Does the file duplication rate reach 80% in a certain area? Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website: Using real actions to tackle formalism | bureaucracy | formalism

On July 11th, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission publicly announced 10 typical problems of formalism and bureaucracy that have increased the burden on grassroots levels. Serious investigation and public notification of these typical cases demonstrate the strong determination of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to combine the solution of formalism and bureaucracy with the reduction of burden on the grassroots, and to continuously promote rectification. It also sends a strong signal that disciplinary inspection and supervision organs dare to wield their swords, strictly and persistently, and actively address the formalism and bureaucracy problems that increase the burden on the grassroots.

Typical cases fully reveal the diversity and variability of formalism and bureaucracy in different regions and departments

From the 10 typical cases reported, there are both old problems and new manifestations, revealing the diversity and variability of formalism and bureaucracy in different regions and departments.

The issues reported this time involve copying and copying documents, deviating from reality, and engaging in formalism at the fingertips. For example, the Office of the Baicheng Municipal Government in Jilin Province forwarded the documents issued by the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs at the city and county levels to each county again. The construction plan for urban farmland protection forest system and the implementation plan for rectification of feedback issues from routine land inspections, which have been developed, have a duplication rate of over 80% with the content of the provincial government office documents. For example, the Settlement and Electronic Banking Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Guangdong Shaoguan Branch, under the pretext of urging each branch to pay attention to the work of expanding public accounts, requires its subordinate branches to manually collect and report data that could have been extracted and generated from the system on a daily basis, which is unnecessary to consume grassroots time and energy and increase the workload of grassroots work.

The stubborn problems of inaction, excessive leaving marks, layer by layer escalation, and arbitrary distribution are more prominent. The notice shows that the Municipal Public Facilities Maintenance Service Center of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, delayed and inefficient the review and preparation of secondary water supply project data, resulting in many secondary water supply project data review and preparation exceeding the prescribed time limit by about 2 months, seriously affecting the project construction progress. In addition, the Market Supervision Administration of Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province, illegally transferred and allocated fees to the public through arbitrary use of power, the Outdoor Advertising Setting Management Office of Macheng City Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau in Hubei Province, illegally required communities to vote in online evaluations, the Agricultural Ecological Environment and Resource Protection Station of Bijie City, Guizhou Province, left excessive marks, and the Yongshan County Government Service Administration in Yunnan Province issued unrealistic task indicators in promoting the application of the "One Mobile Service", adding unnecessary burden to the grassroots. The response from cadres and the public is very strong.

The photo reporter noticed that the issues reported this time all occurred or continued into recent years. Taking the issue of the documents formulated by the Benxi City Federation of Trade Unions in Liaoning Province deviating from reality and adding layers of complexity as an example. In September 2020, the Benxi City Federation of Trade Unions issued a notice on the target tasks for building and joining the association without conducting research and soliciting opinions. The provincial federation of trade unions was decomposed into 80% of the target tasks completed by the end of December 2023 in Benxi City, which was further refined to 80% by June 30, 2021. This significantly shortened the time limit for completing tasks at the grassroots level and greatly increased the workload at the grassroots level. This indicates that the drawbacks of formalism and bureaucracy are not something that can be overcome in a day, and reducing the burden at the grassroots level from the root is also not something that can be achieved in a day. We must closely monitor and persistently grasp them.

Typical cases reflect the deep-seated causes of formalism and bureaucracy, which not only serve as a warning education, strengthen deterrence, but also promote the formation of a good culture of responsibility and action

Although the cases reported this time have different manifestations and contents, they reflect the deep-seated reasons for the continuous proliferation of formalism and bureaucracy.

Manifested at the grassroots level, rooted at the top. The formalism problem in the rectification work of Yixin Street in Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province is a typical example. In May 2023, the Chengdu Planning and Natural Resources Bureau requested all districts and counties to rectify a batch of illegal land use issues. The Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shuangliu District requires relevant towns and streets to complete the demolition and restoration of some illegal land within 2 days, but the specific standards for rectification are not clear, and the supervision and guidance are inadequate. Without accurately grasping the standards for land reclamation, Yixin Street in Shuangliu District simplified its work and decided to adopt the method of transplanting corn seedlings to rectify the issue of non agriculturalization of 8.69 acres of farmland in Yixin Square within its jurisdiction. The specific organization and implementation of the lawn community in this street did not involve the reclamation of green spaces. Instead, simple methods such as excavating grass and transplanting corn ears were adopted to address the issue of non agriculturalization of cultivated land. The leaders of the Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Yixin Street, and Lawn Community of Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, as well as other relevant responsible persons, have been subject to disciplinary and organizational actions respectively.

Yixin Street, Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, has adopted the method of transplanting corn seedlings to rectify the problem of non agriculturalization of farmland in Yixin Square.

The fundamental reason for the emergence of formalism and bureaucracy lies in the lack of a firm stance on the people. Taking the case as a lesson and drawing lessons from it, we warn all regions and departments to rectify and guard against formalism and bureaucracy, and must take the satisfaction and happiness of the people as the measurement standard. We must identify the urgent and difficult problems faced by the masses, resolutely rectify the unhealthy practices of shifting blame and playing Tai Chi, passively handling irresponsible situations, using simple and crude work methods, and implementing a "one size fits all" and layered measures in safeguarding the interests of the masses, so as to reduce the burden at the grassroots level to the hearts of cadres and the masses, and make the people feel tangible changes and achievements.

