Zhiming Han
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Zhiming Han Professor
E-mail: hanzhiming@sjtu.edu.cn
Research Areas: State Governance, Urban Governance, Grassroots Governance |
Personal Profile:
Over the years, the researcher has served as Principal Investigator for four projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, including one Youth Project (2009), one General Project (2015), one Key Project (2020), and one Major Project (2022). The researcher has also led or participated in eight other national- or provincial/ministerial-level projects and participated in more than 20 other research projects at various levels. The researcher has published six sole-authored monographs and contributed to or translated eight other books. More than 200 academic papers and articles have been published in newspapers and journals, including Guangming Daily, Management World, CASS Journal of Political Science, Chinese Public Administration, Academic Monthly, Journal of Public Management, Comparative Economic & Social Systems, and Journal of Public Administration. More than 40 publications have been reproduced in full by journals and publication series including Xinhua Digest, China Social Sciences Digest, Academic Digest of Liberal Arts in Chinese Universities, and the Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China.
Scientific Research:
Major Research Papers
“An Analysis of the Responsibility Structure of Public Governance Action Systems,” Chongqing Social Sciences, No. 2, 2006; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 7, 2006.
“History, Current Status, and Deeper Reflections on the Study of Administrative Responsibility,” Journal of Tianjin Administration Institute, No. 2, 2007; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 8, 2007.
“Information Structure, Transaction Costs, and Learning Mechanisms of the Governance Paradigm,” Zhejiang Social Sciences, No. 3, 2007.
“Citizen Accountability: Theoretical Significance and Institutional Design,” Academic Journal of Zhongzhou, No. 5, 2007.
“Multidimensional Interpretations and Theoretical Explanations of Statistical Figures,” Statistics and Decision, No. 20, 2007.
“The Action Logic and Responsibility Control of Street-Level Bureaucrats,” Journal of Public Management, No. 1, 2008; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 6, 2008.
“Arbitrariness of Power and Poverty of Rights: A Two-Dimensional Analysis of Building a Harmonious Society,” Socialism Studies, No. 1, 2008.
“A Typological Analysis of Administrative Responsibility Instruments,” Journal of Shanghai Administration Institute, No. 3, 2008.
“The Theoretical Logic and Practical Approaches of Government Explainable Responsibility,” Journal of Beijing Administration Institute, No. 2, 2009.
“A Spatial Political Analysis of the Equalization of Public Services,” Exploration, No. 2, 2009.
“Action Patterns and Element Analysis of Citizen Accountability,” Academic Journal of Zhongzhou, No. 1, 2010.
“The Production Logic, Social Effects, and Institutional Context of the ‘Making a Big Issue’ Phenomenon,” Theory and Reform, No. 1, 2010.
“Conceptual Construction, Mechanism Deficiencies, and Governance Approaches of Citizen Accountability,” Exploration, No. 1, 2010; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 6, 2010.
“The Institutional Logic, Intrinsic Poverty, and Constructive Dimensions of the Right to Supervision,” East China Economic Management, No. 3, 2010.
“Choice of Action and Logic of Institutions: A Theoretical Analysis of the ‘Making a Big Issue’ Phenomenon,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 5, 2010.
“The Spatial Interpretation of Street-Level Bureaucrats: A Comparative Analysis Based on Work Interfaces,” Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Sciences), No. 4, 2010; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 11, 2010.
“Actors’ Strategies and Their Influencing Factors: An Analysis Based on Cases of Citizens Applying for Government Information Disclosure,” Journal of Public Management, No. 4, 2010; reprinted in full in China Social Sciences Digest, No. 4, 2011.
“The Spatial Dialectics of Street-Level Bureaucrats and Their Actions: Reconstructing the Concept and Theoretical Propositions of Street-Level Bureaucrats,” Comparative Economic & Social Systems, No. 3, 2011; reprinted in full in China Social Sciences Digest, No. 10, 2011.
“Institutional Displacement and the Absence of Actors: An Analysis Based on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Accountability,” Tianjin Social Sciences, No. 4, 2011.
“A Comparative Analysis and Reflection on Models of Administrative Accountability,” Exploration, No. 4, 2011.
“Bilateral Mobilization Games under Conditions of Capacity Shortage: Government Maintenance of Social Stability, Citizens’ ‘Making a Big Issue,’ and Their Relationship,” Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, No. 6, 2011.
