Good Governance Is Necessary For Effective Public Administration And Delivery Of Public Goods And Services. This Is An Important Issue For All Countries, But In Particular For Rapidly Developing Countries Such As China Where Reform Of Governance And Public Administration Is A Key Element Of The Public Policy Agenda. This Book Explores The Key Issues In Governance And Public Administration Facing China's Policy-makers Today. Edited By Wang Mengkui, The Former President Of The Development Research Center Of The State Council, And Chairman Of The China Development Research Foundation - One Of Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Part I Reform Of The Government Administration System; 1 Why Private Coffers Are Rampant; 2 An Experiment In Radical And Holistic Change; 3 A Case Of Construction Of The Governmental Information Network In Jiangxi; 4 A Study Of How To Improve The System Of Civil Servant Performance Evaluation; 5 Controversy Arising From The Experiment On Expanding The Powers Of The Town And Township Governments In Shaoxing County; Part Ii Urban Construction And Social Administration; 6 New Stories Of Old Shantytowns 7 The Heating Charges Of 'ice City'8 Internet Cafés: What Else Can Be Done In Addition To Rectification?; 9 The Road To Community Correction; Part Iii Crisis Management And Group Incidents; 10 Twenty-six Days And Nights For The Pollution Of Tuojiang River; 11 Emergency Response In The City Management; 12 Analysis Of The Efficiency Of Government Participation In Restructuring High-risk Listed Companies; 13 Settlement Of The Taxi Drivers' Strike; 14 Pension Insurance Demands Of The Former Town And Township Temporary Personnel 15 How Was A Collective Complaint Arising From Land Acquisition Solved?part Iv Resources And The Ecological Environment; 16 Analysis Of The Ban On Crop Stubble Burning; 17 Should Government-supported Projects Causing Pollution Be Permitted If Civilians Are Not Allowed To Be Involved In Those Projects?; 18 How Ground Subsidence Was Solved In Southern Jiangsu Province; 19 On Selecting A Location For The Nanxi River Water Conservancy Project; 20 Sixiao Highway: From Difficulty To Success; Part V Education And Public Health; 21 Event Of 'immigrants For Ncee' 22 College Graduates 'go To Mountains And Villages' - Idealistic Or Realistic?23 Analysis And Practice Of Financial Assistance To Poor Students In Higher Education Institutions; 24 The Dilemma Of Government Student Loans; 25 Franchise Rights And The Interested Parties; 26 Where Is The Solution To The Farmers' Problem Of Seeing A Doctor?; 27 Experiment On A New Rural Cooperative Medical System In Ezhou City In Hubei Province; 28 Thoughts On The Wheat Flour Issue; 29 How Can A Good Thing Be Well Done?; 30 The Trust Crisis Caused By 'coconut Face-changing' Part Vi Economic Reform And Development31 The Hardship, Pain And Happiness Of Reform; 32 How To Take Advantage Of Resources; 33 'entrance Test' For A New Official; 34 The 'green Bank' That Supports Farmers; 35 The Dispute Over Taxi Managerial Rights; 36 Storm At Huigao Company; Index Edited By Wang Mengkui. Includes Index. English