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library management should follow the list of responsibilities and authorities strictly (see table 5),
absorb the resolutions of the board of trustees reasonably, and implement them in everyday work.

Table 4. The list of responsibilities and authorities for the decision-maker.
No. Responsibilities and authorities Sources
deliberating, amending the library charter and the rules and
1 library charters from all the pilots
procedure of the board of trustees
deliberating,approving the new president and the new vice
2 library charters from all the pilots
president
deliberating, establishing advisory committees, and appointing library charters from Zhejiang Library and Futian
3
the committee members District Library in Shenzhen City
deliberating, making the library medium and long term
4 library charters from all the pilots
development plans
5 deliberating the library annual business working plan library charters from all the pilots
6 deliberating the library annual major business activities plan library charters from all the pilots
the requirement of strengthening the Party
building from the Reform Implementation Plan of
deliberating, nominating and appointing the librarian jointly
7 Deepening the Corporate Governance Structure
with the government superior department
of Public Cultural Institutions and the Public
Library Law of the People’s Republic of China
deliberating the deputy librarian and other management
8 library charters from all the pilots
candidate nominated by the librarian
listening to, deliberating the report from management,
9 library charters from all the pilots
evaluating the managers’ work, and giving the feedback
deliberating and determining the library annual major financial
10 matters, including financial budget and final accounting, library charters from all the pilots
identifying the use of funds
11 deliberating the plan of the library internal divisions or branches library charters from all the pilots
deliberating the rules and regulations about the library internal
12 important post setting, staffing and performance evaluating library charters from all the pilots
presented from the management
forming the next board of trustees within three months before
13 the current term expires, and reporting it to the government library charters from Heilongjiang Library and
other pilots
superior department for approval
14 deliberating and determining the other major events library charters from all the pilots

During the process of the pilots, because the power decentralization was not completed and
pre-existing barriers were not overcome, the county central library of the central-branch system
couldn’t shoulder its responsibilities of planning the branch libraries or other divisions.
Thirdly, clarifying the roles and responsibilities of different types of supervisors. Opinions on the
Establishment and Improvement of the Corporate Governance Structure of Public Institutions has
presented the principles of the supervisors, which means that supervision is one of the functions
of the board of trustees, or we should set up the board of supervisors separately to supervise the
operation of the library based on the actual situation. Nowadays, setting up the board of supervisors
is applicable to large-scale libraries, and setting up the supervision and administration committee or