Rural areas, as an important grassroots social organization unit on the mainland, have always been the focus of national and even global attention. Under the clarion call of rural revitalization, the issue of rural development has become increasingly prominent. However, some formalistic phenomena threaten the sustainable development of rural areas.
The wave of resignations among young people in rural areas has attracted widespread attention. Due to limited employment opportunities in rural areas, some young people prefer to seek development in urban areas. In addition, the working environment and treatment in rural areas are relatively poor, and young people are not willing to work in rural areas, which has caused certain pressure on rural development.
In order to prepare for the inspection by the superiors, some villages carried out unnecessary preparations. Greenhouses have been built and fields have been cleaned, but in fact these are "formalism" for external investigation, and have not had a substantial effect on rural development.
Village cadres in rural areas have a heavy task. In addition to day-to-day management, they also need to deal with various tasks delegated by higher departments, such as inspections, investigations, unannounced visits, supervision, etc. Due to the excessive workload, village cadres are often overwhelmed, resulting in the failure to effectively solve some practical problems.
Rural revitalization needs to increase farmers' incomes and do practical things in order to win farmers' support. However, some formalistic working practices often lead to waste and empty consumption of resources. The inspection of the higher authorities lasted only five minutes, and the inspection of the ban on straw burning when it rained was also a typical example of "formalism".
The fact that the functional departments have pushed the work to the village is also a manifestation of the problem of rural formalism. All kinds of inspections, investigations, unannounced visits, inspections, and other tasks have frequently appeared, and grassroots cadres in rural areas have no choice but to deal with them as important tasks, resulting in them spending a lot of time and energy on doing practical things.
The problem of formalism often arises in the overall demolition, relocation, and reclamation work in rural areas. In order to meet the target of the task, some local governments have carried out frequent demolition and relocation and reclamation in disregard of the actual wishes of farmers, resulting in the waste of rural resources and the destruction of the environment.
The problem of formalism in the countryside is exaggerated, and the content of the work is not clear enough. Some rural cadres only talk on paper and lack practical action and work plans. They pay more attention to form than content, and do not contribute substantively to the actual development of rural areas.
The solution to the problem of rural formalism requires deepening reform. Functional departments should reduce the tasks of inspection, research, unannounced visits, and supervision in rural areas, and put more work into action to help solve practical problems in rural development. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the training and management of rural cadres, improve their work ability and sense of responsibility, and ensure that rural development can be promoted in a sustainable manner. Only in this way can the rural areas truly achieve the goal of rural revitalization and let farmers live a happier and better life.
The existence of the problem of rural formalism not only affects the development of rural areas, but also brings practical troubles to the peasants. To solve this problem, it is necessary for governments at all levels and rural cadres to make joint efforts to form a long-term and effective mechanism for curbing rural formalism. Only in this way can we truly put rural development on a healthy and sustainable track and inject stronger impetus into rural revitalization.