government service provision and infrastructure conditions in JJJIP, with Jiangyin's strength in service provision and adequate capital for infrastructure development. Many companies in Jiangyin intended to set up operations in Jingjiang for the purpose of further development.
37. Jingjiang TV, 21 June, 2003.
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43. Please refer to http://www.jj.js.cn.
44. Interview in Jingjiang on 15 August, 2003. Code: China Interview 15080301.
45. There were 26 rural households in the same situation. As some respondents were unwilling to answer the questionnaires or could not be reached, the valid sample included only 20 households.
46. The difference is due to different statistical criteria (population in labour force in official statistics) as well as the fact that the population of sister villages in the towns (Bawei town) are counted in the official statistics. Therefore, the official figure was higher than the results of the survey.
47. The mu is a Chinese unit of area, and 15 mu equals one hectare.
48. Interview in Jingjiang on 16 and 15 August, 2003. Code: China Interview 16080301, China Interview 15080301 and others. Each rural household in Jingjiang has 0.67 mu farmland on average.
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53. Unemployment is a common issue faced by almost all Chinese cities, and is a result of urban and SOE reforms. Since the mid-1990s, labour supply has been much greater than labour demand in the urban labour market in China. For related studies, see Fang Cai, Zhongguo renkou yu laodong wenti baogao-chengxiang jiuye wenti yu duice (Annual report on population and employment in China-employment in rural and urban China: Issues and options) (Beijing: Social Sciences Publishing House, 2002).
54. According to Taubmann's estimation, half of the urban labour force was unemployed in 2001. For details, see W. Taubmann, "Unemployment and poverty in urban China." Paper presented at the International Conference on Globalization, the State, and Urban Transformation in China, Hong Kong Baptist University, 15-17 December, 2003.
55. For details of chengzhongcun, see Li Zhang, "Self-help in housing and chengzhongcun in China's urbanization," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 27, No. 4 (2003): 912-938.
56. Interview in Jingjiang on 16 August, 2003. Code: China Interview 16080302.
57. Conflicts caused by land expropriation and resettlement were prevalent in the country before 2003, alongside rapid urban growth.
58. Interview in Jingjiang on 8 August, 2003. Code: China Interview 08080305.
59. Hsing (Note 4)
60. Zhu (Note 8).
61. Zhu (Note 8) and Zhang (Note 8).
62. Molotch (Note 19).