Public participation in administrative decision-making is one of the basic avenues to realize publicans’ rights. It is also the essence of publican mastering their own affairs. In recent years, China has carried on a valuable practice and exploration in public participation in the administrative decision. However, there still exist some problems: First, the main body of the participation is not clear; second, the civil-motion system of public participation doesn’t exist, third, the manners of participation are one fold. Fourth, the public participation cannot receive a feedback. Therefore, there are many hurdles in the process of institutionalization and legalization of public participation. Inspecting the success and failure in public participation in Northwestern China, we can find that constructing a mechanism of public participation is an important content to establish democracy and legal system in our country currently.

Our 2020 Annual Conference was scheduled to be held at the University of Wrocław in Poland on July 9-11, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICON·S Executive Committee has decided to postpone our 2020 Conference to 2021. Our next Annual Conference will take place from July 8-10, 2021, in Wrocław, Poland.
Procedural details regarding the organization of the 2021 Conference will follow in the months ahead.
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