How many years will be determined as the year of reducing the burden at the grassroots level?

The long-called reduction of the burden on the grassroots finally ushered in an important notice.

On the evening of March 1 1, the full text of the notice on solving the outstanding problems of formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots was released. The circular said that in 20 19 years, some formalism problems that plague the grassroots should be solved and the burden on the grassroots should be effectively reduced.

And 20 19 was officially determined as the "year of burden reduction at the grassroots level".

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Since the 18th National Congress, the central government has attached great importance to the construction of work style. Two kinds of four winds, hedonism and extravagance, have been greatly curbed, but formalism and bureaucracy have been repeatedly banned in the past two years. Especially in grass-roots governance, formalism and bureaucracy have caused too much burden and pressure to grass-roots cadres, which has seriously affected the normal work of grass-roots units.

For example, there are too many problems in supervision, inspection and assessment, and there is a resurgence of Wenshan Huihai, and Traceism replaces work practice. Chivalrous Island has published many articles, and island friends at the grassroots level have also enthusiastically left messages, but many grassroots cadres are still confused: "Why do we keep mentioning it, but our grassroots level has not changed?"

On June 5438+ 10 last year, the Central Office issued the Notice on Coordinating and Standardizing Supervision, Inspection and Assessment, which clarified the subject of supervision and proposed to reduce the number of inspection and assessment items by more than 50%.

This "Notice" is another heavy blow to formalism rectification by the central authorities after last year.

psychology

So, what is the mentality of grassroots cadres?

Dao Shu's investigation at the grassroots level found that most grassroots cadres really worked hard. Objectively speaking, in recent years, the grassroots have undertaken the tasks of three major battles, and most cadres understand and are willing to pay. In many poverty-stricken counties investigated by Uncle Island, there are almost all grassroots cadres who have fallen to the front line of poverty alleviation-they either fell to their jobs because of overwork or accidentally fell on the road to poverty alleviation.

However, the biggest burden of grassroots cadres is to a large extent the mental burden, and it is the frustration of hard work but not being recognized.

What they complain about is, why spend a lot of time doing something useless while doing practical things? For example, some "trace-ism" jobs, filling out forms and reporting every day, are just to prove to superiors that they have done something. When the superior comes to supervise, it is necessary to find fault. Sometimes it is "finding bones in the eggs", and even the problems that are picked out do not take care of the laws of grassroots governance.

"I have done so much work, why can I easily deny it if my superiors supervise me?" This sense of frustration comes from frequent inspections and assessments, and is rooted in distrust of superiors. Over time, grassroots cadres will have a sense of inner conflict, but they are afraid of the administrative level and have to come clean and handle it well. Among them, formalism came into being.

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No matter how capable a person is, he must not exceed 24 hours.

According to Dao Shu's observation, at present, at least half of the time and energy are spent on "internal affairs" such as meeting, sorting out materials and accompanying superiors to inspect and inspect, while there is not much time and energy for "foreign affairs" such as real work implementation and doing practical things for the people.

In the long run, grassroots party committees and governments are "suspended" by society, and grassroots cadres are separated from the masses. This upward vision has also contributed to the distorted view of political achievements. For example, some eye-catching and marked performance projects are widely liked by some grassroots leaders.

Uncle Dao has done field work for so many years, and there are not a few grassroots units. Almost every place has its own "point". These so-called "points", whether virtual or real, are all for superiors to visit without exception. And those grassroots cadres who can make materials or try to figure out the intention of their superiors to make "points" are really valued and promoted quickly.

Uncle Dao has seen too many formalistic problems that make people laugh and cry, such as the "game" to meet the inspection.

Whenever a superior leader, especially an important leader, comes to inspect, the subordinate should arrange the scene, design the route and even simulate it again. In a township, in order to satisfy the "big leaders" during the inspection, the main leaders of the county party Committee personally "stepped on the spot" and specially selected a simple-looking but eloquent cadre as a "trust" to play the role of ordinary people and communicate with the leaders. What's the main reason? The inspection of superior leaders is more like a ceremony, and it's secondary to see the real situation.

Some leaders also pay attention to ostentation and extravagance, and there can be no accidents-if there are things like farmers petitioning during the inspection, not only the subordinates are embarrassed, but also the superiors are disappointed, thinking that the following is to find trouble.

