According to the government work report delivered at the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on March 5, 2017, China has continuously made huge progress in its economic development with its GDP reaching 74.4 trillion yuan in 2016 thanks to the leadership of the Communist Part of China. However, there are still many problems in the local governments' implementation, which not only forms a great resistance to further economic structural reform,

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... t also tarnishes the good image of the government. That's why China reiterates on a number of occasions that it is imperative to transform government functions and improve government performance so as to deliver better services to the people. Therefore, the research on improvement of local governments' implementing capability is of theoretical and practical significance to realize the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, and build China into a moderately prosperous society in all respects and a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced. The research methods adopted in this report mainly include comparative analysis and qualitative analysis of documents and archives using relative theoretical frameworks. This report starts from the description of key concepts as well as theoretical frameworks which are used as a basis for later analysis. Then, the report describes and summarizes various forms of weak implementation, and put them into nine categories according to the specific characteristic of each different case. The causes of weak implementation are analyzed from four elements of implementation, which are diverse and complex, namely, the flaws of public policy itself; the incompetent II implementers; the imperfect administrative system; lack of administrative mechanisms of communication, supervision, evaluation, and accountability. Finally, based on the above analysis, the report puts forward comprehensive and concrete countermeasures to improve local governments' implementing capability from the following aspects: decision-making, personnel management, mediation, evaluation, oversight, and culture. Due to limited time and knowledge, this report has its own limitations. More practical researches are required: an in-depth research should be carried out on the comprehensiveness and feasibility of enhancing local governments' implementing capability; further research should be made on whether the theoretical policy measures are effective.