The mainland's extensive government agencies and the huge scale of civil servants have become the focus of people's attention. Data shows that by the end of 2021, the total number of civil servants in the country has reached more than 9 million. The huge contingent of bureaucrats not only brings a heavy burden to the state finances, but also breeds a series of problems, such as red tape, low efficiency, and a culture of formalism, which seriously affects the efficiency of government management and the vitality of social development.
First, a large bureaucracy means an extremely complex organizational system and a lengthy approval process, which inevitably leads to red tape in the implementation process and a serious decline in the efficiency of policy formulation and implementation.
Government departments at all levels have been set up one after another, and their scope of duties overlaps. Policy requirements are transmitted from one level to the next, and the final directive may be distorted. Officials at all levels have to shirk responsibility to each other, and documents and materials have been repeatedly rushed, and no results have been seen for a long time. This kind of inefficiency, such as the abuse of official seals and the endless emergence of meetings, seriously consumes social resources.
Second, the bureaucratic atmosphere breeds serious formalism. In order to show their "merits", huge institutions often focus on the construction of political performance and image, rather than truly benefiting the people's livelihood and solving people's worries. The spread of formalism has weakened the vitality of grassroots work, and the process of policy implementation has been deviated. For example, in the work of poverty alleviation, some localities are busy with deception and have limited actual help. This casts doubt on the government's ability and efficiency to manage.
Third, the overwhelming red-headed documents and index assessments often overwhelm grassroots staff, making it difficult to devote their minds to the cause of truly benefiting the people. In the work, we had to copy and copy it, and the spirit of innovation was suppressed. This kind of cultural atmosphere weakens the actual executive power of the government, and also limits the large-scale stimulation of social development vitality.
It can be said that the consequences of an excessively bloated bureaucracy are manifold. Excessive financial pressure, declining implementation efficiency, and insufficient sense of innovation have all seriously restricted the improvement of the governance efficiency of the mainland government.
Therefore, optimizing the institutional setup, reducing the number of establishments, and improving the output efficiency of the bureaucratic contingent is an urgent task before us. This is not only related to the modernization of the government's management level, but also related to the long-term development of the country. Let us join hands to promote this systemic project for the benefit of our country and people.