促进政府与公众之间的直接政策沟通,既是政府工作报告的重要功能,也是民主政治的关键问题。基于中国19个主要城市的问卷调查结果显示,提升政府工作报告的政策沟通功能既需要应对"民意赤字""内热外冷"等常规问题,也需要充分利用好当下公众政策沟通习惯变迁以及不同人群政策偏好结构的高度相似特征所带来的有利条件。

Promoting direct policy communication between the policy makers and the public is both an important function of government annual reports (GARs) and a key issue in democratic politics. The results from a survey data from 19 major cities in China show that, to promote the policy communication function of the GARs, the government need to deal with some routine problems, such as "democratic deficit", people inside the system were more concerned about GARs than those outside and so on. Meanwhile, the government should also make full use of the transitions in public policy communication habits, and the convergence of public policy preference in different groups.