东西部地区乡镇政府制度创新能力比较研究——以浙江新河、四川凤营为例

A Contrastive Study on the Institutional Innovation of Township Government in the Eastern and Western Regions ——Based on Zhejiang Xinhe and Sichuan Fengying

乡镇政府是最基层的地方政府,乡镇政府的制度创新对于推动社会主义民主政治的发展具有重要作用。本文首先对东西部地区乡镇政府制度创新的现状进行了总体阐述,然后选取东西部地区两个具有代表性的乡镇:位于东南沿海的新河镇和民族地区的凤营乡,对新河的民主协商制度和凤营的民主选举制度进行了比较分析。最后提出因地制宜、循序渐进是提升乡镇政府制度创新能力的前提要素;公民参与、尊重民意是提升乡镇政府制度创新能力的力量源泉;完善制度、规范推广是提升乡镇政府制度创新能力的基本保障;互相借鉴、取长补短是提升乡镇政府制度创新能力的不竭动力等对策。

Township government is the lowest level of local government and its institutional innovation is crucial to improve the development of socialist democracy. This paper, first of all, has an overall discussion on the current situation of eastern and western township government＇s institutional innovation. And the author has selected two representative townships in the eastern and western areas： Xinhe Town, located in the southeast costal area of Zhejiang and Fengying, a town in the ethnic minority area of Sichuan. Then the author sets a comparative analysis of Xinhe＇s democratically consultative system and Fengying＇s democratically elected system. Finally, the author puts forward the strategies that acting in accordance with local conditions and advancing in regular order are the premise of improving township government＇s institutional innovation capability; citizen participation and public will esteem are the powerful source of improving township government＇s institutional innovation capability; complete system and specified promotion are the basic guarantee of improving township government＇s institutional innovation capability; to learn from each other and compensate from each other are the inexhaustible driving force of improving township govemment＇s institutional innovation capability.