On the afternoon of March 28, 2024, a completion appraisal meeting for the Research Project on Tax Performance Incentive Mechanisms (hereafter “the Project”) was held at Room 1215, Qiyun Building, Lanzhou University. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Bao Guoxian, head of the Project and the Director of the Research Center for Chinese Government Performance Management at Lanzhou University (RCCGPM). Attendees are Dong Zhaohui, Director, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Zheng Longlong, officials of the Appraisal and Evaluation Division of the Shaanxi Provincial Tax Service of the State Taxation Administration, Ma Xiang, Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Liu Ning of LUSM, and Dr. Liu Ning from the School of Management at Lanzhou University, as well as project team members of RCCGPM.

The Project Team presented research outcomes with three reports including the Survey and Recommendations Report, Research Report, and the Conclusion Report.

Dr. Liu Ning praised the Project’s comprehensive argumentation, detailed recommendations, and practicality, emphasizing its valuable guiding significance. Senior Research Fellow Ma Xiang commended the precise problem identification, standardized research design, and thorough analysis, suggestiing clearer differentiation between findings and conclusions.

The commissioning party highly praised the Project’s outcomes of its solid research data with impressive methods. It is convinced that the Project’s research progress in performance incentives will benefit tax performance managament in Shaanxi Province. Director Dong Zhaohui emphasized that the completion of the Project signify the continued cooperation of the two party.

With the final appraisal of the Project, Prof. Bao Guoxian summaized the research achievements and outlined future development directions.

[Background]

1.The Research Project on Tax Performance Incentive Mechanisms is a sub-project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) major project “Promoting High-Quality Development through Tax Performance Management: the Practice and Theoretical Research” undertaken by the State Taxation Administration (STA). Under the guidance of the performance management department of STA, the Project was jointly implemented by the Appraisal and Evaluation Division of the Shaanxi Provincial Tax Service of STA and LUSM.

2. RCCGPM was established in 2004, it has developed into a significant hub fpr fundamental theoretical research on government performance management, government performance evaluation and institutional development, database construction, talent cultivation, and social services in China. RCCGPM whas been co-constructed by LZU and the Chinese Public Administration Society in 2006, of which is the only think tank jointly established by a first-level society under the supervision of the General Office of the State Council and a double first-class university in China. In 2013, RCCGPM was designated as a key research base for humanities and social sciences in higher education institutions in Gansu Province. In 2017, the center was listed in the China Think Tank Index (CTTI) as a source think tank. In 2020, the center served as a physical entity of LUSM, and was included as a pilot unit for new-type think tanks at LZU. In addition, the center won the highest award the CTTI Best Case of Think Tank Construction in 2023.