改革开放40年来中国行政体制改革的基本逻辑

The Fundamental Logic of China’s 40-Year Administrative Structural Reform

探索改革开放40年来中国行政体制改革的基本逻辑，有助于在实践层面确定推动改革的根本动力，在理论层面识别影响改革方向的变量与机制，在认识论意义上达成知识有效积累的前提。通过反思已有的“政府职能转变”与“政府责任建设”的逻辑，并回顾我国系列行政体制改革中的案例，改革的基本逻辑可以建构为：改革行政体系以使其能够有效执行中国共产党旨在解决社会主要矛盾的策略。以推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化为目标检视这一逻辑的启示，则“行政”的内涵应跳出狭义政府的局限，行政效能的提升必须依靠党的引领和统筹。

Probing the fundamental logic of China＇s 40 - year administrative structural reform, provides a research window for locating the motivation of the reform in practice, identifying the variables and mechanisms that theoretically affect the prospect of the reform, and epistemologieally formulating a solid base to accumulate relevant knowledge. Building on a critical review to existing explanations such as the ＂government function transition theory＂ and the ＂government duty construction＂ theory, some key events in the reform are further examined to demonstrate the necessity and validity of the new fundamental logic. Administrative system reform in China has been consistently initiated by the Chinese Communist Party to effectively implement strategies designed to resolve its society＇s principle contradiction. While China is striving for the modernization of its governance system and governance ability, this logic yields crucial implications for redefining the boundary of administration and for improving the efficacy of the reform.