Fight the initiative to maintain stability under the new situation —— Deeply study the important exposition of the Supreme Leader on maintaining the overall social stability.
Social stability, national prosperity and people’s security are not only the ardent expectations of the broad masses of the people, but also the important goals of our party in governing the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the top leaders have attached great importance to national security and social stability, made a series of important expositions and instructions, and put forward new guiding ideology and objectives and tasks for safeguarding national security and social stability under the new situation. At present, faced with all kinds of risks to national security brought by profound changes at home and abroad, and all kinds of factors affecting social stability in the face of increasing downward pressure on the economy, we must enhance our sense of urgency and responsibility, understand the situation clearly, grasp the law, strengthen prevention and control at the source, handle the important relationship between national security and social stability, and constantly improve our ability to maintain national security and social stability.
The relationship between reform, development and stability
Realizing the organic unity of reform, development and stability is an important guiding principle for China’s socialist modernization. Stability is the premise of reform and development. Only with social stability can reform and development continue to advance. Only with the continuous progress of reform and development can social stability have a solid foundation. Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that the strength of reform, the speed of development and the social affordability should be unified, and reform and development should be promoted while maintaining social stability, and social stability should be promoted through reform and development. This important exposition provides us with a basic basis for understanding and handling the relationship between reform, development and stability.
At present, China’s overall social situation is generally stable, but there are still many problems and contradictions that affect stability, and they have obvious stage characteristics. For example, some problems left over from history have not been effectively solved, and the downward pressure on the economy has brought new contradictions and disputes, with old and new contradictions intertwined and various risks increasing; The comprehensive deepening of reform has brought about the adjustment of social relations and interest pattern, and some new situations and new problems will inevitably appear in the process of new urbanization and agricultural modernization, which may become the source of some groups gathering to petition; Online and offline are intertwined. Based on the same interests, some groups regard the Internet as the main channel of series connection, and there is a trend of online series connection and offline action. Internal and external factors are intertwined, and the potential harm is increasing. In particular, some western countries, led by the United States, have never forgotten the ideological infiltration and intervened in the speculation of sensitive cases, posing a threat to the overall stability of our society; Wait a minute.
These complex contradictions and problems under the new situation require us to actively respond and properly solve them. Fundamentally speaking, to handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, we must adhere to the party’s basic line in the primary stage of socialism and firmly hold the lifeline of the party and the country and the happiness line of the people; Coordinate and promote the overall layout of "five in one" and the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, implement new development concepts, and promote healthy and coordinated economic and social development. In the process of development, we should actively and steadily promote reforms in all aspects, solve institutional and institutional obstacles that restrict economic and social development, and solve deep-seated problems that affect social harmony and stability. We should be soberly aware that many of the social contradictions we are facing under the new situation are contradictions among the people. We should sum up historical experience, adhere to the rule of law thinking and problem-oriented, and explore new and effective methods and means to properly handle these contradictions. At the same time, we should be highly vigilant against the attempts of western hostile forces to westernize and divide us, and we must never be careless.
The relationship between internal stability and external security
Comrade Supreme Leader stressed that to implement the overall concept of national security, we must attach importance to both external security and internal security, and seek development, change, stability and building a peaceful China internally, and seek peace, cooperation, win-win and a harmonious world externally. This requires us to grasp the international and domestic overall situation, not only to resolutely safeguard the core interests related to the stability of the national political system and the overall social situation, but also to strive for a peaceful and harmonious international environment, especially to prevent the backward flow effect of international factors and the spillover effect of domestic factors.
Preventing overseas risks leads to domestic risks. In recent years, China’s interaction with the world has continued to deepen, and some disputes have been caused by territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, which have brought risks and challenges to national security and social stability. In the process of dealing with territorial disputes, in order to prevent foreign factors from spreading to China to stimulate domestic people’s emotions and then trigger large-scale protests, we should adhere to the combination of safeguarding national territorial sovereignty, overall diplomatic situation and social stability, properly handle the relationship between protecting people’s patriotic enthusiasm and maintaining overall social stability, base on early detection, early control and early disposal, comprehensively strengthen various measures to maintain stability, and firmly grasp the initiative in work.
Prevent internal problems from turning into external problems. All kinds of sensitive cases involving stability in China should be dealt with quickly and steadily according to law, and hostile forces at home and abroad should be strictly prevented from intervening in speculation. At the same time, they should take the initiative to speak out and actively guide, strengthen the verification and disposal of negative and harmful information on the Internet, and seize the dominant position of public opinion. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of China’s comprehensive national strength, China has undertaken more and more diplomatic activities at home. This kind of activity is a stage to show China’s international image. If there are even minor problems in maintaining stability and security, it will seriously affect China’s international image. The G-20 Summit in Hangzhou in 2016 is a major home diplomatic activity with high specifications, large scale and far-reaching influence held in China. The strict and steady work of maintaining stability and security not only effectively ensured the smooth holding of the summit, but also fully demonstrated China style, China spirit and China’s strength.
The relationship between maintaining stability and safeguarding rights
Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that maintaining overall social stability is the basic task of political and legal work, and the relationship between maintaining stability and safeguarding rights should be properly handled. This important exposition profoundly clarifies that safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people is the fundamental purpose of maintaining stability, and highlights the profound feelings for the people. Only by safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people, so that the people sincerely feel that they have been treated fairly and their rights and interests have been strongly guaranteed, can the overall stability of society be fundamentally supported and solidly supported.
