The Practice of "Four Grassroots" in Fujian and Its Time Value

　1. "Four Grassroots" Achieve Outstanding Results

The working method and system of "four lower grass-roots units" have taken root and become a common practice in Fujian, which has effectively changed the work style of cadres, effectively landed the party's principles and policies at the grass-roots level, and effectively improved the well-being of the people's livelihood. it has become the conscious action of the vast number of leading cadres in Fujian.

The style of cadres can be effectively improved. The work style of cadres affects the implementation of the party's line, principles and policies. The "four lower grassroots" emphasizes starting from the concept and action, and effectively improving the party spirit of leading cadres, laying a theoretical and practical foundation for leading cadres to change their work style and be a "servant" of the people. Over the years, Fujian has vigorously inherited and carried forward the work style of "four lower grass-roots units", advocated leading cadres to "sink down" to the grass-roots units to conduct field research and on-site office work, and since 2004, six batches of 21400 first secretaries stationed in villages have been continuously selected to serve at the grass-roots level in rural areas, and issued the "Opinions on Promoting the" Four Grassroots "Work of Leading Cadres" and "Opinions on Further Improving the System for Leading Cadres to Receive Visits from the Masses" and other systems to guide leading cadres at all levels to adhere to the "Frontline Office Law" and be more standardized and institutionalized. The way to promote leading cadres at all levels in Fujian Province to take root at the grassroots level has narrowed the relationship between leading cadres and the people, A number of "models of the times" have emerged, such as Liao Junbo, Pan Dongsheng, and Minning's counterpart poverty alleviation and aid groups ".

Policy guidelines solid landing at the grass-roots level. Whether the people are satisfied or not is the fundamental standard to measure and test the effectiveness of the party's line, principles and policies. The working method and system of "four lower grass-roots units" emphasize the need to attach importance to propaganda work and convey the party's line, principles, and policies to the grass-roots level in a vivid way. For this reason, Fujian takes the "four lower grassroots" as the focus, organizes leading cadres to in-depth study, publicize and implement the party's innovative theories, and uses vivid face-to-face explanations and concentrated preaching to let the party's innovative theories fly into the homes of ordinary people, such as the formation of theories. The preaching light cavalry "Fu Xiaotuan" goes deep into the grassroots to use local dialects or other grounded methods to preach theory and explain the policy situation. In addition, the propaganda Department of the Fujian Provincial CPC Committee, the lecturer Group of the Fujian Provincial CPC Committee, in conjunction with the Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, and the Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group, officially launched the audio program "Learning to strengthen the country time." broadcast the party's line, principles, and policies 24 hours a day in human and earthy language. Large-scale and vivid preaching enabled the party's innovative theory to take root in the land of Bamin, Fujian, to promote the party's line, guidelines, and policies to the grassroots level, and to promote the people to transform the party's correct propositions into conscious actions.

People's livelihood and well-being have been effectively improved. The working method and system of the "four lower grass-roots level" emphasize the promotion of the well-being of the people as the starting point and foothold of all work, the urgent and anxious problems of the people as the breakthrough point of the work, and make great efforts to improve people's livelihood. Fujian takes the "four lower grassroots" as an important starting point, adheres to the people first and benefits the people. It has carried out in-depth practical projects for the private sector for more than 30 years, and has solved a number of outstanding problems in the field of people's livelihood. At the end of 2019, all the poverty-stricken people in rural areas under the current standards of the province have been lifted out of poverty, and mechanisms such as "people call me", "handling complaints" and "letters and visits" have been innovated to solve major issues related to people's livelihood and well-being, such as infrastructure construction, educational and medical resource allocation, social security system construction, employment and entrepreneurship services, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security have been comprehensively improved.

　　2. Grasp the essence of "four grassroots"

As the practical innovation of the party's mass line, the "four lower grassroots" scientifically answers major questions such as "why do mass work well" and "how to do mass work well. Over the past 35 years, the "four grassroots" has not only taken root in the land of Bamin and passed on from generation to generation, but also built a "heart-to-heart bridge" between the cadres and the masses. It adheres to the fundamental position of the supremacy of the people, highlights the distinct character of working hard to rejuvenate the country, and runs through the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, It provides strong support for further close contact with the masses, smooth channels of the masses.

