China Regional Administrative Probe

Regional administration is a creation in function by local governments in China to meet the demand of market economy development. It is also coordination of relationship among local governments to realize a reasonable and effective disposition and utilization of social resources, and cooperation among local governments through linkage of common benefits. It plays a key role in the unitiza-tion and development of the regional economy. The emergence of it is caused such realities in China: Firstly, with an acquisition of the subject qualification and extension of decision -making powers, the local government has got a desire to seek new system arrangement to suit economic development. Secondly, in modern economic development, the solely reliance on internal resources and input/output of internal elements would not satisfy the demand of economic development; a policy of complementarity and coordination must be taken. Thirdly, in such a government - leading marketization process as in China, the government bears the responsibility of nurturing and perfecting the market system, and the responsibility to coordinate relationships among local governments with a standard and stable system arrangement. Fourthly, in regional economic development, local governments' benefits realization is made by mutual reliance and binding. Only coordination and cooperation is strengthened, can the common benefits be realized.A complete regional administration system should include three major parts: administration subject (economic coordination region development committee made up by heads of local governments), administration object (regional economic affairs) and administration operation. Its duty is to make regional economic development plan, to make regional adjustment, to establish consultation mechanism among local governments, inter - government benefit conflict solution mechanism, management mechanism of social economic cooperation project development and operation among local governments, and guarantee that all these mechanisms play their roles effectively.