Abstract: The way of governance and administration is a particular concept of traditional Chinese political culture,and its essence is that the concept of the system determines the practical rules of governance and administration.As a cognitive and behavioral paradigm,it is the subjective concept of governance practiced in objective governance and the political behavior standards which are determined by a certain political concept system.The connotation of the way of governance and administration can be found from three aspects:natural origin,historical evolution and social identity,which includes a scattered structure and a depth structure.There are two main paths of its operation:one is from the outside to the inside;the other is from the inside to the outside.The way of governance and administration shows four characteristics:the unity of opposites of ideality and reality,the unity of opposites of populism and elitism,the unity of opposites of theory and practice,and the unity of opposites of history and the times.The connotation of it determines its structure,operation and characteristics,which is the core of the it.The way of governance and administration plays an enlightening role in the real society.

Key words: the way of governance and administration, Chinese political culture, political concept