This book traces the history of China's administrative reform in the past 35 years, focusing on the three phases of development, four guidelines and five major tasks of the reform since it is of great value to depict the entire process of China's administrative system reform, analyzing the achievements, problems and prospects of the reform, and exploring experiences and lessons from the relationship between the administrative system reform and China's economic, social and government transformation.

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Part 1.The course of administrative reforms in China.- Chapter 1.An outline of the history of administrative reforms in China.- Chapter 2.Reforms to the administrative system in China, 2008-2012.- Chapter 3. Assessment: analysis of results from the survey on reforms to the administrative system in China (2008-2012).-Chapter 4. The 2013 administrative reforms centered on the transformation of the government functions.- Chapter 5. Assessment: analysis of results from the survey on reforms to the administrative system in China (2013).- Part 2. Social and economic transformation in China, and reforms of the administrative system.- Chapter 6. Economic transformation and government reforms in post-crisis China.-Chapter 7. Challenges in public governance in China and economic transformation.- Chapter 8. Reforms in the income distribution system and dismantling entrenched interests.- Chapter 9. The dual problem of social transformation and political reform.- Chapter 10. Changes in reform, development, and public governance.- Part 3. Transformation of government functions and reform of the administrative system in China.- Chapter 11. Optimizing government structure with greater government departments.- Chapter 12. Optimizing government structure with vertical administrative reform.- Chapter 13. Changing the concept of governance.- Chapter 14. Transparent government operations.- Chapter 15. Innovative governance.