ABSTRACT

This chapter provides detailed discriminations of America's central and local governments. It discusses how American government promotes private enterprise development by using different cases. The chapter employs the Chinese administrators for their effort of promoting private enterprise. There are three major functions which government of the US use when dealing with the development of private enterprises. Those functions are: Service function, Community Development function, and Management function. The Department of Developments Economic Development Division works to create, retain and expand job opportunities for all state residents. The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) remains one of the major initiatives of the War on Poverty. The mission of the Office of Urban Development is to assist communities in creating wealth from personal, business and community successes. The Office of Housing and Community Partnerships (OHCP) provides financial and technical assistance to units of local government and nonprofit organizations in the state for project activities, which benefit low- and moderate-income citizens.