Research On The Modernization Of Government Agency Operating Costs

As the ruler of public power and the distributor of public resources,the government will undoubtedly need a certain amount of resource consumption and input cost in fulfilling its responsibilities of economic regulation,market supervision,social management,public services,and environmental protection.Among them,the various capital expenditures for the purchase of goods,projects and services,in order to support and guarantee the stable,smooth and efficient operation of the government agency itself,are the agency operating costs.However,due to the government's public attributes and other influences,when the government is engaged in public management activities,it often ignores its resource consumption and input cost,which ultimately leads to an irrational increase in the operating costs of the government.After the Chinese economic reform,for a long time,the operating costs of government agencies in our country have increased irrationally,which has caused all sectors of society to highly question the government costs,especially the operating costs of government agencies.Since the 18 th CPC National Congress,facing the tightening of resource constraints caused by the slowdown of economic growth and the high degree of public doubt about the operating costs of the government,the party and the government have adopted a series of measures on the management of government operating costs and have achieved significant results.Overall,the operating costs of the government agencies in our country have gotten over from irrational growth.The operating costs of the government agencies have been functioning at a high level and growing moderately,which are in line with the objective fact that government duties are becoming increasingly onerous.However,some people are still highly skeptical of the operating costs of the government agencies,and many misunderstandings have emerged.Therefore,it is necessary to take adequate measures to correct this misconception,while finding out the real problems in the management of the agency's operating costs,taking appropriate measures,and optimizing the management of the agency's operating costs.Given this problem,this article takes A City as an example,through the investigation and analysis of the A city's Government Agency Affairs Management Bureau,it sorts out itsrelated measures and main results in the management of government agency operating costs.It focuses on classifying the conceptual misunderstandings,systematic defects,and inadequate capacities in the operation cost management of A city's government agencies.On this basis,countermeasures for optimizing the operation cost management of institutions are proposed.This article is divided into six parts from the preface to the conclusion,and the core content consists of three parts.The first part is to sort out the relevant measures and main results of the organization's operating cost management.Through the investigation and analysis of A city,it is found that the main measures in A city government's operation cost management are: increasing cost consciousness and introducing competition mechanism,vigorously carrying out actions to economize "three public official consumptions",and striving for the construction of administrative cost information transmission.Thanks to the efforts of all sectors of society in A city,A city government's operating cost management has achieved significant results,mainly including the facts that the government's purchase of government operation services from the society has achieved remarkable success,the government's "three public official consumptions" have declined overall,and the level of government operation cost information disclosure is enhanced.The second part summarizes the existing problems in the management of government agency operating costs.Although the A city government's operating cost management has achieved remarkable results,there still exist conceptual misunderstandings,systematic defects,and inadequate capacities.Firstly,the conceptual misunderstandings are mainly "excessive demand for cost reduction" and "blind pursuit of improving efficiency";secondly,the systematic defects are mainly the fact that the related laws and regulations are incomplete,the operating system is not standardized,the performance evaluation is unscientific,and the regulatory quality is not optimistic;lastly,the inadequate capacities are that the party's ability of guidance should be improved,the management capacity of the government is not sufficient,and the ability of multiple subjects to participate is yet to be enhanced.The third part discusses the optimized path of government agency's operation cost management.Aiming at the problems in the operation cost management of A city,it isnecessary to move from management to governance,while promoting the modernization of the government agency's operation cost management.Promoting the modernization of the government agency's operating cost management includes two aspects: modernization of government agency's operating cost management system and management capabilities.On the modernization of government agency's operating cost management system,it is necessary to establish a government-led multi-organizational system,improve the legal system under the leadership of the party committee,standardize the cost operation system under the support of science and technology,optimize the government's responsible performance evaluation system,and improve supervision and guarantee system under the social coordination.On the modernization of government agency's operating cost management capabilities,it is needed to strengthen the party's construction in order to enhance the party's leadership,consolidate the government's construction to improve its governance capacity,and strengthen the social construction in order to enhance the ability of multiple subjects to participate.Besides,it is also necessary to "weaken the cost publicly and increase the cost strategically" and "adhere equally to the effect and efficiency of the operation cost of the government agency",in order to promote the modernization of government operating cost management,and provide the correct guidance for the modernization of government operating cost management systems and governance capabilities.