Recently, relevant departments of the central government publicly reported three typical cases of rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots. They are thought-provoking and highly targeted.
Although the stubborn diseases of formalism and bureaucracy have been greatly reduced in recent years, they will change their "vest" from time to time in some places and appear in various variants. For example, at some grassroots level, "thousand points" is not enough in the assessment, so they increase the number to "double thousand points" and "three thousand points", with more and more names, more and more specific points, and wider and wider coverage. At some grassroots levels, semi-annual summaries and annual evaluations are no longer sufficient. Instead, monthly rankings and quarterly reports are implemented. The frequency of assessments is getting higher and higher, and the cycle is getting shorter and shorter. This makes people worry about grassroots cadres. Can they survive such a variety of evaluations?
The original intention of assessing grassroots work through quantitative indicators is to encourage party members, cadres and officials to start their own businesses, and it has indeed played a certain role in distinguishing the good from the bad, motivating responsibility, and promoting development. However, if the indicators are set too detailed, are not scientifically accurate, and are divorced from reality, grassroots cadres will undoubtedly waste time and energy on filling out forms and writing materials. In particular, the "sow today, harvest tomorrow" style assessment makes cadres exhausted and exhausted, and can only muddle through, patchwork, or even falsify. This fundamentally deviates from the original intention of motivating cadres to do practical things for the masses, plan practical strategies, and seek practical results. Where similar assessments are implemented, it is necessary to conduct a physical examination, stop when necessary, make adjustments when necessary, and act on the stubborn disease of formalism.
At present, we are faced with the arduous tasks of reform, development and stability, and an increasingly complex international situation. There is still a lot to do. We must not waste our limited time and precious energy on formalism. On the surface, we are busy, but in fact It doesn’t see the truth and doesn’t solve specific problems. In particular, grassroots units are the "last mile" for the implementation of various principles and policies of the party and the country. There are thousands of lines above and a needle below. They already have a lot of affairs, and it is necessary to loosen their ties and reduce unnecessary burdens.
The communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection clearly stated in the deployment of this year’s key tasks: “Strive to correct formalism and bureaucracy that are strongly reflected by cadres and the masses, starting from the leading organs and leading cadres, and resolutely correct those that affect the party.” The implementation of the central decision-making and deployment affects high-quality development, increases the burden on the grassroots, distorts the view of power, and misplaces the view of political performance." The newly revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China" in terms of work discipline have added "supervision, inspection and assessment and other work" There are disciplinary provisions for behaviors such as "increasing the number of layers, leaving excessive traces, and increasing the work burden at the grassroots level". These deployments and regulations are aimed at the stubborn miasma of formalism and bureaucracy that cadres and the masses have strongly complained about.
Small wisdom governs affairs, great wisdom governs the system. It is particularly important to rectify formalism like Feixian County and improve the grassroots assessment and evaluation system and incentive methods. This is also the due meaning of promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. On the one hand, assessments must not be made excessively, but relevant matters must be cleaned up and streamlined to effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots. On the other hand, assessment is necessary. We must set assessment indicators scientifically, determine assessment content, rationalize the assessment mechanism, achieve precise accountability, target laziness and neglect in governance, manage "lay-down" cadres, and give full play to the command of assessment. It serves as a stick, vane, and booster to encourage cadres to take on their responsibilities and start a business.
Formalism is the enemy of the party and the people. It can be said that wherever formalism prevails, cadres will not be able to "do" well, careers will not be "created", and the masses will not be able to "laugh". The whole party must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on the party’s self-revolution, unswervingly strengthen the construction of work style, work hard and strive for practical results, work unremittingly and achieve long-term results, and eradicate the soil where formalism breeds and spreads. (CCTV commentator)
