Correctly understand the new situation and new problems faced by grassroots governance

Target of this lesson: the majority of party members and cadres.

The purpose of this course: through the study of this course, the majority of party members and cadres have a deep understanding of the scientific connotation of the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era, correctly understand the new situations and new problems faced by grassroots governance and the importance of handling the five relationships to improve grassroots governance with the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era, so as to adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era, and make new and greater contributions to promoting the construction of a higher level of peace in China.

In the early 60s of the 20th century, the cadres and masses of Fengqiao Town, Zhuji County, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province (now Zhuji City) created the practical experience of "mobilizing and relying on the masses, insisting on not handing over contradictions, solving them on the spot, and achieving fewer arrests and good public order", and the "Fengqiao Experience" was born. Since then, the "Fengqiao Experience" has kept pace with the times, continuously innovated the working mechanism, and made positive contributions to promoting social construction. In recent years, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the "Fengqiao Experience" has developed into a set of effective, typical and exemplary grassroots social governance mechanisms and methods for resolving contradictions, promoting harmony, leading fashion and ensuring development. On November 6, 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping met with the representatives of the selected units of the national "Fengqiao Work Method", he encouraged them to make persistent efforts, adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, and make new and greater contributions to promoting the construction of a higher level of safe China.

At present, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the task of domestic reform, development and stability is arduous. In the process of realizing Chinese-style modernization, grassroots governance will inevitably face many new situations and new problems, and we must correctly understand the following problems.

New situations and new problems in public services. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the main contradiction in society has been transformed into a contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. This contradiction has been more obvious and concretely embodied in the field of public service. First of all, the public service system is not sound enough. First, the spatial layout of public services is not reasonable. In some cities, due to the lack of planning in the development process, the infrastructure such as education, medical care, and transportation in some areas cannot meet the needs of the people, and public service resources are very tight. In rural areas, due to the spontaneous accumulation of resources in urban areas, scattered village infrastructure construction lags behind, and faces the practical dilemma of lack of education and medical resources. Second, the basic public services guarantee for the floating population is not fully in place. The existing public service system is mainly for the registered population and permanent residents with certain spatial limitations, and it is difficult for groups who frequently move between different regions to enjoy adequate public services. Second, the level of public services needs to be improved. First, there is a problem of insufficient investment in public services in some areas. In economically underdeveloped areas, especially in rural areas, the level of public services in these areas is relatively low due to the relatively low level of economic development and the limited investment of local finance in public services. Second, the quality of some public services is not high and the satisfaction of the masses is low. The supply of some public services only emphasizes quantity rather than quality, and does not aim to meet the people's growing needs for a better life, which has a negative impact on the improvement of the quality of production and life. Third, the balance and accessibility of public services need to be strengthened urgently. First, the uneven distribution of public service resources is widespread. In economically developed areas, public service facilities are complete and public service resources are sufficient, while public service facilities and resources in economically underdeveloped areas are often lacking. Second, the accessibility of public services in economically underdeveloped areas needs to be enhanced. The uneven distribution of public service resources among different regions of cities and between urban and rural areas leads to the reduction of access to public services.

New situations and new problems in public administration. Public management refers to the activities in which the government is the leader and other social forces jointly manage social and public affairs. Grassroots public management includes the management of economic development, culture and education, health, ecological environment, natural resources, etc. The in-depth advancement of the modernization of grassroots governance requires the government to continuously change its functions, and the social management mode in which the government takes care of everything is constantly transformed into a social governance system with party committee leadership, government responsibility, democratic consultation, social coordination, public participation, rule of law guarantee, and scientific and technological support, and strive to realize the benign interaction between government governance, social self-regulation, and residents' autonomy. However, in the practice of grassroots governance, there are still problems such as insufficient development of social organizations and low public participation, limited space for the masses to directly participate in grassroots governance, and poor channels for expressing demands. These are the situations that need to be dealt with and the problems that need to be solved to promote co-construction, co-governance and sharing, and improve the efficiency of grassroots public management. At the same time, grassroots governance needs to meet the diversified needs of the masses and complete the overall governance task. However, the government's territorial management with "block" as the unit and vertical management with "strip" as the line make the grassroots governance face the practical dilemma of "fragmentation" of management to a certain extent. From the perspective of the internal requirements of the modernization of the social governance system, grassroots governments, social organizations, and the public are all implementers and participants of grassroots governance. However, in practice, due to the unclear functions and responsibilities of the governance body, there is a problem that the coordination of grassroots public management departments is not strong enough.

New situations and new issues in public safety. Public safety refers to the stable external environment and order required by the masses to carry out normal life, work, study, entertainment and communication, including production safety, food safety, public health safety, etc. At present, the situation of production safety on the mainland has maintained a stable and positive trend, but on the whole it is still in a period of climbing and passing the hurdles. The safety risks and hidden dangers of traditional high-risk industries have become more prominent and concentrated, and the number of unstable and uncertain risk factors in key industries such as transportation, construction, tourism, and fishing vessels has increased significantly. With the continuous advancement of urbanization and industrialization, the concentration of production factors has increased, the production and living space is highly interrelated, various risks are intertwined, the chain effect and amplification effect of disasters and accidents have become increasingly prominent, and the difficulty of safety risk prevention and control has further increased. The emergency management of public emergencies in the field of social governance is also facing new challenges. The irrational emotional venting behavior caused by the intensification of contradictions and disputes, the contradictions and disputes caused by the trust dilemma in social transformation, and extreme crime cases all put forward higher requirements for social emergency response capabilities. It has become an important task of grassroots governance to improve the level of public security governance in an all-round way, improve the public security system, and improve the ability to prevent and reduce disasters and provide disaster relief, as well as the handling of emergencies and emergencies. The 14th Five-Year Plan for the National Emergency Response System points out that we should adhere to the overall national security concept, better coordinate development and security, take promoting high-quality development as the theme, and prevent and resolve major security risks as the main line, and further promote the modernization of emergency management systems and capabilities.

[The author is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Scientific Socialism of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Administration); He is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Administration). For more party classes, see "Party Class Reference"]