Challenges must be met by reforms, urges academic
Updated: 2015-09-22 16:03
By Zhang Zhouxiang(chinadaily.com.cn)
|
||||||||
China needs to deepen current reforms and improve social governance to meet growing challenges, said Ma Jiantang, vice dean of the Chinese Academy of Governance.
Ma was speaking at the Second Policy and Knowledge Summit: Leadership and Capacity Building for Public Sector Executives
Being jointly staged by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Inter-American Development Bank, the seminar offers a platform for China and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to exchange experiences and improve public governance.
China reformed its public sector in the late 1970s to meet challenges and now, according to Ma, globalization brings pressure to change again.
Ma also spoke of reforms that changed China's bureaucracy. "It was the reform of old bureaucracies that boosted China's growth 30 years ago," he said. "We expect the current reform to revitalize Chinese by awakening it potential again".
He was echoed by Ana Maria Rodriguez-Ortiz, manager of the Institution for Development at the Inter-American Development Bank, who said there are many challenges that China and LAC countries commonly face, a major one of which is the need for better, more efficient public sector services.
"Both China and Latin American countries, have experienced stable growth in past years," she told China Daily. "A result of that growth being the ever increasing number of middle class members. They are the kind of people that advocate public service and benefit from it, which is still lacking in both economies; it is better for us to propel changes instead of being propelled to change".
Nick Manning, head of the Governance and Public Sector Management group at the World Bank, said the rise of the middle class increased the pressure on China and other countries that experience similar processes towards a reform. "It is always the frustrated middle class that asks for changes. That is not only for China but also for other countries that experience economic growth," he said.
China is different to LAC countries because it owns a much stronger public sector, Ma said. "Increasingly more talents have been entering the private sector, and we even see leading local officials quitting government positions to enter enterprises. But the public sector remains much stronger than the private one".
- World's oldest male panda celebrates 30th birthday
- Women's development in China contributes to global equality: white paper
- China releases full text of reform plan for ecological progress
- Upgraded combat drone is unveiled
- Villagers scoop up big profits by drying fish
- Food safety a long-term endeavor
- From Iowa farm to White House: Look back at Xi's US visits
- Buses with images of 6 endangered animals of China drive in US
- Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2016 collection
- Top 10 favorite hotel brands of rich Chinese
- Top 15 Chinese CEOs to attend US roundtable during Xi's visit
- House showcasing Sino-American friendship opens to visitors
- To be continued...
- World's oldest male panda celebrates 30th birthday
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
8 highlights about V-day Parade |
Glimpses of Tibet: Plateaus, people and faith |
Chinese entrepreneurs remain optimistic despite economic downfall |
50th anniversary of Tibet autonomous region |
Tianjin explosions: Deaths, destruction and bravery |
Cinemas enjoy strong first half |
Today's Top News
Young people from US look forward to Xi's state visit: Survey
US to accept more refugees than planned
Li calls on State-owned firms to tap more global markets
Apple's iOS App Store suffers first major attack
Japan enacts new security laws to overturn postwar pacifism
Court catalogs schools' violent crimes
'Beauty of Beijing's alleys akin to a wise, old person'
China makes progress fighting domestic, international cyber crime
US Weekly
Geared to go |
The place to be |