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5.2 Research Limitation And Future Study
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dispute of Six-‐cities in Taiwan has caused great challenges for domestic city governance in order to avoid intergovernmental tension on the topic of cross-‐strait city exchanges.
5.2 Research Limitation And Future Study
The research aims at on figuring out the main cause of intergovernmental contradiction in the cross-‐strait city exchanges.
By performing in-‐depth interviews for Eastern Taiwan second tier city of Hualien, the respondents are from local government officers and local NGOs related to cross-‐strait city exchanges in the field of politics, education, culture, agriculture and tourism etc.
The purpose of this study is highly political implication, there are two research limitations as the followings:
The data collection is limited: the targeted respondents are almost senior supervisors in office and reluctant to take participate in interview. In this case, it is a pity that the data collection is comparatively difficulty.
To avoid sensitive consequences: many respondents will avoid political sensitive words, to avoid the dilemma of administrative ethics and sensitive emotional consequences. In this case, it is a pity thay give up same special cases and deeper pragmatic motivation.
For the future research, a chess game has battle up in the wake of opening cross-‐straits market. It is suggested that the concept of cross-‐strait city exchanges can serve as the muse for the national land plan and its management.That is to say, city governance and local
characteristics lays main foundation in the cross-‐strait life circle. Each city represent a unique and special key player for the construction of an effective and groundbreaking Taiwan’s cross-‐strait cities diplomacy blueprint.
What’s more, it may rely on the future research for the central government to expand its
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energy on cross-‐strait affairs to assist the locals well-‐integrated in the system such as
theshare of related experience, information, resources, operation and other aspects. Hopely, it would gradually enrich mutual exchange energy, here are three suggestions as the followings:
(1) From the perspective of each local mayors in Taiwan, it will understand public opinion and different role positioning of cities in the cross-strait city exchanges.
(2) From the perspective of Chinese city urgent need, it will match and promote Taiwan cities exchanges meaningfully.
(3) Finally, through the mechanism of sharing powers and responsibilities between the central and local share governance, it would give opportunities for government innovation . The authority decentralization enables local governments to have the rights and techniques, expected to reduce the burden and functions of the central government, and which will become a local intermediaries to response quickly to Taiwan local NGOs in civil society and to upgrade the city competitiveness.
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In-‐depth Interview On The Record
Field Working place Respondent No. Interview Date
Politics Mayor office of Hualien Country
Anonymous secrtarty A 2016.2.1
Economice Agirculture division of Hualien Country
Anonymous Chief Director
B 2016.2.4
Culture Aborigins division of Hualien Country
Anonymous Chief Director
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Education Hualien Association for Reading Confucian classics
Incumbent Chief manager
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Tourism Hualien Corps Former manager of markeing division
E 2016.2.2
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Respondent：Anonymous secrtarty , Hualien County Government
Years of service engaged in cross-‐strait city diplomacy : four and a half years From June 201
Interview Date：2016/2/1
Interview Place：Office of Hualien Country Government
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Q1, According to your experience, when does Hualian county government get start to perform cross-‐strait city diplomacy? What is the main idea and purpose for Hualien to reach out to China?
Since the end of 2009, Magistrate Fu Kun-‐chi took over in promoting local autonomous political management, adhere to the people-‐oriented concept of governance, to promote the development of cross-‐strait relations and international city alliance, which in cross-‐strait diplomacy City, Hualien County government play an active cross-‐strait exchanges of pioneer, urban governance can create for the concept of energy to enhance the city's international competitiveness.
Government is committed to good environmental policy, optimization Hualien medical tourism and tourism resources, improve the ground pluralism and cultural asset protection, and the Chinese city of Hualien to develop cross-‐strait direct flights, promote people on both sides to deepen exchanges, promote the development of international tourism Hualien city, and its purpose is to achieve "world city, sightseeing Hualien" policy targets.
Hualien county government to actively promote the city diplomacy, communication and global or Chinese elite urban youth, culture, tourism and trade, and actively participate in international or cross-‐strait tourism, accelerate the pace of internationalization, Hualien County to build a world-‐class environmental, religious, sightseeing , slow living, cultural and rural tourism original cultural capital, so in Hualien to the world.
Therefore, the focus in diplomatic connotation of urban organic agriculture, environmental protection, religion, culture, medical tourism, slow living tourism, economic cooperation, cultural exchanges and other aspects of ethnic minorities, as well as heads of visits, the county government exchanges, learn from valuable experience abroad to enrich County government building and content development, improve the quality of life of the prefecture and improving people's well-‐being at heart.
Q2, In your opinion, what kind of opportunity and threat for Hualian county government to perform cross-‐strait city diplomacy?What is the socioeconomic environmental factor which pose threat to Hualien?
Hualien County as an open international tourist city, in the face of the challenges of the Asian region and Southeast Asian countries and regions to compete with globalization, the county
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must team with open arms, strode bravely move forward, never sit idle, rigid, to financial hardship for the county governance and 340,000 folks to create a people's happy to stay alive.
First, the threat from the point of view, under the impact of globalization, outside the world financial crisis turmoil, the central fiscal policy tightening in the aftermath of financial hardship and, approaching the debt ceiling, it is necessary to take into account the overall development of the county government, have to repay county high debt in the past, only to find ways to break through the dilemma Hualien "make bricks without straw" in.
From 1998 to 2009 frozen province, just ten years the debt limit ceiling Hualien County, the county took over in Fu county government to assume the first day up to 133 million yuan huge debt, the county for the previous financial hardship most, but for the well-‐being of the mountain folks, carry the burden of housekeeping, to cut costs, retrench county spending, and strengthen the administrative reform.
