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{"title":"Promotion for Performance? The working incentive of Chinese provincial environmental agency heads in pollution reduction","authors":"Lei Liu, Mingyue Li, May Chu","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200102","url":null,"abstract":"Promotion is argued to be the primary working incentive for Chinese officials. Different from previous studies that focus on the provincial governors and party secretaries, this paper makes the first attempt to examine whether the career turnover of China's provincial environmental agency heads (PEAHs) is affected by the environmental performance within their jurisdictions. The results show that the performance in reducing nationally targeted pollutants—i.e., sulfur dioxide (SO2) and chemical oxygen demand (COD)—is not necessarily correlated with political turnover, which only depends on political factors such as the age when assuming office, tenure of the office, and if they are local people. Therefore, a lack of promotion incentive is found among China's PEAHs in local environmental management. Their working incentive is straightforward top-down control, making them merely the implementers of economy-dominated local public policy. A more robust and transparent performance management system, to connect the provincial environmental performance with the PEAH's political career, is supposed to be beneficial for China's environmental management.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"20 - 34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48539779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Public Servants’ Reinvention Reform Perception on Organizational Performance in Taiwan: The Mediating Roles of Public Service Motivation and Organizational Commitment","authors":"Hsiang-Te Liu, Donghua Chen","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200103","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the effects of public servants’ reinvention reform perceptions, public service motivation (PSM), and organizational commitment on organizational performance in the public sector. There is very little research exploring those relationships in Taiwan, and the topic is thus worthy of more systematic examination. This paper utilizes the Taiwan Government Bureaucrats Survey II (TGBS II), which collected 1,464 valid samples from the public sector and used structural equation model to test the hypotheses. We find that reinvention reform perception positively affects public servants’ PSM, organizational commitment and organizational performance. Finally, results demonstrate that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between PSM and organizational performance.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"35 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47066238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"State Capacity in Response to COVID-19: A Case Study of China","authors":"Shaolong Wu, Chunxiao Wang, Luwen Zhang","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200205","url":null,"abstract":"Countries across the world responded very differently in their prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and state capacity is likely driving these differences. In this study, we define state capacity in preventing and controlling COVID-19 as the extent to which a state takes rapid intervention measures based on scientific evidence to prevent and control infectious diseases. This case study explores China's experience in terms of pandemic prevention and control, showing that the goal of pandemic prevention and control in the country is a concrete combination of outcome goals and multidimensional process objectives. This research also demonstrates the important role of state capacity in pandemic prevention and control in China by analyzing different ways to quickly achieve accessibility and full coverage of intervention measures for the target population. Finally, we argue that a country's political system is not a decisive factor in pandemic prevention and control. Rather, the historical experience of a country in dealing with similar outbreaks and current state capacity play important roles.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"152 - 159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48298579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New Trends in Open Government Information Research in China","authors":"Wenxuan Yu","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200109","url":null,"abstract":"Although open government information (OGI) or government transparency is considered an essential component of good governance, over half of existing OGI laws worldwide were enacted and enforced in the past 20 years. China enacted its open government information law, The Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Open Government Information in 2007, despite the fact that it is a non-democratic and authoritarian regime. After its implementation in 2008, the Chinese central government has been supplementing and revising the law to further enhance transparency. Still, research on open government in China is scarce (but see Piotrowski, Zhang, Lin & Yu, 2009; Tan, 2014; Yu, 2011), despite the fact that this piece of legislation is quite important for the country’s administrative and political reforms. Since the policy’s passage, Chinese scholars have been actively promoting the idea and improving its implementation. However, the majority of the research on open government information is normative and prescriptive, with most empirical studies focusing on evaluating the performance of open government information among central and local governments or developing evaluation schemes to assess the practice. With few exceptions (Ma, 2012; Wu &Yu, 2017; Yu, 2013), there is a paucity of research that examines government transparency as the dependent or independent variable, with a particular lack of quantitative studies on the matter. In tandem with the fast development of public administration research in China, recently Chinese public administration scholars have begun to study OGI quantitatively using advanced and cutting-edge research methods and design. In 2019, organized by Professor Qiushi Wang of Sun Yat-sen University, Journal of Public Administration Review, a leading academic journal on public administration in China, published a group of three articles on OGI in China. The three articles employ cutting-edge quantitative research methods and designs, such as quasi-experiment design, differencein-difference models, propensity score matching, and spatial econometric model. These articles have interesting research questions, solid research designs, and findings with significant theoretical and practical implications. They represent the current quality of public administration research conducted in China and indicate the achievement Chinese academics have made in developing the field. It is a pity that these pieces of quality research are written in Chinese, which is not conveniently accessible to an international audience. Therefore, I take it upon myself to introduce these articles to a broader international audience. Not only do these articles illustrate the quality of research Chinese public administration scholars are conducting, they also contribute to the much broader international field of OGI research. In this article, I also include a quantitative article on OGI published in April 2020, which was published by a multi-disciplinary Chinese ","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"92 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42840003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Campaign-Style Paired Assistance: The Chinese Experience in Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Weixu Wu, X. Tan, Qinzhi Jiang","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200106","url":null,"abstract":"To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government initiated a medical resource allocation and assistance mechanism that was characterized as a large-scale and regional mutual approach. Specifically, thirty provinces delivered