Transforming Government Functions

Transforming government functions is at the core of a more in-depth administrative structural reform drive. Essentially it involves determining what the government should do and should not do, by clarifying the roles of the government, the market and society, i.e., clearly defining what should be dealt with by each of them individually or jointly. Generally speaking, since the reform and opening-up policy was introduced in the late 1970s, great progress has been made in transforming the functions of the governments at all levels, and valuable experience gained, providing strong impetus to the country’s modernization process. However, much remains to be done in this respect. Government intervention in the microeconomy is still considered excessive and too intrusive. It is also imperative to improve macroeconomic regulation, and address inadequacies in market regulation, and social and public services. With greater resolve, we must intensify our push for transforming government functions. Only by so doing, can we better meet the pressing challenges to drive the process of reform and opening up to a deeper level, speed up the transformation of the growth model, encourage ethical conduct, and maintain social harmony and stability.

轉變政府職能

轉變政府職能是深化行政體制改革的核心，它實質上要解決政府應該做什么、不應該做什么，重點是明析政府、市場、社會的關系，即哪些事應該由市場、社會、政府各自分擔，哪些事應該由三者共同承擔。總體上看，改革開放以來，中國各級政府在轉變政府職能方面取得了重大成就，積累了寶貴經驗，有力推進了社會主義現代化建設。但現在政府職能轉變還不到位，政府對微觀經濟運行干預過多過細，宏觀經濟調節還不完善，市場監管問題較多，社會管理亟待加強，公共服務比較薄弱，必須下更大決心、更大力度推進政府職能轉變，以更好適應深化改革開放、加快轉變經濟發展方式、轉變工作作風、維護社會和諧穩定的迫切要求。