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    25 March 2026, Volume 44 Issue 2
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    Five-Dimensional Reconstruction：Research on the Mechanism of Digital Government’s Impact on the Improvement of the Business Environment
    ZHAI Lei, TONG Yao
    2026, 44(2):  3-14. 
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    Digital government is a strategic product of the deep integration of the information technology revolution with national governance，driving governance models from experiential decision-making to data-driven approaches，and upgrading service provision from passive response to active perception. It effectively optimizes the business environment through reforms such as “one visit at most” and “one matter handling”. The construction of digital government reconstructs the interaction between government and market through technological empowerment，with its impact on the business environment showing the characteristics that evolve from physical space aggregation to business process reengineering，ultimately achieving progressive intelligent governance. To systematically reveal the mechanism and inherent logic by which digital government construction improves the business environment，this paper adopts the “Technology-Organization-Environment” （TOE）framework，exploring the spatiotemporal reconstruction from a technological perspective relational，process，and standard reconstruction from an organizational perspective，and resource reconstruction from an environmental perspective，forming an analytical framework of “five-dimensional reconstruction”，thereby providing theoretical reference for future digital government construction.
    A Comparative Study of B-READY Evaluation Framework on “Municipal Utility Services” and Reform Innovations in China
    JIA Yimeng, ZHANG Yubin
    2026, 44(2):  15-25. 
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    Optimizing the business environment is a critical strategy for fostering and stimulating market entity vitality and enhancing the endogenous driving force of economic development. Municipal public utilities constitute a vital component of the business environment and have been a focal point of domestic reform efforts in recent years. In 2023，the World Bank officially launched the new B-READY business environment evaluation framework to align with evolving global economic and investment trends. Building on an initial analysis of the B-READY framework’s provisions concerning municipal public utilities，this paper conducts a policy-text-based comparative examination of the latest reform dynamics in these five cities’ business environment improvement initiatives. The research shows that all five cities have enhanced the efficiency of utility connection approvals and ensured service quality，while simultaneously strengthening transparency，establishing robust complaint and regulatory mechanisms，and improving the stability，reliability，and security of service delivery. All five cities are focusing on promoting integrated application，parallel approval，and joint site inspection for water，electricity，gas，and network services，as well as developing cross-project infrastructure networks. Overall，these reform trajectories exhibit strong alignment with B-READY assessment indicators，while also reflecting distinct local pathways and characteristics.
    Research on the Optimization of Business Environment for the Overseas Expansion of Digital Cultural Industry—A Case Study of the “New Three Cultural Products” 
    SONG Linlin, HUANG Zixuan, LI Yixuan
    2026, 44(2):  26-34. 
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    In the dual background of deep adjustment of global cultural trade pattern and digital technology innovation，China’s digital culture industry is undergoing structural transformation，among them，the “new three cultural products”，represented by online literature，online movies and TV plays，and online games, has become the strategic frontier and important characterization of Chinese culture “Going out”. This study systematically explores the business environment challenges faced by the “new three cultural products” industries in the process of going abroad，the core issues include the underdeveloped legal and regulatory framework，the high barriers to international market access，the inadequate efficiency of government services and the insufficient talent development system. To this end，this study proposes to build a comprehensive governance system with the rule of law as the guarantee，collaboration as the path，and innovation as the driving force，the “new three cultural products” is expected to realize the deep transformation from “Going out” to “Going in” in the complex international environment, and open up a new path for Chinese culture to participate in the dialogue of global civilizations.
    Whether the Local Government Problem Identification Behavior Avoid Critical Issues?—An Empirical Study on the Text Data of Provincial Government Information Disclosure Annual Report
    LI Xue, FANG Li
    2026, 44(2):  35-49. 
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    In order to improve the local government transparency with the help of the social supervision, the mandatory problem identification mechanism was enshrined in government information disclosure annual report institution，which enforce the local government identify and disclose the problems in transparency construction. With the help of grounded-rooted theory method this research summarizes the implementation problems defined by the local government，which is based on the text analysis of the relative part in annual reports of local government information disclosure of 29 provincial governments in 11 years. Also，the rational motivation behind the problem recognition behavior is deeply revealed. Subsequently，the practical influence of the problem identification behavior is verified through the Chi-square test method with the relative data. The research finds that the local government problem identification behavior of government information disclosure institution has obvious tendency to avoid the critical issues with selective characteristic. The problem identify behavior can neither reflect the regional difference，also does not contribute to improve the performance of the information disclosure.
