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Architecture and Urbanism

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Research on governance structure and

benefit balance concerning urban regeneration
in Beijing, China: Analysis of the best practical

cases

Xiaoyong Yin and Yan Tang*
Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Theoretical and Practical Innovations in Relation to
China’s Urban Regeneration)

Abstract

While proposing the national strategy of implementing urban regeneration, the
Chinese government put forward requirements such as preventing large-scale
demolition and construction and protecting historical architecture, indicating that
the previous urban regeneration methods of demolishing low-rise and old buildings
and building high-rise and new ones are no longer applicable. As the capital city,
Beijing is facing more stringent constraints on reduction-oriented development
and historical protection, and the problems of insufficient motivation and unclear
*Corresponding author: paths for market players to participate in urban regeneration have become more
Yan Tang
(yantang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn) prominent. Based on a systematic review of the main theories and practices of market
participation in urban regeneration, this study builds a market-oriented mechanism
Citation: Yin, X., & Tang, Y. analysis framework for urban regeneration of “governance structure-benefit balance.”
(2024). Research on governance
structure and benefit balance In this study, we compared 34 cases that won the title of “The First Beijing Urban
concerning urban regeneration in Regeneration Best Practice in 2022” and conducted further in-depth analysis of three
Beijing, China: Analysis of the best typical cases by semi-structured interviews, field research, qualitative analysis, and
practical cases. Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism, 6(1), quantitative comparison. From the study, we identified three typical governance
0885. structures of welfare protection, economic growth, and comprehensive development
https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.0885 during the emergence of market participation in Beijing’s urban regeneration process
Received: April 30, 2023 and found that different governance structures have different cooperation and
Accepted: July 27, 2023 interaction mechanisms, value promotion orientations, and benefits distribution,
which are respectively applicable to facilities and public space regeneration projects
Published Online: February 20, 2024 that implement social public welfare responsibilities, industrial regeneration projects
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s). with ample economic value-added space, and regional comprehensive regeneration
This is an open-access article projects where quasi-public goods and private goods coexist. We believe that the
distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution- coexistence of multiple governance structures is an inevitable choice for China’s
Non-Commercial 4.0 International market mechanism of urban regeneration. The value-added space of urban
(CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits all regeneration projects should be further improved, the distribution of interests
non-commercial use, distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, among multiple subjects should be balanced, and the sustainable and normalization
provided the original work is of urban regeneration actions should be promoted.
properly cited.
Publisher’s Note: AccScience
Publishing remains neutral with Keywords: Urban regeneration; Market mechanism; Governance structure; Benefit
regard to jurisdictional claims in balance; Beijing; China
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affiliations.

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