Culture Governance of the New Economic Human: The Entrepreneurial Biography in Contemporary China Chi-she Li and Tsung-yi Michelle Huang In the early phase of economic reform in China during the eighties,the stateinitiatedpoliciessuchasestablishingstate-ownedenterprisestoactas substantialdrivingforcesforthenationaleconomy,openinguptheChinese markettoforeigncapital,aswellasallowinglocalgovernmentstoappropri ateforeign investmentandlandownershiptoguideeconomicdevelopmentin accordance withnational decentralization policies. These oficial strategies enabledlocalgovernmentstoutilizeuniquelocaleconomicfeaturesindevel opingcorresponding modelsforeconomicdevelopment,suchasthe Sunan model with village and township enterprises at its core, andthe Wenzhou model centering on private enterprise. These local models elucidate the manner in which the Chinese government manages a market economy, using the power of the state to stimulate economic growth at the regional level,whilealsogivinglocalpeopletheopportunitytoaccumulatewealth. positions 22:4 DOlIO.I2IS/io679847-2793221 Copyright 2014 by Duke University Press