Variegated transnational partnerships:Multi-scalar actor networks in China's overseas industrial parks

• 作者: SONG Tao SUN Man LIANG Yutian Soavapa NGAMPRAMUAN WUZHATI Yeerken ZHOU Keyang
• 来源期刊: 地理学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（5）
• 所属期刊栏目: Special Issue:Case Studies of Belt and Road Construction
• 页码范围: 664-680
• 页数: 17页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11442-021-1864-6

摘要

The development of overseas industrial parks is a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative and a practical way of promoting inclusive globalization by introducing new forms of cooperation between China and the host countries.In this paper,the Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone(TCRIZ),and the China-Indonesia Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone(KITIC)are discussed in the context of the evolving development strategies and tra-jectories through three interrelated conceptual lenses-policy mobility,actor networks,and partnerships.The actor-network theory provides a lens to analyze how policy mobility and partnerships develop for two industrial zone case studies.The development,which involves a multi-scalar process,is shaped by the interactions among the national states,the regional governments and corporations against a background of globalization.Three types of trans-national actor partnership networks have been identified,namely,hierarchical partnership,spontaneous partnership,and hybrid partnership.A highlight of the study is the role that the partnerships play in the process of policy mobility when it comes to the overseas industrial zones.It is argued that the partnerships are the key to achieving technology transfer on a cross-national basis,and the effectiveness of the technology transfer is dependent on partner selection and the roles of the actors in policy mobility.