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What is government function and what are its characteristics?

Government functions, also known as administrative functions, are the responsibilities and functions that state administrative organs should undertake when managing state and social affairs according to law. Government function reflects the basic content and activity direction of public administration, and is the essential expression of public administration. Characteristics of government functions: (1) publicity. Government functions involve the handling of a large number of daily public affairs in the country, and the fundamental purpose is to provide universal, fair and high-quality public services for all social groups and strata. (2) legitimacy. The legitimacy of government functions means that all government activities should be carried out within the scope of the Constitution and laws, which stipulate the boundaries of government functions in a country, so that public administration can be governed by laws. (3) enforceability. As an organ to carry out and carry out the national will, the government's functions are obviously administrative. (4) mandatory. The coercion of government functions refers to the state coercion as the backing, and the administrative counterpart shall not hinder the normal exercise of government functions. (5) Dynamic. The function of government is constantly changing, which depends on the dynamic relationship between government and market, the power contrast between government and society and the evolution of the relationship between government and nature under the condition of market economy. (6) expansibility. The expansion of government functions means that with the increasing and complexity of public affairs and public problems in modern society, as well as the increasingly personalized and diversified public needs, the government has undertaken more and more functions and gradually expanded to all levels of society.