Harmonious Society and Public Administration

Author: Dong Ruihua, Xiao Feng
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The Decision of the 6th Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning the Construction of a Harmonious Society points out that social harmony is the essential attribute of socialism with Chinese characteristics, an important guarantee for national prosperity, rejuvenation of the nation, and people's happiness. Promoting social harmony is an inescapable responsibility for the government. Under the market economy conditions, the government should build a service-oriented government, strengthen social management and public service functions. The government should use public financial means to improve the public finance system and gradually achieve equalization of basic public services. The government should play a full role in social management and public services. In the process of building a harmonious socialist society, we must strengthen social construction and improve the social management system, establishing a social management pattern with the Party's leadership, government responsibility, social coordination, and public participation. As the main body of public management, the government should play a leading role, and public finance is the economic foundation for the government to fulfill its role. This book is included in the "Theoretical Research Series on the Construction of a Harmonious Society." Comprehensively building a socialist harmonious society is an important strategic task for the Party and the state in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Continuously advancing and deepening this research is a historical responsibility of theoretical workers. The Shanghai Municipal Party School / Shanghai Administrative College held an international academic symposium on "Promoting the Construction of Harmonious Society and Harmonious Community" in 2006. This book is a collection of outstanding papers from the symposium. The book upholds the fine academic tradition of combining theory with practice, integrating major theoretical and practical issues of harmonious society and community construction at home and abroad, conducting in-depth research on major issues of building a socialist harmonious society from multiple perspectives and aspects in the international context, and actively exploring the laws governing the construction of a socialist harmonious society.