New Study Proposes "Supportive Government Intervention" Framework for Hybrid Livelihood Services

　　A recent study conducted by Zhao Xiaoping explores innovative strategies for resource integration and provision of hybrid livelihood services, using community parking governance as a key case. The research introduces the concept of “government supportive intervention,” highlighting a shift in the government’s role from regulator and service provider to an enabling supporter.

　　

　　　　

　　

　　

　　In the paper titled Resource Integration and Provision Strategies for Hybrid Livelihood Services: Evidence from Parking Governance in Community H, City B, the abstract is as follows:

　　As a crucial form of quasi-public goods, hybrid livelihood services face a dual dilemma of "market failure" and "social failure" in resource integration. Taking the parking governance in Community H, City B as a case study, this paper proposes a theoretical framework of "government supportive intervention," elucidating the government's role expansion from a traditional "regulator" and "service provider" to a "supporter." The research reveals that through a systematic support pathway comprising "institutional supply—activation of social capital—targeted resource integration—institutionalization of collaborative mechanisms," the government effectively addresses the dual challenges: on one hand, designing interest-coordination points to stimulate corporate participation; on the other, cultivating community self-organization to aggregate residents' demands and reduce transaction costs. Government supportive intervention not only achieves a tripartite win-win outcome among enterprises, residents, and community self-organizations but also establishes a proactive governance paradigm of "demand sensing—collaborative alignment—dynamic optimization." This finding enriches the theoretical connotation of quasi-public service theory, unveils the unique functional role of the government in China's grassroots governance, and offers a theoretical explanation and practical pathway—"effective market + enabling government + orderly society"—for developing hybrid livelihood services.

　　The full paper has been published in Chinese Public Administration, Issue 10, 2025.

　　 

　　About the Author

　　Zhao Xiaoping is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology, BASS.