Adhere to the fundamental position of the supremacy of the people. History is created by the masses of the people, who are the main body of historical practice, and the people's nature is the essential attribute of Marxism. During his work in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping stressed that we should keep in mind the word "people" in front of the government. Adhering to the supremacy of the people is an important requirement of the "six must adhere", and it is also a red line running through Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The "four lower grassroots" emphasizes putting the people in the highest position in their hearts, and strive to gather strength from the people, ask for the people, care for the people, and win the people's trust. This people-centered value orientation is the inheritance and innovation of adhering to the party's mass line, and is a vivid embodiment of the people's character of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Only when leading cadres actively inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of "four lower grass-roots units", adhere to the people's stand, grasp the people's will, respect the people's creation, concentrate the people's wisdom, and always put the interests of the masses in the first place, can they ensure that the power conferred by the party and the people is always used to seek happiness for the people and rejuvenation of the nation in the historical trend and the trend of the times, Constantly realize the people's yearning for a better life.

Highlighting the distinctive character of doing solid work to rejuvenate the nation. Opposing empty talk and advocating practical work is the party's fine tradition and the key to the party's continuous victory one after another in leading the people to carry out revolution, construction, and reform. During his work in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to know each other with the people, earnestly improve the style of leadership, go deep into the masses, close ties between the party and the masses, and vigorously advocate "do it right away and do solid work". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has repeatedly emphasized that "empty talk will mislead the country and work hard to rejuvenate the country", calling on the whole party to "be practical in planning, entrepreneurship, and life". The essence of "four grassroots" is to learn from the masses, seek truth and be pragmatic, and discover and solve problems. When leading cadres go to the grass-roots level, the fundamental requirement is to change their style of work and do practical things for the people. To do practical things and solve difficult problems for the masses at the grass-roots level, we should pay attention to practical results, do what can be done immediately, and what cannot be solved immediately, we should carefully study and explain what cannot be done, so that there are echoes and piles. Only by carrying forward the fine tradition of "four lower grass-roots units" and carrying out governance practice at the grass-roots level, so as to deepen the understanding of reality, can we comply with the development of practice and the expectations of the people, keep up with the pace of the times, grasp the pulse of the times, study the new problems arising from practice, sum up new experiences, explore new laws, and constantly create a new situation for career development.

The ideological line of seeking truth from facts runs through. To insist on seeking truth from facts, we should look at the essence through the phenomenon, find the inherent and inevitable connection of things from the chaotic phenomenon, proceed from the development law of objective things, and act according to the objective law in practice. During his work in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping insisted on investigating before making decisions, and proposed to focus on investigation, analysis, and demonstration before making decisions in order to find and choose the best decision-making plan. The "four down to the grass-roots level" is a vivid example of Daxing investigation and research and adhering to the principle of seeking truth from facts. Mastering the overall "reality" and the "yes" of the whole process through investigation and research is the key to avoiding dogmatic mistakes in practice. During his work in Ningde, Comrade Xi Jinping analyzed the development path of Ningde based on in-depth investigation and research, and put forward important concepts such as "weak birds fly first" and "dripping water through stones", and gradually explored and established "four lower grassroots" working methods and working systems. It provides scientific guidance and important follow-up for Mindong to get rid of poverty. The "four lower grass-roots units" play an important role in promoting grass-roots governance, vigorously promoting investigation and research, scientific and democratic decision-making, and uniting the hearts and minds of the party and the people. Leading cadres must understand from the "four grassroots" the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, the fundamental goal of improving the well-being of the people, in-depth investigation and research of scientific methods, and the clear character of facing contradictions and problems, and continuously enhance the scientificity, predictability and creativity of their work.

　3. Important Enlightenment of "Four Grassroots" to Adhering to the Mass Line

The "four lower grassroots" is a summary of the experience gained by Comrade Xi Jinping during his work in Fujian. It is a scientific working method and working system that has been tested in practice. It has important enlightenment for adhering to the mass line in the new era.

and regard upholding the party's overall leadership as the fundamental guarantee. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "the Communist Party of China is the core force leading our cause. The most fundamental reason why the Chinese people and the Chinese nation have been able to reverse the historical destiny of the modern era and achieve today's great achievements is the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China". The "four lower grassroots" is the "golden key" for party organizations at all levels in Fujian to do a good job in mass work. It has built a "heart-to-heart bridge" between cadres and the masses, and has gathered the surging power of the party to unite and lead the masses to start their own businesses. On the new journey, we must encourage party members and cadres to internalize and externalize the fine style of the "four lower grassroots", always adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership, give full play to the party's mass organization power, and organize the grassroots masses. Mobilize and unite to fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the people.

