PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2015, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 1195-1208.doi: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2015.09.012

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Transformation of economic and technological development zones in the context of new urbanization: a case study of the Guangzhou Private Science and Technology Park

Zongcai WEI1(), Kaiyong WANG2*(), Tingting CHEN3   

  1. 1. Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
    2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
    3. Urbanization Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • Online:2015-09-25 Published:2015-09-25

Abstract:

The National New Urbanization Planning (2014-2020) is regarded as the top institutional policy design to deal with urbanization-related issues at the national level. With the deepening of the reform and opening-up, policy advantages of economic and technological development zones have been gradually diminishing, and their comprehensive competitiveness and vitality have dropped. Using a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews and based on the analysis of different interest groups, this research found that the development of the Private Science and Technology Park not only promotes the transformation from low-level urbanization to new urbanization for implementing the national new urbanization policy, but also should put forward development strategies to move from "manufacture" to "innovation" , so as to reshape the competitiveness and transformation from manufacture to innovative industry. This article may provide some references for the sustainable development of Chinese economic and technological development zones in the transitional age.

Key words: new urbanization, economic and technological development zone, transformation, Guangzhou Private Science and Technology Park