Hongshan Yang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Public Management, Renmin University of China; Director of the Institute of Public Finance and Public Policy; and is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Graduate Education Steering Committee of the National Public Administration Professional Degree. His interests include intergovernmental relations, urban governance, and China's policy process, and his published works include Intergovernmental Relations, Economic Globalization and Political Development, Contemporary China's Political Relations, Municipal Administration and other textbooks, as well as the translation of Urban Management: American Perspective. He has also published more than 40 journal papers. He presided over the National Social Science Foundation project “Research on Urban Governance Structure Based on Resident Autonomy” and Beijing Social Science Foundation major project “Research on Policy Innovation Mechanism of Chinese Local Government”.He received the Huo Yingdong Education Foundation’s Young Teachers Award, Peking University’s Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the Beijing Higher Education Excellent Textbook Award, and was named one of Renmin University of China’s Top Ten Teaching Pioneers.

• Introduction.- The Nature of Cities and the Mission of Governance.- Institutional Change of Urban Governance in China.- Integrated Governance: An Explanatory Framework.- Municipal-County Relations: Dividing and Governing Municipalities or Mixed Model.- Institutional Development of Cross-border Governance in American Cities.- Institutional Development of Urban Cross-sectoral Synergy.- Reform of Urban Street Management System.- Urban Community Service and Public Space Construction.- Systematic Comparison of Municipal Performance Evaluation.

Hongshan Yang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Public Management, Renmin University of China; Director of the Institute of Public Finance and Public Policy; and is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Graduate Education Steering Committee of the National Public Administration Professional Degree. His interests include intergovernmental relations, urban governance, and China's policy process, and his published works include Intergovernmental Relations, Economic Globalization and Political Development, Contemporary China's Political Relations, Municipal Administration and other textbooks, as well as the translation of Urban Management: American Perspective. He has also published more than 40 journal papers. He presided over the National Social Science Foundation project “Research on Urban Governance Structure Based on Resident Autonomy” and Beijing Social Science Foundation major project “Research on Policy Innovation Mechanism of Chinese Local Government”.He received the Huo Yingdong Education Foundation’s Young Teachers Award, Peking University’s Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the Beijing Higher Education Excellent Textbook Award, and was named one of Renmin University of China’s Top Ten Teaching Pioneers.

• Introduction.- The Nature of Cities and the Mission of Governance.- Institutional Change of Urban Governance in China.- Integrated Governance: An Explanatory Framework.- Municipal-County Relations: Dividing and Governing Municipalities or Mixed Model.- Institutional Development of Cross-border Governance in American Cities.- Institutional Development of Urban Cross-sectoral Synergy.- Reform of Urban Street Management System.- Urban Community Service and Public Space Construction.- Systematic Comparison of Municipal Performance Evaluation.

Hongshan Yang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Public Management, Renmin University of China; Director of the Institute of Public Finance and Public Policy; and is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Graduate Education Steering Committee of the National Public Administration Professional Degree. His interests include intergovernmental relations, urban governance, and China's policy process, and his published works include Intergovernmental Relations, Economic Globalization and Political Development, Contemporary China's Political Relations, Municipal Administration and other textbooks, as well as the translation of Urban Management: American Perspective. He has also published more than 40 journal papers. He presided over the National Social Science Foundation project “Research on Urban Governance Structure Based on Resident Autonomy” and Beijing Social Science Foundation major project “Research on Policy Innovation Mechanism of Chinese Local Government”.He received the Huo Yingdong Education Foundation’s Young Teachers Award, Peking University’s Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the Beijing Higher Education Excellent Textbook Award, and was named one of Renmin University of China’s Top Ten Teaching Pioneers.

• Introduction.- The Nature of Cities and the Mission of Governance.- Institutional Change of Urban Governance in China.- Integrated Governance: An Explanatory Framework.- Municipal-County Relations: Dividing and Governing Municipalities or Mixed Model.- Institutional Development of Cross-border Governance in American Cities.- Institutional Development of Urban Cross-sectoral Synergy.- Reform of Urban Street Management System.- Urban Community Service and Public Space Construction.- Systematic Comparison of Municipal Performance Evaluation.