From Limited Government to Effective Government——New Orientation of China's Administrative Reform

The limited government is relative to the unlimited government and the omnipotent government.With the changing of the environment and the progressing of society,the theory and practice of limited government have both encountered a dilemma.To deal with the dilemma,various nations in the world have begun to rethink governmental functions and take effectiveness as the value orientation of governmental administration.It is agreed that an effective government and not a limited government is the key to economic and social development.China should also take building an effective government as the orientation of its administrative reform.