Deeply Grasp the Great Significance and Important Requirements of Party Building Leading Grassroots Governance

The grassroots are the foundation of the Party’s governance and the source of its strength. In his speech at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly summarized the excellent qualities of our Party that are unmatched by any other political party or political force, emphasizing that our Party “is deeply rooted in the people and always possesses a solid foundation.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly made important expositions on Party building leading grassroots governance, stressing that “we must continuously consolidate the grassroots foundation and promote Party building to lead grassroots governance.” At present, China’s social structure is undergoing profound changes, grassroots governance scenarios are becoming more complex, the demands of the masses are more diverse, and the pressure of risk prevention and control continues to increase. The foundational, safeguarding, and strategic position of grassroots governance in the overall landscape of national governance has become more prominent. On the new journey, we must, from the height of consolidating the Party’s governing foundation and maintaining the security of state power, deeply understand the great significance of Party building leading grassroots governance, deeply grasp the important requirements of Party building leading grassroots governance, and provide a solid guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

基层是党的执政之基、力量之源。习近平总书记在庆祝中国共产党成立105周年大会上深刻总结我们党具有其他政党和政治力量无可比拟的优秀特质，强调我们党“深深植根人民，始终拥有坚实根基”。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记多次围绕党建引领基层治理作出重要论述，强调“要持续夯实基层基础，推进以党建引领基层治理”。当前，我国社会结构深刻变化、基层治理场景更加复杂、群众诉求更加多元、风险防控压力持续增大，基层治理在国家治理全局中的基础性、保障性、战略性地位更加凸显。新征程上，必须从巩固党的执政基础和维护国家政权安全的高度，深刻认识党建引领基层治理的重大意义，深刻把握党建引领基层治理的重要要求，为推进中国式现代化提供坚实保障。

1. The Great Significance of Party Building Leading Grassroots Governance

1.党建引领基层治理意义重大

The grassroots connect millions of households and concern the flesh-and-blood bond between the Party and the people. Strengthening Party building to lead grassroots governance is not only a fundamental strategy for consolidating the Party’s governing foundation and conforming to the general trend of the era of national governance modernization, but also an inevitable choice for responding to the people’s aspirations for a better life, coordinating development and security, and addressing various risks and challenges. It has profound political, theoretical, and practical significance.

基层连着千家万户，关乎党和群众的血肉联系。强化党建引领基层治理，既是夯实党的执政根基的固本之策、顺应国家治理现代化的时代大势，也是回应人民群众美好生活向往、统筹发展和安全、应对各种风险挑战的必然选择，具有深刻的政治意义、理论意义和实践意义。

An inevitable requirement for consolidating the Party’s long-term governing foundation. A tight organizational system is the advantage and strength of a Marxist political party. Our Party has established a tight organizational system including the Party’s central organizations, local organizations, and grassroots organizations. Among them, there were 5.431 million grassroots Party organizations by the end of 2025, a powerful advantage that no other political party in the world possesses. Grassroots Party organizations are the foundation of the Party’s governing edifice and the basis of all the Party’s work and combat effectiveness. Only when grassroots Party organizations are strong and Party members play a vanguard and exemplary role can the Party’s foundation be solid and our Party have combat effectiveness. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has upheld and strengthened the Party’s overall leadership, focused on enhancing organizational capacity, coordinated the construction of grassroots Party organizations in sub-districts, townships, urban and rural communities, scientific research institutes, hospitals, enterprises, and social organizations, and continuously rectified weak and lax grassroots Party organizations. In major battles and tests such as poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, the Party’s organizational advantages and strength have been fully demonstrated. Practice has proven that only by building strong grassroots Party organizations and consolidating grassroots political power can the foundation of socialism with Chinese characteristics be more stable and the Party’s governing foundation be more solid.

