Abstract
Building and operating local government is always an important task, concretely reflecting the leadership and ruling role of the Party. The current local government apparatus is the result of the Party's leadership in building the government and renovating local leadership and ruling methods. Alongside these achievements, many localities still face limitations and weaknesses due to direct causes from the local political system and indirect causes from the central political system. This article contributes to clarifying these issues. The article is the result of the 2022-2024 ministerial-level project: “Renovating the Party's leadership and ruling methods at local government levels”.