The role of planning in the development of Shenzhen, China: Rhetoric and realities

Mee Kam Ng; Wing Shing TANG

doi:10.2747/1538-7216.45.3.190

The role of planning in the development of Shenzhen, China: Rhetoric and realities

Mee Kam Ng^*, Wing Shing TANG

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This paper examines the role played by socioeconomic and spatial planning in the development of China's first special economic zone (SEZ), Shenzhen. More specifically, it analyzes the impacts of socioeconomic five- and ten-year plans and Master Layout Plans in Shenzhen's metamorphosis from an industry-based SEZ relying on domestic investment (early 1980s) to a modern metropolis sustained by an export-oriented economy. The authors explore the tension between local officials' aspirations to make Shenzen a 21st century "world city" and the dual obstacles of policy control by the central government and the need to harness local development within Shenzhen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	190-211
Number of pages	22
Journal	Eurasian Geography and Economics
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2747/1538-7216.45.3.190
Publication status	Published - 2004

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Economics and Econometrics

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