The Research Of Public Participation In Government Regulations Making Process

Public participation in government regulations making process is an old topic. Benefited from the recognition of the politic, the development of cultivation and economy, civil society and academic promotion, public participation has accepted by the community. Under the background, the paper selected a difference perspective, using theory and model of public management and focused on practice.The paper admitted and analysis problems, tries to find proposed recommends, to make conclusions more targeted and more effective.The research described basic theories and concepts of public participation, recalled participatory democracy and democracy administration, introduced ladder of citizen participation theory and effective decision model. Public participation also has a amount of practice, developed a number of systems, explores a number of practices,accumulated some experience, and also reveals some problems. Through empirical research, paper combs related regulations, researched Shanghai’s practice of public participation in government regulation.Supported by empirical data for, described the practice of public participation.On the research of theories and practice, the paper tried to make adiagnosis on Chinese Government regulation of the practice of public participation. To do this, the paper established evaluation criteria, which shall have the functions and effectiveness of the public participation.Summed up the core functions of public participation — — the democratization, and lists the results it has achieved in both the Government and the public. Around the achievement of functions of public participation, paper analyzes the elements of effective public participation, proposed criteria and factors at different angles, and a brief analysis of its reasons. According to the analysis and conclusions, paper listed some problems in aspects such as participation subject, operation rules, participation channel and way, and guarantees mechanism. Paper also briefly analysis reasons of such problems and how to resolve. Finally,paper proposed a series of innovative ways for improvement.