过去10年的中国地方政府改革——基于中国地方政府创新奖的评价

依据中国地方政府创新奖创办以来五届申请项目的资料,辅以问卷调查,对过去10年来中国地方政府创新的若干问题进行了讨论。这些问题包括中国地方政府创新的现实性、创新的分布、创新的类型、创新的动力和可持续性以及创新的影响力。研究发现,必须从中国社会政治发展的总体背景出发来审视丰富多彩的地方政府创新。这些创新多是从问题出发的,是对现有体制的充实和发展。但是,创新分布于不同的层级和部门,所以其对整体制度的影响也会由于层级、部门之间的矛盾而受到削弱。

China Local Government Reform in the Past Decade: An Evaluation Based on Chinese Local Governance Innovations Awards

Based upon the applicants of five rounds submitted for the Chinese Local Governance Innovations Awards and the supplemented surveys conducted in the fourth and fifth rounds, the article discusses major issues concerning innovations by Chinese local governments in the past decade. These issues are listed as the current state, distribution, types, dynamics, sustainability and effects of local governance innovations. It is found that various local innovations should be observed and analyzed in the backdrop of Chinese societal and political development. Most of innovations are issue-oriented and aim for making the existing system work. However, innovations are distributed in different levels and departments, and its holistic effect upon the system would be weakened because of contradictions among levels and departments.