Learn and make good use of the basic skill of investigation and research (Jintai sight, keep a close eye on formalism)
Investigation and research is a family heirloom of our party. In March this year, the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC issued the "Work Plan on Developing Investigation and Research in the Whole Party" (hereinafter referred to as the "Work Plan"), proposing that developing investigation and research in the whole party is an important part of the theme education carried out in the whole party. Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party member and cadres, in accordance with the requirements of the CPC Central Committee’s deployment, actively went deep into the grassroots front line, carried out solid investigations and studies, and threw themselves down to do practical things, seek practical solutions and seek practical results.
However, there are also grassroots cadres, readers and netizens who report that some party member cadres regard investigation and research as a task that they have to cope with, dabbling in it, skimming the surface, avoiding problems and ignoring contradictions. These formalistic "investigations and studies" not only deviate from the requirements of investigation and study to solve real problems, but also make grassroots cadres and the masses tired of coping.
When investigating, we should pay attention to overcoming formalism problems such as passing by and skimming the water.
"In order to receive the investigation team from the province, the village has been busy since more than a month ago." Not long ago, a resident cadre reflected the reception of the investigation team in his village in his letter. According to him, the route of the investigation team, the location of the visit and the key points to be introduced have been carefully arranged long ago, and all the preparatory work in the village is also carried out around this route.
Only clean the roads that the investigation route must pass through, only paint the houses and courtyard walls along the route, transfer some representative and visiting landmarks to the route as a whole, and surprise train the people and families passing by the route in case of sudden inquiries … "The whole investigation has become a’ live performance’ with its own responsibilities and step by step." The resident cadre said.
Investigation and research are the basis of seeking something and the way to accomplish it. Without investigation, there is no right to speak, and without investigation, there is no decision-making power. Investigation and research is an important means to deeply understand social conditions and public opinion and improve the level of scientific decision-making. However, some party member and cadres do not realize the importance of investigation and research. When conducting investigation and research, there are some formalistic problems such as people’s lack of heart, superficial, and superficial.
Xiao Zhang is a grass-roots cadre in a "star town", where he receives dozens of investigation and investigation delegations from all over the country every year on average. "Since the beginning of this year, the number of research groups has doubled, and there are reception tasks almost every day." Xiao Zhang said that most of the research groups come to learn from the experience sincerely, but some of them "punch in" in order to complete the research task. "Take the classic route, look at the model project, and don’t ask in detail what the specific ideas for development are and what experience they have in solving problems. I don’t know if such research has inspired me. Anyway, the research task is completed. " Xiao Zhang said.
The "Work Plan" clearly states that we must adhere to the Party’s mass line, come from among the masses, enhance our feelings with the masses, sincerely listen to their voices, truly reflect their wishes, truly care about their sufferings, consciously learn from the masses, learn from practice, gain a correct understanding from their creative practice, and turn the Party’s correct ideas into their conscious actions. However, in some places and units, the investigation and research that should be carried out to solve problems has been alienated into "material research".
Some readers have written to reflect that a certain place can’t carry out investigation and research at the grassroots level, but instead ask for a lot of materials from the grassroots level. Only one unit has packed several boxes of materials. In this way, instead of going into the field and making field trips, we keep reading materials in the office, relying on "material circulation" and "reporting at different levels" to replace the "investigation and study" of field investigations, which makes the grassroots bear a heavy burden and get no valuable information, and eventually becomes formalism.
Other research groups are divorced from the masses, depending on the level and accompanying them. It seems that the larger the scale, the more important it can be. "There are about 20 people in our research group, but there are more than 50 accompanying people. Every day, six or seven minibuses drive by. The itinerary is full, with seven or eight places to run a day. Everywhere, everyone shouted around the lecturer. Those who were a little farther away didn’t even get a signal from the listener, and they didn’t know what was said earlier. " A cadre of a provincial government agency said that the investigation group was too large, and everyone at the symposium could only speak roughly. "Finally, I took a large pile of documents and materials back, cut and cut them in these materials, and integrated the packaging. The quality of the final investigation report can be imagined."
