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Worlding Developmentalism: China's Economic Zones Within and Beyond its Border
Author(s) -
Fei Ding
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3277
Subject(s) - developmentalism , china , zoning , promotion (chess) , political science , state (computer science) , economic geography , population , economy , economic growth , geography , economics , sociology , demography , algorithm , politics , computer science , law
This paper examines the development of Economic Zones in post‐reform China and the recent export of zoning practices as a part of the country's ‘going global’ strategy. I propose ‘worlding developmentalism’ to conceptualise the synergy between a polymorphous yet capable state in directing the path of domestic growth and overseas ventures, and a population who actively captures emerging economic opportunities in transnational contexts. The concept is then substantiated by the promotion of Economic Zones under the Belt and Road Initiative and China–Africa Cooperation. The contested spaces produced in the Global South under these new development paradigms necessitate keen scholarly investigation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.