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Comparisons between governance systems in China and America have become increasingly popular, but literal "apples-to-apples" comparisons may be less fruitful than comparisons between activities or institutions that bear different names but play similar roles in the two systems. In this context, this article compares the large government but non-civil service workforces that play pervasive roles in the daily work of the U.S. and Chinese governments -- as "government contractors" and "Shi Ye' Dan Wei" or "public service units". They similarly helped produce substantial governance successes, but the growth of these systems in conducting functions otherwise performed by government itself has created a host of unanswered challenges for accountability. Adapted from the source document.

Comparisons between governance systems in China and America have become increasingly popular, but literal "apples-to-apples" comparisons may be less fruitful than comparisons between activities or institutions that bear different names but play similar roles in the two systems. In this context, this article compares the large government but non-civil service workforces that play pervasive roles in the daily work of the U.S. and Chinese governments -- as "government contractors" and "Shi Ye' Dan Wei" or "public service units". They similarly helped produce substantial governance successes, but the growth of these systems in conducting functions otherwise performed by government itself has created a host of unanswered challenges for accountability. Adapted from the source document.

Part one -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The State, Nonstate Actors, and China's Environmental Performance: Setting the Stage -- Chapter Three: The Landscape of Nonstate Actors and China Environmental Governance: Illustrative Roadmaps to Processes and Institutions -- Part two -- Chapter Four: The Governance Effect of Environmental CSR Reporting in China: State and Non-State Facilitation -- Chapter Five: Will China Industrial Organizations Succeed in Addressing the "Trust Deficit" Arising from Global Supply Chain Governance? -- Chapter Six: Extending Enforcement: How the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs Leverages Public Information to Strengthen Environmental Governance -- Part three.-Chapter Seven: Water Stewardship: Engaging Business, Civil Society and Government in Collaborative Solutions to China's Freshwater Challenges -- Chapter Eight: Non-Industry and Nonstate Actors Contribution in the Standard Drafting Process: Examples from the Development of China Room Air Conditioner Standards -- Chapter Nine: In the Shadow of the State: The Rise and Limits of Transnational Private Certification in China's Seafood Sector -- Chapter Ten: Green Supply Chain Initiatives in China: The Roles of Nonstate Actors.

In the West, limited government capacity to solve environmental problems has triggered the rise of a variety of "nonstate actors" to supplement government efforts or provide alternative mechanisms for addressing environmental issues. How does this development - along with our efforts to understand it - map onto environmental governance processes in China? China's efforts to address environmental issues reflect institutionalized governance processes that differ from parallel western processes in ways that have major consequences for domestic environmental governance practices and the governance of China "going abroad." China's governance processes blur the distinction between the state and other actors; the "shadow of the state" is a major factor in all efforts to address environmental issues. The space occupied by nonstate actors in western systems is occupied by shiye danwei ("public service units"), she hui tuanti ("social associations") and e-platforms, all of which have close links to the state. Meanwhile, international NGOs and multinational corporations are also significant players in China. As a result, the mechanisms of influence that produce effects in China differ in important ways from mechanisms familiar from the western experience. This conclusion has far-reaching implications for those seeking to address global environmental concerns, given the importance of China's growing economy and burgeoning network of trade relationships.

In the West, limited government capacity to solve environmental problems has triggered the rise of a variety of "nonstate actors" to supplement government efforts or provide alternative mechanisms for addressing environmental issues. How does this development - along with our efforts to understand it - map onto environmental governance processes in China? China's efforts to address environmental issues reflect institutionalized governance processes that differ from parallel western processes in ways that have major consequences for domestic environmental governance practices and the governance of China "going abroad." China's governance processes blur the distinction between the state and other actors; the "shadow of the state" is a major factor in all efforts to address environmental issues. The space occupied by nonstate actors in western systems is occupied by shiye danwei ("public service units"), she hui tuanti ("social associations") and e-platforms, all of which have close links to the state. Meanwhile, international NGOs and multinational corporations are also significant players in China. As a result, the mechanisms of influence that produce effects in China differ in important ways from mechanisms familiar from the western experience. This conclusion has far-reaching implications for those seeking to address global environmental concerns, given the importance of China's growing economy and burgeoning network of trade relationships.

In the West, limited government capacity to solve environmental problems has triggered the rise of a variety of "nonstate actors" to supplement government efforts or provide alternative mechanisms for addressing environmental issues. How does this development - along with our efforts to understand it - map onto environmental governance processes in China? China's efforts to address environmental issues reflect institutionalized governance processes that differ from parallel western processes in ways that have major consequences for domestic environmental governance practices and the governance of China "going abroad." China's governance processes blur the distinction between the state and other actors; the "shadow of the state" is a major factor in all efforts to address environmental issues. The space occupied by nonstate actors in western systems is occupied by shiye danwei ("public service units"), she hui tuanti ("social associations") and e-platforms, all of which have close links to the state. Meanwhile, international NGOs and multinational corporations are also significant players in China. As a result, the mechanisms of influence that produce effects in China differ in important ways from mechanisms familiar from the western experience. This conclusion has far-reaching implications for those seeking to address global environmental concerns, given the importance of China's growing economy and burgeoning network of trade relationships.