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Typical Danwei System and Subsidiary Collective Enterprises in Northeast China

  • Journal of Manchurian Studies
  • Abbr : 만주연구
  • 2018, (25), pp.143~172
  • DOI : 10.22888/mcsa..25.201806.143
  • Publisher : The Manchurian Studies Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > East Asia > China
  • Received : May 15, 2018
  • Accepted : June 10, 2018

Park, Chul-Hyun 1

1국민대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper tries to clarify the political and social meaning of the Subsidiary Collective Enterprises, which were major components of the urban society in Northeast China of the socialist era. It does this through an analysis the shaping of Subsidiary Collective Enterprises (SCEs) and its relation to State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). With the ‘156 KEY PROJECTS’ and intensive heavy-industry investment, the Northeast region—which has industrial foundations dating from the Manchukuo period—became the heavy-industry base which represented socialist China. This high urbanization, which always exceeded twice the national urbanization level, serves as an important factor in the shaping of Typical Danwei System (TDS) in Northeast region. Unlike the normal Collective Enterprises, SCEs were established by existing SOEs and the purpose of its establishment was to guarantee that children and educated youth workers who had returned to the city would have stable employment. As such, the shaping of SCEs and its relationship with SOEs are similar in character to that of SOEs with TDS. In particular, SCEs which were established by the Central Enterprises in Northeast region illustrate the political and social significance of SOEs in Northeast region. This analysis on the SCEs provides a rich and multifaceted understanding of the urban society of Northeast region in the socialist era, as well as on a Northeast phenomenon and on a new Northeast phenomenon.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.