Linhai’s Grassroots Deliberative Democracy

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促进临海市委推动基层协商议事制度建设的直接动因在于,基层干部经常遇见这样的困惑和感慨:“为什么我们的一些决策是为了老百姓好,但是他们却并不理解?”让本来为了老百姓好的政府单位,往往被民众一再误解,造成项目难推进,工作难进展。经过分析,他们认为决策不透明、宣传不到位、协商不民主、执行不规范是四大因素,并且认为协商民主是削除民众误解、推进政府政策的好机制。在此背景下,临海市委积极探索建立党组织主导的基层协商机制,把协商民主引入基层的社会治理之中。

The Longbiao Group’s Deliberative Conversations (Zeguo Township, China)

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The Longbiao Group’s deliberative conversations were part of a broader series of democratic conversations in Zeguo township. The group's conversations provided an opportunity for education and training, a first step in developing an improved relationship between management and workers.

Deliberative Poll on the Role of Married Women (Guangming Village, China)

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The Guangming Village local government set up a platform for public deliberation on the role of married-out women. Although the deliberative forum is held under an authoritarian system, this case demonstrates how the government’s public policy making can be the result of the contestation of many interest groups.

The CPPCC biweekly Consultation Forum in China

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双周协商座谈会是人民政协协商民主近年来最重要的一项制度创新。作为一项制度创新,双周协商座谈会实现了从政党协商到政协协商、从统战平台到参政议政平台、从非制度化到制度化的转变,经过两年多的运作和总结,已经形成了一套比较规范的做法。作为咨询型协商,双周协商座谈会具有中立性和权威性的特点,可以将政党、政府、学界和社会各界的力量调动起来,提出建设性的政策建议,并对公共政策产生了良好的影响,有效实现了协商与决策的对接。