Assembling mega-urban projects through state-guided governance innovation: the development of Lingang in Shanghai

Jie Shen, Xiang Luo and Fulong Wu

Regional Studies, 2020, vol. 54, issue 12, 1644-1654

Abstract: In contrast to the perception that mega-urban projects are the epitome of neoliberal governance, in China they are initiated by the state as a state development strategy, which represents a new governance mode of ‘state entrepreneurialism’. The market is used as a new governance mechanism to mobilize the resources of multiple actors. Consequently, the delivery of mega-urban projects is neither driven by market actors nor controlled by the state alone. Mega-urban projects are the sites where governance innovation is experimented upon. Focusing on Lingang in Shanghai, the paper reveals that a horizontal networked mode of governance has emerged.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1762853

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