Public Administration and Governance in China

Leizhen Zang is a Professor at the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing. He is also a senior fellow at the Institute of State Governance in Peking University. He was a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a Japan Foundation fellow and the JSPS international research fellow at the University of Tokyo. His research covers comparative politics, computational social science methods, and governance.Yanyan Gao is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, China. His research interests involve public policy evaluation and the impacts of the infrastructures like High-Speed Rail and Natural Gas Pipeline Projects.

• 1. Understanding Chinese Governance Changes Since 1979: Relationship Between the Central and Local Governments 2. How Can China Implement Its Policies Through Special-Issue-Oriented Governance (SIOG): The Potential Governance Type 3. When China's Government Reforms Meet Western Administrative Theories: Do They Fit? 4 Political Legitimacy Beyond Electoral Democracy: The Crafty Internet Application Strategy in China 5. How (When) Does Technological Innovation Improve Government Efficiency? An Empirical Investigation with Cross-National Evidence 6. Are Democratic Countries More Efficient in The Public Sector? An Empirical Study with Cross-National Data 7. Small Is Beautiful: Fighting Poverty with Low-Input- Technology In China Rural Area