Geographical consciousness and tourism experience

Scholars of many persuasions have recognized the experiential features of geography, such as the consciousness arising from the spatial and temporal bonds between people and places. Until recently, however, tourism researchers have largely overlooked those features. In partial response to this omission, this article presents a phenomenological exploration of leisure tourism experience. By describing the lived experiences of Canadian tourists traveling to and within China on two separate package tours, this article discusses if and how geographical consciousness influences the tourists’ experiences. Its main purpose is to provide insights for research and application.     

水泥混凝土路面裂缝产生原因及其预防措施

本文结合自己多年来道路施工和维护的经验,针对水泥混凝土路面裂缝病害产生的机理,分析了引起这种病害产生的原因,并提出了有效的预防措施,这对减少水泥混凝土路面的裂缝损坏,具有重要的指导意义。     

Red tourism: sustaining communist identity in a rapidly changing China

‘Red tourism’ is to exploit the historical heritage of the Chinese Communist Party for tourism development. Such tourism practice has been used by the nation state of China both to drive the country's economic growth and develop new patronage of the communist ideology among the young generation. From the broader context of China's economic and social changes since 1978 when the country started its open-door policy and economic reform, our paper attempts to examine ‘red tourism’ by analyzing how the nation state of China promotes the communist heritage through ‘red tourism’ in order to sustain the communist identity in a rapidly changing China. Research questions are raised to address the economic and social factors for the nation state involvement in ‘red tourism’: the specific roles of such involvement and the outcomes. Based on a case study, this paper presents how heritage is interpreted at a specific ‘red tourism’ site in order to portray a selective part of the communist heritage as a symbol of the Chinese nation. In so doing, ‘red tourism’ aims to serve the purpose of the nation state to sustain the communist identity in the continuing effort of developing a ‘socialist country of Chinese characteristics’.     

对外直接投资的“中国故事”

2004年以来,中国对外直接投资开始迅速增长,成为东道国政府与公众广泛关注的重要经济现象。中国在经济发展水平还不高的情况下成为对外投资大国,深层次的原因之一是外汇储备快速积累,尤其是外汇储备投资回报低下。中国企业向海外进行直接投资,其主要目的是为了培育自身的竞争优势。对外直接投资可能存在一个生命周期,即随着经济的发展,对外直接投资的主要动机逐步从获取战略资产到提高生产效率再到占领当地市场。文章建议,一是考虑尽快取消对中国企业对外直接投资的限制;二是支持国有企业走出去宜审慎并有选择性;三是应更多地鼓励能够帮助国内产业升级的对外直接投资;四是政府功能要从管制转向提供服务与保护。     

对兵团中心团场建设问题的调查与思考

组建中心团场是兵团党委适应新世纪国际国内形势变化的要求,为了加快兵团经济社会全面发展,更好地履行屯垦戍边使命而做出的一项重大战略决策。要使这一重大决策如愿以偿、顺利实现,必须认真面对组建过程中存在的突出问题,从根本上解决中心团场与进入团场之间的矛盾,实现真正意义上的团场的集团“整合”和规模扩张。     

Producing a sense of meaningful place: evidence from a cultural festival in Hong Kong

Festivals are social and cultural phenomena that represent the living culture of a local community. However, studies on festivals have mainly focused on the economic contributions to the community and place. Relevant studies that probe into the intertwined relationship between festivals and uniqueness of place and locale are lacking. To fill this gap, this study explores the extent to which festivals contribute to the construction of a sense of place and its respective locality. Based on a case study of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, a community-based local festival in Hong Kong, this study examines place-related conceptions associated with community festivals. In-depth interviews were conducted to investigate local residents' perceptions of festival meanings and the underlying relationships with the construction of place uniqueness. Findings suggest that festivals are among the possible elements that can contribute to the ontological construction of the place. Three underlying themes of festival meanings, namely, religion and heritage, social bonding, and imagined locality, are crucial elements attributing to the sense of place that eventually shape the identification of a unique place. Therefore, festivals are a potential channel through which the history of a community can be narrated and a sense of place uniqueness can be established.     

我国货币政策的"免疫应答"与"超敏反应"

本文通过构建马尔科夫区制转移动态随机一般均衡(MS-DSGE)模型,基于中国宏观经济数据对模型参数进行贝叶斯估计,识别货币政策的时变特征与调控转换模式,测度不同类型货币政策对宏观经济调控的有效性与及时性.研究表明:(1)货币政策在2000Q1-2003Q4、2004Q4-2007Q2、2012Q3-2013Q2以及2013Q4-2019Q1时域内处于常规小幅波动状态,在2004Q1-2004Q3、2007Q3-2012Q2以及2013Q3,处于异常大幅波动状态.(2)技术进步冲击是产出的最主要驱动因素,同时,在非常规时期内,多重外生冲击的混合动力正向调节宏观经济.(3)非常规型货币政策对外生冲击的免疫效果普遍优于常规型货币政策.工资加成冲击改变了货币政策的传导机制,常规型货币政策与非常规型货币政策均难以在短期内实现消费稳定.     

数字金融对农村金融需求的异质性影响——来自中国家庭金融调查与北京大学数字普惠金融指数的证据

本文基于中国家庭金融调查和北京大学数字普惠金融指数,采用加入工具变量的面板数据回归,研究了数字金融对不同类别农村正规金融需求的异质性影响。结果表明:数字金融整体水平的提升一方面减少了农村生产性正规信贷需求概率,其中拥有智能手机的群体受影响更明显,另一方面也增加了农村消费性正规信贷需求概率,其中教育水平较高、有网购习惯的群体需求被激发较多,反映出数字金融提升效率、促进消费的多维度效应。本文首次通过实证方法研究了数字金融对农村金融需求的影响,为未来的农村金融政策提供了有益参考。     

产业政策与民营企业国有化

本文从政府的“资源控制需求”动机出发,分析和检验产业政策对民营企业国有化的影响及其经济后果。基于中国工业企业数据库的数据,检验发现,那些受产业政策鼓励或支持行业的民营企业,实施国有化的概率显著更大。进一步的检验发现,同样是受产业政策鼓励或支持的企业,实施了国有化的企业在国有化后虽然获得了显著更多的政府补贴并缴纳了显著更少的税收,但同时却比非国有化企业聘用了显著更多的员工、确认了更多的管理费用以及支付了更高水平的员工工资,并最终具有显著更差的绩效表现。上述发现不仅从产业政策的视角为民营企业国有化的原因提供了新的解释,也从企业产权变更视角拓展了有关产业政策经济后果的研究。     

China's Great Ascendancy and structural risks: consequences of asymmetric market liberalisation

China's great ascendancy from a poor agrarian economy to an economic superpower is unprecedented. But in the process, structural imbalances, resource inefficiency, and income inequality worsened rapidly. It is argued that the coexistence of China's extraordinary growth and serious structural risks are two sides of the same coin: asymmetric liberalisation of product and factor markets. Distortions in markets for labour, capital, land, energy, and the environment lower production costs, increase corporate profits, raise investment returns, improve the international competitiveness of Chinese goods, and therefore lift China's growth. But they also depress consumption. China needs to accelerate factor market liberalisation in order to complete the transition to a market economy and to lock the economy onto a more sustainable path.