Township Government Governance Reform:Construction of a Participatory Township Government

The construction of a participatory township government concords with peasant active participation in politics and the requirement of switching government functions to provide basic public services.The participatory township government has a new connotation distinct from the traditional form of government that only focuses on controlling.Based on the democratic cooperation of multiple interest participants,it engages citizens to the decision-making process concerning public affairs via various ways as its main content and enhances the legitimacy of the grassroots government decision-making and the effectiveness of policy implementation as its value orientation.To construct a participatory township government,we should establish and improve the mechanism of opening the township government affairs the system of township people's congress opinion integration-expression,the consultation mechanism of discussing government affairs and the system of peasants' evaluating the performance of township government featured by upper and lower linkage.