From the Street to the Night Market: Informal Governance and the Regulation of Street Vending in Urban China

Original language	English
Journal	China Review
Publication status	Submitted - Jul 2026

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1. 
   SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Projects

Projects per year 2022 2022 2024 2025 2026

• 3 Finished

Projects per year

• SURF: Street Entrepreneurs and Social Governance: A Case Study of Street Night Market Governance in Suzhou Industrial Park

  Lin, L. (PI)

  16/06/25 → 29/08/25

  Project: Internal Research Project

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  • Industrial Park 100%

• Social Worlds: China's Cities as Spaces of Worldmaking

  Alpermann, B. (PI), Meyer-Clement , E. (PI), Flock, R. (Team member), Angerer, A. (Team member) & Lin, L. (Team member)

  15/06/24 → 15/06/26

  Project: Collaborative Research Project

  • China 100%
  • Chinese 80%
  • Social Communication 20%
  • Communication Flow 20%
  • World Trade Organization 20%

• Flexible Labor Market Development, Problems, and Governance in Manufacturing Industry in the Context of China's Industrial Upgrading

  Lin, L. (PI)

  1/09/22 → 31/08/26

  Project: Internal Research Project

  • Manufacturing Industry 100%
  • Labor Market 100%
  • China 100%

Research output

Research output per year 2026 2026 2026

• 1 Article

Research output per year

Research output per year

• Social World in the Making of Street-Food Night Markets: A Case Study from a University Town in Z City

  Lin, L., Sept 2026, (Submitted) In: The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies.

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

Activities

Activities per year 2023 2023 2024 2025 2025

• 3 Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
• 1 Apointed Visiting Scholar

Activities per year

• From the Street to the Night Market: Informal Governance and the Regulation of Street Vending in Urban China

  Lin, L. (Speaker)

  15 Sept 2025 → 19 Sept 2025

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar

• Social World in the Making of the Night Food Market: A Case from a Chinese City

  Lin, L. (Invited speaker)

  14 Jun 2025

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar

• Research Fellow

  Lin, L. (Participant)

  15 Jun 2024 → 15 Sept 2024

  Activity: Other › Apointed Visiting Scholar

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Lin, L. (2026). From the Street to the Night Market: Informal Governance and the Regulation of Street Vending in Urban China. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Lin, Lefeng (Frank). / From the Street to the Night Market: Informal Governance and the Regulation of Street Vending in Urban China. In: China Review. 2026.

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