Social organizations are the main force in the construction of harmonious societyof socialism, and the construction of social organizations is an effective way as wellas the key step to promote the harmonious development of the society. After thirtyyears of reform and opening-up, particularly as the result of steady developmentduring the past decade, a wide range of social organizations of various categories anddifferent levels have been formed all over China. These social organizations areplaying important roles in conducting public management, providing social services,carrying out public welfare programs, maintaining social stability, protecting theecological environment, promoting economic development and enhancing foreignexchanges. In the process of building a socialist harmonious society, ways to makeuse of experience from practice, to seize opportunities, overcome the existingobstacles, to further study the nature of the construction and development of socialorganizations and to promote the harmonious society are obviously important issuesworthy of further study.The construction of social organizations needs the guidance of correct values andscientific theory. Legacies of Chinese traditional ideas on construction of socialorganizations and Western theoretical achievements in the area of social organizationdevelopment are sources of theoretic bases for the study of construction of socialorganization in China. The thought by classic writers of Marxism and ChineseCommunist Party collective leadership over generations provides importanttheoretical guidance to the construction of social organizations in china. Adhering tothe basic principle of the Marxist and putting the theory into Chinese reality, theChinese Communist Party has developed a series theories for the construction ofsocial organization in the process of reform and practice, providing a scientific andtheoretic guidance to the social organization construction in china. The strategyestablished by The18thNational Congress of CPC on social organization constructionprovides theoretic guidance for the social organization construction in china.Inheriting the historical tradition and facing the reality are important premises tograsp the opportunity to enhance the construction of the social organization. Social organizations based on blood relationship, geography, industry came into being inChina long ago. Though their connotation is different from that of social organizationsin modern sense, their cohesive function, autonomic function, service function and thesupport function surely helped the development of the society at that time, which hasbecome the valuable historical resources for social organization construction today.The founding of new China brought about social conditions and institutional basis forthe construction and development of social organizations, but the planned economicsystem destroyed the production relations which resulted in the existence of socialorganization, thus hindering the development of social organizations. The reform andopening-up and the establishment of socialist market economy system provide thematerial basis, development scope, a variety of opportunities and resources for thedevelopment of social organizations; social organizations have experiencedunprecedented development. But at the same time, the construction of socialorganizations are still facing the obvious problem of restriction from system,mechanism, regulations and environment and the problem of inability ofself-improvement. Facing the reality and turning challenges to opportunities aretherefore the key to further promoting the construction of social organizations.The development of social organization construction, social harmony is a greatsystematic project, which needs the full understanding of its basic requirements andinternal rules from the macro-strategic perspective. Suitably positioning roles ofChinese Communist Party, government and social organizations, establishingharmonious interaction relationship between social organizations and the CommunistParty of China, and new partnership relationship between social organizations andthe government are the premises to fully play the role of social organizationconstruction. The real situation of socialism on primary stage requires the socialorganization construction in China should be carried out with principles of orderlydevelopment, adhering to law and autonomy. The social organization is an importantsocial foundation of harmonious society, and building a socialist harmonious societyneeds the mobilization of social resources, social services, social coordination, policyadvocacy and influence of political consultation, democratic political consultation,social stability and ecological environmental protection and other functions. Supports in terms of law, system, policy and funding are also necessary.To strengthen the construction of social organizations and promote socialharmony, it is important to practice. The successful experience about the developmentof social organizations in Britain, the United States and other western countries, andthe development course of the social organizations in South Korea with the sameeastern traditional culture as ours provide us with useful reference. The successfulpractice of social organization construction in experiment areas in China has alsoprovided enlightenment and accumulated experience for the construction of socialorganizations in China. The strategic objective established by the18thNationalCongress of CPC on the construction of social organizations proves to be new andgreat opportunities for organization development, and it also provides new ideas forour social organization construction practice. To reach this goal, it is necessary andpractical to conduct reform of social organizations within the existing system, tofoster and support social organization development, to improve the supervision ability,to promote the healthy development of social organizations, and to strengthen theself-improvement of social organizations. |