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The Establishment and Characters of Administration Committee System of
ETDZ

Updated: 2006-05-10 16:09

At the initial stage, most of the national economic and technological
development zones (NETDZ) were founded in underdeveloped areas, far from
the city and with poor industrial development environment. The Chinese
people didn't know the newly appeared development zone at all, which was
defined as an export-oriented industrial zone or an economic zone, rather
than an administrative district. The real reason for the definition was,
at that time when China's economy and administrative system didn't meet
the requirement of China to implement opening-up policy, China had to
carry out reform and promote the progress of foreign economic cooperation
through "establishing imitated international investment environment".
Therefore, a special "quasi-government" administrative mode,
administration committee system, was established. This new system
includes the following features:

1. Specially authorized by local people's congress or government, the
administration committee represents the city's government to manage the
development zone. Formally, the administration committee is a branch of
the local government, acting its function of economic administration.
Accordingly, the local Party Committee appoints work committee to the
development zone. No branches from NPC and CPPCC were established, which
is different from the general district administrative system.

2. Highly streamlined organizations are set up within the administration
committee, and relevant functional departments work side by side. The
departments do not accord with those in the government. Cadres of the
administration committee are appointed rather than elected, other staff
members are employed.

3. The first-level financial bureau is set up in NETDZ, which is able to
draw up fiscal budget and conduct regular project expenditure. The public
security bureau, procuratorate, and law court are established in the
zone. Specified administrative regulations are laid down for the zone so
as to effectively manage the zone in conformity with laws and regulations.

It is the highly-authorized and development-oriented managerial system,
and the formation of the reform experimental zones with relatively
independent management system that has ensured a series of concrete
reforms to be carried out.

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