:2004-11-20:(1974-),,,,,(,100871):,,,,,,:;;:F06113:A:1002-9753(2005)03-0008-10Middle-levelAdministrationinRegionalCapacityBuildingforSustainableDevelopmentWANJin-bo,YEWen-hu(ChinaCenterforSustainableDevelopmentResearch,PekingUniversity,Beijing100871,China)Abstract:Therehasbeenawiderecognitionthatmiddle-leveladministrationisanimportantpartinregionalcapacitybuildingforsustainabledevelopment(CBSD).AfterreviewingandassessingthecommonconnotationofCBSD,thepaperdiscussestheevaluationofregionalCBSD,withanemphasisonbasicprinciplesandmainthoughtsinsistedbymiddle-leveladministrationforregionalCBSD.Thepaperindicatespublicpolicyprocessoptimizationandstressingtheself-improvementofgovernmentaremainapproachestoenhanceregionalCBSD.Knowledgemanagement(KM)andinformationsharingmechanismscanfacilitateeffectiveparticipationandpromoteCBSD.Atlastthepaperbuildsthecirculativemodelofsustainabledevelopmentpolicyformulation,practicesandoptimizationonthebasisofprob2lem-countermeasure-response.Keywords:capacitybuildingforsustainabledevelopment;regional;middle-leveladministration(),,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,820053,,vvv:,:,(),20044()(---),(),,,(capacityofsustainabledevel2opment)()(2001)23:,(meet2ingfundamentalhumanneedswhilepreservingthelife-supportsystemsofplanetearthistheessenceofsustainabledevelopment)[1](Sustainability):(1)()?(2)()()?(3)?(4)?(5)()?(6)?(7)?7,,,,[2],,,,,,,,,(),,,,,,(),,(1)1()()()()()()()91987:;();;;;;[3]199221,:,,,216:21,,[4](),,,;,,,,,(),,,21:;;,;,,,(),,,,:;,:,;,(),,,,,,[5],,,,0120053(20011218):,,,(PublicAdministrationPublicManagement,),,,,,,,,[6],,,,,,(),:,,,,,,,,,,,:(),(2)2,,(ISP)(HDI),,GDP11()(),(),,,,,(C)(S),(P),(C)(),(P)(),,,(E)(R)(I,):En=E0(1+x)n,Rn=R0(1+y)n;=(1+x)n/(1+y)nE0GDP(),R0(),xnGDP,yn,II1();I=1();I1()I=2,2;I=44xy,xiyiEi/Ri,IiI,,,,R(,,Ri)Ii,,,:;,;;();();()(),(),,:11[7],,,,2120053,,:21(heterogeneity),()(actors),(,,),,,(NGO),[8]31,,,,,,,,,,41,,(SSM),,(KM),,,,,,,,,(),,,50%,40%,10%,,,,:(1)()(2):;(,);;:(1),;,;(),;;311,,():(1),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(2),,,,2003,95%,4%,,,[9],,,,[10]21,(1996),,,,,(),41200532,,,(knowledgegap),,,,,,,(),(2)(),,,,,(HaroldD1Lasswell),(Lasswell,1956):(intelli2gence)(promotion)(prescription)(invocation)(application)(termina2tion)(appraisal),(GarryD1Brewer,1974),:(initiation)(estimation)(selection)(implementa2tion)(evaluation)(termination)[11],,,,,,,,,,,,(knowledge-basedeconomy),,,,51,,,,,,,,,,()(3)3(),,,,,,,,,,,,,,:;;;;,,,:;;;(),,,,,,:,();,();(),,,(4),,,,;61200534,,,,(performance),,,,,,,,,(institutionalrationalchoice),:;;,:[1]EnvironmentandDevelopment.SustainabilityScience[J].Science,Vol292,Issue5517,641-642,27,April,2001.[2].[M].:,2001.[3]WCED.[R]..:,1997.60.[4]21[R].:,1994.31.[5].[M].:,2000.11-12.[6].[J].,2000,(8).[7]1[J].,2002,(1)1[8]1[J].,2003,(5):27-301[9].[M].:2000,,584.[10].[A].[C].:,1999.12-18.[11][].[M]..:,2004.21-24.(:)71