day 118government at work

government at work

Explain how a policy travels from the top to your street: who issues it, who approves it, who carries it out, and say what an action is based on with 经, 依, 鉴于, 基于 and 本着.

today’s words

• 行政 xíngzhèng · administration; administrative
• 机关 jīguān · government office; mechanism
• 国务院 guówùyuàn · the State Council (China’s cabinet)
• 委员 wěiyuán · committee member
• 委员会 wěiyuánhuì · committee
• 干部 gànbù · official, cadre
• 公务 gōngwù · official business
• 公职 gōngzhí · public office, government post
• 公仆 gōngpú · public servant
• 官僚 guānliáo · bureaucrat; bureaucratic
• 书记 shūjì · secretary (job title of an official)
• 基层 jīcéng · grassroots, local level
• 上层 shàngcéng · upper level
• 管辖 guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over
• 辖区 xiáqū · area under one’s jurisdiction
• 直辖市 zhíxiáshì · municipality (Beijing, Shanghai…)
• 自治区 zìzhìqū · autonomous region
• 体制 tǐzhì · system (of organisation)
• 方针 fāngzhēn · policy, guiding principle
• 纲领 gānglǐng · programme, guiding principle
• 举措 jǔcuò · measure, step
• 出台 chūtái · to be introduced (a policy)
• 颁布 bānbù · to promulgate, issue (a law)
• 颁发 bānfā · to issue, award
• 施行 shīxíng · to put into effect
• 试行 shìxíng · to try out
• 试点 shìdiǎn · pilot (scheme); to run a pilot
• 贯彻 guànchè · to carry through, implement
• 落实 luòshí · to put into practice
• 审批 shěnpī · to examine and approve
• 申报 shēnbào · to declare, apply
• 申领 shēnlǐng · to apply for and collect
• 告示 gàoshi · notice (posted up)
• 通告 tōnggào · public notice; to announce
• 公示 gōngshì · to publish for public comment

sentences

• 门口贴着一张告示，提醒住户看管好自己的东西。 · There’s a notice up by the gate reminding residents to keep an eye on their belongings.
• 我们小区是加装电梯的试点。 · Our estate is a pilot site for putting in lifts.
• 新的养老政策下个月出台，现行的办法到年底为止。 · The new policy on care for the elderly comes out next month; the current scheme runs until the end of the year.
• 计划好做，落实难。 · Making plans is easy; carrying them out is hard.
• 经全体住户同意，小区决定装电梯。 · With the agreement of all the residents, the estate has decided to put in lifts.