Investigation and research should be a good way to exchange experiences and learn from each other’s strengths, but some cadres can’t let go of their faces and shelves, turning the investigation with an open mind into a bossy guidance. A university professor who once worked in a local place said: "On one occasion, the superior unit conducted research on the revision of a local regulation, and everyone put forward some suggestions for revision at the forum. As a result, the cadres who came to investigate couldn’t sit still and said to the people who made comments,’ You don’t understand at all. I have been doing this job for more than 20 years and I know it best.’ As soon as this was said, everyone was afraid to make comments, and finally a commendation meeting was held. "
It is necessary to prevent individual places and units from receiving research according to routine, which is difficult to achieve practical results and brings troubles to the grassroots.
During the interview, many grassroots cadres believed that the formalism in the investigation was extremely harmful, which not only failed to implement the objectives, intentions and requirements of the investigation and research, but also wasted time and energy, and affected the working attitude and working methods of party member and cadres. "The fine tradition of the Party has not been passed down and carried forward, but has caused damage."
Professor Cao Li, deputy director of the Department of Economics of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), has participated in many research activities. In her view, there are some manifestations of formalism in the research: for example, not focusing, "stepping on watermelon skin, wherever you slide"; Not deep, floating on the surface, pretending, going through the motions; Don’t study, don’t think deeply, see what is what; Without transformation, research for the sake of research cannot solve the real problem.
"Daxing investigation and research is because the current reform, development and stability are facing many deep-seated contradictions, and various risk challenges and difficult problems are more severe and complicated than before. It is urgent to grasp the essence and laws of things through investigation and research and find ways and paths to solve problems." Cao Li said that investigation and research is a process of obtaining first-hand information and understanding real problems. "If investigation and research are to play its due role, we must go out of the office, go deep into the grassroots and put an end to formalism."
A community cadre said that the reason why there are different degrees of formalism problems in some investigations and studies is that the subjective understanding is not in place. "I only know that the superior requires investigation and research, but I have not seriously thought about why to carry out investigation and research, what purpose to achieve in investigation and research, what content to focus on, and how to implement the investigation requirements. I just want to finish the task quickly."
"Some young cadres have followed the investigation team for several times, and they think that the investigation and research are ineffective and worthless. They don’t pay attention to the mass line ideologically, and they don’t pay attention to the investigation and research at work. They sit in the office all day reading documents and watching computers. What real problems can you see and come up with?" Li Hongli, a reader in Luoyang, Henan Province, said that in-depth investigation and research at the grassroots level is an effective way to temper party member and cadres’ eye for finding problems. The key is to pay attention to seeking truth and being pragmatic in the investigation and effectively break formalism.
In addition to subjective neglect and lack of understanding, lack of ability and ignorance of methods are also important reasons for formalism in investigation and research. Some party member, cadres in the investigation and study to the point, did not master the effective working methods, after going to the grassroots level, they would only "grab their eyebrows and beards", unable to distinguish between primary and secondary, light and heavy, and the investigation effect was naturally greatly reduced.
The superior "won’t" investigate, which also causes the subordinate to cope passively. In some places and units, reception research has even formed a fixed pattern and is carried out according to the routine. These formalistic problems seriously deviate from the original intention of carrying out investigation and research, which will not only be difficult to achieve practical results, but will also bring troubles to the grassroots and affect the relationship between cadres and the masses.
"Investigation and research is the basic skill to do all the work well. If you don’t master it well, it will be impossible to go deep into reality and understand reality, and decision-making will go wrong. " Zhang Hengyu, a reader in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, said that investigation and research can’t be done easily and casually. It is easy to become formalistic and even adulterated, causing new problems. "The real investigation and research can’t tolerate formalism. Only by in-depth investigation and research can we see the real scene, hear the voices of the masses and find existing problems."
