Analysis on the influence of the expansion of local legislative subjects on the modernization of local governance

Abstract

As the construction of the legal system in China is lagging, and legislation can’t keep up with the economic development, the Chinese central government has given the legislative power to local governments to improve local economic development through the expansion of local legislative subjects, aiming to stabilize the local economic order. However, there are still some problems in local legislation practice, such as incompatibility between local laws and development conditions, weak legal awareness of local legislators, indiscriminate use of legislative authority in various local areas, and implementation of local protectionism. To deal with these issues, it is of great significance to perfect the local legislative mechanism from the perspective of regulations, and form a Chinese legislative mechanism leaded by the central government and supplemented with local governments, thus providing legal guarantee for local economic development in China.