Study on Public Crisis Management Ability of Local Governments in China under Emergency -- Based on Comparative Analysis of Two Rounds of Epidemic Prevention and Control in Xi’an City

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 has put governments' ability to manage public crises to great test, which has prompted local governments to think about the management ability in the context of emergencies. Through understanding the current situation of Chinese local governments, it is found that the public crisis management ability of Chinese local governments has been improved, but there are still shortcomings. On this basis, the author introspects, puts forward the countermeasures to optimize the crisis management ability of local governments, and further improves the management level of the government under the sudden public crisis.