巩固党的长期执政根基的必然要求。严密的组织体系，是马克思主义政党的优势所在、力量所在。我们党建立了包括党的中央组织、地方组织、基层组织在内的严密组织体系，其中基层党组织截至2025年底有543.1万个，这是世界上其他任何政党都不具有的强大优势。基层党组织是党执政大厦的地基，是党的全部工作和战斗力的基础。只有基层党组织有力，党员发挥先锋模范作用，党的根基才能牢固，我们党才有战斗力。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持和加强党的全面领导，以提升组织力为重点，统筹抓好街道乡镇、城乡社区、科研院所、医院、企业、社会组织等基层党组织建设，持续整顿软弱涣散基层党组织，在脱贫攻坚、乡村振兴等大战大考中充分彰显了党的组织优势、组织力量。实践证明，只有把基层党组织建强、把基层政权巩固好，中国特色社会主义的根基才能更加稳固，党的执政基础才能更加坚实。

An inevitable requirement for advancing the modernization of national governance. Grassroots governance is an important cornerstone of national governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “The firmest support for the Party’s work lies at the grassroots, and the most prominent contradictions and problems in economic and social development and people’s livelihoods are also at the grassroots.” To improve the urban and rural community governance system and accelerate the modernization of grassroots governance, we must adapt to the profound changes in social structure, organizational forms, and governance environments. At present, there are still problems in grassroots governance such as imbalance between power and responsibility and insufficient resource sinking, and the effectiveness of grassroots governance needs further improvement. We must improve the grassroots governance system led by Party organizations, combining autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue, promote a profound transformation of grassroots governance, and provide solid grassroots support for advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

推进国家治理现代化的必然要求。基层治理是国家治理的重要基石。习近平总书记指出，“党的工作最坚实的力量支撑在基层，经济社会发展和民生最突出的矛盾和问题也在基层”。健全城乡社区治理体系，加快推进基层治理现代化，必须顺应社会结构、组织形态和治理环境的深刻变化。当前，基层治理还存在权责匹配失衡、资源下沉不足等问题，基层治理效能有待进一步提升。要健全党组织领导的自治、法治、德治相结合的基层治理体系，推动基层治理深刻转变，为推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化提供坚实基层支撑。

An inevitable requirement for improving the quality of people’s lives. The people’s standpoint is the fundamental political standpoint of a Marxist political party, and people-centeredness is the most distinctive and profound value foundation of Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “Our Party’s revolution, construction, and reform are all aimed at enabling the people to live a happy life.” At present, the principal contradiction in Chinese society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. The people’s needs are diverse, multi-level, and multifaceted. They look forward to better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory income, more reliable social security, higher-level medical and health services, more comfortable living conditions, a more beautiful environment, and a richer spiritual and cultural life. The people not only have higher requirements for material and cultural life but also have growing demands in areas such as democracy, the rule of law, fairness, justice, and security. This requires grassroots Party organizations to use more emotion in contacting and serving the masses, more intention in educating and publicizing to the masses, and more effort in organizing and rallying the masses. They must effectively organize the vast number of Party members, cadres, and talents from all walks of life, broadly unite the broad masses of the people, and break through the “last kilometer” of policy implementation, serving the masses, and benefiting people’s livelihoods, continuously enhancing the people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security.

提高人民生活品质的必然要求。人民立场是马克思主义政党的根本政治立场，人民性是习近平党建思想最鲜明、最深厚的价值底色。习近平总书记指出：“我们党干革命、搞建设、抓改革，都是为了让人民过上幸福生活。”当前，我国社会主要矛盾已经转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾。人民群众的需要呈现多样化多层次多方面的特点，期盼有更好的教育、更稳定的工作、更满意的收入、更可靠的社会保障、更高水平的医疗卫生服务、更舒适的居住条件、更优美的环境、更丰富的精神文化生活。人民不仅对物质文化生活提出更高要求，在民主、法治、公平、正义、安全等方面的需求也日益增长。这就要求基层党组织在联系服务群众上多用情，在宣传教育群众上多用心，在组织凝聚群众上多用力，把广大党员、干部和各方面人才有效组织起来，把广大人民群众广泛凝聚起来，打通政策落地、服务群众、惠及民生的“最后一公里”，不断增强人民群众获得感、幸福感、安全感。