“Online Citizen Accountability: Action Logic and Element Analysis,” Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Social Sciences Edition), No. 5, 2011; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 2, 2012.
“The ‘Making a Big Issue’ Phenomenon in the Context of Fragmented Governance Systems,” Internal Manuscripts of Chinese Social Sciences, No. 1, 2012.
“Short-Circuiting of Discourse and the Dilemma of Expression: An Analysis of the Discourse Crisis in Public Administration,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 2, 2012.
“From Science and Art to Social Design: The Postmodern Turn of Metaphors in Public Administration,” Administrative Tribune, No. 2, 2012; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 7, 2012.
“Interest Expression, Resource Mobilization, and Agenda Setting: A Descriptive Analysis of the ‘Making a Big Issue’ Phenomenon,” Journal of Public Management, No. 2, 2012.
“Citizen Protest Actions and the Fragmentation of Governance Systems: A Description and Explanation of the ‘Making a Big Issue’ Phenomenon,” Humanities Magazine, No. 3, 2012.
“From Monologue to Dialogue: The Transformation of Administrative Discourse in the Internet Era,” Southeast Academic Research, No. 5, 2012; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 12, 2012; reprinted in full in China Social Sciences Digest, No. 3, 2013.
“Symbolic Action and Institutional Implementation: A Case Study of Citizens Applying for Disclosure of Fiscal Information,” Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Social Sciences Edition), No. 1, 2013.
“Technical Rationality and the Evil of Administration: A Review of Uncovering the Evil of Administration,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 1, 2013.
“The Interaction and Tension among Practice, Institutions, and Ideas: Theoretical Reflections on a Decade of Administrative Accountability in China,” CASS Journal of Political Science, No. 1, 2013.
“‘Institutionalism’ and ‘Moralism’: A Comparative Analysis of Two Administrative Responsibility Mechanisms,” Administrative Tribune, No. 2, 2013.
“Real-World Experiences of the Evil of Administration and Governance Approaches,” Study Forum, No. 3, 2013; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 6, 2013.
“The Diffusion and Reproduction of the Concept of Government Responsibility: An Analysis Based on the Evolution of Administrative Accountability Discourse,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 5, 2013.
“Street-Level Administration: Conceptual Construction, Theoretical Dimensions, and Practical Implications,” Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Sciences), No. 3, 2013.
“Multiple Paradoxes in Government Responsiveness: An Analysis of Government Behavior in Responding to Online Public Opinion,” Journal of the Party School of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, No. 1, 2014.
“Tensions in Government Responsiveness and Their Interpretation: An Analysis from the Perspective of Online Public Events,” Journal of Northeast Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 1, 2014; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 4, 2014; reprinted in Political Science Digest, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 2, 2014.
“The Institution and Practice of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Tianjin,” Journal of China Institute of Industrial Relations, No. 3, 2014; reprinted in full in Trade Union Work, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 5, 2014.
“Reflections on the Reform of the Income Distribution System,” CASS Journal of Political Science, No. 3, 2014; reprinted in full in China Social Sciences Digest, No. 11, 2014.
“Power Performance within Disciplinary Spaces: An Interpretation Based on Administrative Service Centers,” Journal of Xiangtan University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 2, 2015; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 7, 2015.
“Information Payment and Authoritative Action: A Two-Dimensional Framework for Understanding the ‘Making a Big Decision’ Phenomenon,” Journal of Public Management, No. 2, 2015.
“Actors’ Positioning and Their Incentives: The Case of Income Distribution System Reform,” Zhejiang Social Sciences, No. 4, 2015.
“Social Perceptions of National Honor: An Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 10, 2015.
“Governance Techniques of Social Conflict and Their Evolutionary Logic,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 4, 2016.
“The Structure and Process of National Honor Practices and Their Problems,” Journal of Northeast Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 4, 2016.
“Social Construction of Governance Techniques: The Case of National Honor Practices,” Tianjin Social Sciences, No. 4, 2016.
“Ambiguous Society: The Information Foundations of National Governance,” Academia Bimestrie, No. 4, 2016; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 10, 2016.
“The National Logic of Value Distribution: The Case of ‘Exemplary Politics’ and Its Operation,” New Horizons, No. 5, 2016; reprinted in full in Xinhua Digest, No. 23, 2016.
“From ‘Unreasonableness’ to ‘Consultation and Dialogue’: The Transformation of Social Governance Mechanisms,” Theory and Reform, No. 5, 2016.
