长三角一体化背景下府际合作与干部异地调任的网络模式与关联性

Breaking down administrative barriers between cities and promoting the free flow of factors have become the key to the integrated development of urban agglomerations. Among the many means of promoting intercity connections, government- led intergovernmental cooperation and official rotation are two important approaches, while they are potentially interrelated. Using the data of intergovernmental cooperation and the rotation of major officials in the Yangtze River Delta cities, the study analyzes the network patterns of the two processes by drawing on network analysis methods, and explores the difference in the degree of association between different types of intergovernmental cooperation and official rotation through heterogeneity analysis. The study found that: (1) The density of the intergovernmental cooperation network is significantly higher than that of the official rotation network. The same network structure is polycentric but the core cities are different. The cooperation network takes the economic center city as the core, while the official rotation network takes the administrative center city as the core. (2) Official rotation has a stronger correlation with “informal institutional relations”, intercity cooperation with strong practicality, and high government participation. (3) The rotation of officials at the deputy department level and the rotation of officials transferred at the same level are more closely related to intergovernmental cooperation. Based on this, the study puts forward suggestions to promote the positive interaction between intergovernmental cooperation and official rotation, and thus facilitating higher-quality integration of the Yangtze River Delta.