The Scale of Government-financed Persons in China and the Variables Affecting It： The Experience of the Last Ten Years of Institutional Reform  

作　　者：Cheng Wenhao Lu Dapeng 

机构地区：[1]lnstitute of Public Administration, Tsinghua University [2]Finance Office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

出　　处：《Social Sciences in China》2011年第2期84-105,共22页中国社会科学（英文版）

基　　金：This research is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation project ＂Research on Competition among Local Governments and Control Mechanism in China＂ （serial number： 70573058） and Beijing philosophy and social sciences project ＂Research on Reasonable Number of Government- financed Persons in Beijing＂ （serial number： 06AaKD0006）.

摘　　要：Government-financed persons （GFPs） form the basis of government administration and the number of the GFPs has a direct bearing on government efficiency and social harmony. Government restructuring since 1998 has effectively curbed inflation in the number of the GFPs, which at present remains at a safe overall level and under control. However, optimizing the structure and functions of GFPs still poses a huge challenge to the central government. The issue of GFPs is by no means an isolated one, but is closely related to government restructuring at a deeper level. In a real sense, the issue of GFPs is a microcosm of China＇s government restructuring and many of the underlying problems in the government system find a concentrated reflection in the question of GFPs. Conversely, many of the real problems in GFPs can only be thoroughly resolved by government restructuring.财政供养人员是政府的行政之基，其规模大小直接影响政府效能与社会和谐。1998年以来的政府机构改革，有效地抑制了财政供养规模的膨胀，中国当前的财政供养规模总体上处于安全水平、受控状态，但在优化财政供养人员的结构与功能方面仍然面临巨大挑战。中国的财政供养问题绝非是一个孤立的问题，而是与更深层的政府体制改革息息相关。财政供养问题其实是中国政府体制改革的一个缩影，政府体制很多深层次的问题都会在财政供养问题中得到集中反映，而财政供养存在的各种现实问题，也只有通过政府体制改革才能够从根本上解决。

关 键 词：government-financed persons institutional reform size of government 

分 类 号：C[社会学]