In fact, to reduce the burden on the grassroots, first of all, the main leaders and leading organs at higher levels should set an example. Otherwise, the above bureaucracy will lead to the following formalism, and the burden on the grassroots will continue to appear. Therefore, this time, the "Notice" pointed out that investigation and research, law enforcement inspection, etc. We should be light and simple, so as to be effective and not interfere with the normal work of the grassroots. This is a very targeted measure.

cause

In fact, the problem of work style is only the direct cause of formalism and bureaucracy, and the deep-seated reason is the contradiction between the heavy task of grassroots governance and the low governance ability.

In "The Great History of China", Huang Renyu repeatedly emphasized a reality of traditional China: the lack of digital management ability in the governance of big countries has led to many problems. That is to say, in a large territory, information communication between superiors and subordinates is the basis of modern governance.

But in fact, in today's information transmission is so efficient, the problem of information asymmetry between superiors and subordinates is still serious. In essence, the main reason for supervision, inspection and assessment is that the superior fails to fully grasp the grass-roots information, resulting in distrust. On the other hand, if the superior can't grasp the grass-roots information, it can't realize its control right and the governance goal can't be discussed.

There are two main ways to solve the information asymmetry between superiors and subordinates.

The first is proper decentralization. Objectively speaking, the heavy burden on the grassroots is actually the norm. This is because China is a catch-up country, and the grass roots have undertaken a lot of national construction tasks. For example, in the 1980s and 1990s, the main tasks at the grassroots level were "collecting grain and sending money, curettage and inducing labor", which are the "hard bones" that seem to compete with the people today. However, Uncle Island interviewed grassroots cadres who had experienced that era, and they all felt that although the work at that time was tired, they were very motivated. The key is that the grassroots at that time had discretion, and the superiors generally only paid attention to the results assessment of key indicators and did not interfere with grassroots work. As long as the grassroots have made achievements, there will be rewards-material and spiritual.

Of course, the extensive management at that time caused many problems and contradictions, but in the relationship between superiors and subordinates, decentralization and trust were the important basis for mobilizing local enthusiasm, but now we must emphasize the embodiment of decentralization and trust in the track of party discipline and state law.

The second is technical governance. In recent years, with the development of Internet technology, technical governance has played an important role in the process of national governance. For example, "running at most once", making information run more and people run less, are all successful cases of technology applied to social governance. In addition, big data platforms established in various places have played an active role in precision poverty alleviation and subsistence allowances. Through information technology, information communication between superiors and subordinates becomes smoother, which will naturally reduce the burden on the grassroots.

However, we should be wary that technological progress does not necessarily lead to the improvement of governance performance. If the bureaucratic problem is not solved, it may also aggravate formalism and increase the burden on the grassroots.

For example, using WeChat group to arrange work has become the normal state of grassroots work. However, grassroots cadres often have several jobs, and sometimes they can't even see WeChat. For another example, network video conference and video teleconference are good ways to save conference costs. However, many grassroots cadres report that since the introduction of this conference technology, the conference cost has decreased, but the number of conferences has increased. Do the same thing several times, or you won't show the degree of attention.

This notice stipulates that "WeChat working group and government affairs app are not allowed to upload screenshots of work scenes or record videos instead of actual work evaluation", "less meetings, short meetings and beneficial meetings" and "superior meetings will only be held at the next level in principle, and will be held directly at the county level after approval, and will no longer be held at different levels", which is very targeted.

talent

Say 1000, say 10,000, and ultimately reduce the burden on grassroots cadres, and create a space for grassroots cadres to dare to take responsibility and be good at doing things.

The notice said: "Adhere to the combination of strict management and love, seek truth from facts, be serious about accountability, standardize accountability, be rigorous and prudent ... and effectively solve the problems of poor accountability, generalization and simplification of accountability", and put forward to "effectively reduce the unnecessary psychological burden of cadres" and "effectively protect the enthusiasm of cadres and officials to start businesses and be responsible to those responsible".

Everything is fine!

When Uncle Dao was investigating in urban management, public security and other law enforcement agencies, grassroots cadres joked that they could not be promoted without taking several punishments. A joke is a joke, but it illustrates a truth that "no one is perfect." When looking at cadres, we should also distinguish the relationship between "one finger and nine fingers". For the mistakes of cadres in their work, we should also carefully distinguish them with the standard of "three distinctions" to avoid arbitrary accountability and "killing them with one stick."

In Dao Shu's investigation, many grassroots discipline inspection cadres said that the interview was not to punish cadres, but to better protect cadres. This concept of caring for cadres should be adhered to in particular.

In short, the purpose of reducing the burden on the grassroots is to stimulate the enthusiasm of the grassroots, ignite the enthusiasm of grassroots cadres and officials to start businesses, and promote practical work. After all, the success or failure of our career depends on people.