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FOREIGN-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CHINESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AND AGENTS OF GLOBALIZATION
A CASE STUDY OF 31 PROVINCES IN MAINLAND CHINA
by
Yanli Chu
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Yanli Chu
Object Description
| Title | Foreign-related activities of the Chinese local governments and agents of globalization: a case study of 31 provinces in mainland China |
| Author | Chu, Yanli |
| Author email | YANLICHU@USC.EDU |
| Degree | Doctor of Planning and Development Studies |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Planning & Development Studies |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-12-14 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-07-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Banerjee, Tridib |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cooper, Eugene Tang, Shui Yan Woo, Michael |
| Abstract | China's local foreign-related activities have rapidly developed with the brisk pace of globalization and localization since China opened to the outside world in the late 1970s, bringing about a great impact on its national diplomacy and local economy. Few studies, however, concern why and how the Chinese local governments voluntarily conduct foreign activities, nor how to evaluate or what factors help shape the foreign-related achievements. Based on literature review and empirical evidence, this study examines the foreign activities of China's 31 provincial-level governments in a globalization perspective. It first explores why and how the provincial governments interact with the transnational flow of capital, goods, people and information, which are most important agents of globalization. Second, an index is created to evaluate and rank the foreign-related achievements of China's 31 provincial governments (FACPG) during 2004-2006 by processing the official data collected. Third, 18 factors are tested to make sure whether and to what extent they push up or pull down FACPG.; The study finds that: 1) the Chinese local government international involvement did not appearuntil China opened its door to the outside world in the late 1970s as commonly conceived. The local international involvement can be traced back to the Han Dynasty and continued to flourish in the Tang Dynasty in ancient China. 2) The provincial governments in the Chinese Mainland are active in promoting foreign activities closely related to the transnational flow of globalization agents in order to benefit their local economy. 3) FACPG shows remarkable disparity during 2004 to 2006. Six coastal provinces and two municipalities directly under the central government ranked at the top consistently. 4) There were significant and positive correlations between factors tested and FACPC with exception of land area. During the observed period, factors associated with provincial acquired international competencies had much stronger positive correlation with FACPG than basic factors. |
| Keyword | local government; agents of globalization |
| Geographic subject (country) | China |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1319 |
| Rights | Chu, Yanli |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Chu-20080705 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Chu-20080705.pdf |
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| Full text | FOREIGN-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CHINESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENTS OF GLOBALIZATION A CASE STUDY OF 31 PROVINCES IN MAINLAND CHINA by Yanli Chu A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES August 2008 Copyright 2008 Yanli Chu |
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