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This edition of the Social Administration Blue Book focuses on China’s administration system and the modernization of the country’s governance ability. Reports in the volume give in-depth analyses of a number of theoretical and institutional issues including governance methods, construction of rule of law, governing models, local autonomy, governance structures and joint governance systems. Examining on the one hand the experience of the United States, select countries and well-governed cities in Europe and Asia in social, government and urban administrations, and on the other those of 11 Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen. The book aims to identify strategies most appropriate and effective in the Chinese context.