Adhere to the system concept as a scientific method of thinking. The system concept is a basic idea and working method. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "it is necessary to strengthen investigation and research, persist in observing things in a place of development rather than static, comprehensive rather than one-sided, systematic rather than scattered, generally connected rather than single and isolated, and accurately grasp objective reality." truly grasp the laws and properly handle all kinds of major relations ". The "Four Grassroots" is a systematic project. From the content point of view, publicizing the party's line, guidelines, and policies is an important prerequisite for reaching an ideological consensus with the people. The investigation and research and the letter and visit system are to ask the people and ask the people. Effective path, on-site office is the concrete implementation to solve the people's difficulties, and form a supplement and improvement to the policy in the discovery and solution of problems, so the cycle repeated, rising. This enlightens us that to take the mass line well in the new era, we must adhere to the concept of system, highlight the needs of the people and unite the people's strength. In the new journey, to deepen the use of the "four lower grassroots" system, we must make overall plans, systematic planning, and overall promotion, so that the propaganda of the party's line, principles, and policies can be carried out at the grassroots level, investigation and research can be carried out at the grassroots level, letters and visits can be received at the grassroots level, and various measures under the on-site office work can cooperate with each other, promote each other, and complement each other, and promote the mass line.

Adhering to the benefit of the people as the greatest political achievement. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "As a Marxist ruling party, our party must not only have a strong force of truth, but also a strong force of personality." Marxism was founded to change the people's historical destiny, and it is a theory that comes from the people, for the people, and benefits the people. On the new journey, only by firmly establishing and practicing the correct concept of political achievements for the benefit of the people, keeping in mind the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, and keeping the heart close to the masses, can we fully understand the true feelings of the people, experience the safety and well-being of the people, and then improve people's livelihood and well-being in a targeted manner, can we create achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people and history. First of all, to "stand in the right place", the people's position is not ideological abstraction, but to "think about what the masses think and be anxious about what the masses are anxious about", and always maintain a sober attitude that "the interests of the masses are nothing trivial. Secondly, it is necessary to "bend down", change the masses' "petitions" into cadres' "inquiries and visits", take the initiative to carry out research and petition work in places where contradictions are prominent, difficulties are more, and the masses need it most, so as to earnestly understand the sufferings of the masses and listen to their opinions. Finally, it is necessary to "speak well", use the words of the masses to "understand" and "listen" to convey the Party Central Committee's policy ideas, and further smooth communication with the grassroots.

Adhere to the practice-oriented as the evaluation criteria. Marx said, "Philosophers only interpret the world in different ways, but the problem is to change the world". Practicality is the essential feature of Marxism and the distinctive mark of the Chinese Communists. The "four lower grassroots" originates from practice and guides practice, which is highly in line with the practical requirements of the mass line. On the new journey, we should aim at the problem, follow the problem, take resolving contradictions and solving problems as the first priority of performing our duties, take the practical results as the evaluation criteria, fully stimulate the great creativity of the people in solving the difficulties of people's livelihood, and let the people "speak more" and "tell the truth" through the petition system at the grass-roots level, On this basis, combined with investigation and research to clarify the problem and generate solutions, to ensure work efficiency with "do it right away", to ensure the effectiveness of work with "do it well", to enhance the synergy and effectiveness of policies, and to continuously deepen the connotation of "four lower grassroots" in practice.

The focus is on the grass-roots level in governing the country. The level of grass-roots governance largely reflects the modernization level of a country's governance system and governance capacity. To inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of the "four lower grassroots", it is necessary to promote the implementation of the work system, promote the solution of development needs, reforms, grassroots expectations, and people's aspirations, so that the "four lower grassroots" will continue to demonstrate its value of the times.

(The author is a special researcher of the Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era of Xi Jinping, Fujian Province, and the dean and professor of the School of Marxism, Fuzhou University)