Major obstacles to public-private partnership (PPP)-financed infrastructure development in China

Toriqul Bashar; Ivan W. H. Fung; Lara Celine Jaillon; Di Wang

doi:10.3390/su13126718

Author(s)

Toriqul Bashar
Ivan W. H. Fung
Lara Celine Jaillon
Di Wang

Related Research Unit(s)

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Article number	6718
Journal / Publication	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	13
Issue number	12
Online published	14 Jun 2021
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126718 Final Published version
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Abstract

Public-private partnership (PPP)-led infrastructure development has been crucial in China as it has in many other countries. However, several obstacles in the field tend to challenge its development. Based on survey responses from PPP practitioners and professionals in Hong Kong and mainland China, this study analyzes and ranks the key barriers to PPP projects. Our findings suggest that both groups classify the critical obstacles to PPP consistently, albeit with some divergences in ranking them. Reflecting mainly from the perspective of professionals, the study also proposes some suggestions for mitigating these obstacles, so it could contribute to the effective formulation of PPP and successful implementation of PPP-led infrastructure projects in China as well as elsewhere.