State Policy and the Globalization of Beijing: Emerging Themes

Authors

Yehua Dennis Wei, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeFollow
Danlin Yu, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Journal / Book Title

Habitat International

Abstract

An emerging body of work has attempted to capture the formation and functions of the emerging global cities in Asia to add a new dimension to the global city literature. With economic reforms and open door policy, Chinese cities have become more and more integrated with the global economy and the global urban hierarchy, spearheaded by Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. This paper analyzes the salient features of emerging global cities in China and highlights the role of the state in globalizing Chinese cities. We examine the efforts of Beijing to make itself into a global city: attracting foreign investment, building a world-class central business district (CBD), constructing Zhongguancun as "China's Silicon Valley," and preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games. These themes are state-directed and involve many aspects of globalizing the city, which testifies to the difference in the process and mechanisms of the globalization in Chinese cities from their counterparts in the developed countries.

DOI

10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.10.002

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Wei, Yehua Dennis and Yu, Danlin, "State Policy and the Globalization of Beijing: Emerging Themes" (2006). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 549.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/549