    A Study on the Influencing Factors and Its Effect Pathways of Local Government Digital Service Capability—Based on Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis
    ZHAO Boyan, ZHAO Jie
    2026, 44(2):  50-60. 
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    In order to explore the influencing factors of the digital service capacity of local government in different regions and its pathways of action，this paper selects 25 local governments as cases and analyzes them based on the technology-organization-environment（TOE）analytical framework using the fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis（fsQCA）method. The digital service capability of local government is influenced by the level of digital technology，digital infrastructure，government attention allocation，government transparency，public demand，and economic development level. The paths of each factor are of three types：technology-environment-driven path，government-led path，and infrastructure-sharing path. The findings of the study help to deepen the understanding of the multiple factors and their differentiated pathways behind the enhancement of local government’s digital service capacity，and provide a scientific basis for local government to optimize digital transformation strategies and enhance digital service capacity.

    Driving Mechanisms and Optimization Paths of Government Service Reform—An Three-Dimensional Analytical Framework of “Institution-Technology-Value”
    WAN Yun
    2026, 44(2):  61-75. 
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    The initiative of “High-efficiency Completion of a Single Task” marks a new phase in the transformation of government services. Looking back，China’s overall evolution of government services has moved from being fragmented to centralized，and now toward being “smart”. This study constructs a trinity analytical framework of “Institution-Technology-Value” to explain the driving mechanisms of this change. First，the institutional guarantee force provides the basic structure and environment，playing roles in setting rules，allowing for flexible updates，and reducing conflicts. Second，the technological traction force links digital tools with service delivery，improving efficiency and reshaping the governance paradigm to make department cooperation easier. Third，the value leadership force upholds the “people-centered” philosophy，guiding the evolution of service concepts. Furthermore，the study analyzes the practical challenges and bottlenecks as the reform enters the “deep-water zone”. Finally，it proposes three ways to improve：building flexible systems for department cooperation，balancing technology with people’s needs，and combining co-creation mechanisms with service workflows. These steps provide a path for government service reform and building a more effective，service-oriented government.
    The Generation and Operation Logic of “Gradual Consensus-based” Inter-governmental Cooperation—Taking the Cross-domain Governance of the “Tingqiaohe” Urban Circle as an Example
    CHEN Jun, WANG fang
    2026, 44(2):  76-86. 
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    The governance of cross-border urban agglomerations is an important part of the governance of urban agglomerations in our country，and is also an important part of the collaborative governance of grassroots governments in adjacent areas. The antecedent conditions，driving factors and the power interaction laws behind the cross-domain inter-governmental cooperative governance practices of the "Tingqiaohe" urban agglomeration are summarized，revealing the generation logic of the grassroots governments cross-domain cooperation system. The complexity of cross-domain problems and the tension of fragmented governance of grassroots governments，the mutual dependence of resources，the cost of cooperation， and vertical intervention have contributed to the generation of cooperation willingness， while the vertical superior pressure and horizontal coordination and linkage drive the operation of cooperation，and finally achieve the result of mutual trust and improved benefit levels. The induced change of macro-concepts，the incentive constraints of meso-systems，and the effective coordination of micro-actions are the inherent logic of “gradual consensus-based” cooperation. In the future，in cross-domain cooperative governance，the guiding role of superior administrative authority should be fully utilized，and the innovation of inter-governmental cooperation system should be promoted according to the nature of cross-domain public issues，transaction costs and other factors，and social forces should be actively introduced to participate in the cooperation，so as to avoid the occurrence of problems such as delayed action.
    Rights Allocation Rules of Personal Digital Archive Heritage in the Digital Economy Era
    LIU Wanting, OUYANG Aihui
    2026, 44(2):  87-94. 
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    The rights allocation rules for personal digital archive heritage serve as a response to the transformation of archival governance in the digital economy era. An examination of the challenges in constructing these rules reveals three key dilemmas：the ambiguity of critical legal concepts hinders the clarification of rule elements，the diversity of rights allocation scenarios complicates the establishment of a coherent rule system，and the failure of ownership order safeguards restricts the long-term development of these rules. Based on this，it is proposed to improve the basic rules，operational details，and supporting safeguards for the rights allocation of personal digital archive heritage in the digital economy era，balancing the needs of protecting archival personality rights，developing archival data resources，and promoting collaborative governance of archival sharing，so as to establish a set of rights allocation rules for personal digital archive heritage that adapts to the digital economy era.

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