The General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued the Circular on solving the prominent problems of formalism and reducing the burden on the grass-roots level.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11. Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Solving the Prominent Problems of Formalism and Reducing the burden on the Grassroots." The full text is as follows:

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of important instructions on strengthening the party's style of work and abstaining from formalism and bureaucracy. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions, emphasizing that in 2019, some formalism problems that plague the grassroots should be resolved, and the burden on the grassroots should be effectively reduced. In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, better relax and reduce the burden on grass-roots cadres, and encourage the broad masses of cadres to take responsibility and make unremitting efforts, with the consent of the leading comrades of the CPC Central Committee, it is decided to regard 2019 as the "year of burden reduction at the grass-roots level." the relevant work requirements are hereby notified as follows.

1. strengthen ideological education under the leadership of the party's political construction, and strive to solve the problems of impure party spirit and misplaced views on political achievements

Persist in arming the mind with Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, work hard to deepen digestion and transformation, and reflect the effectiveness of theoretical learning in enhancing party spirit, improving work ability, improving work style, and promoting the development of the party's cause. We will vigorously guard against formalism and bureaucracy as the important contents of the education on the theme of "never forget the original ideal and ambition and bear in mind the mission" carried out by the whole party, and educate and guide party members and cadres to bear in mind the purpose of the party, adhere to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and establish a correct concept of political achievements. unify the responsibility to the top and the responsibility to the bottom. Starting from the leading organs, first of all, the central and state organs, we should carry out special rectification actions for the construction of work style, carry forward the spirit of struggle, and conduct a large-scale investigation of formalism problems troubling the grass-roots units. we will focus on finding the root causes and grasping rectification and reform in terms of ideas, work style, and leadership methods. Strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, earnestly learn the profound lessons of the illegal construction of villas in Xi'an at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, and resolutely prevent and correct the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment without intention, pragmatism, and effort, shouting slogans loudly, and acting lightly. The problem of fluttering truly implements the requirements of "four consciousnesses" and "two maintenances.

2. strictly control the issuance of articles and meetings at all levels, and strive to solve the problem of the resurgence of Wenshan Huihai.

Conscientiously implement the spirit of the eight central regulations and their implementation rules, starting from the central level, drastically streamline documents and meetings at all levels, and ensure that documents issued to and meetings below the county level are reduced by 30%-50%. Carry forward the "short, real and new" style of writing, resolutely reduce the length, and prevent wearing boots and hats, lengthy and empty. In principle, the policy documents issued by the central government should not exceed 10 pages, and localities and departments should also strictly control them. Local units at all levels and at the grass-roots level to implement the central and higher-level documents may formulate practical and effective measures in the light of reality, and no longer formulate opinions and detailed rules for implementation except for clear provisions. Scientific determination of the classification of central documents and the scope of their issuance, which can be made public. Less meetings, short meetings, useful meetings. In principle, higher-level meetings will only be held at the next level, and they will be held directly at the county level upon approval. It is strictly forbidden to arbitrarily raise the specifications of the meeting and expand the scale of the meeting. Without approval, the main responsible comrades of the party committee and the government and the heads of departments shall not be required to attend the meeting and reduce the number of accompanying meetings. Advocate combined meetings, set up meetings, more use of television and telephone, network video conferencing and other forms. Improve the effectiveness of the meeting, do not engage in scripted statements, do not engage in general statements, do not deliberately communicate overnight, and resolutely prevent the same matter from being discussed without decision and repeated meetings. Further reform the conference document system, select some places and units to carry out the pilot work of governance Wenshan Huihai.

3. strengthen the management and supervision of the implementation of the plan, and strive to solve the problem of excessive inspection and assessment of excessive frequency, excessive marks

We should do a good job in the implementation of the notice of the general office of the CPC Central Committee on overall planning and standardizing the supervision, inspection and assessment work, strictly control the total amount, implement the annual plan and examination and approval reporting system, and the relevant departments of the central and state organs shall, in principle, conduct comprehensive supervision, inspection and assessment once a year, and ensure that the goal of reducing the supervision, inspection and assessment items of counties, villages, factories, mines, enterprises and schools by more than 50% is in place. To strengthen the result orientation and evaluate the work of a place and unit, the key is to see whether the practical problems have been solved and how the evaluation of the masses is. Resolutely correct the mechanical practice. It is not allowed to randomly require the grassroots to fill in forms and report materials at all levels. It is not allowed to simply take the presence or absence of leadership instructions, meeting documents, ledger records, work notes, etc. as the criteria for the implementation of the work. It is not allowed to upload screenshots of work scenes or record videos from WeChat work groups and government APP instead of evaluating the actual work. Strictly control "one-vote veto" matters, and cannot easily sign "responsibility certificates" and shirk responsibility to the local and grassroots in disguise. Centralized clean-up of all kinds of creation activities involving city selection, appraisal and commendation, the revocation of the revocation, and the merger of the merger. The leading departments should also listen to the opinions of the grassroots to improve the inspection, environmental protection supervision, poverty alleviation supervision and assessment, government supervision and assessment of Party building, and put forward optimization and improvement measures. Investigations and studies, law enforcement inspections, etc. should be carried out lightly, with a view to achieving practical results, and should not interfere with the normal work of the grass-roots level.

4. improve the accountability system and incentive and care mechanism, and strive to solve the problem that cadres dare not take responsibility

Adhering to the combination of strict management and love, seeking truth from facts, strict accountability in accordance with regulations and disciplines, standardized accountability, precise accountability, and prudent accountability have truly achieved the effect of accountability and vigilance. Revision of the Accountability Regulations of the Communist Party of China. Effectively address issues such as ineffective accountability and simplification of accountability generalization. Correctly treat the accountable cadres, and for the cadres who have expired and performed well, if they meet the relevant conditions, they should be used. We should formulate rules for discipline inspection and supervision organs to deal with reports and charges, protect the rights of Party members, clarify and correct the names of cadres in a timely manner, and seriously investigate and deal with false accusations and framing acts. Improve the working methods of conversation and correspondence, and effectively reduce the unnecessary psychological burden of cadres. Concretize the requirements of the "three distinctions", correctly grasp the nature and impact of cadres' mistakes in their work, and effectively protect the enthusiasm of cadres to start their own businesses, and be responsible for those in charge and those in charge. Give more understanding and support to grassroots cadres, especially those in difficult and difficult areas and those fighting on the front line of poverty alleviation, and give preference to policies and treatment.

5. strengthen organizational leadership to provide a strong guarantee for solving formalism problems plaguing the grassroots

Under the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, we will establish a special working mechanism for rectifying formalism at the central level to reduce the burden at the grass-roots level, led by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. The Central Commission for discipline Inspection and State Supervision, the Central Organization Department, the Central propaganda Department, the Central Reform Office, the Central and State organs work Committee, the General Office of the standing Committee of the National people's Congress, the General Office of the State Council, and the CPPCC National Committee of the CPPCC National Committee. The party committees (party groups) of all regions and departments must earnestly perform their main responsibilities, the top leaders are responsible for the overall responsibility, and the party committee office (office) is responsible for coordinating and promoting implementation, taking the prevention of formalism and bureaucracy as an important task, and coming up with effective and effective rectification measures. We should strengthen political inspection and political supervision, strengthen the supervision of public opinion, name and name the typical problems of formalism and bureaucracy, timely summarize and promote the advanced models with good work style, so as to set a model and set a benchmark for the majority of Party members and cadres.

Source: Xinhua