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Empowering Rural Talent Revitalization with Hainan Free Trade Port: The Cultivation Logic and Practical Pathways of Rural Collective Economic Managers

Author(s)

Xiaoyun Wu

Affiliation(s)

College of Agriculture and Rural Studies, Hainan Open University, Haikou, Hainan, China

Abstract

Against the macro-background of the deep superimposition of the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) construction and the comprehensive rural revitalization strategy, the Rural Collective Economic Manager (Rural CEO), as a key variable for activating the rural collective economy and bridging the structural dilemma of "resource abundance versus asset depreciation" in villages, is increasing in importance. Based on institutional change theory, human capital theory, and social embeddedness theory, this paper constructs a collaborative evolution analytical framework of "Institution-Capability-Network" to reveal the intrinsic mechanism through which the institutional potential energy of the FTP transforms into the effectiveness of rural talent cultivation. The study finds that the current cultivation of Rural Collective Economic Managers in Hainan faces four practical dilemmas: a significant supply-demand gap, structural capability mismatch, softened incentives, and ambiguous institutional rights and responsibilities. The root cause lies in the structural tension between the high-end market logic of the FTP and the logic of local rural society, which has yet to be effectively adjusted institutionally. This essentially reflects a structural lag in the process of institutional change. Based on this, this paper proposes a four-dimensional practical pathway: "offshore talent attraction - stratified empowerment - Value Adjustment Mechanism (VAM) incentive - digital rights confirmation," aiming to form a "Hainan Solution" for cultivating rural professional managers with distinct FTP characteristics.

Keywords

Hainan Free Trade Port; Rural Talent Revitalization; Rural Collective Economic Manager; Rural CEO; Institutional Change; Structural Lag

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