1999—2019年珠江三角洲区域一体化进程——基于政府门户网站新闻报道的分析

INTEGRATION OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA IN 1999—2019:AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS MEDIA ON GOVERNMENT PORTAL SITE

本文基于广东省和珠江三角洲9市政府门户网站,采集标题中含珠江三角洲以及3大都市圈(广佛肇、深莞惠和珠中江)的新闻报道数据,并根据新闻主题归类到基础设施、经济、社会和制度4个维度,分析1999—2019年珠三角及3大都市圈一体化在4个维度的动态化进程。研究发现:(1)区域规划编制促进一体化进程推进。珠三角和3大都市圈一体化进程的新闻报道数量受历版区域规划演进的影响;(2)珠三角和3大都市圈一体化进程存在明显的维度差异。其中,珠三角一体化一直关注基础设施和制度维度,并呈现对社会维度的转向;3大都市圈一体化则在4个维度不尽相同,反映政府在区域一体化的不同诉求。(3)不同层级政府对珠三角和3大都市圈一体化的关注存在明显差异。其中,广东省政府更关注珠三角一体化,而各市政府更关注各自都市圈一体化。

Since the beginning of the reform and opening, Pearl River Delta has experienced dramatical change, transforming from a backward agricultural county into a world factory and further into a global mega city-region. Regional integration has been always highlighted in a serial of regional planning documents regarding the Pearl River Delta. By searching news media on governmental portal sites of Guangdong and the relevant 9 cities, this study collects news media reports that contain keywords of Pearl River Delta and three metropolitan regions(i.e., Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing, Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou, and Zhuhai-Zhongshan-Jiangmen) in their titles. These reports were identified and further grouped into four dimensions, namely, infrastructure, economy, society, and institution, according to text analysis of keywords in their title and content. Based on this, the study traces the regional integrations of the Pearl River Delta and three metropolitan regions. The differences among the four dimensions along the integration process are also discussed. Our findings show that the changes in news coverage of regional integration have been highly related to the regional planning formulation, as the Pearl River Delta and its integrations increased since 2004while that of the three regions appeared after 2000.