Only by going deep enough can we find the problems of the masses’ urgent difficulties and anxieties, and we can do good deeds in the hearts of the masses.
Not long ago, xiangdong district, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, carried out an investigation and study with the goal of solving the urgent problems and worries of the masses. "During our visit, we found that it is now advocated to run government services online and on the palm. Online medical insurance business does bring a lot of convenience, but it is difficult for the masses to interact face to face with the staff. Some insured people, especially the elderly, can’t operate, and they can’t ask the medical insurance staff for help face to face. There are also some medical insurance businesses that need to submit paper materials and face recognition, and they must go to the physical window. Some people in remote villages are very inconvenient. " Peng Qimin, director of xiangdong district Medical Insurance Bureau, said.
In order to solve this painful and difficult problem, xiangdong district has created a service area of "Medical Insurance Video Office", which extends "Online Office" to "Video Office". People can handle business through video connection with staff, and staff use real-name authentication, screen shots, material annotation, file transmission and other functions to guide people to handle related business, effectively solving the problem that some people are "unable to do it". The "Medical Insurance Video Office" service area was launched less than a month ago, serving hundreds of people, and was praised and welcomed by the masses.
"True research or false research depends on whether we can find problems and really solve them." Cao Li said that before carrying out investigation and research activities, we must first do our homework and determine what the purpose and direction of the investigation are, and we should not blindly; Secondly, we must focus on it accurately, find out the problem and the root of the problem through investigation and research. "Investigation and research is a work that takes time and energy. To carry out investigation and research, we must sink down and calm down. Only by going deep enough can we find out the problems of the masses’ urgent difficulties and expectations, and we can do good things in the hearts of the masses. "
Daishan Avenue is the traffic artery in Bishan District of Chongqing, with a total length of 32 kilometers and eight lanes in both directions, running through the north and south of Bishan City. "In the past, Daishan Avenue was not equipped with central isolation facilities, and there were too many openings on the roadside, and the signs and markings were not perfect. There were many traffic accidents and it became a stubborn road section." Jiang Zhiquan, deputy head of the Traffic Patrol Corps of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, said that in order to completely solve this problem, the Traffic Patrol Corps of Chongqing Public Security Bureau visited this section several times to comprehensively analyze the causes of the accident and formulate targeted solutions. The Bishan District Party Committee and District Government attached great importance to this, increased investment protection, and promoted the investigation and implementation of key road safety hazards in the whole region.
In view of the phenomenon of vehicles turning around at will, a central isolation guardrail was installed throughout the whole process to reduce the number of turning points by 20, so as to realize the physical isolation of the whole road section; Aiming at the traffic chaos caused by many cars and intersections, the adaptive control system of intersection signals is adopted to realize the intelligent linkage of traffic lights everywhere. In view of various traffic violations such as speeding, facilities and equipment such as interval and fixed-point speed measurement and electronic police have been added, and various traffic signs and safety signs have been improved … Since April this year, the traffic accidents involving trucks on Daishan Avenue have decreased by 83.3% year-on-year, and the road traffic order has obviously improved.
"The process of investigation and research is a process of transforming theoretical study into practical application, a process of improving performance skills and enhancing responsibility, or a process of changing work style and improving work quality and efficiency." Jiang Zhiquan said with deep feelings that the investigation and study must focus on the urgent problems of the masses and respond and solve their concerns in time.
In the interview, some grassroots cadres said: "An important reason for the existence of formalism in investigation and research is that formalism has sweetness and no influence. If formalism tastes bitter, such problems will naturally become less. "
In this regard, Cao Li suggested that a scientific and reasonable evaluation standard system should be established for investigation and research work, and there should be detailed and specific index requirements from making plans, conducting research, deepening research and supervising return visits, so as to encourage and supervise party member and cadres to seriously carry out investigation and research work. "Investigation and research is a fine tradition of our party, not just an activity, and should be carried out normally." Cao Li said.
(People’s Daily reporter Peng Bo Shi Yiqi)
Source: People’s Daily
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