Xinhua (July 12) announced that China's central authorities have released a plan on modernizing the system and capacity for primary-level governance. Issued by the CCP Central Committee and the State Council, the plan stresses "upholding the full leadership of the Party over governance at primary level", and improving people's well-being. It calls for establishing in about five years a primary-level governance system "led by the Party organizations", with law-based duty performance by the government, cooperation from various kinds of organizations, and participation from the public. The governance model should combine self-governance, rule of law, and rule of virtue. It mandated that "by another 10 years, modernization of the system and capacity for primary-level governance should be basically achieved", and the benefits of primary-level governance system with Chinese characteristics should be fully demonstrated.
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