발전패러다임 전환기 중국의 지역발전전략과 중앙-지방관계 : 일대일로 구상을 중심으로

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This article analyzes the characteristics of Central-Local relations in the process of China pushing forward with the ‘One Belt and One Road’ Initiative in the Transition period of Development Paradigm. The Chinese government is emphasizing “policy normative,” stressing that there is a huge opportunity for ‘OBOR’ Initiative, and encouraging cooperation by local governments through ‘Top-down’ methods. The local government is ‘jumping on the bandwagon’ with the central government’s policies and pursuing ‘profit’ but actively ‘cooperating’ with the overall goal of the Transition of Development Paradigm. Just like the reform period, however, overheated competition and business duplication among local governments still remains in Transition period of Development Paradigm, and local government debt problems could also limit the smooth implementation of the ‘OBOR’ Initiative. As the ‘OBOR’ Initiative is still in its early stages of implementation, it is inevitable for the central government to play a leading role. However, in order to overcome the side effects of reform and opening, the Chinese government should not limit the autonomy of local governments in the name of cooperation. Rather, it should give local governments more authority and autonomy than it is now.

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