Modernization of Government Governance in China

Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao

Springer Nature, Mar 3, 2020 - Political Science - 287 pages

This book provides an all-round analysis and exploration of the course, status quo and future of the Chinese Government's governance reform under the framework of government governance modernization. The authors bring their decades of experience in crafting policy in China to explain the relationship between China's government and market, between government and society, between the central government and local governments, functional transformation, organizational structure optimization, reform of public institutions, allocation of fiscally supported personnel, the building of a law-based government and other major issues, while also laying out a case for structural changes in the years to come.

Contents

• Government Transformation in the Age of Reform: 1
• Government and Market Clarify the Boundary and Supplement Each Other: 24
• Government and Society Public Governance in Interaction: 57
• Central and Local Governments Straighten Out Power Relation: 100
• Government Function Move Toward Finite and Action: 147
• Government Structure Move Toward SuperMinistry System: 171
• Public Institutions Deadministration: 209
• Financial Support Personnel Structural Adjustment Under Total Quantity Control: 239
• LawBased Government Normalize Power Execution: 261
• Postscript: 280
• Bibliography: 283

About the author

Ronghua Shen is Deputy Secretary General and research fellow at the Chinese Public Administration Society, Executive Vice-president of National Administration Science Teaching Research Society, and a specially-appointed professor and guest professor at Renmin University of China, University of International Business and Economics, Shenzhen University, China. He has worked on structural reform research at ministries under the Central Government for many years. He has published more than 20 books including Chinese Government Reform, Government Mechanism, and more than 100 papers in key publications.

Sheng Cao is Deputy Secretary General of Policy Science Institute of Chinese Public Administration Society and a research fellow at the Public Administration Research Center, China. He holds a doctorate in political science from Peking University, China. He has published dozens of papers in publications such as Journal of Social Sciences and Chinese Public Administration.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modernization of Government Governance in China; The Great Transformation of China
• Authors: Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
• Publisher: Springer Nature, 2020
• ISBN: 9813294914, 9789813294912
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / General; Political Science / Political Process / General; Political Science / Public Policy / General; Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy; Political Science / World / Asian