Digital platform-driven rural revitalisation: The evolving entrepreneurial roles of local state

Yitian Ren; Hairui Liu; Luca Mora

Digital platform-driven rural revitalisation: The evolving entrepreneurial roles of local state

Yitian Ren
, Hairui Liu
, Luca Mora

Department of Urban Planning and Design

Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester
Edinburgh Napier University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Journal	Habitat International
Publication status	Submitted - 2026

Keywords

Digital platform
Entrepreneurialism
Entrepreneurial state
Platform ruralism
Rural revitalisation

3 Active

Digitalisation, rural migration, and the revitalisation of rural society in China
Ren, Y. (PI), Yang, X. (CoI) & Esteban, V. (CoI)
29/01/26 → 29/01/27
Project: Collaborative Research Project
Sustainable Development of Peri-urban Area: An interdisciplinary Project for Yangcheng Lake Township Revitalisation
Ren, Y. (PI), Chen, B. (CoI), Xu, K. (CoI), Cao, L. (CoI) & Hao, J. (CoI)
23/09/25 → 23/09/26
Project: Internal Research Project
Smart city in the making: how urban entrepreneurialism exploits and harnesses digital platforms in China?
Ren, Y. (PI)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Internal Research Project

2 Article

Between place and platform: The digitally-mediated restructuring of rural Korea and China
Kim, K. & Ren, Y., 2026, (Submitted) In: International Journal of Urban Sciences.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Entrepreneurial local-state driven rural e-commerce development: Evidence from less-developed rural West China
Ren, Y., Jun 2025, In: Cities. 166, 106188
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

1 Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …

Research Workshop with Yangcheng Lake Township Government: Place Branding and Revitalisaiton of the Peri-urban Township
Ren, Y. (Organiser), Liu, H. (Participant), Du, Y. (Participant) & Xu, K. (Participant)
3 Apr 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …

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Digital platform-driven rural revitalisation: The evolving entrepreneurial roles of local state

Keywords

Projects

Digitalisation, rural migration, and the revitalisation of rural society in China

Sustainable Development of Peri-urban Area: An interdisciplinary Project for Yangcheng Lake Township Revitalisation

Smart city in the making: how urban entrepreneurialism exploits and harnesses digital platforms in China?

Research output

Between place and platform: The digitally-mediated restructuring of rural Korea and China

Entrepreneurial local-state driven rural e-commerce development: Evidence from less-developed rural West China

Activities

Research Workshop with Yangcheng Lake Township Government: Place Branding and Revitalisaiton of the Peri-urban Township

Cite this