Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, went on an inspection tour Friday morning to the provincial center for letters and visits to learn about the handling of complaints from the people.
Lou learned about the procedures for the reception, handling and feedback-giving.
He talked with the people who were filling out their forms to lodge their petitions or complaints concerning the protection of their rights and interests.
The CPC Provincial Chief demanded that competent departments should be good at discovering common problems and potential problems that infringe on the interests of the masses from the letters and visits, and promptly issue risk warnings to the departments concerned. He also reminded petitioners to increase their awareness of legal awareness and risk prevention, and beware of the temptation of high-yield investment.
He stressed that it is necessary to implement the people-centered development thinking in practical work, help the masses solve various outstanding problems encountered, strengthen the authority of the law, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people for the promotion of social harmony and stability.
Lou asked leading cadres at all levels to go to the grassroots communities regularly to listen to the voices of the people, communicate with grassroots people, help solve the problems filed by the petitioners, be good at discovering potential issues so as to enhance the far-sightedness of the petition system and let the people feel calm and comfortable in the new journey for building a new Jiangsu.
The petition is also called “Xinfang” or “letters and visits.” It is one of the most important ways for the Chinese government to settle social conflict and to keep society stable. The petition system is a mechanism with distinct Chinese characteristics and has developed gradually alongside economic and social development in China.
To regulate the activities and the procedure of the petition, the Chinese State Council promulgated “Regulations on Letters and Visits of the P.R.C.” in 1995 and in 2005.
The regulations urged officials to fully adhere to the new rules, especially by creating a smoother channel to receive complaints, giving timely responses, introducing new methods to handle complaints and pushing the administrations to solve the problems.
The revised regulations on petitions urge to strengthen the protection of petitioners' rights.
The country has since then used the new regulations as a chance to solve problems in petition work and better handle complaints from the people.
A widespread drive has been launched to publicize the new regulation, not only among officials with petition departments but also the public.
(Source: ourjiangsu.com)
