People's Daily, Beijing, August 21st, after unremitting efforts for seven years, made breakthroughs in the reform of our country's township institutions. Up to now, there have been 33,524 towns and villages that have carried out reforms in various regions, accounting for 97.7% of the total number of townships in the country.

In January 2009, the China Affairs Office and the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Township Institutions" and formally pushed the current round of township and township institutional reforms on a five-year pilot basis. According to the centralized deployment of the Central Government, the task of reform should be basically completed in 2012. The current reform process has progressed smoothly and remarkable results have been achieved.

As one of the supporting reforms in rural tax and fee reform, this round of township and township institutional reforms began in 2004, and pilot projects were first implemented in parts of Anhui, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Hubei. With the continuous deepening of comprehensive rural reforms, the central government has proposed new strategic plans such as strengthening the construction of a new socialist countryside and accelerating the integration of urban and rural economic and social development. The content of reforms in township and township institutions has continued to deepen, and the scope of pilot projects has gradually expanded to the whole country. During this period, the central government has held three trial symposiums to analyze the situation, study problems, and promote work. In January 2009, the Central Government decided that reforms should be transferred from pilots to full-scale promotion. In October 2010, the central government held a video teleconference on the country's reform of township and township institutions to further promote the further deployment of township and town organization reforms.

Compared with the previous reforms of township institutions since the reform and opening up, this reform has distinctly different backgrounds and characteristics.

First of all, this time the reform of township institutions followed the third major rural reforms after the founding of New China. It was a major adjustment to rural superstructure and played an important role in the implementation of the "three rural" strategy in the new era. The person-in-charge of the Central Organization Commission stated that the reform bears an arduous historical mission, touches upon a series of complex institutional and institutional issues, and the central prudent decision-making has been steadily progressing throughout the country. The reform work has lasted for seven years and is rare in institutional reforms.

Secondly, the reform of the township and township institutions was carried out under the background of deepening the reform of the administrative management system. The thinking was clear and the objectives were clear. The reform policies were in line with the reality of each place and were in line with the basic principles for the reform of the administrative management system determined by the Second Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In the reform of township and township organizations, local governments have made great efforts to transform government functions, lean personnel development, and made bold explorations of the organizational structure and operation methods of grass-roots political power, and accumulated a wealth of experience. This is a successful practice of reform of local government agencies in China.

More importantly, this time the reform of the township and township institutions has strengthened the use of farm services as the starting point and point of departure for reforms, which has promoted the smooth transition of the township government and enabled the peasants to share the reform results. This is a benefit for the administrative reform to adhere to the people-centered principle and meet the needs of the people. Try.