"Cutting investigation", "slacking investigation" and "submitting investigation" … Be wary of "coping investigation"
Investigation and study are the basis of seeking something and the way to accomplish it. Since the beginning of this year, all localities and departments have thoroughly implemented the requirements of the central authorities, continued to be pragmatic, practical and effective in deepening investigation and research, and vigorously promoted investigation and research to solve problems.
A reporter’s recent visit for half a month found that a few localities and departments deviated from the original intention of research, conducted research for the sake of research, simply dealt with it, and did not pay attention to the actual results of research. Some left the task of writing reports to the respondents, some focused on "soft persimmons" in question selection, and some just asked for "handing in papers" to complete the task. Experts believe that these "coping investigations" are not aimed at finding real problems and really solving them, and they are ineffective in promoting practical work and need to be rectified urgently.
"hands-on investigation": people leave the report but stay.
Wang Jun (pseudonym), a cadre of a city directly under the central government, has been very upset recently. He told reporters who talked for half a month with his fingers broken. In just 20 working days in June, they received 27 field investigations by their counterparts at higher levels. Some of them visited five points in one day, and the time spent on the road was longer than the investigation time. "I rushed to the field and didn’t have time to talk. When I left, I only asked for materials, and some even left us with the task of writing research reports."
"Achievements, experiences, problems and suggestions must be available, and there must be no shortage of vivid cases of seeing people and seeing things." A township cadre in a certain place told a reporter who talked for half a month that in the past month, they have received more than a dozen tasks of investigating and researching materials, all of which are very detailed, and some directly request to provide research reports.
Sometimes the materials are not finished. A grassroots cadre said: "Sometimes it needs to be checked at multiple levels, and the higher authorities can’t afford to offend. We can only modify it according to the requirements, but most township cadres’ writing level is not high, and it is simply beyond their power to write new materials."
Some grassroots cadres admit that they are more afraid of "people coming" than material circulation. The cadre told reporters who talked for half a month that if "people come", they not only need to prepare introduction materials in advance, but also need to "rehearse" in advance according to the itinerary, and they need to be carefully prepared from cleaning to site layout. "There was a time when a leader investigated the practice of civilization in the new era in the village under his jurisdiction. Originally, all the work was quite good, but because he mistakenly wrote the practice station as a practice station, he left a bad impression on the leader. I can’t remember the right one, and I can’t forget the wrong one, which is equivalent to the previous work being busy. "
"The key is to be accompanied by layers." A primary school principal told a reporter who talked for half a month that once a deputy district head who was not in charge of education came to the school for investigation, he became angry because the director of education did not accompany him. Now the higher authorities come to investigate, not only the school leaders, but also the main leaders and leaders in charge of the Education Bureau.
"lazy investigation": specializing in old problems and not touching new contradictions
Half a month’s interview with reporters found that some people were "lazy" in the choice of research content and subject matter.
On the one hand, some people investigate and specialize in pinching "rotten persimmons" without touching the real contradiction. A cadre of forestry system told a reporter who talked for half a month that many research outlines are the same, and the problems have no individuality. Most of the research conclusions focus on common-sense problems, but involve problems that some research departments can directly solve, such as "insufficient afforestation space and too many planned indicators", which are often avoided.
Some financial cadres also feel the same way. For the common sense problems in the industry such as the performance of financial funds and the reform of zero-based budget, the higher-level research departments often mention that the problems that the grassroots expect to solve, such as debt situation and financial "three guarantees" funds, are rarely involved.
On the other hand, some cadres imitate their superiors in their research on "topic selection" and dare not "start a new stove". A certain bureau in the north has 11 departments and less than 20 establishments, but it corresponds to 3 departments and more than 40 offices in the province. The director said that if we don’t arrange it for the next two days, there will be 50 or 60 documents at all levels.
"In fact, some surveys are all old problems, and the situation is clear. Research is a’ supplementary procedure’, which is convenient for submitting manuscripts, paying accounts and handing in jobs." The director said that regarding the research topic, the superior leaders investigated what, and he also conducted "research on the same topic", afraid to start a new stove again, otherwise it would be "bullying" the material staff.
In view of this kind of research that focuses on old problems without touching new contradictions, some places have built "classic research routes" and "bonsai research sites" like tourist routes. No matter what research topics, they all go to the same route, interview the same group of people and listen to the same set of rhetoric.
A person in charge of a typical grass-roots window unit in China told reporters who talked for half a month that they had to receive several surveys every week in the near future, so they had to prepare a set of "universal materials" for "professional explanation".
"submission survey": quantity is not quality.
A number of grassroots cadres told reporters who talked for half a month that the investigation and research mainly gave the above "papers" and rarely gave feedback to the grassroots. A cadre of a municipal unit told reporters that the higher authorities were willing to reflect the problems before they came to investigate, but there was no feedback and no splash when they mentioned more, and even whoever raised the problems would solve them, which would only cause trouble. "If you say too much, you won’t say it. If you ask about the situation, you will just sayno."
In addition to the confusion at the grassroots level, many researchers are also confused. Many leading cadres interviewed by reporters for half a month admitted that the end point of their investigation was to "hand in the report and complete the task". A cadre said that each office undertakes the research task, and besides the leaders, it also has its own. After the summary of the research reports of various departments, it will be a very large number, and there is indeed doubt about how much these reports can play.
Interviewed experts such as Guang Xu Jian, a professor at the School of Public Administration of Renmin University of China, and Yin Limin, dean of the School of Public Policy and Management of Nanchang University, said that the bad research tendency in practical work is not for solving problems, but for research, which is putting the cart before the horse and seriously violates the original intention of research. Some cadres are unwilling to do in-depth and detailed investigation and study, and are unwilling to do elaborate basic work. In essence, they are still formalism and bureaucracy that are divorced from the masses and reality.
Investigation and research are tools, means and methods, the core of which is to find and solve problems, and the final result depends on whether the problems are solved well or not. Experts said that in order to promote the investigation and research, we must really go deep into the grassroots and the masses, find the right solution to the problem, and use the research results to concentrate on solving a number of outstanding problems that need development, are urgent for reform, are expected by the grassroots and are expected by the people.
Source: Talk about WeChat WeChat official account in half a month
Reporter: Yan Guozheng, Hu Jinwu, Sun Liangquan, Yao Ziyun
(Source: Half-monthly talk)
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