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| RESEARCH ON THE COUNTIES AND CITIES DIRECTLY ADMINISTRATED UNDER THE PROVINCES AND THE INNOVATION OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION HIERARCHY SYSTEM IN CHINA |
| WANG Yu-ming |
| Center for China administrative division research, Center of Chinese Modern City Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China |
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Abstract Chinese Administrative Division has been displayed as a state of multilevel levels:Central Government, Province (The autonomous region, the municipality directly under the Central Government), the prefecture cities and autonomous prefectures (League), City or County (Banner), Town. In the process of building the well-off society in a all-round way in China, the problem of overmuch hierarchies in administrative division has been presented once again. Especially, the administrative system of the prefecture cities between the province and county or city, which bears remarkable trails of the planning economy and the idealization for the management of the society and economy since 1980s, has been an important government level and, in practice, it has brought out a lot of problems such as legal criterion, economic benefits, administration of society and the relationship between the rural areas and cities. Adjusting scale, reducing levels, enhance vigor of the local government is an important strategic task and goal for reforming the local administrative division hierarchy system and government administration system in a long-term in China.
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Received: 29 July 2004
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2004, Vol. 19 