medical resources (e.g., medical staff, medical supplies, and living materials) to “1+16” cities severely affected by the epidemic within a small amount of time, which solved the dilemma of medical collapse and governance “downtime” in epidemic areas, thereby changing the prevalence curve of the pandemic in China. “Campaign-style” targeted assistance can be interpreted based on the Chinese dual party-government model as well as the governance model of vertical accountability and horizontal competition, drawing from previous experience of normalized “designated assistance.” Consequently, paired assistance contributes to intergovernmental situations of decreasing divisibility and increasing cooperation. This study has the potential to bring insights to other countries around the world that are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"72 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41457937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Collaboration: United States’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Ruthnande Kessa, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Jungwon Yeo","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200105","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 has devastated the global community at an alarming rate. Conventional approaches like command and control are ineffective to respond to this pandemic. The complex and interdependent nature of the pandemic demands collaborative efforts among actors across diverse segments and different levels of government. Collaboration is critical during this pandemic because it can enable a more coordinated response, resources can be shared, trust among the parties can be enhanced, and duplication of efforts can be minimized. In this commentary, drawing on the literature on collaboration, we discuss the importance of vertical and horizontal collaboration by examining the U.S. response to COVID-19. This commentary underscores the importance of vertical and horizontal collaboration among all levels of government, private entities, and nonprofit organizations in effectively responding to COVID-19 and ensuring the health and safety of Americans. This commentary concludes by making recommendations for improving both vertical and horizontal collaboration during the current pandemic and future public health emergencies.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"61 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47811127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Communication for Coproduction: The Informational Role of Nonprofit Organizations","authors":"Huafang Li","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V0I0.264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V0I0.264","url":null,"abstract":"Governments and citizens need to coproduce a better response to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the unavailability and inaccessibility of essential information, the information asymmetry between governments and citizens, the misinformation, and the information overload all influence coproduction adversely. NPOs worldwide are making useful information available and accessible to governments and citizens, serving as information intermediaries to reduce the degree of information asymmetry, increasing information credibility to lighten the information overload, and clarifying misinformation. All these informational roles of NPOs are valuable to governments and citizens for fighting against the coronavirus and coproducing better health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"82 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43858284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local Governance in China: A Comparative Analysis of the Prevention and Control of COVID-19","authors":"Hongping Lian","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200203","url":null,"abstract":"Pandemic prevention and control have become a top priority for local governance. This paper explores the governance logic and patterns in Hubei, Zhejiang, and Henan in China. Under the analytical framework (constituting decision-making and implementation capability, the effectiveness of information dissemination, infrastructural capability, the capability to coordinate horizontal departments and organize civil society, the capability to deliver services, and professional and innovative capability), governance behaviors embody different governance logics. Hubei embodies a traditional administrative-led bureaucratic system, Zhejiang realizes an inclusive public governance logic that relies on professionalism and innovation, and Henan exhibits a typical grassroots mobilization governance model based on mass participation. Speed, transparency, penetration, breadth, warmness, and intensity should be reflected in local officials’ behavior. Local governments are required to be given sufficient decision-making space, local administrative agencies and officials are required to have professional qualities and skills, and local governance should be understood under a new comparative path that explicitly incorporates local specificities.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"132 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47880916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smart Urban Governance in Epidemic Control: Practices and Implications of Hangzhou","authors":"Wanxia Zhao, Yonghua Zou","doi":"10.1177/153967542101200104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153967542101200104","url":null,"abstract":"Appropriate governance tools can facilitate urban governments’ effective responses to crises. Supported by information and communication technologies (ICTs), e-government infrastructure can be employed to achieve smart governance in epidemic control. Examining the case of Hangzhou, this paper discusses the Chinese megacity's adoption of e-government infrastructure as a means of combating the COVID-19 epidemic and stimulating recovering of the economy. This paper also summarizes several policy implications that may serve as points of reference for other cities when formulating their crisis response strategies. The paper concludes that smart governance rooted in the use of e-government infrastructure has exhibited great potential for public health crisis management.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"51 - 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43992575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Participatory Budgeting in the Philippines","authors":"A. Franklin, C. Ebdon","doi":"10.22140/cpar.v11i1.250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v11i1.250","url":null,"abstract":"Participatory budgeting has been adopted and adapted by governments around the world. Existing literature points to a variety of desired outcomes from these efforts, but does not clearly distinguish the impacts on individuals, groups, and society. This study uses the case of the Philippines to explore the differences in impacts of participatory budgeting within and across the three levels. Reforms in the Philippines were similar to efforts in other countries, but there were adaptations, including a national mandate for the decentralization of participatory budgeting to local governments and the required representation of civil society organizations in local resource allocation processes. Some gains in individual education and efficacy, representation of marginalized groups and social justice, and government accountability were seen in the Philippines, but they seem to be idiosyncratic to the local context. Civil society and democratic legitimacy advances, though, were weaker, at least partly due to challenges in involving third-party intermediaries in the process, and continued issues with elitism and corruption. Like other participatory budgeting cases, the outcomes have not been uniform, and transitions in national leadership hinder institutionalization.","PeriodicalId":41625,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"11 1","pages":"60 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43511823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}