行政体制改革与基层治理能力提升

Administrative Reform and Elevating the Governance Capacity of the Grassroots Organizations

本文讨论如何从行政体制机制改革的视角提升我国基层治理能力。我国现有的基层治理能力还不能完全适应基层需求。虽然近年来一直在探索基层治理改革,包括绩效考核、党建引领、"桐乡三治"、满意度评价、12345接诉即办、"街乡吹哨、部门报到"等,但大多没有触及基层行政体机制改革。在回顾已有的基层治理改革措施的基础上,分析了基层治理能力与基层治理需求的差距,提出了基层行政体制改革的初步设想。要真正提升基层治理能力,需以城市为决策单元,将委办局等行政机构实施政策的权力与资源真正下沉到街道(乡镇)和社区,推动责权相配的体制改革。

This paper discusses how to improve grassroots governance capacity from the perspective of administrative reform.Through a review of the practice and reform initiatives of many local governance practice,the authors demonstrate that there is an imbalance between the current administrative system/mechanism and local governance needs.In order to truly elevate the governance capacity of the grassroots organizations,an administrative system reform approach,needs to be in place.The policy center needs to be at the city level,rather than department and bureau based,and resources should be truly decentralized to street/township governments and communities,while the traditional mid-level bureaus’should more act as supervisory rather than administrative and resource allocation organizations.