An inevitable requirement for coordinating development and security and preventing and defusing various risks. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “China’s development is in a period where strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist, and uncertainties and unpredictable factors increase. We must always be prepared to withstand major tests of high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms.” Security is the prerequisite for development, and the grassroots are the first line of defense and the forefront of risk prevention and control. Various risks at the grassroots level, such as conflicts and disputes, public security, social governance, and online public opinion, are intertwined and superimposed. Grassroots risks exhibit characteristics of concealment, multiplicity, correlation, and transmission. Small hidden dangers can easily evolve into major problems, and local problems can easily spread into systemic risks. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen Party building to lead grassroots governance, build a grassroots risk prevention and control system under the unified leadership of Party organizations and the coordinated linkage of various forces, resolve conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level, and create harmony and stability at the grassroots level.

统筹发展和安全、防范化解各类风险的必然要求。习近平总书记强调：“我国发展正处于战略机遇和风险挑战并存、不确定难预料因素增多的时期，需要时刻准备经受风高浪急甚至惊涛骇浪的重大考验。”安全是发展的前提，基层是风险防控的第一道防线、最前沿阵地。基层矛盾纠纷、公共安全、社会治理、网络舆情等各类风险交织叠加，基层风险呈现隐蔽性、多发性、关联性、传导性特征，小隐患容易演变为大问题、局部问题容易扩散为系统性风险。因此，必须强化党建引领基层治理，构建党组织统一领导、各方力量协同联动的基层风险防控体系，把矛盾纠纷化解在基层、将和谐稳定创建在基层。

2. Further Strengthen Party Building Leadership and Enhance Grassroots Governance Effectiveness

2.进一步加强党建引领，提升基层治理效能

On the new journey, to promote Party building leading grassroots governance, we must always take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental guide, firmly grasp the political, people-centered, reform-oriented, and systematic requirements of Party building leading grassroots governance, adhere to improving the system of the Party’s overall leadership over grassroots governance, adhere to reform and innovation, adhere to serving the masses and benefiting the masses, and prevent and defuse various risks. We must continuously transform the Party’s organizational advantages into grassroots governance effectiveness, and promote high-quality development and high-level security through high-efficiency governance.

新征程，推进以党建引领基层治理，必须始终以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为根本遵循，牢牢把握党建引领基层治理的政治性、人民性、改革性、系统性要求，坚持完善党全面领导基层治理制度、坚持改革创新、坚持服务群众和造福群众、防范化解各类风险，不断把党的组织优势转化为基层治理效能，以高效能治理促进高质量发展和高水平安全。

Improve the system of the Party’s overall leadership over grassroots governance. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC clearly states, “Persist in the clear orientation of focusing on grassroots” and “Build grassroots Party organizations into strong fighting fortresses that effectively realize the Party’s leadership.” To strengthen the construction of grassroots Party organizations, it is necessary to perfect the Party’s leadership system in grassroots governance. First, with the focus on enhancing organizational capacity, improve the relevant systems for upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership in grassroots governance; all important matters and major issues involving grassroots governance must be studied and discussed by Party organizations before decisions are made according to procedures. Innovate the forms of Party organization establishment and activities, and continuously expand the Party’s organizational coverage and work coverage. Promote the extension of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots, strengthen daily supervision, and continuously rectify unhealthy tendencies and corruption issues around the masses. Second, improve the system of social participation led by Party building. Adhere to Party building leading the construction of mass organizations, coordinate the allocation of resources between grassroots Party organizations and mass organizations, and vigorously support mass organizations in undertaking public service functions. Actively incubate and cultivate grassroots public welfare, service-oriented, and mutual-aid social organizations, and continuously standardize government procurement of services. Improve the mechanism of Party building coordination committees, build regionalized Party building platforms, promote joint construction and co-building between Party organizations of government organs, enterprises, and institutions and those of townships (subdistricts) and villages (communities), and organize Party members and cadres to go down to the grassroots to participate in grassroots governance, effectively serving the masses. Third, strengthen the construction of grassroots Party organization leadership teams. Actively promote village (community) Party organization secretaries to concurrently serve as village (resident) committee directors through legal procedures, and promote cross-appointment of members of the village (community) “two committees” [n1]. Improve the system for selecting and appointing rural grassroots cadres, establish and improve a talent pool for village (community) Party organization secretaries, and reserve and dispatch outstanding young cadres with correct conduct and strong ability to work in urban and rural communities with weak foundations. Systematically formulate training plans for grassroots cadres, rely on Party schools at all levels to establish a practical, effective, and grassroots-oriented regular training system, and strive to forge a high-quality professional grassroots cadre team that understands the grassroots, is good at governance, is willing to take responsibility, and cares about the masses, continuously improving governance effectiveness.

