Superfluous Construction: Effects, Causes and Solutions

Abstract

重复建设是指超过社会需求、低水平、低效益的多个同类项目的建设。衡量一个项目是否重复建设 ,要看全社会同类项目的供求平衡状况、该项目的技术水平和规模及效益。出现重复建设的原因是 :传统体制和管理模式的影响、体制转轨时期特有矛盾的影响 ,以及经济过热和预测失误的影响等。对于重复建设 ,应根据不同情况对症下药 ,标本兼治 ,综合治理。Superfluous construction refers to undertaking simultaneously many projects of the same type that are unnecessarily numerous and characterized by low level and low benefit. To judge whether Project A, for example, is superfluous, it is necessary to look into the over-all balance of supply and demand for projects of the same type as Project A, its technological level, scale and benefit. Superfluous construction has many causes, such as influence from traditional systems and management models, influence from contradictions peculiar to the period of systems being transformed, and influence from the over- heated economy and errors in predictions. To tackle the problem of superfluous construction, it is necessary to look into the context, finding out about both internal and external causes whereby working out solutions that take into account various aspects of the problem concerned