公众信心与反腐败机构改革:基于香港案例的分析

Public Confidence and Anti-Corruption Agency Reform:A Case Study Based in Hong Kong

重视公众信心的获取与维持,是香港廉政公署成立的主要原因,也是香港反腐败机构改革的基本价值。公众对于反腐败机构历次信心危机,是香港反腐败机构改革的动因与契机。对反腐败机构的公众信心主要涵括其公正履职、反腐效能、反腐特权不被滥用三个方面,并由此决定了反腐败机构改革的基本逻辑,即确保反腐效能前提下力求独立公正以及权责平衡。对于反腐败机构的公众信心是反腐败制度得以存在并维持的基石。香港地区反腐败机构的基本价值与改革逻辑,可以为当前中国反腐败机构的改革提供有益的借鉴与启示。

The acquisition and maintenance of public confidence is not only the main reason for the establishment of the Hong Kong Independent Commission against corruption,but also the basic value of Hong Kong's anti-comiption institutional reform.The public's previous crisis of confidence in anti-corruption agency(ACA)is also the motivation and opportunity for the refonn of anti-corruption institutions in Hong Kong.Public confidence in ACA mainly includes three aspects:The fairness of the duties performance,effectiveness and anti-corruption power being not abused.Therefore,the basic logic of ACA reform is to ensure independence and impartiality and balance of power and accountability on the basis of effectiveness of ACA.Public confidence in ACA is the cornerstone of the existence and maintenance of the anti-corruption institutions.The basic value and logic of ACA refonn in Hong Kong could be helpful to the current reform of anti-corruption institutions in China's Mainland.