The answer is that it can't, because the officials who decide on such issues are answerable to the upper level officials, not to the people in the region; and it is the local people themselves, not the upper level government, who know best what they want.
It was designed by the upper level government to select the chief officials of the lower level based on competition, where the GDP growth rate was a key factor, along with others such as foreign direct investment, employment rate and social stability (World Bank and Development Research Centre of the State Council of China 2013).
When it is necessary to work in different ways because of demographical changes, IMC has some clear advantages over other possible solutions, such as territorial reorganization and centralization of local tasks to upper level government.
Petitions to upper-level governments, then, are the geographic unions of individuals with permeated boundaries.
The differences10 between lawsuits and petitions to upper-level governments are summarized in Table 2.
Vehement opposition and continual petitions to upper-level governments by homeowners resulted in the suspension of some of those demolition projects.
Since the environmental damage caused in these areas often bring less public complaints and it is difficult for upper-level governments to monitor the law-breaking officials, coal production in these areas is often characterized by more collusion between the regulators and the regulated enterprises.
As an upper-level government employee, he makes around $100,000 a year, but says that while his job is equivalent to that of a university professor, "a typical professor at my level is making $150,000 a year, and in private companies, I would be able to double by salary".
The upper level (the government) chooses optimal capacity enhancement for some existing links to minimize the total system costs under a budget constraint.
"When the upper level of government gives more authority to subdistricts, they have a stronger sense of responsibility," says Mayor Liu.In response to the demand of local industry, for example, Shunde district built an impressive polytechnic, which now teaches 11,000 students.
