Research On Rural Grass-roots Social Governance In Yangdong District Of Yangjiang City

The rural grassroots social governance is an important component and nerve ending of the whole one.Since the 18 th National Congress of the CPC,the central government has successively proposed a series of specific demands and efficient measures for rural grass-roots social governance.With the development and changes of society,the contradictions in various fields of rural society have become prominent,so there is an urgent need to start with rural grass-roots social governance to efficiently keep the harmony and stability of rural society.Yangdong District,Yangjiang City is located in the east of western Guangdong,with rural residents as the main resident population,which belongs to a semi-urbanized region,so it is of typical significance to study the rural grassroots social governance in this region.In this paper,three representative towns of Dongcheng,Dongping,and Daba in this region were selected as research samples,and the current situation of rural grass-roots social governance was sorted out and analyzed via the methods of questionnaires and interviews.Then,combined with the multi-center governance theory and incentive theory,the existing issues and reasons were deeply analyzed,and targeted policy recommendations were proposed from the perspective of the government.After investigation,it was found that in this region,the rural grassroots party building has been greatly stressed to promote the structural optimization and quality upgrading of the rural cadres,so as to make them be the backbone forces of rural social governance;the role of rural governance organizations has been fully given play to,and the whole society has been guided to actively participate in rural grassroots social governance,so the rural social governance mechanism has become increasingly complete;urban and rural development has been coordinated and investment in the field of people’s livelihood has been increased to gradually achieve the equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas;the construction of a safe society has been constantly conducted to crack down on crimes in rural areas in accordance with the law,so the rural social safety index has been significantly improved.In this paper,four issues existing in the rural grass-roots social governance in this region were concluded: First,the role of the subject of grass-roots governance is unclear,including the excessive dependence of the two “village committees” on the government,the unapparent role of villager group leaders,the backward development of rural non-governmental organizations,and the villagers’ weak awareness of participation;second,the level of grassroots governance is not high,including weak financial support,insufficient supply of rural public services,and a rise in the unhealthy ways and customs in rural society;third,the construction of democracy and the rule of law still needs to be enhanced,including the low level of grassroots government’s rule of law,and the weak awareness among villagers;fourth,social instability factors still exist,including the frequent occurrence of conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level in rural areas,and the “micro-corruption” around the masses is still prominent.The main reasons were analyzed: first,the shortage of talents;second,the backward concepts;third,the weak cohesion of rural grassroots party organizations;fourth,the incomplete rural public legal service system.Aiming at the existing issues and reasons,specific policy recommendations were proposed from four perspectives: First,enhancement of the party’s leading role in rural grass-roots social governance,improvement of the working mechanism of the two “village committees”,reinforcement of the team building of grass-roots party members and cadres,and strengthening of the management of villager group leaders.Second,construction of a villager governance system with the participation of multiple subjects,enhancement of the competence of grass-roots governance organizations,improvement of the ordinary villagers’ enthusiasm of participation,promotion of the involvement of non-governmental organizations in social governance,and guidance of the healthy development of rural elites;third,the perfection of the construction of rule of law system in rural grass-roots society,increase in the publicity and education on law popularization among the villagers,enhancement of the ability of grassroots cadres’ rule of law,and improvement of the level of rural public legal services;fourth,consolidation of the foundation for rural social stability,the vigorous development of the collective economy,enhancement of the supervision and management of village affairs,and perfection of the mediation and resolving mechanism of conflicts and disputes.