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Local Governments in China

Local Governments in China
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Author(s): Joseph Y. S. Cheng (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 21
Source title: Comparative Studies and Regionally-Focused Cases Examining Local Governments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ugur Sadioglu (Hacettepe University, Turkey)and Kadir Dede (Hacettepe University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0320-0.ch010

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Abstract

Local governments in China operate within a hierarchical system of bureaucratic control in which each level of government has to be accountable to the next higher level, and provincial governments must accept the unified leadership of the State Council. The system is buttressed by the Party's nomenclatura system tightly controlling the appointments of officials at all levels. Local governments officials do not have to be answerable to voters, but they have to undergo detailed performance assessments annually by their superiors within the Party state. Local governments in China, assume a significant role in economic development. They own enterprises and also compete against each other, for example, they all try to attract more foreign investment. Chinese people are increasingly concerned with environmental pollution, food security, health care reforms, education reforms, etc. These are the new tests for local government leaders.

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