Structure-Driven Interaction: The mechanism of digital empowerment to agile government in megacities

  • LIU Yuan-he ,
  • WANG Shan
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Received date: 2025-07-02

  Revised date: 2025-08-11

  Online published: 2025-12-29

Abstract

Grounded in the structure-technology analysis framework derived from complex adaptive systems theory, this study examines the internal mechanisms through which digital technology enables agile governance, using "141" grassroots intelligent governance system in Chongqing as a case study. The findings reveal that the "141" system achieves hierarchical differentiation of digital application scenarios through the establishment of three-tier digital urban governance centers. By decentralizing law enforcement resources, it fosters endogenous development of digital technologies. Through governance modularization, it facilitates institutional digital integration, while an integrated digital infrastructure enhances cross-domain and cross-departmental collaboration. The study concludes that the optimal configuration lies in the co-evolution and integration of digital technology and organizational structure, oriented toward enhancing grassroots self-adaptability. The core mechanism underlying this agility is termed "structure-led interactive empowerment", that is, the downward reorganization of structured elements such as hierarchical relationships, power, and resources can transform external digital technologies into internal structured elements, and promote organizational adaptive adjustment through their integrated combination. "Structure-led interactive empowerment" not only clarifies the fundamental and purposeful nature of the downward reorganization of structure in theory, but also provides inspiration for the deepening of agile governance in megacity: the integrated advancement of organizational structure adjustment and digital technology application should take structural adjustment as the starting point and the end point.

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LIU Yuan-he , WANG Shan . Structure-Driven Interaction: The mechanism of digital empowerment to agile government in megacities[J]. Urban Problems, 2025 , 361(8) : 48 -58 . DOI: 10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.250806

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