Who Is Willing to Participate in Local Governance? Modernization of Shared Governance in China

Citizens’ willingness to participate serves as the endogenous driver of shared governance. During governance modernization in China, was extensively promoted through various policy agendas. However, few studies have revealed citizens’ attitude toward which leads a question: Who is willing local governance? Based on large-scale survey this study high proportion respondents with certain regional differences, and significantly affected by respondents’ age, educational level, CPC membership, income level. The findings help identify incentivize those unwilling This has important implications for both nationally internationally, helps enrich experiences democratic sustainability beyond Western context.