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AbstractSince the beginning of the twenty-first century, in alignment with globalization and the megatrend within the international socio-cultural sphere, China has initiated a large-scale "intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection movement" through its proactive leadership and management of cultural heritage administration. As a significant component of Chinese cultural politics, this movement has profoundly influenced the cultural lives of Chinese society and its citizens and is poised to continue doing so. Some Chinese anthropologists have also participated in and significantly contributed to this movement in various ways. This paper comprehensively and meticulously examines these fundamental ways. Building upon this analysis, this paper further provides an overview and assessment of the research outcomes of anthropological research on Chinese cultural heritage, both domestically and internationally. The author posits that the paramount contribution of anthropologists, both domestically and internationally, to Chinese cultural heritages and the related protection endeavors lies in their academic research outcomes being predominantly based on their respective fieldwork practices. These outcomes, shaped and realized through on-the-ground fieldwork, hold exceptional value for cultural heritage administration and national cultural policies, as they effectively provide cultural criticism and dissenting perspectives.

Faced with the burgeoning NGOs in China in recent years, the Party-state has adopted a model of adaptive party building to maintain its presence and strengthen its grip over the evolving social sphere. Based on a two-year field work in Shanghai, this article finds that the new model is characterized by the party's rigidity in the principle of social penetration and an array of flexible strategies to facilitate its entry. While promoting the party's rapid organizational expansion in NGOs, the adaptive tactics also bring up problems, which may undermine the effectiveness of the party's permeation in the long run. This article highlights the behaviors of the party's agencies in the state-society interaction, which we suggest may shape the country's grassroots political development in the future. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

Managing social risk has become a policy concern in contemporary public administration. In China, the Social Stability Risk Assessment (SSRA) was conceived as a government-driven and performance-based system to tackle the challenges of social instability, with the last decade witnessing an increasing imperative to promote its implementation. In practice, local administrations have asserted the importance of social risk management in improving the capability of handling uncertainties, yet studies on SSRA effectiveness are relatively limited. To fill the gap, this paper examines factors for mobilizing local administrators in implementing effective SSRA enforcement through a framework constructed from the perspective of government agencies. Using field survey data collected from four provincial regions, we refined five theoretical constructs and affiliated thirty-five items critical for SSRA operational effectiveness, and found that administrative intervention by the local government plays a crucial role. This study contributes to an understanding of China's social risk management practice, and offers assessment criteria to monitor its effectiveness in public administration.