Solve the reasonable and legitimate interests of the masses. At present, all kinds of mass rights protection incidents can’t stop at the palliative level. We should only take measures to maintain stability in view of the unstable events themselves. Instead, we should take the adjustment and handling of interest relations as the fundamental solution to maintain stability and focus on solving outstanding contradictions and problems that affect social fairness, harmony and stability. The legitimate and reasonable interests of the masses should be brought into the overall situation of local economic and social development for overall consideration and settlement, and it should not be delayed for a long time; If the appeal is reasonable but lacks policy basis, we should adjust and improve relevant policies on the basis of investigation and study, and gradually solve them; For those unreasonable interests, we can’t push them off to prevent the intensification of group contradictions.
Strengthen the authoritative position of law in resolving contradictions. Fairness and justice are the lifeline of political and legal work, and justice is the last line of defense to safeguard fairness and justice. It is necessary to focus on solving outstanding problems that harm the rights and interests of the masses, and never allow the masses to turn a blind eye to their calls for help, never allow ordinary people to afford lawsuits, never allow abuse of power to infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, and never allow law enforcement to cause unjust, false and misjudged cases. Improve the system that plays an important role in safeguarding the vital interests of the masses, adhere to systematic governance, legal governance, comprehensive governance, and source governance, and strengthen system construction on the basis of constantly studying new situations, so that various problems can be solved within the framework of the system.
The relationship between order and vitality
Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that in order to handle the relationship between vitality and order, social development needs to be full of vitality, but this kind of vitality must be active in an orderly manner, and stagnant water is not good, and undercurrents are not good. This important exposition tells us that stability is not static, but dynamic and full of vitality. Maintaining stability is by no means a simple management and control, but should reflect the combination of rigidity and softness, leniency and strictness, and equal emphasis on management and service. Only in this way can we maximize the factors of harmony, minimize the factors of disharmony, and maximize social vitality.
Guard against hidden dangers in the development of new formats. The wide application of information technology represented by "internet plus" in various industries and fields has spawned a large number of new formats, such as online car rental and peer-to-peer lending. These new formats are complementary to traditional formats, facilitating the masses, promoting industrial upgrading and stimulating economic vitality. At the same time, because the new format is a new thing, some problems and hidden dangers will inevitably arise in the development process, especially in the early stage of development, which will be transmitted to the social field and form new risks. It is necessary to correctly understand the new format, break down institutional and institutional obstacles through reform and innovation, strengthen supervision, prevent and resolve unstable factors, and create a good environment for the development of new formats while maintaining social stability and market order.
Be safe and energetic in all kinds of major activities. Major events, especially those at the national level, have high specifications and great influence, and the whole society is very concerned. Ensuring safety is the first and fundamental. Past practice shows that whenever we have a big event or a happy event, it is often the "opportunity" for hostile forces at home and abroad to deliberately harass and destroy, and some people in China to create influence and put pressure on the party and the government, and the work of maintaining stability and security cannot be neglected. The more in this case, the more we should fully consider the acceptance and adaptability of the masses, correctly handle the relationship between maintaining stability and security and serving people’s livelihood, adhere to rational, peaceful, civilized and standardized law enforcement duties, minimize the inconvenience caused to people’s transportation, travel, production and life, try our best not to disturb the people, and strive to achieve an organic unity of political, social and safety effects.
Relationship between source resolution and terminal disposal
Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that to maintain national security, we must do a good job in maintaining social harmony and stability, do a good job in preventing and resolving social contradictions, and actively promote the prevention and resolution of social contradictions from systems, mechanisms, policies and work. This important exposition points out the direction for us to adhere to the combination of temporary solution and permanent solution in maintaining stability and to prevent risks and problems from the source.
Update the concept of maintaining stability. The first is the concept of "preventing disease". Dealing with an unstable event, even if it is handled well, can’t make up for the impact and loss it has caused, and the price paid is much more than prevention. Only by concentrating more energy, manpower, material resources and financial resources on source control and prevention in advance can the hidden dangers of instability be truly eliminated in the bud. The second is the concept of normalization. Maintaining stability is not important until the situation is severe, sensitive and problems occur. We must adhere to the normalization of work, work hard in peacetime, and make sure that problems are clear to the chest and hidden dangers are prevented before they happen. It is necessary to make full use of the Internet, big data and other scientific and technological means to promote the informationization, accuracy and normalization of prediction, prevention and early warning. The third is the concept of "one chess game". In the information society, the conductivity of problems and the mobility of people are greatly enhanced. Stability in one place and part is not really stable, nor can it be stable. Only by planning the stability work with the thinking of "a game of chess" and "a picture" can we achieve overall and overall stability.
Implement the main responsibility. Party committees and governments at all levels should pay attention to politics, the overall situation and party spirit, and earnestly shoulder the main responsibility of maintaining stability on one side and ensuring peace on the other. We should take the initiative to prevent and control the risks that may occur within our own responsibilities, and we should not shift the responsibility for risk prevention to the top and leave it to the back, let alone create risks irresponsibly in our work. In accordance with the requirements of promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, efforts should be made to improve various systems for maintaining stability and continuously improve the ability to maintain stability. Before making major decisions, introducing important policies, implementing major projects and holding major activities, social stability risk assessment should be carried out, and efforts should be made to prevent and resolve social contradictions from the source and promote social harmony and stability.
(The author is Ma Yusheng, deputy director of the Central Stability Office)