Research on Contemporary Overseas Chinese and Their Self-Organizations'Participation in Global Health Governance
In recent years,globalization has been accompanied by the emergence of large-scale transnational transmission of infectious diseases,and public health crises have posed enormous risks and challenges to countries.The issue of public health governance has become an important topic in global governance,and what differs it from traditional governance is the active participation of non-state actors,which play an important role in global health governance.After the occurrence of major public health crises,overseas Chinese and their self-organizations have participated in the global health governance as emerging governance subjects.However,existing studies have examined governance issues more from a macro-social perspective,and those involving topics related to overseas Chinese have mostly focused on their contributions from the perspectives of public diplomacy and morality,but lacked research on the dynamic governance mechanisms of micro-subjects;in particular,micro-examination of non-state actors around transnational governance urgently needs to be supplemented.This paper applies interdisciplinary research methodology to analyze the complex transnational practices of overseas Chinese and their self-organized transnational governance behaviors,governance mechanisms,motivating factors and challenges.This paper intends to interpret the participation paths and roles of overseas Chinese interacting with states,societies and communities in the complex transnational practicein global public health governancess diverse entities in the multilateral cooperation and collaborative governance network.It is found that overseas Chinese have formed diversified self-organizations with different characteristics and linkages,and these self-organizations actively participate in global health governance,presenting the characteristics of transnationality,spontaneity,flexibility,innovation,and network.Overseas Chinese and their self-organizations have formed a four-fold governance mechanism of"autonomy-collaboration"in global health governance through cooperation with governments and societies,including internal management incentives and mobilization,virtual space application of mobile communication technology,allocation of social network resources,and collaborative governance with different governments and society.The impetus for overseas Chinese to participate in global health governance stems from a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors,resulting in a unique behavioral logic between the"our nation"and the"other".This paper expands previous researchin the following aspects.Firstly,it extends research around the subject of global health governance from the original major country policy and public diplomacy to the specific micro transnational subject of overseas Chinese and their self-organizations.Secondly,it analyzes the mechanism and role of overseas Chinese and their self-organizations'participation in global health governance by summarizing the case studies of the micro dynamic practical actions,and opens up a new horizon for the study of overseas Chinese self-organizations.Thirdly,relevant non-state actors have rarely paid attention to overseas Chinese as a unique transnational cross-cultural group,which effectively expands the boundaries of the existing global health governance in which multiple subjects govern public health crises.This paper enriches the connotation of research on global health governance,provides a theoretical support for the effective understanding and promotion of the concept of building a community of common health for mankind.Overseas Chinese contribute international health public goods and medical experience through international public welfare and charitable activities,which makes up for the inadequacy of the state as a single governance subject,and potentially increases China's national soft power to participate in global health governance.
overseas Chineseself-organizationglobal health governancenon-state actorsinternational health cooperation