Ethical Review of Contemporary Chinese Public Administration

Author: Liu Zuyun
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Based on an analysis of the administrative shortcomings faced by China during its current period of social transformation, this book advocates for the concept of a "service-oriented government," aiming to reshape the dominant administrative value of "serving the people wholeheartedly" and interpret the constitutional principle and spirit of "the people's government serving the people." The book discusses the four aspects of administrative values, administrative responsibilities, administrative conduct, and administrative efficiency:
Part 1 highlights that reviving the values of China's public administration and building a "service-oriented government" is a crucial issue in the current development of Chinese administration.
Part 2 proposes that establishing a "responsible government" is a fundamental goal of administrative reform and explores the pathways to realizing public administrative responsibility, including strictly holding public administration accountable for its negative responsibilities, legally stipulating its objective responsibilities, and vigorously promoting its moral responsibilities.
Part 3, while analyzing the problems in the current administrative conduct of China, outlines the approach to strengthening administrative conduct: first, enhancing internal qualities and shaping external images; second, moving from ethics to the rule of law, implementing both moral and legal measures.
Part 4 focuses on analyzing the root causes of low government administrative efficiency, emphasizing the importance of establishing a positive administrative cultural environment that promotes efficiency and comprehensively addressing bureaucracy and formalism.