After finishing Tuzhi force, prefectural unemployment rate reached a new low, the chances of employment, household disposable income jumped, the policy so that the people felt. So far six consecutive years debt, pay interest, Daozheng borrowing habits, "People First Time"
completely change the bureaucracy and timely solutions to the people's plight and petition cases, even a record six counties and cities in Taiwan policy satisfaction five stars award.
Secondly, talking about opportunities, global competition second International Garden City, Hualien County won the Class D group sponsored by United Nations Environment
Programme, has become one of the country livable cities in the network voting activities Species "2015 Taiwan vibrant city" crowned "the most suitable leisure city" highly favored by users yearning for happiness and vitality of the city.
2015 "the world" happiness survey the city through random telephone interviews, successful observations 22 counties a total of 14,600 people found that people believe there are efforts to promote internal and external characteristics of the city county and city, six are to Tainan highest, six are non-‐places, Hualien County in the first place; mainland tourists Hualien County is a favorite tourist city.
County positive investment, active tourism development and marketing of high-‐quality agricultural products, medical tourism, cultural industries, fruitful. According to the
Comptroller General Department of Statistics, in the first half of 2015 Hualien unemployment
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list, only 3.5% unemployment rate in Hualien County, far better than other counties. In 2015 counties happiness index ranking, Hualien County is ranked first in the country.
While not entirely dependent Hualien mainland tourists, but the face of the president quasi Tsai Ing-‐wen took office, whether the steady development of cross-‐strait relations,
cross-‐strait economic and trade exchanges and people can more forward integration,
international economic and trade order and the gradual improvement in the financial markets and other factors, we must not be taken lightly, this is one of the major impact of the overall external environment facing Hualien.
Q3, According to your experience, what strategies does Hualian county government manipulate to make a breakthrough on the both side? What is chacteristics of its management model?
Hualien County as a pioneer of cross-‐strait exchanges, successfully taken Hualien unique governance structure, long-‐term specific benefits include: the three aspects of culture, economy and society, not only to promote cross-‐strait relations progress closely, and
strengthen people's mutual understanding and tolerance, promote local economic industrial development, the peaceful development of cross-‐strait more concrete contribution.
Hualien county government and the central government to strengthen international
cooperation, between June 2010, not only to promote common Chinese provinces, Shandong Province, Jinan, Taiyuan, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Tianjin and Hong Kong, a total of 10 cities, a total of 108 charter flights direct Hualien, Hualien sightseeing injection flowing water, but also for the two sides put up a bridge of affection.
July 1, 2010, when he was appointed party secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guo Shengkun (current State Councilor and Minister of Public Security), led by trade and cultural delegation arrived in Taiwan, which is the first after the two sides signed the ECFA Chinese provincial leaders visit Hualien County Magistrate Fu show Friends landlord grand reception, thus contributing Guangxi Hualien marry.
Since the Hualien County Government to promote pragmatic cross-‐strait people exchanges, by the Chinese media, and provincial and municipal leaders addressed. Between April 2011, when he was appointed Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Ma Biao arrived in Hualien chaired Guangxi and Taiwan trade and cultural forum, Guangxi and Hualien County
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thirteen towns deepen exchanges, agricultural technology, tourism cooperation, open demonstration platform for cross-‐strait exchanges in Taiwan.
In the county the county team with folks and tourism industry to work together, the
immediate benefits include Hualien tourism industry coincided with the development of Bo, Hualien County tourism increasing the total number of 2012, a total of flower-‐visiting tourists 8,907,462 passengers, compared with 2011 an increase of 1,398,549 people, land and
objective light also increases the influx of nearly 200,000 people and will continue to grow.
Tourist Turnover: Tourism Bureau statistics, in 2009 Hualien County and tourist hotels only 29 billion yuan output value, after taking office in 2010 to the Republic of China in 2011 reached 3.5 billion yuan scale, in 2014 the output value of 4.8 billion yuan, the county hotel industry, Bed and Breakfast hire staff from 3,025 in 2009 30,000 people, until, in 2012 40,000 4,010 people, generate substantial employment opportunities.
Low unemployment, high employment growth: CLA survey Hualien County, the
unemployment rate from 5.9% in 2009, dropped to 4.2% in 2012, ranking advancing sharply from 2009 through the first 16 Previous 7, 2013 to 4.14% for the first time in the history of Hualien below the national average of 4.2%. 2014, the first half of 2015 more 3.8%, 3.5% drop twice the national low.
Household income amplitude jump, first in the country: According to DGBAS statistics, Hualien County household disposable income in 2009 from the 650,000 yuan, the highest in the first 18 counties and cities in Taiwan, in last place, the surge in 2011 75 million, a
significant jump between the two took 10 million yuan, the first in the country to enhance the magnitude of advancing Taiwan's first 13.
2012 Hualien hotels and B & B Number of rooms Total 8,786 rooms, to supply the growing tourist crowds, estimated future years after sightseeing Travelodge industry output value reached 9.3 billion 74.35 million.
Q4, In your opinion, what kind of benefit does Hualian county government obtain in process of performing cross-‐strait city diplomacy? Is it the long-‐term interest with low reward or short-‐term interest with high reward?
Because of Chinese policymakers is dominated by the central government, and referred to the relevant units of the concrete implementation and execution. So Will and Idea president and
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other central policy makers, often determines the cross-‐strait exchanges to the government.
Domestic research scholars have described the period of China Chen Chinese strategy is to
Domestic research scholars have described the period of China Chen Chinese strategy is to