Public Agenda, Media Agenda and Policy Communication Process of Government Annual Reports:Based on the Survey in 19 Chinese Cities

Promoting direct policy communication between policy makers and the public is both an important function of government annual reports (GARs) and a key issue in democratic politics.According to this survey,conducted in 19 major cities in China,to promote the policy communication function of the GARs the government should make full use of changes in public policy communication habits and the convergence of public policy preferences in different groups while dealing with routine problems such as “public opinion deficits” and “being popular among the institutional staff but unnoticed the non-institutional staff.”

Study Abroad Experience and Career Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study of Chinese Students

This research explores factors influencing Chinese overseas students’career decision-making.Based on the social cognitive career theory,a semi-structured interview schedule was devised to qualitatively investigate how Chinese students evaluated different factors and coped with career decision-making while studying abroad.The interview transcripts were addressed using thematic analysis.Family influences,overseas social life,and personal improvement were found to be the three key factors in shaping Chinese overseas students’career decision-making.Moreover,close interconnections were found among the three factors,and these had a combined impact on the decision-making process.The findings highlight the importance of a positive study abroad experience and its impact on international students’career decision-making.

More Rights but Less Gains:Relaxed Birth Control Policyand the Loss for Women

In view of its aging population,China initiated in 2012 a relaxed birth control policy after a three-decades-long implementation of the restrictive one-child policy.This paper examines how China's relaxed birth control policy leads to gender inequality.It specifically focuses on migrant workers because they account for a significant portion of the working group.Using the National Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey from 2014 to 2016,we found that China's two-child pilot policy reduced female labor force participation by 1.4 percentage points.This negative effect was more pronounced for women with higher educational levels or working in the private sector because employers foresee greater risks of productivity decline.We demonstrated that the gender pay gap increased from RMB956 to RMB1,053 during this same period.Pinpointing these unintended consequences brought about by the relaxation of the one-child policy helps provide a more complete picture of inequality and make sense of persistent relative poverty in Chinese society.To counteract gender discrimination,females are advised to work outside their home jurisdictions and take advantage of positive peer effects.

Crouching the tiger,or hiding the dragon?scale in China’s heritage production

In the built heritage studies,the intricate web of social and selective processes that defne heritage is evident.These processes are,in many cases,intertwined with the notion of scale,examplifed through the production of heritage sites at the local,national,and transnational scales.While heritage and geography scholars have articulated the role played by scale in heritage-making and argue against a rigid,fxed,and hierarchical understanding of scale,they highlight the constant reproduction of scale.There is,so far,limited explanation of how the perception of scale gets reproduced and how crucial actors manipulate scalar power and resources for heritage making and the reproduction of scale.To fll this gap,this paper delves into China's Mainland’s heritage-making,using the southern Anhui historical villages as an example.Based on intensive 5-month feld research,this paper has three fndings:1)The nomination process for a World Heritage Site is notably infuenced by politics and selectivity;2)Diverse stakeholders are pivotal in shaping heritage narratives;3)Individual contributions to heritage creation directly interact with,and subsequently reshape,‘scale’,an entity that is simultaneously discursive and tangible.By integrating the notion of‘scale’into heritage discussions,we illuminate two concurrent processes:creating hierarchies through rule assimilation by interpreting the UNESCO standard internally and evolving socio-spatial dynamics via the manifestation of individual agency with resource manipulation,scale jumping,and reproduction of scale.This approach aligns with the material orientation in human geography and repositions‘scale’.Here,it’s not just an epistemological framework but also a tangible force that steers individual perceptions and actions and yields measurable material impacts.