China expected to strengthen surveillance system at grassroots administrative level
The official Xinhua News Agency reported on the 7th that Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged the further development of the ‘Fengqiao Model’, a new method of security management that originated in Fengqiao Town, Jiji City in the early 1960s.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on the morning of the 6th, President Xi met with representatives of institutions and organizations that applied the ‘Fengqiao model’ to promote community-level governance at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
President Xi extended his sincere greetings and warm congratulations to them, and expressed his hope that they will further develop the “Fengqiao Model” to promote community-level governance in the new era and advance the Peaceful China Initiative to a higher level. urged.
Those present included Cai Chi, standing member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee and director of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Li Si, standing member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee and secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission; Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee and secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the Central Secretariat; Wang Xiaohong, Minister of Public Security; Secretary-General Wu Zhengrong of the State Council and others attended.
On this day, President Xi and others received warm applause upon entering the east wing of the Great Hall of the People, and President Xi waved at the delegates, had a friendly conversation, and took a group photo, the news agency reported.
Previously, on September 20, President Xi visited the Fengqiao Experience Exhibition Hall while inspecting Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, to reflect on the birth and development process of the Fengqiao Experience and to explore the innovation and development status of the Fengqiao Experience in the new era.
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party in 2012, President Xi issued a series of important instructions to apply and further develop the “Fengqiao Model” in the new era.
Accordingly, local governments are creating a safe and stable social environment for China’s modernization progress by implementing President Xi’s important instructions and working closely with the people to find new governance methods for the local community. At the same time, the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Committee The news agency reported that 104 institutions and organizations nationwide that applied the model were selected.
The Fengqiao Experience (楓橋經驗) refers to a new way of public security management that arose in Fengqiao Town, Jiji City in the early 1960s.
Normally, security management is handled by public security police agencies such as the Public Security Bureau and police stations, but in Fengqiao Town, ordinary residents were mobilized as a revolutionary crowd and worked in connection with public security to maintain order against impure forces such as reactionaries in the district. Mao Zedong, who received this report, attached great significance to it, making it an exemplary example of problem solving within the Chinese Communist Party.
Given President Xi’s emphasis on the Fengqiao experience, a mutual surveillance system based on residents’ self-monitoring and informing, some interpret that China is strengthening its surveillance system at the grassroots administrative level.
Some say that Chairman Xi is trying to use Mao’s strong charisma to consolidate his shaky authority by touting the ‘Fengqiao experience’ emphasized by Mao Zedong, citing the fact that Mao Zedong’s influence is still strong not only among the high-ranking members of the party but also among the general public. There is also an analysis.
Source: Donga
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