Abstract:
After the establishment of national parks, the division of the administrative powers between National Park Management Institutions (NPMI) and Local Government (LG) has become key to balance conservation and development and achieving high-level protection and high-quality development. The current division of the administrative powers presents a dual structure where both parties generally have their own responsibilities, but it is not detailed enough and lacks provisions for joint administrative powers in areas of overlapping affairs. There are also many problems with the matching of rights, responsibilities, and interests. Specifically, these include: the division of authority in cross-cutting areas such as disaster prevention and mitigation, franchise operation and market supervision, community and industrial green development is not detailed; there is no division of powers in areas such as territorial space use regulation, handling of historical legacy issues, and "tian chuang" management of national parks; the coordination mechanism between NPMI and LG is not smooth, making it difficult to form a joint force; and local governments bear responsibilities without authority or benefits in many matters. It is recommended to set and refine joint authorities between NPMI and LG, decompose and refine the responsibilities undertaken by each party according to the degree of impact, based on the elements of authority composition and implementation phases; sort out the relevant affairs involved in the management of national parks, check for deficiencies and make up for them in the current division of administrative powers, improve the division of rights and responsibilities and the matching of interests in key issues, and resolve conflicts between conservation and development; establish and improve coordination and cooperation mechanisms to promote integrated development between NPMI and LG.