Government Intervention on Cooperative Development in Poor 2 areas of Rural China: A Case Study of XM Beekeeping Cooperative in Sichuan

Zhang, Shemei; Wu, Bin; Chena, Rui; Liang, Jingzhi; Khan, Nawab; Ray, Ram L

Abstract

The relationship between government intervention and cooperative development has always been a source of controversy in the developing world. This paper aims to examine the rationale and successful conditions of government intervention to promote cooperative development in poor areas of rural China. In the context of "targeted poverty alleviation" programme (2015-2020), a government-led campaign covering all of poverty-stricken villages in west China, cooperative development was listed by the central government as a criterion for evaluating successful intervention at the county government level. Accordingly, central questions of this paper are: why is government intervention necessary to initiate a process of cooperative development in poor areas of China; and under what conditions can government intervention be successful, leading to a sustainable cooperative development? Bearing in mind the complexity of government intervention with mixed results, both successful and failed, the above questions are addressed by a case study of XM Beekeeping Cooperative, representing one type of successful government intervention in poverty stricken and ethnic minority dominate the region of China. Overall, government intervention is crucial in building cooperative ecosystems in the poor region of China. However, government intervention is not invariable because the approaches can be modified accordingly to accommodate the effect of the intervention.

Citation

Zhang, S., Wu, B., Chena, R., Liang, J., Khan, N., & Ray, R. L. (2023). Government Intervention on Cooperative Development in Poor 2 areas of Rural China: A Case Study of XM Beekeeping Cooperative in Sichuan. Land, 12(4), Article 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040731

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 21, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Mar 23, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Deposit Date: Apr 3, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 6, 2023
• Journal: Land
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Article Number: 731
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040731
• Keywords: governmental intervention; cooperative development; successful intervention; poor ar-28
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/19208675
• Publisher URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/731