Source: Jun Zhengping Studio, Chinese military horn
Recently, Ms. Tang from Nanchong, Sichuan Province, posted the news of retiring from more than 600 work groups in one go after leaving her job, which attracted widespread attention. According to reports, she is basically on call 24 hours a day and needs to reply to messages at any time. After leaving, it took her three and a half hours to quit all the groups. Some netizens commented, "Like her, turning on her phone every day is a kind of mental torture." ”
In recent years, local administrative organs, enterprises and institutions have significantly accelerated the pace of promoting informatization, intelligence and digitization, and have developed various government affairs APP, Weibo and WeChat public accounts, and "two micro and one end" has become a new standard for grassroots work. However, we have also found that while optimizing and simplifying processes and improving work efficiency, too much and excessive "digital government affairs" not only makes "convenience at your fingertips" evolve into "formalism at your fingertips", but also dissolves the sense of gain that "digital dividends" should bring to the grassroots.
Many grassroots cadres reported that from morning to night, their mobile phones rang non-stop, and they needed to keep an eye on the work group all the time, for fear of missing the notice and delaying things. In some places, in order to improve the click-through rate of the work APP and the activity of the official Weibo, the grassroots set indicators, engage in apportionment, and report the weekly rankings, and the grassroots are overwhelmed, and there are even phenomena such as one person swiping the click rate of multiple machines and buying "water army" as fans. Some units keep clocking in and signing in, and even link these directly to the year-end assessment. There are also "online and offline two skins", which not only engage in online informatization, but also fill in offline paper forms. As a result, the distorted digital government affairs have not only increased the burden on the grassroots, but also dampened the enthusiasm of cadres and officials. If a lot of energy and time is spent on things like login rate, usage, and ranking, it will inevitably delay the advancement of other important work.
Why has digital "empowerment" become digital "negative energy"? The root cause behind it is related to the misplaced view of political performance and the lax and untruthful work style. Some units regard the development and application of digital technology as a "performance project" that is unconventional and attracts the attention of superiors, and is not afraid that the masses will be dissatisfied and the grassroots will have opinions, but they are afraid that the superiors will not pay attention to it and will not be able to see it. Some leading cadres are keen to "be on the list" and "build momentum for a while," and they only emphasize their singing skills, not their work, and they only put on a show and do not do their work. This will inevitably lead to "formalism at the fingertips", resulting in layers of increase and making grassroots cadres miserable.
President Xi once pointed out sharply: "The essence of formalism is subjectivism and utilitarianism, and the root cause is the misplaced view of political performance and the lack of responsibility. "Breaking the formalism on the fingertips" focuses on the word "real". If we focus on reality, consider with practical work, and speak by actual results, formalism naturally has no soil for survival. When all work is evaluated by the word "real", the space for all kinds of "shows" will be compressed, and the vicious circle of "reducing the burden on the grassroots level every year and making formalism new every year" can be broken.
"Formalism at the fingertips" is a cure for the disease!"Stop the unhealthy trend of increasing the burden on the grassroots in disguise through digital means, and reduce the useless labor of grassroots cadres in the digital age" "Prevent the rebound and invisible mutation of 'formalism on the fingertips', comprehensively promote the high-quality development of digital government affairs, and strive to truly reduce the burden and reduce the real burden for the grassroots"...... Recently, the Central Cyber Security and Information Commission issued the "Several Opinions on the Prevention and Control of "Formalism on the Fingertips", sounding the "charge" to deal with "formalism at the fingertips". In the "Opinions", in terms of construction management, it is necessary to strengthen unified planning, strengthen project approval, highlight convenience and intensification, restrict compulsory functions, and prevent "empty shells" and "zombies"; in terms of use management, it is necessary to prevent compulsory use, prevent excessive traces, prevent abuse of rankings, and prevent multiple reports; in terms of safety management, improve the safety system and strengthen classified protection; and in terms of organizational guarantees, consolidate the main responsibility, consolidate the territorial responsibility, and implement the supervision responsibility...... These measures are highly targeted and operable, and have provided a clear and concise "prescription" for the prevention and treatment of "formalism at the fingertips."
The prevention and control of "formalism at the fingertips" is related to the party's image, the people's support, and the modernization of the country's governance system and governance capacity. Only by freeing grassroots cadres from tedious "fingertip affairs" and freeing themselves from the "involution" work of "retreat" and "pseudo-innovation" can they have the energy to do more practical and good things for the masses of the people.
Author: Ge Xin
(Produced by Jun Zhengping Studio, China Military Trumpet)