Reducing the burden on grassroots units is to empower governance and support practical work. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Continue to deepen the rectification of formalism and reduce the burden on grassroots units." The meeting of the special working mechanism for rectifying formalism at the central level to reduce burdens at the grassroots level proposed: "We must pay more attention to source governance, not only treat the symptoms of prominent problems, but also treat the root cause from the ideological and interests, and take real hard work and work hard."

All localities are constantly focusing on work style, constantly deepening the fruitful achievements and substantial progress of rectifying formalism in reducing burdens for grassroots units, and further stimulating the endogenous motivation of the majority of party members and cadres to take responsibility and do things and start businesses.

Clarify the boundaries of responsibilities and strengthen the chain of responsibilities from the source

The grassroots are the "last mile" for implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, aiming at the behavior of "shelving the burden" and "adding burden" to the grassroots. All localities start from the source to clarify the division of responsibilities and strengthen the chain of responsibilities.

More visits, more benches, and more solutions to the masses... Guo Langqing, a village cadre from Lixin Village, Caowei Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province, said: "There is also more pride!"

With the implementation of Hunan Province's "Several Measures on Standardizing Village-level Organization Work Affairs, Mechanism Signs and Proof Matters", "What should the village do and what can be ignored? A detailed list of rights and responsibilities is clearly listed." Guo Langqing said. At present, Yuanjiang City has identified 60 work matters in grassroots autonomous organizations and 29 work matters in assisting work, and has identified 36 certificates that should not be issued by village-level organizations. 38 grassroots burden reduction monitoring points are set up in the city to promote rectification and rectification point-to-point.

Click on the "Three Civil Engineering" platform in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and Xu Zijian, a staff member of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Kecheng District, Quzhou City, entered the information, "Related matters sent to the grassroots level must be registered and approved by the platform." Quzhou City has improved and perfected the "online + offline" grid access system, and made it clear that all special tasks from each department to the village and community grid must be applied and issued after unified review by county-level social work departments.

Du Xinglin, deputy secretary of the Quzhou Municipal Party Committee, said that since there are "thousand lines", twist it into a rope. After the Quzhou City "Three Civil Engineering" platform was launched in June last year, the average type of work-related affairs undertaking by the village and community grid decreased by about 1/3.

Simplify the process mechanism and rectify the "formalism at the fingertips". Han Meiying, a staff member of Qinglanshan Township, Anding District, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, chatted with villagers. "Now there are three or four days a week to visit the house," said Han Meiying.

"Face-to-face" replaces "key-to-key". Anding District conducts a comprehensive survey on government affairs applications, government affairs public accounts, and work groups. A total of 4 points rankings and various lists were banned, 4 government affairs public accounts and 528 work groups were cleaned up.

"Zi, have you any troubles recently?" Liu Yang, a grassroots cadre in Bicheng Street, Bishan District, Chongqing, walked into the community to understand the people's urgent needs and worries. In the past, "I had to fill in more than a dozen forms every month, and I spent more time in the office." Liu Yang said that thanks to the "One Form" smart report, now "the same data only needs to be filled in once."

Since 2023, the "One Table" smart report has gradually been run at the four levels of Chongqing municipal departments, districts, counties, towns, streets, and villages. The number of grassroots reports, report processing time and number of staff participating in the report have all been reduced by more than 60%.

Optimize the assessment and evaluation, establish and practice the correct view of political achievements

The site of the Hongchuang Steel Deep Processing Project in Donggang District, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, Jin Bingchang, deputy mayor of Taoluo Town, was "mobile in office" in the shed, "if there are difficulties, please raise them on-site!"

The "slimming" assessment stimulates motivation to do things and start businesses. "Integrate and delete 15 items in 5 categories that are not suitable for assessment of towns and streets. The original 61 economic development assessment items have been reduced to 37 items." Li Mansheng, director of the Organization Department of Donggang District Party Committee, said, "Not only do subtraction, but also add. Towns and streets with outstanding work results will be commended in the assessment to form an assessment orientation that promotes practical work and emphasizes effectiveness."

In Donghua Road Community, Jinma Street, Guandu District, Kunming City, Yunnan, grid worker Liu Ying delivered the food to the homes of elderly people living alone. "The 'People's Consciousness Diary' replaces the trace ledger, and you can visit several more households every day," said Liu Ying.

In January this year, a joint inspection team composed of relevant departments of Guandu District and Jinma Street inspected production safety and checked the rectification situation on the spot in accordance with the list of problems. Liu Qiang, member of the Organization Department of Guandu District Committee, said: "The assessment is more like a 'physical examination' now, and it is clear whether it is done well or not."

In recent years, Yunnan's comprehensive performance evaluation and special assessment have significantly reduced indicators at all levels. Up to now, Yunnan’s assessment matters at the provincial level have decreased by 67.24% year-on-year, and the assessment indicators have decreased by 83.04% year-on-year.

(Reporters of our newspaper Yang Wenming, Liu Junguo, Shin Jilin, Liu Xinwu, Li Rui and Zhao Shuaijie participated in the interview and writing)