Technology is an important tool which is used by the superior government to supervise and control local officials. However, it is popular with local officials. This paper focus on environmental mobile law enforcement system in L City S Province to explain the logic behind this strange attitude. We find that the initial motivation of many local officials is good. The reason why they don’t comply with the formal regulations of the organization is mainly due to the influence of complex social relations and bureaucratic relations. ‘Disciplining officials with technology’ provides a good opportunity for local officials. They use technology to resist relationships in order to achieve the purpose of self-protection. This paper holds that whether technology can resist the relationship depends on the technical hardness and the strength of the relationship. Different technical hardness and relationship strength may induce local officials to make  different behavioral strategy choices.

技术本应是上级政府用来监督和控制地方政府官员的重要工具,却受到地方政府官员的欢迎。为了挖掘和解释这一怪异态度背后的逻辑,本文以S省L市环境移动执法系统升级工作为研究对象。研究发现,很多地方政府官员的初始动机是好的,他们之所以做出与组织正式规章制度相悖的行为,主要是因为受到复杂的社会关系和科层关系的影响。而 “技术治官”为地方政府官员提供了一个很好的契机。他们用技术来压制关系,以实现自我保护的目的。本文认为技术能否压制住关系,一方面取决于技术硬度,另一方面也取决于关系强度。不同的技术硬度以及关系强度,可能会诱发地方政府官员做出不同的行为策略选择。