Chinese Citizen Satisfaction with Government Performance during COVID-19

Cary Wu, Zilei Shi, Rima Wilkes, Jiaji Wu, Zhiwen Gong, Nengkun He, Zang Xiao, Xiaojun Zhang, Weijun Lai, Dongxia Zhou, Feng Zhao, Xiufang Yin, Ping Xiong, Hao Zhou, Qinghua Chu, Libin Cao, Ruijing Tian, Yu Tan, Liyong Yang, Zexuan HeMalcolm Fairbrother, Jan Mewes, Giuseppe N Giordano

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While foreign pundits have alternatively blamed and praised the Chinese government’s handling of the COVID-19 virus, little is known about how citizens within China understand this performance. This article considers how satisfied Chinese citizens are with their government’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. It first considers the impact of authoritarian control, political culture, and/or actual government performance on citizen satisfaction. Then, it tests the consequences of satisfaction and specifically whether citizen satisfaction leads to greater trust. Analyzing data from the first post-COVID survey of its kind (n = 19,816) conducted from April 22 to 28 April 2020, the authors find that Chinese citizens have an overall high level of satisfaction, but that this satisfaction drops with each lower level of government. Further, authoritarian control, political culture, and awareness of government performance all contribute to citizen satisfaction and this in turn, has enhanced public support for the Chinese government.

Originalspråkengelska
Sidor (från-till)930-944
Antal sidor15
TidskriftJournal of Contemporary China
Volym30
Nummer132
DOI
StatusPublished - 2021

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
  • Studier av offentlig förvaltning

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