Coproduction of Public Service in Economic Development Zones: The Case of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone
The economic development zone is of great significance to Chinas reform and opening-up, which is implemented as the experimental field of Chinas economic reform. In recent years, the central government has initiated the plan of establishing the free trade zone, aiming to promote free and easy trade. To some extent, the free trade zone is considered as upgrades of economic development zone. However the delivery of public services within the economic development zone has its own features in terms of the industry-intensiveness, big profits, labor-intensiveness and weak management. Under this condition, the traditional way of delivery in which the government takes the lead may not meet the increased demands in the zone. The New Public Management has resulted in various forms of public service delivery such as privatization and multi-actor delivery. One argument is that the government should not be the only provider of public services, and citizens should be part of a public service delivery process for example by participating in the design of public services. This study examines the coproduction of public services in the context of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The focus is on citizen governance that is concerned with questions of how public services are delivered in the free trade zone and the rationale behind. In the society where resources are integrated, the boundary becomes unclear. Thus, it is essential to distinguish the roles and function among different actors. Given this consideration, this study further discusses the roles of actors involved in the delivery of public services within the free trade zone.
Coproduction Citizen governance Public service Economic development zone
JIN Shi-yu TU Xuan
School of Political Science and Public Administration, East China University of Political Science an Department of Public Administration, Jiangsu Administration Institute, Nanjing, P.R.China, 210009
国际会议
加纳
英文
747-752
2017-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）