The Research Of Township Governments' Functional Transformation In Central China

The township government, as the ground level administrative organization of our people's democratic dictatorship in the rural, which play an important role in the rural political, economical, cultural, and living activities, to what level the governmental functions implement directly effect political democracy construction, economic development, and social stability in the countryside,effect new rural construction and the construction of harmonious society, are the root to consolidate the entire regime. As China's new rural construction, building a harmonious society and the steady implementation of the rural tax reform, which calls for a timely, uninterrupted adjustments and changes in the functions of township governments, to serve better the rural areas development. Transformation in the functions of township governments at this stage will undoubtedly become the focus and the core content of the comprehensive reform of China's rural areas.In the new period, the functions of the township government should be positioned in the construction of rural markets, the developing of the rural economy; the strengthening of social management, the improvement of the villagers self-government, the promotion of grassroots democracy; the development of social undertakings, the enhancement of public services, the protection of public goods and so on. Transformation in the functions of township governments is a complex process that can not be done overnight, and this requires us to emancipate our minds, seek truth from facts, advance with the times, based on the trends and patterns of social interactive development in various fields to really establish a system of township government functions In line with the laws of social development.Transformation in the functions of township governments are supported by theoretical development and driven by the objective reality. Theories, mainly the introduction of theories from the West and in our continuous development and improvement about administrative ecological theory, the theory of popular sovereignty and the theory new public services; Reality, mainly due to the objective laws of historical development and evolution, the promotion of central governmental reform, the objective requirements of the development and improvement of socialist market economy, The challenges of village autonomy to traditional authority and the pull of the growing public demand of farmers.There are many reasons to explain why the township implements its function incorrectly and insufficiently,mainly refers to pressure-based administration system,the existing financial system,fragmented institutional arrangements and the quality of cadres and so on. In order to transform smoothly effectively the township functions, the reform should concentrate on strengthening theoretical study, updating concepts and thoughts;changing the pressured administrative system to build a harmoniously democratic administrative ecology; reforming and improving the rural public finance system; strengthening the functions of social management and public service of the township government,and so on.