Institution analysis is important for the study of Public Administration. Administrative institutions are the foundation and resorts of public administrative activities. They embody the relation between government and society. The study of administrative institutions is basic for that of Public Administration. We can enrich the theory of Public Administration and improve the system of the discipline through analyzing the logic of administrative institutions and institutional changes, which can help push administrative development.The paper based on the analysis of the paradigm shifting of Public Administration shows the limitations of the study of administrative institutions. The paper focuses on the proposition that administrative institutions are based on public interests through analyzing the logic of administrative institutions and institutional changes. Furthermore, the interest problems which occurred in the reform of Chinese administrative institutions are analyzed deeply in the article. In the end, the author puts forward some ways of institutional innovations based on the human-centered value according to the Chinese administrative environment. |