Budgetary Supervision In China: An Institutional Perspective Of Provincial People's Congress

This book studies the problems of budgetary supervision system of China's provincial People's Congress, and analyzes their causes and provides the solutions.

The author explores the topic from the perspective of the provincial People's Congress, which is at the intermediate level in the Chinese political hierarchy, as the corresponding level of provincial government possesses local legislature power. With further normalization of the central government management, local governance will be critical to political development in the futures. Improvement of the budgetary supervision system of the provincial People's Congress will promote legal construction of the local government, which will necessarily affect the game of standardization of the powers of the government and civil rights.

The book also analyzes the power of amendment of draft budget and legal construction of the disclosure of budget information, especially investigating the provincial power structure during the process of budgetary supervision and uncovering the problems and difficulties in the budgetary supervision system in China.
Contents:Introduction:Putting Forward the Topic Under Discussion and Its Value in ResearchSummary and Evaluation of the ResearchesResearch Methods and Basic OutlineGeneral Theory of Budgetary Supervision of the People's Congress:Theoretical Analysis of Budgetary SupervisionConstitutional Significance of Budgetary Supervision The Principle of Budgetary SupervisionOverview of the System of Budgetary Supervision of Provincial People's Congress:Changes of the Budgetary Supervision System of Provincial People's CongressOrigins of the Budgetary Supervision System of Provincial People's Congress Main Contents and Procedures of Budgetary Supervision of Provincial People's CongressProblems in the Process of Budgetary Supervision of Provincial People's Congress:Deficiencies in the Power of Budgetary SupervisionInsufficient Transparency of Budget InformationImperfect Procedure of Budgetary SupervisionCase Studies: Cases in Shanghai, Gansu and Guangdong ProvinceThe First Part of System Improvement: Rational Allocation of the Power of Budgetary Supervision:The Power of Supervision in Budgetary Decision-Making Power of Supervision in the Process of Making Budget Power of Supervision in the Process of Making Budget Sound Restrictions of the Power of Budgetary Supervision of the People's CongressThe Second Part of System Improvement: Strengthening Budget Information Disclosure:Improvement of the Budget Information Disclosure SystemEnsuring Citizens' Right to Know on Budget InformationThe Third Part System Improvement: Improvement of Budgetary Supervision Procedure:Proposal for Strengthening Supervision System in the Whole ProcessImprovement of the Supervision Procedure in the Stage of Budgetary CompilationAvoid Blank Spot of Supervision in the Process of Budgetary ImplementationConclusionBibliography
Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduate students, professionals interested in China's budgetary supervision and control, China's Provincial People's Congress, provincial politics, local governance, fiscal constitutionalism and public policy.
Key Features:In-depth studies on budgetary supervision in ChinaConvincing evidence from cases studies of different provinces