On the afternoon of April 22, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was inspecting Chongqing, came to the Democratic Village Community of Xiejiawan Street, Jiulongpo District, to learn more about the effect of community burden reduction in recent years, and pointed out the key methods for grassroots burden reduction——
"To reduce the burden on the grassroots, we must clarify the rights and responsibilities, and we can't put everything on the grassroots. ”
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
Just over a month ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping also talked about reducing the burden on the grassroots when he inspected Gangzhongping Village, Xiejiapu Town, Changde, Hunan. He pointed out that the party Central Committee has clearly demanded that the burden on the grassroots units be lightened, that the problems of formalism and bureaucracy be resolutely rectified, that the army should be streamlined and that the administration should be streamlined, and that this work should continue to be grasped.
Two successive local inspections and continuous attention to the burden reduction at the grassroots level not only demonstrate the firm determination of "must reduce", but also reflect the in-depth thinking of "how to reduce".
Only by clarifying rights and responsibilities can we loosen the constraints on grassroots cadres——
"Continue to deepen the rectification of formalism, reduce the burden on the grassroots, and create good conditions for grassroots cadres and officials to start a business. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during this inspection.
With regard to the problems of formalism and bureaucracy faced by the grassroots units, the general secretary has a clear understanding of everything and knows the subtleties.
"It is necessary to free cadres from some unnecessary affairs. As early as 2018, the general secretary pointed out during a collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. From the issuance of the "Circular on Resolving the Prominent Problems of Formalism and Reducing the Burden on the Grassroots" to the launching of the special working mechanism for rectifying formalism at the central level to reduce the burden on the grassroots, from the designation of the "Year of Reducing the Burden on the Grassroots" to the notification and exposure of typical cases of formalism and bureaucracy...... Under the personal deployment of General Secretary Xi Jinping, a series of measures have been taken to promote the deepening and practical work of reducing the burden on the grassroots.
In Zhongping Village, Changde Gang, Hunan Province, Duan Dexi, secretary of the village party branch, reported to the general secretary that the village department had 38 signs at the most, but now there are only 12.
Behind the reduction of the brand is the reduction of the affairs undertaken by the grassroots. Only in this way can grassroots cadres and officials be freed from the shackles of formalism and bureaucracy in starting a business.
Clear rights and responsibilities, in order to better serve the people——
At the same time, it is necessary to clarify "what work the grassroots should undertake." The purpose of reducing the burden on the grassroots is to enable the grassroots to devote more time to the implementation of their work and to better serve the people.
In December 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the special democratic life meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: "It is necessary to deepen and expand the work of reducing the burden at the grassroots level, so that the results of burden reduction can better benefit the people." ”
The essence of formalism is subjectivism and utilitarianism, and the root cause is the misplaced view of political performance and the lack of a sense of responsibility. In 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping made it clear during his inspection in Zhejiang: "It is necessary to focus on the problems of formalism and bureaucracy to carry out a comprehensive review and targeted treatment, effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots, and let cadres have more time and energy to grasp the implementation." ”
In 2023, at a symposium to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that efforts should be made to overcome formalism and bureaucracy, so that the majority of party members and cadres, especially grassroots cadres, can focus more energy on promoting development and serving the masses.
Clarifying rights and responsibilities is inseparable from standardized management——
At the end of March 2024, the Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Team of Community Workers", which clearly stated in the part of "deepening the burden reduction and increasing efficiency" that the access mechanism and dynamic adjustment mechanism for community work matters should be established and improved, and the work affairs, mechanism brands and certification matters of community organizations should be standardized.
This time in the community of Democratic Village, Xiejiawan Street, Jiulongpo District, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "it is necessary to clarify the responsibilities". Standardized management is the proper meaning of clarifying the responsibilities and matters.
An important reason why grassroots cadres are faced with the situation of "throwing off their burdens" and "increasing their burdens" is that their responsibilities are not clear and their boundaries are not clear. Breaking down institutional and institutional obstacles through reform and building a grassroots management system with clear boundaries, reasonable division of labor, consistent rights and responsibilities, and efficient operation is conducive to empowering grassroots pressure reduction with a clear system of rights and responsibilities.
"It is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the construction of the party's grassroots organizations and improve the normalization mechanism of grassroots burden reduction. As General Secretary Xi Jinping requires, through a clear system orientation, the hands and feet of cadres and officials to start a business are freed from the shackles of formalism and bureaucracy and "routines", and a new atmosphere of seeking truth and pragmatism, honesty and honesty should be formed.
Source: Tianjin release
Editor/Producer: Tang Yuandong
Reviewer: Zhu Xinkai
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