完善党全面领导基层治理制度。党的二十大报告明确指出，“坚持大抓基层的鲜明导向”“把基层党组织建设成为有效实现党的领导的坚强战斗堡垒”。加强党的基层组织建设，必须健全基层治理党的领导体制。一是以提升组织力为重点，健全在基层治理中坚持和加强党的全面领导的有关制度，涉及基层治理重要事项、重大问题都要由党组织研究讨论后按程序决定。创新党组织设置和活动方式，不断扩大党的组织覆盖和工作覆盖。推动全面从严治党向基层延伸，加强日常监督，持续整治群众身边的不正之风和腐败问题。二是完善党建引领的社会参与制度。坚持党建带群建，统筹基层党组织和群团组织资源配置，大力支持群团组织承担公共服务功能。积极孵化和培育基层公益性、服务性、互助性社会组织，不断规范政府购买服务。健全党建协调委员会机制，搭建区域化党建平台，推进机关企事业单位与乡镇（街道）、村（社区）党组织联建共建，组织党员、干部下沉参与基层治理，有效服务群众。三是加强基层党组织班子建设。积极推行村（社区）党组织书记通过法定程序担任村（居）民委员会主任、村（社区）“两委”班子成员交叉任职。完善农村基层干部选拔任用制度，建立健全村（社区）党组织书记后备人才库，储备和选派作风正、能力强的优秀年轻干部到工作基础薄弱的城乡社区工作。系统制定基层干部培训规划，依托各级党校，建立务实管用、贴合基层的常态化培训体系，着力锻造一支懂基层、善治理、肯担当、心系群众的高素质专业化基层干部队伍，不断提升治理效能。

Adhere to reform and innovation. Currently, there are still many problems in China’s grassroots

坚持改革创新。当前我国基层社会治理体系中仍然存在不少问题，必须通过进一步全面深化改革加以解决。其一，破除体制机制障碍，构建简约高效的基层管理体制。进一步深化基层机构改革，统筹党政机构设置、职能配置和编制资源，整合相近职能、归并重复事项、设置综合性内设机构。加强乡镇（街道）党（工）委对基层政权建设的领导，依法赋予乡镇（街道）综合管理权、统筹协调权和应急处置权，强化其对涉及本区域重大决策、重大规划、重大项目的参与权和建议权。整合现有执法力量和资源，依法赋予乡镇（街道）行政执法权。其二，进一步健全基层减负长效机制。严格落实《整治形式主义为基层减负若干规定》，严格按照各级政府职责权限，制定乡镇（街道）履行职责事项清单，完善清单外事项准入制度，切实破解基层治理“小马拉大车”的问题。推动数据共享，最大限度减少基层重复填报、多头报送负担。深入推进基层干部考核管理规范化，树立重实干、重实绩、重担当的鲜明导向。其三，健全基层党组织领导的基层群众自治机制，夯实基层民主制度基础。以《中华人民共和国村民委员会组织法》《中华人民共和国城市居民委员会组织法》为基本准则，立足城乡治理实际科学优化村（社区）规模及布局、持续推进村（居）民委员会标准化规范化建设。健全党组织领导下民主选举、民主协商、民主决策、民主管理、民主监督制度，系统推进自治、法治、德治“三治融合”的治理方式，引导群众依法自我管理、自我服务、自我教育、自我监督。

