Political Steering of Strategic Industries: Assessing renewable energy transition management

本项目的总体目标是以可再生能源转型管理（风能、太阳能、智能电网）为例，评估当前Xi近平政府在战略产业产业政策这一关键领域的政治指导和治理能力。具体而言，该项目旨在澄清可再生能源相关产业政策的政治指导模式、工具及其应用程序的组合;调查地方国家行为者在多层次指导过程中作为指导对象和主体的双重作用;审查制造、创新和部署政策的协调;探索与智能和可再生能源制造和部署有关的最新政策的程序有效性。项目结果不仅与研究单位理解和概念化政治指导的共同目标有关，中国在Xi近平时代的执政能力。它还将对有关可持续性管理和能源转型的文献作出重要贡献。此外，我们将为关于产业政策作用的全球辩论做出贡献，特别是在中国。

The overall goal of this project is to assess political steering and governability under the current Xi Jinping administration in the crucial field of industrial policies for strategic industries, taking renewable energy transition management (wind, solar, smart grid) as an example. In detail, the project aimsto clarify the mix of political steering modes, instruments and their application processes in renewable energy related industrial policies;to investigate the dual role of local state actors as both steering objects and subjects in a multi-level steering process;to scrutinize the coordination of manufacturing, innovation and deployment policies;to explore the procedural effectiveness of recent policies related to smart and renewable energy manufacturing and deployment.The project results will not only be relevant for the research units common goal of understanding and conceptualizing political steering and governability in China during the Xi Jinping Era. It will also make an important contribution to the literature on management of sustainability and energy transitions. Furthermore, we will contribute to the global debate on the role of industrial policies in general and in China in particular.