Policy Clearance and Policy Integration: A Study Based on Network Governance

Owing to the environmental,legal,subjective and other changes,some existing policies have already become outdated.Worse still,the issuing of certain new policies has also lagged far behind the time.Therefore,we are in urgent need for the proper implication of policy clearance and policy integration.However,the current situation of China's policy clearance remains inadequate in both its working approach,organizational system and its supervision mechanism.Besides,since policy clearance is usually the responsibility of its own policy makers,it is often conducted untimely and passively.Given this,government administrators will continue to execute the outdated policies,which may greatly jeopardize the mutual trust and harmony between the government and society.In order to solve the problem,the current approach for policy clearance from the perspective of network governance is promoted.On the one hand,it enhances the information sharing and effective negotiation among governments at different levels;on the other hand,it advocates democracy and corporation between the government and society.Based on the respect for public interest and mutual benefits,the useful part of the outdated policies can be promptly integrated into the new policies to avoid vacancy,so that the ultimate goal for government policies to serve the public interest can be eventually realized.