Of time,leadership, and governance: Elite incentives and stability maintenance in China

China's party‐controlled elite appointment system has been praised for contributing to growth and order in recent decades. Inspired by Mancur Olson's insight into elite incentives and governance, we examine how the Chinese practices of elite management affect the character of governance using unique survey and interview data on township leaders and social contention. We find that, first, externally appointed party secretaries experience more petitions and mass incidents during their tenure and are more likely to use coercion to deal with petitions than internally appointed secretaries. Second, these tendencies are moderated when externally appointed party secretaries are paired with internally appointed township heads We explore the implications of such behavioral differences and suggest our findings are of broad significance for understanding governance in China.     

From Migrant to Resident

正Survey shows new trends in rural workers' immigration When Li Bingjian went to work in Fujian, he was struck by the prosperity of the coastal province. He was from Sichuan, a mountainous province where the rural areas were still underdeveloped, and for years he had worked in different industries as an unskilled laborer without much success. So after stints in the construction industry and at a salt factory, he went to Fujian to work on a chicken farm.     

世行营商环境调查背景下的中国动产担保交易法

世界银行营商环境调查中的"获得信贷--合法权利保护力度指数",用于考察一国动产担保交易法是否有利于企业融资。本指标中国连续六年只得4分(满分12分)。世行鼓励的动产担保法代表着该领域的国际趋势。对照世行"获得信贷便利度"指标,中国在动产担保交易领域的法律状况存在很大的改进空间。中国动产担保交易法应顺应国际趋势,进行一系列的改革措施。在此领域,民法典草案虽然向功能主义迈进了一步,但还不充分,未来需要通过立法以及法律解释对此进一步完善。现行法下担保权益延伸的规则存在较大缺陷,应扩大担保标的物上代位的范围,完善担保物被转卖、被混合、附合和加工场合的担保权益延伸规则。中国应将动产担保登记机构统一化,并应准许动产担保权益的私人执行以及放开流担保。     

Grow With the Snow

Chen Chen used to be a veterinarian in Yanqing,a suburban district in northwest Beijing,the city that is going to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 together with Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province.When China won the bid for the Winter Games in 2015,Chen's enthusiasm for winter sports was ignited.He developed an interest in skiing and bought the entire paraphernalia,including a helmet and a ski suit.     

A SNOWBALLING TREND

This winter,Kong Junbo identifies himself as a penguin.The primary school student from Yantai,a coastal city in Shandong Province in east China,is among the thousands of students who have been playing ice hockey。     

An Incredible Journey

Knowledge gained from tracking a migratory bird boosts its protection During the Beijing summer,people used to see and hear flocks of Beijing swifts circling around the city’s historical places such as the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven.The Beijing swift is a typical cavity-nesting bird that often nests inside the holes and crevices in old constructions.     

A CUSTOMIZED CONCEPT

On the third floor of the Gubei Civic Center in Shanghai's Hongqiao Subdistrict, a small group of residents are discussing how to use smart technologies to make senior citizens' life more convenient.     

Timely Assistance

Mainland helps Hong Kong fight its worst pandemic waveHong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases,with the number of cases being reported in the past month higher than the total number of cases detected in the previous two years.As of February 1,a total of 13,829 confirmed cases and 213 deaths had been reported in the region since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.     

疫情冲击下的公共管理研究:基于扎根理论的趋势、成果与不足

新冠肺炎疫情早已超出突发公共卫生事件的范畴,而是一个持续时间长、涉及范围广、影响程度深的公共管理学术命题。以国内公共管理核心期刊相关论文为例,通过扎根理论可以分析出国内公共管理学界对于新冠肺炎研究的趋势、成果与不足。现实中,学界研究以“疫情中的社会”为核心关注,开展了针对纵向政策研究、治理实践和国家治理理论多个治理层次和横向决策、物质与信息、技术与思维等多种治理资源的研究,同时出现了对公共管理关联学科的关注和探索。同时,学界研究存在着微观个体研究不足、基础理论反思不深、前瞻性不够等问题,需要我们认真思索。     

A Simple Method of VNTR D1S80 Locus Allelic Ladder Construction for Capillary Electrophoresis‐based Genotyping

VNTR D1S80 locus genotyping has been largely replaced in forensics by STR. As the statute of limitations on murder cases was abolished in the Republic of Korea in July 2015, the demand for re‐analysis of DNA from unresolved murder cases has increased. The National Forensic Service includes several recorded D1S80 genotypes as crucial clues. Here, we re‐established the D1S80 analysis system using capillary electrophoresis and confirmed the reproducibility of the system by comparison with the genotypes of eight DNA samples that had been analyzed using PAGE in 2006. In addition, we created an allelic ladder via new methodology using flanking region sequences. A single DNA sample (K562) and seven primers were used for the new ladder, which contains 12 alleles. Although artificial owing to the use of the flanking region rather than repeat unit reduction, the method is rapid and simple, and could be applicable in any laboratory.