中共十六届二中全会所发表的公报强调,机构改革是推进政治体制改革的重要内容。作为应然判断,这个取向无疑是正确的。作为事实判断,则有一些条件需要满足。因为机构改革本身并不能无条件地变成政治体制改革的一部分。单纯地对机构进行简单地加加减减就算不上是政体改革,机构改革的方向如果与政治体制改革的方向背道而驰就更算不上是政治体制改革。每个国家、中国历史上的每个朝代都有机构改革的事例,但是这些改 The communique issued by the 2nd Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee emphasizes that the reform of the institutions is an important part of promoting the political system reform. As should be judged, this orientation is undoubtedly correct. As a matter of fact, there are some conditions that need to be met. Because institutional reform alone can not become part of the political reform without any conditions. Simply adding and subtracting institutions simply is not a political reform, and the direction of institutional reform runs counter to the direction of the reform of the political system, and is even less a reform of the political system. In every country and every dynasty in Chinese history there is a case of institutional reform, but these changes