Persist in serving the masses and benefiting the masses. Serving the masses and benefiting the masses are the starting point and ultimate goal of grassroots governance. The Communist Party of China is a party that serves the people, and it must provide precise and meticulous services to the masses. First, strengthen investigation and research to accurately grasp the needs of the masses. Vigorously carry forward and promote the fine tradition of "going down to the grassroots level in four ways" [1]1 "Going down to the grassroots level in four ways" (四下基层) refers to a working method promoted in Fujian Province in the late 1980s, involving Party leaders going to the grassroots to publicize policies, conduct research, handle信访 (letters and visits), and solve problems on-site., encouraging Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, to take the lead in going deep into the grassroots and among the masses, regularly conducting field visits and蹲点调研 [2]2 蹲点调研 (dūn diǎn diào yán) refers to a research method where cadres stay at a specific grassroots location for an extended period to conduct in-depth investigation. to truly understand and clarify the situation at the grassroots level. Smooth the channels for expressing the demands of the masses, leverage the functions of public service platforms such as the citizen hotline, make good use of mechanisms like "immediate handling upon receipt of complaints" [3]3 "Immediate handling upon receipt of complaints" (接诉即办) is a mechanism, particularly in Beijing, where government departments must promptly respond to and resolve public complaints received through hotlines or online platforms., and rely on big data from demands to dynamically perceive the pain points of people's livelihoods and assess social trends. Second, enhance the capacity for serving urban and rural residents. Optimize the government service processes in townships (subdistricts), comprehensively promote one-window acceptance and one-stop processing, and facilitate the extension of public resources to the grassroots, to rural areas, and their inclination towards disadvantaged groups. Improve the care service system for left-behind children, left-behind women, and left-behind elderly in rural areas, and do a good job in serving urban "one old, one young" [4]4 "One old, one young" (一老一小) is a Chinese policy term referring to the elderly and young children, two groups requiring special social care services., the floating population, and new employment groups. Finally, respect the principal position of the masses. In grassroots governance, it is necessary to fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the broad masses, and maximize the stimulation of the masses' creative vitality. Improve the mechanism for evaluating governance effectiveness by the masses. "The era is the one who sets the exam questions, we are the ones who answer them, and the people are the ones who grade them." [5]5 This is a well-known quote from Xi Jinping, emphasizing the people's role as the ultimate judges of the Party's work. To test the effectiveness of all grassroots governance work, we must see whether the people have truly benefited and whether their rights and interests have been genuinely protected.

坚持服务群众、造福群众。服务群众、造福群众是基层治理的出发点和落脚点。中国共产党是为人民服务的党，要为群众提供精准化精细化服务。首先，强化调查研究，精准把握群众需求。大力传承弘扬“四下基层”优良作风，推动党员干部特别是领导干部带头深入基层、深入群众，常态化开展实地走访、蹲点调研，切实将基层情况摸清楚、搞明白。畅通群众诉求表达渠道，发挥市民热线等公共服务平台功能，用好“接诉即办”等机制，依托诉求大数据动态感知民生痛点、研判社会态势。其次，提升城乡为民服务能力。优化乡镇（街道）政务服务流程，全面推进一窗式受理、一站式办理，促进公共资源向基层延伸、向农村延伸，向困难群众倾斜。健全农村留守儿童、留守妇女、留守老人关爱服务体系，做好城市“一老一小”、流动人口、新就业群体等服务工作。最后，尊重人民群众主体地位。在基层治理中要充分调动广大人民群众的积极性、主动性、创造性，最大限度激发人民群众的创造活力。健全治理效果由人民群众评价机制。“时代是出卷人，我们是答卷人，人民是阅卷人。”检验基层治理一切工作的成效，要看人民是否真正得到了实惠，人民权益是否真正得到了保障。

