Author(s)

Yazhuo Huang

Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

The “administrative examination and approval bureau” model is the latest practical achievement of deepening the reform of the administrative examination and approval system. It is a beneficial attempt to relatively concentrate the examination and approval power on the same institution. However, the first mock exam is a crisis of legitimacy, a confusion of powers and responsibilities, a lack of accountability and a blocking of information exchange. To promote the reform of the mode of “administrative examination and approval bureau”, we should realize the organic combination of “crossing the river by feeling the stone” and “top-level design”; make the means of administrative examination and approval system reform serve the purpose of optimizing public services; resolve the contradiction between horizontal centralized administrative license and vertical administrative management system; establish a supervision mechanism combining internal supervision and external supervision.

Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau, Reform of Administrative Examination and Approval System, Delegating Power, Strengthening Regulation, Improving Government Services, Government Functional Transformation, Administrative Organization Theory

Huang, Y. (2022) Reform of Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau: Practical Difficulties and Solutions. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 10, 186-196. doi: 10.4236/jss.2022.103013.