Center for Research on State Governance

The Center for Research on State Governance is an interactive research platform for idea exchange, theory innovation and policy proposal. The establishment of the Center in August, 2014 is one of the key initiatives of RUC in responding to modernized state governance summoned by the era. The Center is dedicated to undertaking concept innovation and pattern exploration for modernized state governance, studying and reflecting on mechanisms and pathways to enhance national governance capacity, and researching international demonstration and comparison of China’s governance pattern. The Center also undertakes the editing work for the Journal of State Governance. Members of the Center have been working together to build the Journal of State Governance into the most influential think tank journal for state governance in China. The Center and Shenzhen Innovation and Development Institute (SZIDI) co-released the Annual Report on State Governance Innovation, stating annual major events in China’s governance field and analyzing the reform logic of governance innovation in China. The 2014 annual report has been released and received wide recognition.

Director of the Center
QI Fanhua
Professor at the School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China; Ph.D. in Management. His main research areas include government governance, leadership studies, and human resource management in the public sector. Major academic works include Balance: Building Harmonious Leadership, Administrative System Reform: Concepts and Practice, and Government Performance Management, among others.

Vice Director of the Center
WANG Conghu
Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China; Director of Public Resource Trading Research Center; Research Fellow at the National Academy of Development and Strategy. He holds a Ph.D. in Constitutional and Administrative Law and completed postdoctoral research in Management. His research focuses on government procurement, public resource transactions, rule of law in government, and theories and practices of administrative reform.

Members: Yang Guangbin, Qi Fanhua, Wang  Conghu, Xia Lu, Hu Hongwei, Wang Heng, Kuang Wenbo, Xia Fangzhou, He Yanling, Li Shi, Ding Kai, Sun Yongmei, Zhao Tan