Abstract: China-s modern administrative system consists of administrative organization system, social management system, public service system and administrative performance evaluation system. The 30-year history of transformation of China-s administrative system has been evoloved around the four themes of breaking the over-centralized planned administrative system, transforming government functions and establishing the macro-control system, optimizing the government structure and enhancing the administrative efficiency. Five main lines stand out through out the entire process: reform of government institutions and transformation of government functions, adjustment of the central and local authority, perfection of administrative legal system, and building of a government that people are satisfied with.