Abstract:

China's grassroots governance must effectively allocate resources, authorities, and incentives. To do so, the grassroots must full give play to the central role of party building to find the key to improving the effectiveness of grassroots governance. The paper draws on the theory of organizational change to build an analytical framework. Using the practice of reforming grassroots governance led by the Party in Nansha District, Guangzhou City, we found that the Party lead a series of measures for informatization construction, process reengineering, structural adjustment, mechanism design, and cultural reshaping. These measures formed three paths: organization building, authority synergy, and incentive drive. These pathways helped solve the commonly faced problems in grassroots governance and promoted an overall change in China's grassroots governance pattern. To promote grassroots social governance reform, we can draw on the basic logics of “creative destruction” and holistic governance to impel the service process of grassroots organizations and inter-organizational synergy. This will help reshape the pattern of good grassroots governance in China.

Key words: party building, grassroots governance, organizational reform