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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 17th (Xinhua) - Do not "compact" into meetings or "implement" into documents
Xinhua News Agency reporters Liu Huaipi and Zhai Zhuo
"Not afraid of hardship or fatigue, afraid of endless meetings; willing to charge, willing to stand up, unwilling to endlessly sing empty words." The reporter recently heard this catchphrase during a grassroots interview, and many cadres and masses are deeply saddened by the formalism that still exists in the meeting and writing styles.
Meetings are an effective way to communicate opinions and form decisions, while documents are an important means of issuing government orders and handling official duties. The key issue is not whether the chairman's meeting is short or there are too many articles, but whether there is progress in promoting work and solving practical problems. Meetings and publications are means, not ends, and should not be reversed. No matter how many meetings and articles are held, no matter how much work is not effective or problems are not solved, it is useless. Cadres are exhausted enough to leave a bad impression on the masses of not doing practical things.
In recent years, our party has introduced a series of measures to eliminate formalism in the style of meetings and writing, including streamlining conference activities and document briefings, including "simply implementing meetings with meetings and implementing documents with documents" in the prohibitive provisions of the Regulations of the CPC on Disciplinary Punishment, and strictly controlling the issuance of documents and meetings at all levels to reduce the burden on the grass-roots level. However, the accumulated drawbacks of formalism in the style of knowledge and writing cannot be solved in a day, and sometimes new variants and signs may emerge. Solving them is not a one-time solution.
Behind the formalism in the style of meeting and writing is utilitarianism and pragmatism, with a misplaced view of political achievements and a lack of sense of responsibility. Some people are eager to express their opinions upwards. Whenever a higher-level meeting demands, they do not consider digesting and absorbing them. They will first hold a meeting to convey the message, and will not express their determination overnight. They will talk empty talk about implementation. Some people push the blame downwards, their minds are full of the logic of "meeting is to pay attention, and issuing documents is to implement". As for how the grassroots implement it and the specific effect, it has nothing to do with oneself. In the future, when supervising and holding accountable, we only hope to have meetings and documents to protect us. Some are willing to become monks and strike the clock, reopening meetings held by their superiors, rereading documents from their superiors, and repeating speeches from their superiors. They believe that being a "microphone, repeating machine" is the safest option, as they do not want to shine or make mistakes.
Empty talk misleads the country, but practical action promotes national prosperity. Party members and cadres should focus their minds on solving practical problems, go to places where the people need them, clarify the situation, analyze the crux thoroughly, think out countermeasures, and come up with practical solutions, practical actions, and practical results. When inspecting work, the superior department cannot simply judge the degree of importance that cadres attach to their work based on how many meetings have been held or how many documents have been issued, in order to evaluate the quality of local work; We should specifically look at our work performance and see how much benefits the people have received. At the same time, it is necessary to improve the scientific and standardized cadre assessment and evaluation system, form an effective mechanism to motivate cadres to seek truth and pragmatism, so that cadres who do their job well do not suffer losses and are highly valued, and never let those who act like officials and make a fool of themselves gain power and benefits.
The style of meeting and writing is linked to the style of the party and government. Taking theme education as an opportunity, actively implementing the requirements of "emphasizing practice", promoting work through learning, rectifying work orientation, enhancing work motivation, and establishing a positive attitude of truly focusing on practical work, party members and cadres can improve the "satisfaction index" of the people with their own "hard work index".
