The Positive Role of the Returning Migrant Worker Population in the Coordinated Development of Guangdong Region—From the Perspective of Intrinsic Mechanisms and Policy Orientations
Influenced by various conditions such as geographical location,economic foundation,and industrial policies,regional disparities in Guangdong have become increasingly apparent.Meanwhile,in recent years,a significant number of migrant workers from the eastern,western,and northern parts of Guangdong have chosen to temporarily return to their hometowns due to employment obstacles in the Pearl River Delta region.Research has found that the returning migrant worker population plays triple roles as producers,consumers,and disseminators,bringing four scarce resources—material capital,human capital,social capital,and emotional capital—to the eastern,western,and northern regions of Guangdong.This population is indispensable for the high-quality development of these regions as well as the coordinated regional development of the entire province.In their entrepreneurial and employment endeavors upon returning home,this population can activate the immense potential of these four types of capital,contributing to the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy and the promotion of new-type urbanization in the eastern,western,and northern regions of Guangdong.Concerted efforts should be made from four dimensions:the government,the market,the returning migrant worker population,and intermediary organizations,to leverage the positive role of the returning migrant worker population in rural revitalization and new-type urbanization,thereby promoting the coordinated regional development of Guangdong.