Li Hongyan, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Tiebei Sub-district Office, Aimin District, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province:
Implement democracy and win the hearts and minds of the people.
I am 48 years old. I have served as the first secretary in the village and the deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of the sub-district office. Now I am the secretary of the Party Working Committee of the sub-district office. The days of working at the grassroots level are not short, and I have deep feelings with the people.
"Developing people’s democracy in the whole process" was written into "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Resolution on the Great Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Centennial Struggle" adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, which was inspiring. As far as my grassroots work experience is concerned, the whole process of people’s democracy in China is the most extensive, authentic and effective socialist democracy.
In Tiebei Street, we put the concept of "whole-process people’s democracy" through the whole process of urban development and comprehensive community management, starting from the small things in people’s daily life and promoting fine governance at the grassroots level.
The governance of Nanxiao Xiangyang Street is the best example. It is a back alley that is more than 400 meters long, disrepair and potholes. It has not been repaired because it has not been included in the municipal management, and residents have difficulty in traveling and have a strong reaction.
We chat with merchants and residents along the street, listen to the demands of the masses, record and sort them out one by one, form a work report and report it to the district. Subsequently, a joint working meeting was held with the municipal and district departments to discuss the feasibility of repairing roads repeatedly. On the basis of democratic consultation, we rebuilt the road through bidding and solved the problem of residents’ travel.
"Living in a safe place" is a major event related to people’s livelihood and well-being. Due to poor management of some residential areas left over from history, there are frequent contradictions between property and residents. We have created a democratic consultation platform called "the House of Representatives for Property", and held a joint meeting attended by the owners’ committee, communities, streets and relevant functional departments to fully listen to the opinions of all parties. With the communication platform, the knot in everyone’s heart was slowly solved and an agreement was finally reached. The "consultation" of property disputes has stimulated the vitality of grassroots governance, and the "property discussion" is a vivid practice of people’s democracy at the grassroots level in the whole process.
I deeply feel that the whole process of people’s democracy in China not only has a complete system and procedure, but also has a complete participation in practice. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee has pointed out the direction for us. We will continue to create a mechanism platform in the spirit of pioneering and innovation, implement the spirit of the Plenary Session in grassroots social governance, practice the whole process of democracy, realize civil discussion, civil administration and civil administration, and let democracy be implemented to win the hearts and minds of the people.
(Interview by our reporter Fiona Fang)
Shan Zipeng, Party Secretary of Yanuan Town, Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province:
Everything is for the masses and everything depends on the masses.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee pointed out that "we must adhere to the people-centered development thought and develop people’s democracy in the whole process", which provided direction guidance and value orientation for upholding and developing socialist democratic politics in the new journey.
The development of the east and west of Duck Warm Town is somewhat unbalanced: the eastern part has obvious advantages in characteristic industries, while the western part has serious salinization of soil due to low terrain, poor drainage. Changing the backward appearance of "saline-alkali land and black ditch" has become the greatest wish of the surrounding people.
Through extensive interviews with voters and listening to the opinions of the masses, county and town people’s congress deputies put forward suggestions on water system improvement and saline-alkali treatment in the western region, which were quickly positively responded by the county party Committee and county government.
The county set up a special work class, invited deputies to the National People’s Congress, township cadres and party member people to discuss good strategies, and made overall plans to integrate water system management, village roads, high-standard farmland construction and other projects, so as to fundamentally solve the bottleneck problem of uneven development in the east and west areas of Yanuan Town.
County and town leaders actively apply for funds and strive for pilot projects; Town and village cadres give full play to their organizational advantages, hold "yard meetings" and "yard talks", go door-to-door to talk about benefits and development, and the cadres and the masses are twisted into a rope. Soon, projects such as water system connection and comprehensive improvement, highway reconstruction and upgrading, and high-standard farmland construction started one after another, and everyone was in full swing.
Nowadays, in the western area of Yanuan Town, a piece of saline-alkali land has turned into a fertile field of water and fertilizer integration, and the beautiful picture of "clear water, green shore, beautiful scenery and prosperous industry" has slowly spread out. In recent years, the pockets of local people have gradually swelled.
Follow the will of the people and act according to the will of the people. In the past four years, the town has done more than 120 practical things for the masses through the suggestions of deputies to the National People’s Congress, soliciting opinions from the masses, and accepting the hotline of people’s feelings, which has been well received by all parties.
New starting point, then start. Standing on the new journey, we will continue to practice the people-centered development thought, do everything for the masses, rely on the masses, implement people’s democracy in the whole development process concretely and accurately, and continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness and security of the grassroots.
(Interview by reporter Zhao Shuaijie)
Sheng Hong, Party Secretary of Ronghua Residential Area, Hongqiao Street, Changning District, Shanghai:
Gather the wisdom of the masses and improve the efficiency of governance
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Resolution on the Great Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Hundred Years’ Struggle mentions "people’s democracy in the whole process" three times. Abundant practice at the grass-roots level has proved that the whole process of people’s democracy is a full-chain, all-round and full-coverage democracy, which effectively guarantees the people’s democratic rights in national and social life.
In practical work, we have transformed the institutional advantages of people’s democracy into the effectiveness of grass-roots governance. It is an important way for my community to practice people’s democracy in the whole process.
"Huang Jincheng Road" is a characteristic pedestrian street in the community, with a total length of 670 meters, 6 residential quarters and more than 200 shops along the street. However, since the opening up in 2009, the pedestrian street has constantly encountered difficulties and challenges in management and governance.
In 2020, under the leadership of Hongqiao Street, we set up the Huang Jincheng Road Co-governance Committee, whose members include not only property, industry committees and neighborhood committees, but also representatives of shops and units. In April 2021, we launched the "Action Plan for Block Proposal", hoping that residents would come out of their homes and get together to offer suggestions and suggestions around "block renewal, digital transformation, green ecology and cultural and creative arts".
In June 2021, less than two months after the project started, the street received 22 mature proposals. After a month and a half of exhibition, voting and evaluation, 16 block micro-renewal projects have received financial support and landed one after another.
We have received a proposal from a college teacher and resident: it is suggested to build a harbor-style parking lot at the main entrance of Huang Jincheng Road Pedestrian Street, so as to solve the traffic hidden dangers such as the unclear diversion of people and vehicles and the unsmooth lane movement in the block. He gave full play to his professional advantages, divided the intersection into several areas such as temporary parking areas, and added mini gardens and pet garbage drop points. These humanized traffic slow-moving facilities made this area look brand-new.
In fact, residents have a strong sense of participating in community governance, and many suggestions are feasible, which make up for the blind spots in our work. In the process of project landing and implementation, we mobilize the masses to participate in block governance to the maximum extent. It is in the process of proposal, discussion, implementation and acceptance that the project has achieved very good results by adhering to the people’s democracy in the whole process and gathering the wisdom of all people.
Next, we will continue to "ask for the needs of the people, ask for the consideration of the people", reduce the cost of residents’ participation, and cooperate with social organizations to make the community warmer and the neighborhood brighter.
(Reporter Ji Juesu interviewed)