全面理解顶层设计:一个整合诠释框架

Understanding the Idea of Top-level Design:An Integrated Framework

改革的顶层设计是近年来学术研究的重要主题,学界就其内涵和构成要素达成一些共识,也存在不同的理解和争论。这些共识和争论都围绕特定方面或视角展开,尚未形成一个整合框架。基于现有文献,总结并阐述顶层设计的两点核心内涵:一是改革的整体性即全方位系统筹划;二是直面根本矛盾敢于碰硬和突破。针对相关争论,提出顶层设计应具有两个外在形式表征:一是主体视角的"相对顶层观";二是时间维度的"共时性"和"事前"。四个要素有机结合,才能构成对顶层设计概念的完整诠释。

The idea of top-level design has been a topic popular among Chinese scholars in recent years. There are some consensuses as well as heated debates around specific aspect of the idea, but a comprehensive interpretation has not been reached. Based on the literature, we summarize top-level design into four core elements： holistic planning, facing the fundamental conflicts to seek breakthrough, relying on relative top institutions, and put forward package arrangement in advance. The first two are core connotation of the idea while the last two could be regarded as its external representation. Organic combination of the four constitutes a comprehensive in- terpretation of top-level design.