Study On The Promotion Of Government Response Capability In Transitional Period

Since reform and opening-up, China has been experiencing a rapid social transformation from a traditional society to a modern type. Facing the diversified demands and a great deal of questions raised by public in transitional period, the government must give timely and effective response. However, the government response capability at present is very limited. How to promote government response capability and build a government which responds public's demands effectively has become a serious problem in the process of government's construction during China's transition.Firstly, paper analyzes the government response theory systemically. As an important part of public management practice and a logical extension of government management theory, government response gradually attracts people's attention with the constant changes of western government management theory and the innovation of government's functions. From the end of World War II to now, there are three types of government response model, namely, administrative regulation type which bases on bureaucracy theory, marketable service type which bases on new public management theory, and democratic governance type which bases on governance theory. According to different government management theory, each model shows different characteristics correspondingly.Paper summarizes the practical exploration on government response capability in transitional period, and indicates that some new institutions'execution and channels to catch public's demands broadened promoted government response capability to a certain extent. But as a whole, slow, unbalanced, inefficient responses still exist widely. Poor responses not only undermine the party and government's good image, but also exacerbate social conflicts. The harmony and the stability of the society are seriously affected. The society couldn't develop continually. Therefore, at this stage, the government response capability needs to be promoted imminently. Paper points out that the lack of people-oriented administrative concept, the block of public expression channels, unscientific governmental hierarchy, flawed institutions of government decision-making, low quality of public servants, public's week awareness to vindicate their rights consist of main constraints on promoting government response capability in China. Using for reference developed countries'useful experiences in the construction of government response capability, paper puts forward countermeasures for how to promote government response capability in transitional period: firstly, establish a people-oriented administrative concept, which is the precondition to promote government response capability; secondly, strengthen the construction of public expression channels, which is the key point to enhance the government response capability; thirdly, reform the governmental hierarchy to provide an organizational guarantee for the promotion of government response capability; fourthly, perfect the institutions of government decision-making to provide institutional safeguard for the promotion of government response capability; fifthly, improve the quality of public servants to provide personnel support for the promotion of government response capability; sixthly, strengthen the public's awareness to vindicate their rights to provide external support for the promotion of government response capability.