Legislative work has been high on the work agenda of the National People’s Congress (NPC),China’s top legisla- ture,and its standing committee since the First Plenary Session of the 10th NPC in March 2003.The 2003 P...Legislative work has been high on the work agenda of the National People’s Congress (NPC),China’s top legisla- ture,and its standing committee since the First Plenary Session of the 10th NPC in March 2003.The 2003 Plenary Session of the NPC outlined the legislative work of the five-year tenure of the 10th NPC,which was to establish a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.It also emphasized that the key to legislative work over five years would be continually improving the quality of legislation.The blueprint drafted by the NPC Standing Committee listed 76 laws to be made,of which 59 would enter the deliberation stage and another 17展开更多
This article investigates China's central-local dynamics in the process of adjusting regulatory discrepancies among different levels of government from both legal and political perspectives.It finds that in China...This article investigates China's central-local dynamics in the process of adjusting regulatory discrepancies among different levels of government from both legal and political perspectives.It finds that in China’s central-local interactions,legal practices have been rather limited and only developed lately,and political practices have long been in place to fill the blank left by legal practices and accommodate China's growing rule of law in the contemporary era.Regarding legal practices,this study explores the legislative review interactions between the central and local state organs which have been opaque and experience a leap forward from 2017 with China's advancement of the rule of law.As for political practices,this study focuses on two types of interactions between the central and local governments,top-down campaigns and bottom-up bargaining.Campaigns and bargaining have a long history in China’s central-local dynamics and intertwine with China’s contemporary legal development in policy-making and implementation processes.Drawing on data collected from China's practical governance,this article attempts to provide a roadmap in the explanation of the patterns of central-local dynamics from a multi-disciplinary angle and contributes to a comprehensive understanding of China5s central-local dynamics that smooth central-local tensions and drive China forward along the economic development path as a monolith.展开更多
文摘Legislative work has been high on the work agenda of the National People’s Congress (NPC),China’s top legisla- ture,and its standing committee since the First Plenary Session of the 10th NPC in March 2003.The 2003 Plenary Session of the NPC outlined the legislative work of the five-year tenure of the 10th NPC,which was to establish a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.It also emphasized that the key to legislative work over five years would be continually improving the quality of legislation.The blueprint drafted by the NPC Standing Committee listed 76 laws to be made,of which 59 would enter the deliberation stage and another 17
文摘This article investigates China's central-local dynamics in the process of adjusting regulatory discrepancies among different levels of government from both legal and political perspectives.It finds that in China’s central-local interactions,legal practices have been rather limited and only developed lately,and political practices have long been in place to fill the blank left by legal practices and accommodate China's growing rule of law in the contemporary era.Regarding legal practices,this study explores the legislative review interactions between the central and local state organs which have been opaque and experience a leap forward from 2017 with China's advancement of the rule of law.As for political practices,this study focuses on two types of interactions between the central and local governments,top-down campaigns and bottom-up bargaining.Campaigns and bargaining have a long history in China’s central-local dynamics and intertwine with China’s contemporary legal development in policy-making and implementation processes.Drawing on data collected from China's practical governance,this article attempts to provide a roadmap in the explanation of the patterns of central-local dynamics from a multi-disciplinary angle and contributes to a comprehensive understanding of China5s central-local dynamics that smooth central-local tensions and drive China forward along the economic development path as a monolith.
