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This final chapter of this book synthesises its research findings and clarifies its implications for further research and policymaking. It presents the key determinants of the public acceptability of congestion charging in the city of Beijing and discusses the extent to which Western notions of public acceptability are transferable to a different context. The chapter starts with the research questions the thesis answers.

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Notes

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    It is noteworthy that leadership of the Party is above all. As three generations of the CCP leadership (Jiang, Hu and Xi) repeatedly stated in reports at Party Congress, “Leadership of the Party is the fundamental guarantee that the people are the masters of the country and that the country is ruled by law (党的领导是人民当家作主和依法治国的根本保证)” (Hu, 2012; Jiang, 1997; Xi, 2017).

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    QsTheory (求是) is a political theory periodical published by the Central Party School and the Central Committee of the CCP. It is the Communist Party’s main theoretical journal.

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Liu, Q. (2022). Conclusion and Recommendations. In: Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging in China. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0236-9_8

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