동향촌의 변화를 통해 본 베이징 성중촌 현상과 개조

This paper examines the changing process of Beijing’s chengzhongcun(CZC) and the social implications of CZC reorganization projects by the local governments. CZC, or urban village, is a spatial representation of the contradictions between the pre-reform institutional legacies and the market economy mechanisms. It developed in the form of hometown-based migrant enclaves in its initial stage as migrants actively mobilized hometown-ties as a survival strategy in harsh urban circumstances. The number of CZC sharply increased in the early 2000s as population-control policies were loosened, but the location and mode differed from the past. In an effort to solve the problem of overpopulation and urban congestion, the Beijing government launched CZC reorganization projects. As a large number of CZC is demolished and redeveloped, the migrants’ place of residence is driven to the city’s outer skirts and their hometown-tie weakens. The recent CZC reorganization projects indicate that the government policies on floating population shifted from controlling by the hukou system to a market-reliant urban plan.