U.S. PR firm surveys government trust levels: 91% in China, 39% in the U.S.

There is a public relations company in the United States called Edelman International Public Relations Company, which recently conducted a poll: Which country's government is the most trusted by the public? This is the so-called degree of trust.

The results of the survey show that in 2021, the trust of Chinese citizens in the government increased by 9% compared with the previous year, reaching 91%, the highest level in 10 years. Americans' trust in the government fell 3 percent to 39 percent.

President of Edelman International PR Firm Richard. Edelman analyzes the reasons: The high trust of Chinese citizens in the government is not only related to economic feelings, but also related to the predictability of Chinese policies, especially epidemic prevention measures.

The meaning of the comparison between the two sets of data on the trust of the Chinese and American governments is that in layman's terms, more than 90% of the Chinese people believe in the government, while less than 40% of the people in the United States believe in the government.

Why do the vast majority of the Chinese people trust the government? According to Edelman, the Chinese government's policies and epidemic prevention measures are "predictable." On the contrary, the unpredictability of the US government's policies and anti-epidemic measures is the reason for the low level of trust.

I think Edelman was only right about appearances, not about essence.

The essence is the gap in the government's governing philosophy.

A government, for whom is it governed? The answer to this question determines the direction of the government.

Let's analyze what Edelman calls "predictability."

The so-called "predictability" is composed of the following aspects:

First, know what the government wants to do, that is, conform to the normal law of the development of things, conform to the logical judgment of the people, and conform to the actual situation. This is trust in the legitimacy of the government's governance.

Second, knowing what the government will do, that is, all working methods, models, and ways are reasonable, and all decision-making is scientific and orderly and convincing, which is a trust in the government's ability to govern.

Third, knowing that the government will do it correctly, that is, all the decision-making and working modes of the government, there will be no major mistakes, and it will be within the correct and controllable scope, which is the trust in the government's authoritative trust.

So where does trust in the legitimacy, competence, and authority of government come from?

Integrity from the government, that is, words count, promises can be kept.

So, where does the government's integrity come from?

It is the core idea that determines the essential nature of government: for whom to govern.

The core concept of the Chinese government is to govern for the people, that is, the people are the jiangshan and the jiangshan is the people.

When a government puts the people first, it can only win the trust of the people, serve the people, and take the interests of the people as the starting point.

This is the relationship between the so-called "water and boat", that is, water can carry boats and can overturn boats.

Following this objective law, the government will surely win the high trust of the people.

This is the essential difference between the Chinese government and the U.S. government.