ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book reconstructs local policy-implementation processes related to issues that have been identified as relevant and pressing by the Chinese political system. It suggests that the design of building a new socialist countryside (BNSC) as a value-oriented mission, framed by administrative reform and adjustments in the performance monitoring and evaluation systems, gave rise to the increased and successful coordination efforts that were observed in the localities forming. The book discusses localization, of course in the shape of the natural borders imposed by economic and geographical conditions, as well as those that are 'manufactured' by the institutional setting as well as the political and societal environment. It claims that strong local agency is welcomed by the system as a means of stimulating policy innovation and implementing central policies creatively at the grassroots.
