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This book explores the role of regional government in economic guidance and regulation, showing how it can effectively leverage market forces using investment, tax policy and innovations in organization and technology to promote sustainable regional economies.

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Under the conditions of market economy, the government is an independent economic entity, whose function is not only to provide services and handle public affairs, but also to coordinate, advance and lead economic development. The dual functions of regional government include providing service and administration at the micro-level on behalf of market economy on one hand and leading, regulating and promoting economic development at the macro-level on behalf of the central government on the other hand. Foresighted leading means giving free rein to the government, especially regional government, in economic guidance, regulation and early warning. It also means that the government is responsible for effectively allocating funds and gaining advantages using market rules, leveraging market forces and other means such as investment, price, taxation, law, and organizational, institutional and technological innovations to promote the scientific and sustainable development of the regional economy.

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Introduction Foresighted Leading: Theoretical Innovations Based on the Economic Development in China.- The New Deal in Shunde: Foresighted Leading is Optimal Service.- Intelligent Foshan: the Road to Amalgamation of Industrialization, Urbanization and Internationalization via Informationalizaion.- The Road and Direction of Economically Demonstrative Regions in China.- Meeting the Press: Let the Light of Capital Shine over Industrial Highland.- Internet Government.- Chen Yunxian in the Media: Watch Before Walking.- Epilogue.

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Born in October 1955, Chen Yunxian is a native in Shanghang County of Fujian Province. He is a PhD in economics at Peking University and a senior officer of economic administrator, and an expert enjoying the Special Allowance of the State Council. Chen Yunxian founded GF Securities and later assumed political posts, working as a member of the Municipal Standing Committee and executive vice mayor, mayor and Secretary of Shunde District Committee of Foshan City in Guangdong Province. Now, he serves as secretary of the Foshan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Foshan Municipal People´s Congress. After 2000, Chen Yunxiang further studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the United States, Havard Business School and Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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