Abstract
A regional community is a structurally multi-layered place of production, labor, and life, it has become more urgent that the community manage its region autonomously and comprehensively. The ultimate aim of the community is to improve the quality of life, and it should, under the global economy, tackle various tasks such as industrial promotion, job creation, and establishing foundations for better lives. There are some clues about how to solve these difficult problems. A knowledge-oriented economy places high value on non-material entities such as history, culture, and knowledge, which are supposedly created by the people and by connections among people. In other words, human capital and social capital have become increasingly important. Accumulating local talents and establishing close ties among them are especially important for regional development. The regional community is to be expected to formulate its own system, generating a virtuous circle in which various elements such as industrial promotion, employment, and the quality of life become mutually enhancing. Only irreplaceable resources based on regional characteristics have the potential to bring sustainable development to the region.
