{"title":"Rural land policy of China: Invesitigation and speculation","authors":"Xiangming Hu","doi":"10.22140/cpar.v2i1/2.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v2i1/2.38","url":null,"abstract":"The transformation of land policy, or land system reform, has been the key issue in rural economic reform in China. Based on a practical investigation, this essay proposes to analyze the system orientation and performance diversities of the types of land-use systems under the new rural policies in China: the household responsibility contract system (with remuneration linked to output), the two-field system, the operation of scale management, the auction of the Four Sorts of Wasted Land tenure, and the cooperative shareholding system. The essay brings forward specifically the two points of policy design in the current land policy in China: (a) building up farmers' expected briefs in land use and (b) appropriate collocation of land resources. which are significant in advancing the reform of the land property rights system and cultivatin the land property rights market.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123444845","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":"Management Competency of Senior Public Executives in Taiwan","authors":"C. Huang","doi":"10.22140/cpar.v1i2.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v1i2.18","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the Managemen Competency Model developed by Quinn et al., a national survey of all senior executives (Rank 9 and above) in Taiwan's central government was conducted in 1998, to measure managerial skill levels. This research tested wheter educational level, rank, tenure and gender affected managerial skills. Resposes indicate that amon twenty-four management skills, public managers in Taiwan generally are best at workin productively, delegating, communicating and goal setting. The research showed that public managers would benefit most by improving skills in cross-functional management, expressign ideas, and conflict resolution. Moreover, the most significant factors that influence how public managers perceive their managerial skill levels are eudcation and gender. This study provides a number of management development strategies.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127188966","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":"Chinese Public Administration Review: An Introduction","authors":"M. Holzer, Mengzhong Zhang","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116314784","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":"Citizen-Participation Performance Evaluation for Local Governments in Mainland China, The State of Practice, Analytical Framework and Research Agenda","authors":"Jiannan Wu, Xiaoping Gao","doi":"10.22140/cpar.v6i1/2.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v6i1/2.113","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, a great volume of citizen-participation (C-P for short) activities serving the purpose of performance evaluation have been initiated. Among these innovative activities, both the positive and negative comments on the significances have come out. While the criticisms were elicited from distinct points of view, the current study tried to provide a synthesizing description in order to further understand C-P evaluation. Through a case representing how in practice a typical C-P evaluation was implemented, traits were spotted to form an analytical framework that was considered helpful in identifying the key issues. Finally, based on the findings in the framework, an agenda against the further research on C-P evaluation was discussed.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124963852","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":"Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other","authors":"B. Stråth","doi":"10.3726/978-3-0352-6022-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0352-6022-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129969912","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":"Book Reviews: The Relationship between Centralization and Decentralization and the Rise and Decline of a Country","authors":"Huiyan Wang","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.105","url":null,"abstract":"The division of power and authority between central and local governments has been a key issue about which many scholars have shown great concern. In political and administrative science, it is a theoretical and practical issue of great significance. Since the Third Plenary Meeting of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Commnity Party (CCP) Central Committee, China has established and carried out a policy of reform and openness that has set China on the fast lane of economic growth and brought about great change. One of the most important components of the reforms of the political, administrative, and economic systems is the transfer of power to lower levels and the adjustment of authority relations between governments. In the 21st century, the development and perfection of the socialist market economic system requires further adjustment of power and a scientific, rational distribution of authority between central and local governments. Further systematic research in this area is of great theoretical and practical significance.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123608034","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":"Costs, Benefits, and Motivations for ISO 14001 Adoption in China and Around","authors":"Susan S. Raines, Tan Rong, Xu Fei","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I3/4.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I3/4.108","url":null,"abstract":"In an attempt to overcome barriers to trade posed by numerous and often contradictory national-level enveironmental requirements, the International Orgnaization for Standardization (ISO) has created a voluntry set of uniform environmental management system guidelines for firms, formally known as ISO 14001. Firms may decide to implement an ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) and become third-party certified in order to improve their environmental management and to increase their marketability. This study examines the relative costs, benefits, and motivations for ISO 14001 certification for China compared to other economically developing and developed countries. These comparisons allow us to better understand the ways in which the unique economic and political conditions within China affect the incentives for Chinese firms to join in voluntary self-regulatory measures. Survey results indicate that ISO 14001 certified firms in China and experiencing benefits equal to or greater than their peers in other countries. Benefits to environmental management appear to be significant and they generally outweigh the costs of implementation and certification. However, as with most voluntary standards, the potential for abuse remains. Therefore regulators and policy makers are advised not to grant regulatroy relief or reduced inspections except on a case-by-case basis.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131169027","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":"From \"Danwei\" Society to New Community Building: Opportunities and Challenges for Citizen Participation in Chinese Cities","authors":"Kaifeng Yang","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.104","url":null,"abstract":"Exploring the appropriate role of the public in public administration has been an active and ongoing area of inquiry and experimentation since the birth of the United States (King, Feltey and Susel 1998). Especially in last three decades, public administration has struggled to bring the public into the administrative process in the recognition that many programs cannot be effective without the collaboration between citizens and public administrators.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133913912","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":"Thoughts on the Enhancement of China's Governmental Administrative Efficiency After the Entrance into WTO: with Views on Reform in China's Government Leadership System","authors":"Ping Li","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of improving Chinese governmental administrative efficiency after entering the WTO faces our government. How can we promote administrative efficiency to reach the level of public sector efficiency of other countries? The author starts with the governmental administrative systemn and analyses the systematic reasons for the low efficientcy of the government. The author then puts forward four main suggestions to improve governmental efficiency; chance the governmental administrative mode and distribute the functions and powers of government to multiple levels; unify and condense the governmental administrative structure; construct a govermental system that makes certain the relation betwee functions and powers; construct an \"e-government\" to promot the reform of governmental operations.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124152557","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":"Transforming Administration and Governance by Creating Associations: An Evaluation of China's Experience","authors":"K. Foster","doi":"10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22140/CPAR.V1I1.10","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past two decades the Chiese central state has promoted the creation and development of business and professional associations. The promotion of associations was conceived and has been carried out as a bureaucratic project. The individual agencies of the state bureaucracy have played a central role in the creation of associations within their spheres of jurisdiction. Although many associations have been creatied, the fact that associations exist and are treated as appendages of individual state agencies has hindered the development of these associations. In addition, confusion exists as to the precised role of associations in regulating economic activity. This article argues that if associations are to play a more positive and dynamic role in the economy than they have to date, decisive action on the part of the central state is need to breat the stifling dominance of bureaucratic agencies over association and to clarify the role of associations vis-a-vis regulation. Detailed case studies of two associations are presented to illustrate and suppor the argument.","PeriodicalId":445994,"journal":{"name":"The Chinese Public Administration Review","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133917412","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}