‘Entrepreneurial’ local state: the implications of Beijing’s shifting emphasis on urban redevelopment policies

摘要: The entrepreneurial nature of local government activities has significantly influenced socio-economic and spatial changes in urban China. It was against this backdrop that property-led redevelopment projects were implemented Beijing since 1990 by a programme whose very success depended on the participation developers prospective homebuyers as major financial contributors. By end 1999, roughly onefifth Beijing’s inner city households directly hit programme. In 2000, however, new policy introduced Beijing, received an increasing emphasis then. This aims at supplying affordable housing government-provided land so it increases existing residents’ re-housing rate. context, paper analysing implications shifting to examine if become less entrepreneurial, thus giving more weight promoting socially inclusive approach. Through detailed examination two case studies projects, argues state remained consistent characterises revised strategy, are largely supported power dispose use rights, which effectively makes part rentiers de facto landlords.