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April 18, 2026China Public Administration Review

Conflating Red Tape with Administrative Burdens: Evaluating the Academic-practitioner Gap in China

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PPPeiwen PengBeijing Municipal GovernmentYYYi YangPeking University

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Overview

This analysis reveals inconsistencies in how red tape and administrative burdens are defined in China's government documents, implying gaps in understanding.

Key Points

  • The study investigates the use of 'red tape' and 'administrative burdens' in Chinese state documents and their definitions.
  • Systematic search of central-level and provincial-level government documents in China
  • Analysis of 293 documents incorporating 'red tape' and 70 documents citing 'administrative burdens'
  • Comparison of academic definitions and state applications of both terms
  • Identified 293 documents using 'red tape' and 70 using 'administrative burdens'
  • Found significant referential differences between academic definitions and state applications
  • Noted that government documents define 'red tape' in 19 ways and 'administrative burdens' in 12 ways, with many overlapping definitions

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Peng et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e3201440886becb653f2d9https://doi.org/10.26599/cpar.2025.9680301
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