LIU Hongxian, YANG Xin, TANG Yan

Keywords： Local Enterprise Partnership; urban regeneration; public-private collaborative governance; London Economic Action Partnership; the United Kingdom

Abstract：

The British urban regeneration governance system has undergone several rounds of adjustments since the end of World War II, among which the “Local Enterprise Partnerships” system formed since 2010 has achieved certain results in empowering the market and improving the efficiency of planning governance, but it has been facing institutional integration in the past two years. In order to explore the implementation effect and dissolution reasons of the Local Enterprise Partnerships, this paper examines its institutional features and evolution, then establishes a “subject-structure-mechanism-environment” analysis framework based on the collaborative governance theory. By summarizing the strengths and shortcomings of the system, this paper goes deep into discussing the embedded paradoxes of collaborative governance. Finally, it puts forward suggestions on how to promote public-private partnerships in China’s urban regeneration, including establishing institutionalized domain for cooperation, clarifying the distribution of rights and liabilities, enhancing integration and coordination among different parties and reinforcing the stability of external environment.

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