* * * The General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Standardizing the Work, Mechanism Signs and Certification Matters of Village Organizations (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), which clearly put forward: deepen and expand the achievements of reducing the burden at the grassroots level, strengthen the source governance and system construction, and strive to basically realize the clear responsibilities and responsibilities of the work undertaken by village organizations in about two years, establish a streamlined and efficient working mechanism, put up simple and clear signs, and issue certificates according to regulations for the convenience of the masses.
Village-level organizations are the "last mile" to implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and are an important force to fully implement the rural revitalization strategy. The service ability of village-level organizations is not strong, and the working level and enthusiasm of village cadres are not high, which greatly affects the implementation effect of various policies and guidelines. In the long run, it is more related to rural grassroots governance and rural development in China.
China attaches great importance to the construction of village-level organizations, has made a series of decisions and arrangements, and various localities have actively introduced relevant measures to reduce the burden of village-level organizations and improve the efficiency of rural governance. The results have continuously benefited the villagers and achieved remarkable results. At the same time, we should also see that solving the problem of formalism is a systematic project and a long-term project, which requires long-term and sustained efforts. From the reality, there are still some problems and obstacles that have long plagued the grassroots. The outstanding performance of village-level organizations is that there are many administrative affairs, many brands of mechanisms and many unreasonable proofs.
Village-level organizations and village cadres directly face the grassroots, often with too many people and too few things. In this case, it is not impossible to increase tasks and placards, but they must be really needed by reality and must be guaranteed by corresponding resources. However, in some places, regardless of the actual situation, mechanisms are set up, the tasks of village-level organizations are arranged by branding, and the work of village-level organizations is scheduled by filling out forms to test the performance of village-level organizations. These seemingly lively, in fact, the brand is "empty" and the work is "idle", which not only increases the burden of village-level organizations and village cadres, but also damages the image and credibility of the party and government. Similarly, in some places, village-level organizations are required to issue certificates covering a wide range, various types and complete contents, and they are also required to issue "wonderful" certificates, circular certificates and repeated certificates, which brings great inconvenience to village-level organizations and local people.
In view of these obstacles and difficulties encountered by village-level organizations in their work, the Opinions focus on key nodes, focusing on "reducing the burden of village-level organizations", "streamlining the working mechanism and brand of village-level organizations" and "improving the certification of village-level organizations" to strengthen source governance and system construction. The first is the reduction. For example, the work scope of village-level organizations has been clarified, and village-level organizations and village cadres have been freed from some unnecessary affairs; Standardize and integrate various village-level working mechanisms, and draw a "hard lever" for the newly established village-level working mechanism. The second is the increase. For example, increase the tools of "government purchase" of village-level public services and use social forces to help improve village-level organizational capabilities. The third is optimization. For example, in view of the phenomenon that "trace management" is common, but it pays more attention to "trace" than "achievement" and leaves "trace" without "heart", it is proposed to establish an evaluation mechanism of village-level organizations oriented to solving practical problems and satisfying villagers. At the same time, in order to promote the implementation of the work, the "Opinions" also clearly clarified the time schedule and responsible subjects, required to be included in the catalogue of assessment and grading guidance, and established a normalized supervision mechanism for village-level organizations.
Grassroots are fertile ground for entrepreneurs and the first line of serving the masses. Improving the quality and empowerment of village-level organizations is to improve the efficiency of rural grassroots governance. It is a basic and long-term problem to solve the problem of "brand flying all over the sky" and make all policies and measures play a role in practice, which is used by the grassroots and the masses. It is expected that all localities and departments will strictly implement the spirit of the Opinions, resolutely oppose and overcome formalism and bureaucracy, promote village-level organizations to enhance their initiative, turn the effect of reducing workload into the driving force for officials to start businesses and act as agents, and promote the high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas.