What are the features of China’s national governance in terms of its institutional design? How does China organically integrate the Party, government agencies and diverse stakeholders such as market entities and social organizations to form the governance pattern of “pluralism under one core” and consultative co-governance? How does it fulfill the people-centered idea in all fields and at all levels of national governance? Focusing on those issues, this book analyzes a number of important aspect

Preface
By Yang Kaifeng

The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Some Major Issues Concerning Upholding and Improving the System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Advancing the Modernization of China？s National Governance System and Capacity(referred to as The Decision)adopted at the fourth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is a continuation and deepening of the series of decisions and spirit of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)on deepening the reform since the Party？s 18th and 19th National Congresses,which points out the direction for the further development of the world？class national governance theory and practice with Chinese characteristics.The Decision further clarifies the connotation,extension and conceptual system of national governance.Dissimilar to the mainstream of the Western governance theory that presupposes a Western model,The Decision indicates that China？s national governance is first and foremost great socialist practice as well as the result of history and people？s choice.It has distinct Chinese characteristics with highlighting the nationality,historicity,people？s nature and politics of national governance and emphasizing thirteen significant advantages of China？s national governance.At the same time,The Decision regards China？s system and capacity for governance as the representation of a country？s basic system and its implementation capacity.It also makes a comprehensive,scientific and systematic definition of national governance under the guidance of the Marxist methodology.The theoretical system embodied in The Decision is rigorous,comprehensive and systematic,reflecting the latest achievements in the development of philosophy and social sciences,drawing upon the advanced experience from the development of other countries,summarizing the successful practice of China？s socialist construction as well as achieving a high d

CONTENTS Chapter 1Putting Institutional Building in a More Prominent Position of National Governance 1.Institutional logic of national governance 2.Overall logic of institutional building 3.Development logic of institutional building 4.Organizational logic of institutional building 5.Evaluation logic of institutional building 6.Constitutional logic of institutional building 7.Operational logic of institutional building 8.Behavioral logic of institutional building 9.Reform logic of institutional building Chapter 2Construction of the “Four in One” Administrative System with Chinese Characteristics 1.One integration:To build a service?oriented government to satisfy the needs of the people 2.Integration of administrative organization 3.Simplification of administrative process 4.Efficiency of administrative methods 5.Decentralization of administrative relations Chapter 3The Government Governance System of Ensuring Well?defined Responsibilities,Law?based Administration and Satisfing the Needs of the People 1.Well?defined responsibilities are the premise of governance 2.Administrative system and organizations are the subject of government governance 3.Law?based administration is the inherent requirement of government governance 4.To satisfy the needs ofthe people is the aim of government governance Chapter 4Some Issues on Modernization of China?s Economic System and Capacity for Governance 1.Systematic discussions on the modernization of China?s economic governance system and capacity 2.Strengthening the foundation of the national economic gover?nance system 3.Improving the national capacity for economic governance 4.Participating in the construction of international economic governance system 5.Ensuring and improving the people?s well?being Chapter 5The Financial System Reform under the Background of China?s Governance 1.Financial system in the period of “sta