Making Vertical Management Streamlined in Work and Reconstructing Logic of Multiple-De-partment Action:A Case Analysis Based on"Integrating the Issue of Health into All Poli-cies"
In recent years,there has been a growing common phenomenon in national governance of China,i.e.the work goals of some government departments have been upgraded so that they are vertically streamlined or even of overall significance,and this tendency is clearly seen in such fields as maintenance of social stability,environmental protection,poverty alleviation,health and food security.With a case analysis based on"integrating the issue of health into all policies",this article finds the reason for"making vertical management streamlined in work"lies in the necessity,urgency and complexity increasingly felt in problem solving in trans-sector and trans-department work.The three characteristics felt in work together constitute the struc-tural motivation for arrangement of work focus and overall management by authorities at all lev-els of governance.Goal achieving after making vertical management streamlined in work de-pends on such key factors as its authority and sustainability,often accompanied by the use of policy tools,like top-level design,top-level promotion,and integration into public services.In addition,the foundation of grassroots understanding,execution,and governance also consti-tutes an important condition for whether the upgraded department work can achieve the expected results.The challenges for upgrading department work and its implicit integration into conven-tional governance,as well as possible unexpected consequences,such as authority segmenta-tion,weakening grassroots governance capabilities,and strengthening process management at the grassroots level,are worthy of close attention and in-depth research.
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