| In recent years, China’s local government administrative cost has been in a risingstate. If so during a long time, not only China’s local governmental image but our localeconomic development will be affected seriously. Therefore, it is urgent to reduce theadministrative cost of local government in China.Based on the new public management theory as the theoretical foundation of theresearch, the collection of relevant documentation of the literature and the collection ofofficial statistical data, the paper analyses the present situations and reasons of the localgovernment administrative cost in China, combining the analyses of theories,documentation of the literature with empirical analysis method. The reasons why thelocal government administrative cost in China has been high are that the drawbacks ofstructures of local government administration, flawed budget quotas, the governmentalprocurement system is not perfect. Then it draws on the successful experience ofcontrolling the administrative cost of local government in the western developedcountries, and constructs the strategies and methods for reducing the local governmentadministrative cost in accord with the situations of our country. There are a few specificpaths.Firstly, to regulate the local government administrative expenditure in china. Thereare six aspects, the scientific definition of the functions of the local government, thereduction of the size of local government and the streamlining of agencies andpersonnel, the strengthening the administrative cost consciousness and the optimism ofthe quality of public servants, the further perfect of the administrative cost supervisionmechanism, the introduction of competition mechanism and the realization of localpublic service market, the further reform and perfect of the scientific and democraticdecision-making mechanism. Secondly, to perfect the local government budget’sorganizations in China. There are four points, the further improvement budgetingmethod and the content of budget, further thinning budgeting organizations and buildingand improving the budget constraint mechanism. Thirdly, to optimize China’s localgovernmental procurement systems. To strengthen the local governmentalprocurement’s laws and regulations, to improve and optimize the local governmental procurement’s personnel, to expand the scope and scale of governmental procurementand perfect the supervision system of governmental procurement.Study on local government administrative cost control is the objective requirementof building a service-oriented government. It not only improves the local governmentauthority in the eyes of the people, optimizes the local government service quality, butalso promotes the harmonious development of economy and society in China. |
