The Study, Based On County Government Reform Of The New Rural Construction Perspective

Problems facing agriculture, rural areas and peasants have a crucial bearing on overall Party's task and national development. China has generally entered a critical period of exploding the dual structure of urban and rural economy and building a new socialist countryside. At present, the continuous spreading of the global financial crisis is increasing its negative influence on China's economy, and the impact on the development of agriculture and rural areas becomes increasingly apparent. The serious shortage of domestic demand turns to be a bottleneck holding back the economic and social development of China. The biggest potential of expanding domestic demand lies in rural areas, the shoring of foundation to achieve a steady and rapid economic growth lies in the agricultural sector. The only way to achieve modernization with Chinese characteristics is to accelerate building a new socialist countryside, to coordinate the economic and social development in urban and rural areas.At the same time, the Party's lead is the bulwark for building new socialist countryside. The county governments have momentous consequences in building new socialist countryside. To uphold the Party's leadership over building new socialist countryside urgently requires the reform of administration at the county level. To establish and improve the socialist market economy system urgently requires the reform of administration at the county level. And to implement the Party's policy of backing agriculture and benefiting the peasants also urgently requires the reform of administration at the county level. The overall strategic goal of the county level administrative reform is to build a new county level administrative system that has consistence functions, appropriate powers to responsibilities, simple government departments and operational harmony. The reform at county level governments should adhere to the principles of giving people a sense of belonging, adjusting measures to local conditions and meeting the requirement of an evolving socialist market economy. There are generally three ways to realize the reform of county level governments. First, transform the government functions. The governments must take upon themselves to develop the rural market and respect farmer households as market players, boost the county economy, provide public infrastructure and social services, and implement the policies set by the central government on supporting agriculture and increasing peasants' income. Second, reorganize the government departments, classify the functions of all the county level government departments, state-owned enterprises and institutions, and then rationally integrate them to optimization. Third, straighten out its relations with the higher and lower government levels. And this needs a constitutional framework as its guarantee to build a new government functions system that has unity, harmony, and a smoothly running mechanism.Nowadays, the work of County Directly under the Province Government and Township Finance Managed by County but Utilized by Township is being carried out on an experimental basis in many areas. However, the practice of county level government reform should be based on China's realities, and we should adjust measures to local conditions so as to avoid slavish mimic.