Forging the Core Competitiveness of County-Level Economy - Practices and Reflections from the Frontline of County-Level Economy: Practices and Reflections from the Frontline of County-Level Economy

Author: Li Zhi'an
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Li Zhi'an, the author of Forging the Core Competitiveness of County-Level Economy—Practices and Reflections of a County Mayor on Strengthening County-Level Economy, has served in leadership positions at the grassroots level for many years and is currently the Mayor of Fangshan County, Shanxi Province. Fangshan is a national poverty alleviation and development key county located in the western Lüliang Mountains of Shanxi. Since the reform and opening-up, especially in the 21st century, it has overcome unfavorable conditions such as resource scarcity and remote location, innovated in work approaches, focused on transforming government functions, and continuously improved the soft and hard environments for investment and business operations in the county. It has vigorously nurtured local enterprises while actively attracting foreign investment, strengthening market entities from multiple aspects: supporting enterprises in enhancing their competitiveness; clarifying main directions in development, building leading industries around specialties, and making innovative explorations for the growth of county-level economy.
This book is based on the summary of profound changes in the economic and social landscape of Fangshan County and widely draws on and references the successful paths of the top 100 counties (cities) in China. It focuses on four key areas—enterprise competitiveness, industrial competitiveness, government competitiveness, and environmental competitiveness—to systematically elaborate on how to cultivate and enhance the core competitiveness of county-level economy, promote coordinated economic and social development, and gradually move toward a moderately prosperous society and achieve basic modernization. It is a theoretical and practical work that is deeply integrated and holds innovative significance in the field of county-level economy.
Sincerely, we wish the author to take this book as a starting point and make new progress in both the practice of advancing county-level economic development and theoretical research. We also hope to see more specialized works on county-level economy published, which is why we write this preface.