Place the prevention and resolution of various risks in a prominent position. Preventing and resolving risks is a political responsibility that Party committees, governments, and leading cadres at all levels must fulfill. First, enhance the emergency management capacity of townships (subdistricts). Strengthen the territorial responsibility and corresponding authority of townships (subdistricts), and build a multi-participant social mobilization and response system. Do a good job in risk assessment, early warning, and response, establish a unified command emergency management team, strengthen the guarantee of emergency material reserves, and reinforce the support of personnel, finances, and materials for townships (subdistricts) under emergency conditions. Strengthen the construction of mechanisms for mass prevention and mass governance, and joint prevention and joint governance. Second, enhance the capacity for building peace and security in townships (subdistricts). Adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the New Era [6]6 The "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) originated in the 1960s in Fengqiao Town, Zhejiang Province, as a method of resolving conflicts at the grassroots level through mass participation and mediation, and has been continuously updated and promoted in the New Era., fully leverage the role of comprehensive governance centers in townships (subdistricts), improve the grassroots public security prevention and control system, and improve the one-stop, diversified resolution mechanism for grassroots conflicts and disputes, as well as the psychological counseling service mechanism. Third, strengthen empowerment through digital intelligence. Make full use of new technologies and big data to equip the grassroots with "clairvoyant eyes" and "all-hearing ears" [7]7 "Clairvoyant eyes" and "all-hearing ears" (千里眼、顺风耳) are metaphorical terms from Chinese mythology, here used to describe advanced technological monitoring and information-gathering capabilities., strengthen the assessment of the operational situation and characteristics of urban and rural grassroots, gain insight into risk development trends, improve the level of risk prediction, early warning, and prevention, enhance the targetedness and timeliness of risk governance, resolutely safeguard national political security, focus on preventing risks in key areas, and strive to improve the public safety system. Establish a framework for major safety and major emergencies, continuously improve the intelligent level of public safety work. Continuously improve the ability to scientifically foresee changes, promptly discern risks, and effectively respond to challenges, ensuring that the great ship of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation cleaves through the waves and sails steadily and far [8]8 "Cleaves through the waves and sails steadily and far" (劈波斩浪、行稳致远) is a common Chinese four-character idiom, used metaphorically to describe overcoming difficulties and achieving stable, long-term progress..

把防范化解各类风险摆在突出位置。防范化解风险是各级党委、政府和领导干部必须履行好的政治职责。一是增强乡镇（街道）应急管理能力。强化乡镇（街道）属地责任和相应职权，构建多方参与的社会动员响应体系。做好风险研判、预警、应对等工作，建立统一指挥的应急管理队伍，加强应急物资储备保障，强化应急状态下对乡镇（街道）的人、财、物支持。加强群防群治、联防联治机制建设。二是增强乡镇（街道）平安建设能力。坚持和发展新时代“枫桥经验”，充分发挥乡镇（街道）综治中心作用，完善基层社会治安防控体系，完善基层矛盾纠纷一站式、多元化解决机制和心理疏导服务机制。三是强化数智赋能。充分利用新技术和大数据，为基层装上“千里眼”“顺风耳”，加强对城乡基层运行形势和特点的研判，洞察风险发展趋势，提高风险预测预警预防水平，增强风险治理的针对性和时效性，坚决捍卫国家政治安全，着力防范重点领域风险，着力完善公共安全体系。建立大安全大应急框架，不断提高公共安全工作的智能化水平。不断提高科学预见变化、及时洞察风险、有效应对挑战的能力，确保中华复兴号巨轮劈波斩浪、行稳致远。

(Author: Tan Xiaoyan, is a researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and Director of the Teaching and Research Office for Social Governance and Community Development, Department of Sociology, Party School of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC [Beijing Administrative College].)

（作者：谈小燕，系北京市习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员、中共北京市委党校〔北京行政学院〕社会学教研部社会治理与社区发展教研室主任）