Abstract: Technology governance refers in particular to the application of information technology in governance. Previous studies, while generalizing its concept, ignored the interaction between technology and bureaucracy. The introduction of technology governance from top to bottom, the case study finds, promoted the standardization and electronization of traditional bureaucratic organizations, formed its features, thus improving the capabilities of bureaucratic organizations. At the same time, technology governance in bureaucracy is more dependent on political logic than pure technology logic. It is an integral part of bureaucracy reform, while it is inevitably regulated and restricted by bureaucracy. In short, technology empowers bureaucracy, bureaucracy regulates technology, and the two bears a “two-way” relationship. Whether the technology governance within the hierarchical system is systematic or not often depends on the will of the superior rather than the executor himself. To judge whether the technology governance is holistic or not, it is necessary to introduce a complete chain of “superior decision makers and specific executors”. If technology governance is driven by the expectation of “short-term administrative procedure improvement”, it is easy to stop at the bureaucratic isomorphism of “involution”.

Key words: technology governance, political logic, bureaucracy