Township governments are executive bodies assuming the responsibility for executing state power at township level.

Since the turn of the new century, the county and township governments have witnessed major changes relating to their position in the government system.

The large-scale migration of farmers in various regions has become a big issue in China's social and economic life since reform and also a major fact in the course of the modernization drive in China's rural areas.

As China's rural tax-for-fees reform keeps deepening, some problems of township fiscal crisis gradually emerge.

The effectiveness of state governance system and governance ability is reflected in the performance of grassroots governance.

Villagers' self-governance in China has gone through almost three decades though we knew even then that the road for China's grassroots democracy would not be smooth.

In the history of New China's policy research, Du Runsheng (1913-2015) is an important figure well-known for his contributions.

Serious problems that have occurred in rural areas in the past several years are mainly attributed to grassroots governments.