英文摘要（ABSTRACTS）

Governance Studies

（Bimonthly）

Volume 40，Number 5，Sep.2024

ABSTRACTS

Comprehensive Deepening of Reform to Advance China’s Modernization

Expert Roundtable on Learning and Implementing the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central CommitteeLIU Wei，HE Xianming，SHENG Manhong and CHEN Lixu（4）

Abstract：The “Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization” reviewed and adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee states that “Chinese-style modernization has been continuously promoted in the course of reform and opening up， and will open up broad prospects in the course of reform and opening up.” The important guarantee for Chinese-style modernization is a high-level， socialist market economy. The essential requirement is to develop people’s democracy throughout the whole process. Chinese-style modernization is the harmonious coexistence of man and nature， which entails a modernization of the harmony of material and spiritual civilization. Further deepening a well-rounded reform involves economic， political， ecological， and cultural fields. The development of the private economy and the expansion of private enterprises are of great significance to the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system. Over the next five years， the important tasks of developing the private economy and expanding private enterprises have five aspects： 1） market access and fair participation in market competition; 2） equal access to the factors of production; 3） equal legal protection; 4） an improved social credit system; and， 5） an improved corporate governance system. The basic process of constructing a modern Chinese-style， social governance system is to lead through party building that empowers the pluralistic and integrated social cooperation governance structure; to activate the governance mechanism of co-construction， co-governance， and sharing within the whole process of grassroots democracy; and， to enhance the overall effectiveness of social governance with the integration of multiple governance mechanisms. In the framework system of deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system， the basic system of ecological civilization is the “foundation”， the ecological environment governance system is one “pillar”， and the green and low-carbon development mechanism is the other “pillar”. The guarantee mechanism of deepening the reform of the ecological civilization system requires cooperation， compatible incentives， and supervision and inspection. The establishment and improvement of the system， including assessment and evaluation standards， must put social benefits first， but realize the unification of social benefits and economic benefits such that there is a link between the social responsibility of state-owned cultural enterprises and their performance assessments. In other words， the “soft indicators” of social benefits should eventually become “hard indicators”.This is conducive to the real implementation of the principle of unifying the two benefits by giving play to the guiding role of the “baton” in creating a harmonious society.

Keywords：comprehensively deepen reform；China-style modernization；private economy；ecological civilization system；ecological civilization system；state-owned cultural enterprise

Pairing Assistance：A Scale Governance System with Chinese CharacteristicsWANG Hongwei and ZHOU Guanghui（27）

Abstract：Pairing assistance is a product of contemporary Chinese local practices and an important institutional innovation in the scale governance of the country. By means of “pairing-assistance”， this system innovation has solved to a certain extent the dual dilemmas of the scale governance burden and the non-equilibrium faced by contemporary China in the process of promoting national modernization. The generation and evolution of pairing assistance has gone through three stages： incubation and inception， establishment and expansion， and consolidation and improvement. The ideology of “great unification” and the excellent traditional culture such as “one world one family” have laid the ideological foundation for it. Through the coordination of the state and the orderly guidance of social forces by the Party organization under the unitary system， pairing assistance has built a concentric circle of governance in which the Party and the government share responsibilities. The “administrative contracting system” and the “project system” provide the inherent logic for achieving scale governance through burden transfer and differentiation in specific fields. The goal of building China’s independent knowledge system requires further practical research on pairing assistance， which must be refined in terms of science and chemistry. This will entail completing the transformation of practical discourse into academic discourse and elevating the experiences of Chinese governance to theory.

Keywords：pairing assistance; scale governance; non-equilibrium; institutional innovation; scale effect

Grid Management： The Infrastructure of China’s Grassroots GovernanceZhANG Jie and WANG Shizong（42）

Abstract：Grid management is a policy tool originating from local practices. After years of diffusion and innovation， it has become the infrastructure of China’s grassroots governance. Its essence lies in leveraging information technology to divide grassroots public affairs into grid patterns. Grid management can break down departmental barriers， achieve vertical integration， and shift the focus of governance downward. Through assessment and accountability， it can also implement responsibilities with a unique operational mechanism to better achieve social management and public service goals. The emergence of grid management has not only significantly influenced the basic forms of public affairs governance such as bureaucracy and social networks， but it has also injected new elements into those Chinese-style governance methods. Thus， grid management directly affects the modernization of China’s state governance. Although grid management is essentially a product of the positive transformation of the hierarchical system， it does produce some negatives， such as unreasonable responsibilities and accountability， the squeezing-out of the rights of some groups， and compressing social autonomy. However， with further innovation and development， grid management could significantly aid the process of modernizing state governance in China.