China’s rapid urbanization has driven a segregated, village-based society, which had embraced a mixture of institutions combining socialist collectivism and an ancient lineage tradition, to escape its historical constraints to establish entirely new institutions that reflect the urban market-oriented society of today’s society. In the workshop, we seek to explore the interplay between property rights reforms and local governance transformation in urbanizing China. we will cover several main themes as follows: (1) shareholding reforms and community economic development; (2) shareholding reforms and property rights transformation; (3) shareholding reforms and community organizational changes; and (4) shareholding reforms and restructuring of state-society relationships.

中国城郊地区的城市化是从一个五千余年农业文明的乡村社会，经历了一段时期的集体化后，在政府主导的市场化改革过程下，逐步转化为城市的过程。在这个过程中，合作经济股份制改革是十分关键的内容，对中国城镇化及城乡社区治理体系构建具有十分重要的作用和深远的影响。
本次研讨会将讨论下列四项内容：​
• 集体经济的作用及其再认识
• 合作经济股份制在去集体化、私有化过程中的实际效果
• 推动合作经济股份制对社区正式和非正式组织变迁的影响
• 合作经济股份制对重塑基层治理体系的影响