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The Reform of Public Service Units in China: A Decentralization Approach

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Public Service Units (PSUs) are government-run, non-enterprise organizations that deliver public services to citizens. They are the third target in the transformation of China’s system of governance, after state-owned enterprises and administrative organs. Although the restructuring of PSUs has been carried out since the mid-1980s, efforts have faltered. This chapter presents an overview of the various rounds of PSU reform. It examines factors that influence the process of decentralization and points out major challenges that must be addressed in order for the Chinese government to continue decentralizing PSUs for better public service provision.

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  1. Yunnan University, Yunnan, Peoples Republic of China

    Mei Li

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  1. Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Ishtiaq Jamil

  2. Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka and PPG Program, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman

  3. Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Sk. Tawfique M. Haque

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Li, M. (2015). The Reform of Public Service Units in China: A Decentralization Approach. In: Jamil, I., Aminuzzaman, S., Haque, S. (eds) Governance in South, Southeast, and East Asia. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15218-9_12

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