在沈培平来思茅任职前,已有专家提出将思茅市更名为“普洱市”一事,但遭搁浅。沈培平2005年3月担任市长后,当年8月4日,思茅市政府将更名请示报云南省人民政府审核。
for this sentence: 思茅市政府将更名请示报云南省人民政府审核。
思茅市政府 将 更名请示 报 云南省人民政府 审核。
思茅市政府 wants to change the name of city.
so it writes an application to its higher government to apply this application.
思茅市政府 is a city-government, so its higher government is province government, which is 云南省人民政府.
In other words, 思茅市 is a city of 云南省.
报:报 means "apply" but only in the case of government affair: lower department 报(apply) something towards its higher department.
更名请示 is a 请示 about changing name.
请示: application. 更名请示:application of changing name
审核:verify
so here is the thing in this sentence:
思茅市政府 wants to change its name.
so 思茅市政府 sends a request to its higher department 云南省人民政府: I want to change my name, do you approve?
after 云南省人民政府 getting this application, 云南省人民政府 will 审核 this application.
after 审核, 云南省人民政府 will say: OK you can or NO you can't to 思茅市政府.