“The Comparative Advantages and Development Paths of Grassroots Deliberative Democracy,” Administrative Tribune, No. 6, 2016.
“The Advance and Retreat of the Turn toward Accountability: A Comparative Analysis with the 18th National Congress of the CPC as the Point of Reference,” Studies on Risk, Disaster and Crisis, Vol. 3, Social Sciences Academic Press, December 2016.
“Between Clarity and Ambiguity: The Information Logic of National Governance,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 3, 2017.
“The Temporal Politics of Street-Level Bureaucrats: The Case of Working Hours of Grassroots Law Enforcement Personnel,” Journal of Gansu Administration Institute, No. 2, 2017.
“An Analysis of the Bottlenecks in the Diffusion of Grassroots Deliberative Democracy: A Perspective Based on the Structure of Policy Implementation,” Exploration, No. 3, 2017; reprinted in full in Chinese Politics, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 8, 2017.
“Uncertainty in Institutional Evolution and Its Influencing Factors: The Case of ‘Integrity Accounts’,” Journal of Guangdong Administration Institute, No. 4, 2017.
“Turning Major Issues into Minor Ones and Minor Issues into Major Ones: The Problem-Solving Logic of Governance in a Large Country,” Nanjing Social Sciences, No. 7, 2017; reprinted in full in Chinese Politics, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 11, 2017.
“The Form and Substance of Opinion-Gathering Techniques: A Comparative Analysis of the Mass Line and Deliberative Democracy,” Henan Social Sciences, No. 8, 2017; reprinted in full in Chinese Politics, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 10, 2017.
“The Evolutionary Logic of National Governance Techniques: The Practice of Migrant Population Control as a Case,” Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Sciences), No. 5, 2017.
“Clarification of Urban Governance and Its Limitations: An Analysis Centered on Grid-Based Governance,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 9, 2017.
“Ambiguity in the Policy Process and Its Strategic Patterns: Understanding the Complexity of National Governance,” Academia Bimestrie, No. 6, 2017; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 2, 2018.
“The Multiple Images of Streets and Their Governance Mechanisms: A Spatial Analysis Based on Street Types,” New Horizons, No. 1, 2018.
“From Conflict to Cooperation: The Evolution and Reflection on the Relationship between Urban Management Officers and Street Vendors,” Journal of Public Management and Policy Review, No. 3, 2018.
“From Bureaucratic Knowledge to Personal Knowledge: The Knowledge Logic of the Turn in National Governance,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 6, 2018.
“A Process-Based Narrative of Grassroots Deliberative Democracy,” Henan Social Sciences, No. 6, 2018; reprinted in full in Chinese Politics, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 9, 2018.
“The Social Construction of Cooperation and Its Evolutionary Logic: A Further Reflection on the Relationship between Urban Management Officers and Street Vendors,” Journal of China University of Geosciences (Social Sciences Edition), No. 4, 2018.
“Ambiguity in Policy Implementation and Its Governance Effects,” Journal of Xiangtan University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 4, 2018.
“Governance Narratives and Operational Mechanisms of Major Events,” Journal of Jiangsu Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 4, 2018; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 10, 2018.
“Technological Innovation in Deliberative Democracy and Its Dilemmas: Reflections Based on Western Experiences,” Foreign Theoretical Trends, No. 9, 2018.
“Rational Dialogue and the Game of Rights: A Comparative Analysis of CPPCC Consultation and Grassroots Consultation,” Exploration, No. 5, 2018.
“Utilization of Street Space and Its Multiple Governance Mechanisms: An Actor-Centered Analysis,” Journal of Social Science of Hunan Normal University, No. 6, 2018; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 3, 2019.
“Electoral Democracy and Deliberative Democracy: A Technical Analysis Centered on the Processing of Public Opinion Information,” Tsinghua University Journal (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 1, 2019; reprinted in Social Sciences Digest, No. 2, 2019; reprinted in full in Political Science, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 4, 2019; reprinted in full in Political Science Digest, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 2, 2019.
“From Extensive Management to Fine-Grained Governance: Governance Transformation toward a Complex Society,” Journal of Yunnan University (Social Sciences Edition), No. 1, 2019.
“Searching for Personal Knowledge: The Knowledge Logic of Modern National Governance,” Nanjing Social Sciences, No. 3, 2019.
“What Requirements Has General Secretary Xi Jinping Put Forward Regarding Clean Governance?” People’s Tribune, No. 3, 2019.
