Central local relations in China: a case study of Heilongjiang's GMO ban

• Main Authors: Zhang, Hongzhou, Wu, Alfred M.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Central–local relations; Local defiance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174308
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study contributes to the research on central local relations in China by examining local dynamics and defiance. Drawing on the case of a provincial government's defiance against a central policy - Heilongjiang province's 2016 ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) - this study s...