How to strengthen and improve urban and rural community governance?

The Central Committee and the State Council recently issued the Opinions on Strengthening and Perfecting Urban and Rural Community Governance. The opinion puts forward that by 2020, an urban and rural community governance system led by grassroots party organizations and grassroots governments will basically be formed.

On June 12, Xinhua News Agency was authorized to broadcast the Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Strengthening and Perfecting Urban and Rural Community Governance. The opinion puts forward that by 2020, an urban and rural community governance system led by grassroots party organizations and grassroots governments will basically be formed.

The Opinions clarify five basic principles that must be adhered to in strengthening and improving urban and rural community governance, namely, upholding the leadership of the Party and strengthening the foundation; Adhere to people-oriented and serve residents; Persist in reform and innovation and govern according to law; Adhere to the coordinated development of urban and rural areas; Adhere to local conditions and highlight characteristics.

The overall goal put forward by the opinion is to basically form an urban and rural community governance system led by grassroots party organizations and grassroots governments by 2020. The urban and rural community governance system is more perfect, the urban and rural community governance capacity is significantly improved, and the public services, management and safety of urban and rural communities are effectively guaranteed. In another five years to 10, the urban and rural community governance system will be more mature and stereotyped, and the urban and rural community governance capacity will be more accurate and comprehensive, which will provide strong support for consolidating the party's ruling foundation and grassroots political power, and lay a solid foundation for promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

The opinion puts forward that it is necessary to improve the urban and rural community governance system, give full play to the leading core role of grassroots party organizations, give full play to the leading role of grassroots governments, pay attention to the basic role of grassroots mass autonomous organizations, and give full play to the joint efforts of social forces; It is necessary to continuously improve the level of urban and rural community governance, enhance the ability of community residents to participate, improve the ability of community service supply, strengthen the ability of community culture to lead, enhance the ability of community to handle affairs according to law, enhance the ability of community conflict prevention and resolution, and enhance the ability of community information application.

The Opinions call for efforts to fill the shortcomings of urban and rural community governance, improve the living environment of communities, accelerate the construction of comprehensive community service facilities, optimize the allocation of community resources, promote community burden reduction and efficiency improvement, and improve community property service management. To strengthen organizational guarantee, we should improve the leadership system and working mechanism, increase capital investment, strengthen the construction of community workers, and improve the policy standard system and incentive and publicity mechanism.