“Information Mechanisms and Efficiency in Problem Solving: An Analysis Centered on Citizens’ ‘Making a Big Issue’ and Leaders’ Instructions,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 4, 2019; reprinted in full in Social Sciences Digest, No. 8, 2019.
“Four Illusions of Technological Governance: Information Technology in Urban Governance and Reflections on It,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 6, 2019.
“Information Narratives of National Governance: Clarity, Clarification, and Degree of Clarity,” Academic Monthly, No. 9, 2019; reprinted in full in Academic Digest of Liberal Arts in Chinese Universities, No. 6, 2019; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 12, 2019.
“Gradual Reform and Its Evolutionary Logic: The Case of Reform of the Urban Management Law Enforcement System,” Academia Bimestrie, No. 5, 2019; reprinted in full in Institutional Reform, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 2, 2020.
“Clarity in Urban Governance and Its Technical Logic: An Analysis Centered on Smart Cities,” Exploration, No. 6, 2019.
“From Fragmentation to Integration: Operational Mechanisms and Limitations of Integrated Network Governance,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 6, 2019.
“The Path toward Fine-Grained Governance in Modern Cities: The Case of Shanghai,” Public Affairs Review, Vol. 9, 2019.
“‘Don’t Make It Big’: Strategic Choices of the Middle Class — An Analysis of the Logic of Protest Based on the ‘Nursing Home Incident’,” Journal of Public Management, No. 2, 2020.
“‘Change’ and ‘Continuity’ in Technological Governance: The Case of the ‘Palm Cloud Community’ in Qixia District, Nanjing,” Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 2, 2020.
“What Kind of ‘Making a Big Issue’ Succeeds? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Based on 40 Cases,” Journal of Gansu Administration Institute, No. 1, 2020.
“The Operational Logic and Effects of ‘Frontline Accountability’: The Case of the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Urban Governance Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2020.
“From ‘Internet Plus’ to ‘Blockchain Plus’: The Information Logic of Technology-Driven Social Governance,” Administrative Tribune, No. 4, 2020.
“Practices and Reflections on Fine-Grained Management of Contemporary Chinese Cities,” Secretary, No. 4, 2020.
“How Is Cooperation Constructed? A Technical Analysis Centered on Urban Management Law Enforcement,” Journal of Public Management and Policy Review, No. 5, 2020.
“Dimensions and Practical Logic of Hybrid Governance: A New Form of Grassroots Governance Oriented toward Complexity,” Journal of East China University of Science and Technology (Social Sciences Edition), No. 5, 2020; reprinted in full in Academic Digest of Liberal Arts in Chinese Universities, No. 1, 2021.
“Governance Techniques and Their Operational Modes: Understanding the Technical Dimension of National Governance,” Social Sciences, No. 10, 2020.
“From ‘Rough Pacification’ to ‘Fine-Grained Governance’: The Decline and Transformation of Mass Incidents,” CASS Journal of Political Science, No. 5, 2020.
“Cautious Actors: An Involutionary Narrative of Community Governance — The Case of the ‘Neighborhood Gate’ in Y District of S City,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 12, 2020.
“Flexible Adaptive Mechanisms: The Diffusive Development and Effectiveness of Grassroots Deliberative Democracy,” Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 1, 2021.
“How Is Responsibility Constructed? The River Chief System in S City and Its Implementation as a Case,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 1, 2021.
“Governance Tools Combining Flexibility and Rigidity and Their Governance Advantages: The Case of Administrative Interviews,” Journal of Gansu Administration Institute, No. 1, 2021.
“Centralization of Governance Interfaces and Its Constructive Logic: An Analysis Centered on the River Chief, Street Chief, and Road Chief Systems,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 2, 2021.
“Calculation, Algorithms, and Computing Power: The Logic of State Computation in the Digital Era,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 3, 2021.
“The Burden of Governance in a Large Country and Its Response Mechanisms: A Theoretical Examination Centered on the Problem of Scale,” Nanjing Social Sciences, No. 4, 2021; reprinted in full in Chinese Politics, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 11, 2021.
“Fine-Grained Operation of Fine-Grained Management: A Descriptive Analysis Based on Texts and Practices,” Theory and Reform, No. 3, 2021.
“Scale-Driven Fine-Grained Governance: The Governance Transformation of Megacities as Living Organisms,” Journal of Shanxi University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 3, 2021.
