Experts enrolled in decision making

    By Wu Jiao (China Daily)
    Updated: 2007-08-08 07:02

    For four years, government leaders in Hengren County, Liaoning Province, have reserved seats for some special people at their meetings.

    They were for staff from the legal affairs office to sit in on discussions and offer advice.

    "Their advice has all been adopted, ensuring the legitimacy of decisions," local leaders told People's Daily.

    Hengren is not the only county that has set up mechanisms to ensure the legitimacy of rules made by the local governments.

    Latest figures from the State Council's Legal Affairs Office show that more than 70 percent of municipal and county-level governments have set up various measures to regulate the procedures and boundaries of decisions made by the governments.

    Also, more than half of them have set up mechanisms to track and evaluate the implementation of new decisions.

    The statistics also show that more local governments are beginning to involve the public and law experts in decision-making.

    "Any administrative decision cannot not be passed without the consultancy of experts, and feedback from the public, Cai Xiaoming, mayor of Ganzhou in East China's Jiangxi Province, said.

    It is the first time the Legal Affairs Office, the top agent overseeing governmental decisions and rules, has disclosed the status quo of the administrative legitimacy of local governments since the cabinet promoted the concept of "administration according to law" in 1999.

    Previously described as "almighty governments", some local governments in China have been chided for making decisions contradictory to the country's laws and violating the legitimate rights of the people.

    Applauding the progress made in decision making procedures, Cao Kaotai, director of the office, also asked local governments to set up a rigid correction mechanism to rectify any wrong decision in time.

    About 70 percent have set up an accountability system for government decisions.

    Experts see these measures as progress in building a modern government under the rule of law.

    "Previously, some local government decisions contradicted the laws. Some rules even contradicted each other," Lu Yanbin, a researcher with the law institute under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said.

    "The involvement of the public and law experts, will ensure the legitimate and democratic nature of the decision making process," Lu said.

    He said it was a big step forward in the ongoing reform of the government's administrative role.

    (China Daily 08/08/2007 page3)



    Top China News  
    Today's Top News  
    Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
    色综合久久久久无码专区| 最好看的中文字幕最经典的中文字幕视频 | 日本三级在线中文字幕在线|中文| 亚洲va中文字幕无码久久| 精品久久无码中文字幕| 2019亚洲午夜无码天堂| 自拍偷在线精品自拍偷无码专区| 久久久久久久久久久久中文字幕| 国产精品亚洲αv天堂无码| 亚洲ⅴ国产v天堂a无码二区| 最好看的电影2019中文字幕| 人妻AV中文字幕一区二区三区| 久久久久久国产精品无码下载| 无码人妻精品中文字幕| 最近的2019免费中文字幕| 最近中文字幕完整版免费高清| 中文无码熟妇人妻AV在线| 88久久精品无码一区二区毛片 | 免费无码作爱视频| 中文字幕不卡亚洲| 中文字幕在线观看| 日韩中文字幕一区| 久久超乳爆乳中文字幕| 佐藤遥希在线播放一二区| 久久久91人妻无码精品蜜桃HD| 无码精品久久久久久人妻中字| 亚洲乱码无码永久不卡在线| 免费无码又爽又刺激高潮软件| 亚洲欧美日韩在线不卡中文| 视频一区二区中文字幕| 日本高清免费中文在线看 | 人妻系列AV无码专区| 无码人妻丰满熟妇区BBBBXXXX | 色综合久久中文综合网| 亚洲一区中文字幕久久| 亚洲日本中文字幕区| 欧美日韩不卡一区二区三区中文字| 最近免费中文字幕mv在线电影| 精品久久久久久中文字幕人妻最新| A狠狠久久蜜臀婷色中文网| 日韩中文字幕在线视频|