Reporting typical issues is an important measure to implement the requirements of the meeting on the special mechanism for reducing grassroots burden by rectifying formalism at the central level

Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the personal deployment and personal promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Party Central Committee has combined solving the outstanding problems of formalism with reducing the burden on the grassroots. As an important content of the party's style construction, it has coordinated, systematically planned, and promoted as a whole. Five years of special deployment to rectify formalism and bureaucracy.

Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, various regions and departments continue to make efforts, and a series of deployment measures have broken through the drawbacks of formalism and reduced the burden on grassroots. The problems of formalism and bureaucracy within the Party have been to some extent curbed and managed, and grassroots party members and cadres have more time and energy to implement them.

However, from the supervision and disciplinary situation and the cases reported this time, it can be seen that formalism and bureaucracy in some places, fields, and cadres have not yet been eradicated, especially the new situation and trend of formalism and bureaucracy that increase the burden on grassroots continue to breed.

On June 15th of this year, a special working mechanism meeting was held at the central level to rectify formalism and reduce grassroots burdens. The conference made arrangements in highlighting ideological and political guidance, grasping key and difficult points, motivating cadres to take on responsibilities, and improving governance efficiency. As one of the member units of the grassroots special work mechanism for rectifying formalism at the central level, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission adhere to the high level of political rectification of formalism and bureaucracy, deeply implement the relevant work requirements of the Party Central Committee, refine measures and implement them in various work such as Party conduct and political conduct supervision, letters and visits, inspections, supervision and inspection, review and investigation, and find reasons from the institutional mechanism, promote the improvement of institutional norms, and promote the establishment and improvement of long-term mechanisms. This public announcement of 10 typical problems of formalism and bureaucracy that have increased the burden on grassroots is an important measure taken by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission to implement the requirements of the Central Level Rectification of Formalism as a Special Work Mechanism for Reducing Burden at the Grassroots Level.

Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels fulfill their duties of assistance and supervision, continuously deepening and expanding the work of rectifying formalism and bureaucracy to reduce the burden on grassroots levels

The Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection made important arrangements for the key rectification of formalism and bureaucracy. Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels have placed more prominent emphasis on rectifying and combating formalism and bureaucracy, fulfilling their duties of assistance and supervision. By deepening and expanding the work of rectifying formalism and bureaucracy, they continuously motivate party members and cadres to take on responsibilities.

The Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, are closely monitoring the formalism and bureaucracy that increase the burden on grassroots, focusing on issues such as the resurgence of cultural diversity and excessive and frequent assessments. They have established a sound mechanism for identifying problems, organized forces to go deep into the front line, and effectively reduced the burden on grassroots and encouraged cadres. The picture shows that recently, disciplinary inspection and supervision officials from Xiang'an District in Jinhai Street, Aotou Community, inquired about the relevant situation from the staff. Xiang Bingbing Photography

Pay close attention to the old and new manifestations of formalism and bureaucracy, continuously increase supervision and discipline, improve the mechanism for identifying problems, not only remind and correct early signs of tendencies, but also seriously deal with violations and disciplinary actions, timely report and expose typical cases, and form a strong deterrent. Since the deployment of the special rectification of formalism and bureaucracy in the entire region this year, the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have adhered to targeted and root cause and root cause treatment, and promptly discovered and dealt with problems such as failure to make genuine, incomplete, explicit or covert corrections, and inadequate and timely rectification. As of now, a total of 257 problem clues have been received, and 129 have been investigated and dealt with.

Formalism and bureaucracy are rooted in misplaced views on political achievements and distorted views on power. The Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, focusing on issues such as what and how to reduce the burden at the grassroots level, urges party members and leading cadres at all levels to deeply explore the root causes, identify the "lesions", study and propose methods and measures to solve the problem of indirectly increasing the burden at the grassroots level in issuing documents, meetings, inspections, and assessments, and implement the reduction of burden at the grassroots level. In 2022, the number of inspection and assessment items at the provincial level in Sichuan was reduced to 39, 1980 documents were streamlined, and 498 meetings were reduced.

In practice, formalism and bureaucracy often face difficulties in qualitative analysis and investigation. Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels closely focus on various aspects and links such as policy formulation, task deployment, supervision and implementation, assessment and inspection, accountability, rewards and punishments, and promote targeted improvement and refinement of punishment systems in various regions and departments. For example, Hunan Province has made it clear that, except for medium - and long-term planning documents, other party regulations, normative documents, and comprehensive reports shall not exceed 5000 words, and special work reports shall not exceed 2000 words. Yunnan Province strictly controls the number of documents issued to county-level and below, streamlines the number of messages and reports sent from grassroots to higher-level units, clarifies the implementation of central and higher-level documents by all levels of units, and can take practical and effective measures based on actual situations. Unless there are clear regulations, supporting documents for implementation will no longer be developed at all levels to avoid the phenomenon of "implementing documents through documents".

In order to give cadres more time and energy to implement, disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels adhere to the principle of simultaneously rectifying and rectifying problems. They not only seriously investigate and deal with formalism and bureaucracy, but also implement the requirements of "three distinctions", promote fault tolerance and correction, investigate and deal with false accusations and framing behaviors, and clearly establish a direction of emphasizing practical work, achievements, and responsibility. Hubei Province has formulated and issued the "Hubei Province Fault Tolerance and Correction Work Measures", which stipulate that 8 situations can be fault-tolerant, 4 situations can be exempted from liability, and 3 situations can be reduced from liability. Through regulatory interpretation and the release of guiding cases, it guides the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels in the province to focus on solving problems such as "not being able to tolerate" and "not daring to tolerate", effectively reducing pressure and assisting cadres, and providing "reassuring pills" for those who work hard and start businesses.