“Scale Anxiety and Simplified Governance: A Theoretical Examination of the History and Reality of Governance in a Large Country,” Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Social Sciences Edition), No. 4, 2021.
“A Variation between ‘Acceleration’ and ‘Deceleration’: Understanding the Temporal Dimension of Urban Governance,” Studies on Party and Government, No. 4, 2021.
“Rule Reconstruction in Grassroots Administration: The Generation and Operational Logic of Controllable Autonomy — An Examination Based on Fine-Based Law Enforcement by the D Market Supervision and Administration Bureau,” Journal of Public Management, No. 3, 2021.
“The Tension between the Suspension and Downward Shift of Grassroots Governance and Its Dialectical Analysis,” People’s Tribune, August 2021.
“Informal Expression of Appeals from the Perspective of Social Risk Governance,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 8, 2021.
“Clarification of National Governance and Its Technical Logic: An Analysis Centered on Land Information,” Comparative Economic & Social Systems, No. 5, 2021.
“Reorganization toward Governance Modernization: The Governance Advantages and Effectiveness of Grassroots Party Building,” Governance Modernization, No. 5, 2021; reprinted in full in The Communist Party of China, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 1, 2022.
“Moving the Center of Gravity Downward to Resolve the Suspension of Grassroots Governance,” China Report, No. 21, 2021.
“The Tension between Clarity and Ambiguity and Its Adjustment: Focusing on the Digital Transformation of Urban Grassroots Governance,” Academic Research, No. 1, 2022.
“A Governance Landscape Interwoven with Clarity and Ambiguity: Prospects and Future of Urban Digital Transformation,” Zhejiang Academic Journal, No. 3, 2022.
“Penetrating Dense Urban Space: The Path toward Clarification for Megacities in the Digital Era,” Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 3, 2022.
“‘Face-to-Face’ and ‘Key-to-Key’: A Comparison of Forms of Urban Management Law Enforcement and Their Applicability,” Academia Bimestrie, No. 3, 2022.
“Expanded Reproduction of Information and Its Mediation Mechanisms: An Analysis Based on Typical Social Events,” Dongyue Tribune, No. 8, 2022.
“The Linkage between the State and Society and Its Evolutionary Logic: A Theoretical Analysis Centered on the ‘Petition-Handling Relationship’,” Journal of Gansu Administration Institute, No. 1, 2022.
“From ‘Plural Differentiation’ to ‘Integrated Unity’: The Organizational Logic of the Evolution of Grassroots Governance Order,” Exploration, No. 5, 2022.
“‘Lightweight’ Smart Governance: A Practical Case of the ‘One Code for Multiple Uses’ System in B Town,” Theoretical Exploration, No. 5, 2022.
“Action Strategies of Acting According to Circumstances and Their Contextual Logic: An Observation Based on a Practical Case of the B Neighborhood Committee,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 7, 2022.
“Basic Dimensions and Operation of Governance Interfaces: A Spatial Analysis of Public Governance Transformation,” Academic Monthly, No. 8, 2022; reprinted in China Social Sciences Digest, No. 2, 2023.
“Toward a Governance Transformation Featuring Diverse and Positive Interaction: Unlocking the Key to Building a New Pattern of Social Governance,” Nanjing Social Sciences, No. 11, 2022.
“Activating Organizational Autonomy of Street-Level Bureaucrats and Its Driving Mechanisms: The Case of a Maintenance Fund Conflict in the T Residential Community,” Journal of Public Administration, No. 6, 2022.
“Value Propositions of Simplified Governance and Ways of Realizing Them,” People’s Tribune, No. 24, 2022.
“Enhancing People-Centered Urban Emergency Management Capacity,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 12, 2022.
“Co-production and Citizens’ Satisfaction with Public Services: The Case of Environmental Public Services in China.” Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 2023, 21(1): 117–142.
“Toward a New Era Approach to Good Governance in Megacities: Planning and Practice for the Transformation and Upgrading of Megacity Governance,” Urban Problems, No. 4, 2023.
“Operational Logic of Interface Governance: The Case of Grid-Based Management and Its Reform,” Exploration and Free Views, No. 4, 2023.
“From ‘Fast Governance’ to ‘Slow Governance’: The Governance Tempo of Deliberative Democracy and Its Transformation,” Zhejiang Academic Journal, No. 6, 2023.
