中國大陸改革開放以來重建了國家經濟政策論述，將生產力置於 政策中心，也接受了區域發展的不均衡。不均衡論述的普遍接受與區 域差距的爭論，模糊了次國家區域的界定，區域政策的表述被均衡／ 不均所簡化，而忽略其在不同時空脈絡下的特定邏輯。本研究以文本 分析回顧中國大陸區域政策表述中的區域定義，並以新疆棉花生產的 經驗研究指出，除了從改革開放前被中央－地方關係與國防佈局，以 及到改革開放政策下由國內自由貿易與區際分工等所界定的區域定義 外，仍然需進一步重視全球化經濟影響下，不同空間尺度交互穿透的 複雜性。

China has been rebuilding its national economic policy discourse since the economic reforms, by giving priority to productivity promotion and accepting uneven regional development. However, the common acceptance of disparities in territorial development and the related debates have blurred the definition of sub-national regions. The discourse of regional policies has been over simplified by oblivion of specific temporal and spatial contexts. By reviewing region definitions in the texts of regional policies and an empirical study on Xinjiang’s cotton production, this paper tries to reveal that the definition of regions, though variously dictated by the central-local relationships and national defense concerns in prereform years, and by domestic inter-regional division of labor during the reforms, it still needs to be further investigated under the surging economic globalization and the complexity of various spatial scale penetrations.

區域政策;空間尺度;新疆;棉花

Regional Policy; Spatial Scale; Xinjiang; Cotton