This article attempts to propose an analysis framework of the relationship between the Chinese government and its governance model from the perspective of administrative authorization, in order to reveal the causal logic of the governance characteristics of the Chinese government’s “centralization-decentralization paradox”. Under this analytical framework, administrative authorization is regarded as an effective form of government decentralized governance. Whether it is authorized or the degree of authorization depends on the dynamic weighing of the agent’s “governance efficiency-governance risk” by the principal within the administrative organization. The choice of the degree of authorization and its mode determines the distribution and combination of the various remaining control rights in the boundary of the administrative authorization and the specific content, thereby shaping the corresponding relationship between the Chinese government and its governance model.