%0 Journal Article
%T Mianyang: The Legacy of State Socialism and Local Construction
%A Minglu Chen
%J Provincial China
%D 2011
%I 
%X This paper provides an account of the development trajectory of Mianyang City, a prefecture-level administration in the Southwest of China, as relevant to the Chinese government¡¯s two major attempts to develop the country¡¯s vast West, i.e. the ¡®Third Front Construction Project¡¯ and the ¡®Open Up the West¡¯ Campaign. Based on empirical research, the author argues that the past of socialist construction under Mao should not be dismissed when one tries to understand China¡¯s current prosperity. This paper also provides a local perspective to examine the rather under-viewed development scheme¡ªthe ¡®Third Front Construction Project¡¯. Although seen as a failed endeavour at macro level, the project¡¯s impacts on local development could be positive and constructive.
%K State socialism
%K Mianyang
%K Sichuan
%K ¡®Third Front Construction¡¯
%K ¡®Open Up the West¡¯
%U http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/provincial_china/article/view/2441