Government-Supervised Merchant Operation
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CORE DEFINITION
The government provides funding or special privileges (government supervision), while merchants invest and are responsible for operations (merchant operation). The underlying logic is public-private partnership / mixed ownership. It leverages the government's political protection umbrella combined with merchants' market flexibility.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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License-based business. In heavily regulated industries (finance, healthcare), by introducing state-owned capital or affiliating with major platforms (government supervision), one obtains compliance identity, then uses market-oriented methods (merchant operation) to harvest profits.
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Government-Supervised Merchant Operation uses government authority and resources as a 'protective umbrella' (licenses, monopolies, capital) and merchant mechanisms as the 'efficiency engine' (operations, profit-seeking, flexibility). Its mechanism is to complement each other's strengths: using public power's compliance and credibility to reduce market entry barriers and political risks, and using private sector incentives to solve bureaucratic inefficiency, forming a mixed-ownership interest community.
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%98%E7%9D%A3%E5%95%86%E5%8A%9E%E4%BC%81%E4%B8%9Averified
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