“Mutual Encounter, Mutual Hearing, and Seeking Insight: Three Logics of Deliberative Democracy Driving Public Services,” Dongyue Tribune, No. 11, 2023.
“Irregular Information and Its Governance Logic: A Theoretical Analysis Centered on the Practice of ‘Finding Out the Baseline’,” Management World, No. 1, 2024; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 3, 2024.
“Seeking a Dynamic Balance between Acceleration and Deceleration: Understanding the Tempo of Grassroots Governance and Its Changes,” Academic Forum, No. 1, 2024; reprinted in full in Public Administration, Reprinted Materials of Renmin University of China, No. 4, 2024.
“Crossing the Trap of Information Asymmetry: The Information Dimension of Modernization of National Governance,” Jiangsu Social Sciences, No. 1, 2024.
“Coordination and Cooperation between the ‘Front Stage’ and ‘Back Stage’: Action Strategies of Grassroots Governments in Solving ‘Tough Problems’,” Chinese Public Administration, No. 4, 2024.
Books / Edited Books / Translated Books:
Contributing Author, An Introduction to Modern Management, Tsinghua University Press, 2005.
Contributing Author, Research on Contemporary Chinese Government Management Models and Methods, Jilin People’s Publishing House, 2006.
Contributing Author, Building a Responsible Government: Research on Ningbo’s Exploration and Practice, Zhejiang University Press, 2012.
Contributing Author, Research on the Issue of Governmental Justice in Contemporary China, Tianjin People’s Publishing House, 2013.
Contributing Author, Research on Governmental Redistributive Responsibility for Fairness, Justice, and Common Prosperity, China Social Sciences Press, 2022.
Contributing Editor, Selected Readings in Foundational Political Science Literature, Zhejiang University Press, 2008.
Sole Author, Institutional Dilemmas and Institutional Innovation of Administrative Responsibility, Economic Science Press, 2008.
Sole Author, Putting Rights into Use: Research on the Theory and Practice of Citizen Accountability, Tianjin People’s Publishing House, 2013.
Sole Author, Accountability in China: A Decade of Trials and Tribulations, Xinhua Publishing House, 2013.
Sole Author, Guarding Our Urban Home: 40 Years of Urban Management Law Enforcement in China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2019.
Sole Author, Fine-Grained Management and the Modernization of Urban Governance in Shanghai, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2021.
Sole Author, The Road to Good Governance: Governance Techniques of the Modern State and Their Operational Logic, Tianjin People’s Publishing House, 2023.
Editor-in-Chief, Pudong New Area Blue Book: Development Report on Social Governance in Shanghai Pudong (2021), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2021.
Editor-in-Chief, Pudong New Area Blue Book: Development Report on Social Governance in Shanghai Pudong (2022), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2022.
Editor-in-Chief, Pudong New Area Blue Book: Development Report on Social Governance in Shanghai Pudong (2023), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2023.
Editor-in-Chief, Pudong New Area Blue Book: Development Report on Social Governance in Shanghai Pudong (2024), Social Sciences Academic Press, 2024.
Translator, Bureaucracy, Jilin People’s Publishing House, 2005.
Translator, Policy, Jilin People’s Publishing House, 2005.
Translator, Street-Level Bureaucrats: Individual Dilemmas in Public Services, Renmin University of China Press, 2024.
Research Projects
“Research on the Theory and Practice of Citizen Accountability”: Youth Project, National Social Science Fund of China, 2009.
“Research on the Governance Techniques of the Modern State and Their Operational Logic”: General Project, National Social Science Fund of China, 2015.
“Research on the Systematization and Procedural Mechanisms of Deliberative Democracy”: Key Project, National Social Science Fund of China, 2020.
“Research on the System of Deliberative Democracy with Chinese Characteristics”: Major Project of the National Social Science Fund for the Study and Interpretation of the Spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, 2022.
“Institutional Dilemmas and Institutional Innovation of Administrative Responsibility”: Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project, 2007.
“Institutional Models and Strategic Design of Citizen Accountability”: 43rd Batch of General First-Class Funding, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2008.
“The Action Logic of Local Government Income Distribution System Reform”: Tianjin Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project, 2013.
“Research on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Important Expositions on Improving the Level of Fine-Grained Urban Management in Shanghai and Their Implementation in Shanghai”: Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project, 2021.
“Research on Shanghai’s Practice of Promoting the Systematization of Whole-Process People’s Democracy”: Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project, 2023.