Central-Local Relations - Tag - Daily Deep Think https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/central-local-relations/ Central-Local Relations - Tag - Daily Deep Think Hugo -- gohugo.ioenblog@baifan.site (ByF) blog@baifan.site (ByF)Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0800 New Petition Rules: The Central-Local Conflict Intensifies https://blog.baifan.site/en/petition-new-rules-central-local-cost-shift/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0800 ByF https://blog.baifan.site/en/petition-new-rules-central-local-cost-shift/

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The most notable thing about the new petition (xinfang) regulations is not that the petitioning process has become more complicated, nor that traveling to Beijing to petition has become harder. It is what they reveal about the deeper shift now underway in central-local relations inside China:

The center is institutionalizing the practice of pushing the social conflicts it cannot resolve back down onto local governments.

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