题 目：Scaling Up and Going Out: The Politics of Chinese Agribusiness Development
报告人：Kristen Looney副教授（美国乔治敦大学）
主持人：刘承芳 教授
时 间：2025年10月15日 星期三 14:00-15:30
报告地点：北京大学王克桢楼508会议室
报告人简介：
Dr. Kristen Looney is an associate professor of Asian Studies and Government at Georgetown University, where she teaches courses on Chinese and comparative politics. She holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University. Her research is on East Asian development and governance. She has published in World Politics, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, and Current History, among other peer-reviewed academic journals. She is part of the Public Intellectuals Program (PIP) of the National Committee on US-China Relations (2023-2025) and a former Wilson China Fellow (2022-2023).
报告内容：
This project investigates the politics of Chinese agribusinesses “scaling up” production domestically and “going out” to make investments globally. It addresses the following questions: What are the key drivers behind the transition from smallholder farming to industrial-scale agriculture in China? What are the domestic and global implications of this transition? I find that the development of dragon head enterprises, or large-scale, agro-industrial firms, lies at the heart of China’s recent agricultural modernization efforts, that the factors driving their development are irreversible, and that U.S. firms will face tough competition with them both within China and globally. Based on Chinese primary sources and government data on firm ownership structure, I further argue that China’s agro-industrialization is different from previous patterns of (non-agricultural) industrialization because of the lesser roles afforded to foreign investment and market forces. In addition, I show that Chinese agribusiness development has been framed as a national security issue by both China and the U.S., the effects of which are to broaden the scope of agricultural products controlled by large companies and to accelerate the pace of scaling up and going out.