(Study Regulations·Experts' Talk) Zhang Haidong: Bringing together people from new social classes to promote social change and innovation
China News Service, Beijing, September 12 (Reporter Liu Dawei) At the end of 2020, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the revised "Regulations on the United Front Work of the Communist Party of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). Work" chapter.
In this regard, Zhang Haidong, a professor at the School of Sociology of Shanghai University and executive director of the Shanghai New Social Class Research Center, pointed out in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that the united front work of people from the new social class should be clarified in the "Regulations" for unity and cohesion. People from the new social class provided clear pointers.
The new social class in my country mainly includes management and technical personnel of private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises, employees of intermediary organizations and social organizations, freelancers, and new media practitioners.
The "Regulations" clarified the various requirements for the united front work of the new social class, emphasizing the idea of adhering to trust and respect, unity and guidance, organization, and functioning, using socialized and networked methods, and through practical innovation bases and friendships. Organizations and other forms, classify and focus on the implementation of policies, strengthen ideological guidance, gather political consensus, and give play to the important role of the new social class in the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
In this regard, Zhang Haidong said: "The reason why the new social class groups are highly concerned and valued is inseparable from the tremendous changes in the social structure of our country."
He analyzed that the rapid growth of the new social class benefited from the gradual establishment and improvement of my country's market economic system, and benefited from the rapid development of marketization, informatization, and globalization.
"The growth and expansion of the new social class has profoundly changed the social structure of our country." Zhang Haidong said that the original social structure of "two classes and one group (working class, peasant class and intellectual group)" is a more complex society. Structure replaced.
To improve the party's ability to govern, it is necessary to consolidate the class foundation, expand the mass foundation, actively coordinate and take into account the interests of all parties, and mobilize all positive factors in the widest and fullest range to promote the healthy development of the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The united front is an important magic weapon for the party to unite people, gather strength, strengthen the party's class foundation, expand the mass foundation, and consolidate the party's ruling position.
The united front work for people from the new social class is clearly defined in the "Regulations", which provides clear guidelines for uniting and cohesive people from the new social class.
Zhang Haidong said that, on the whole, the new social class has a complex structure, rapid development and changes, diverse ideological conditions and interest appeals, and has unique and distinctive group characteristics.
They have a high level of education, a large proportion of young people, strong personal market ability, high social mobility, are widely distributed in new economic and social organizations, have a high level of professional knowledge and technology or skills, and have a strong society Participation willingness and ability to participate, relatively high income and leading role in consumption and other fields, etc.
Zhang Haidong believes that the new social class are the beneficiaries of reform and opening up and the new force of the socialist market economy.
Compared with other social groups, the new social class plays a more prominent role in promoting social change and innovation, and is an important force for social change and innovation.
This is the unique and important social attribute that distinguishes the new social class from other groups.
Regarding "how to do a good job in the united front of the new social class", Zhang Haidong believes that five aspects of work need to be done:
First of all, we must "organize" people from the new social strata and do a good job of organization.
He said that in recent years, under the leadership and guidance of the United Front Work Department, associations of people of new social strata at all levels (referred to as "new associations" or "new tier associations") have been established one after another, and important progress has been made.
In order to make better use of the cohesive role of the new association, it is necessary to further clarify the organizational goals of the new social class, such as participating in the construction of a social governance community.
Second, we must do a good job in the united front work of the representatives of the new social strata and give play to their leading and leading role.
On this basis, we will do a good job of people from other new social classes, and form a broad alliance of new social classes in a true sense.
Zhang Haidong believes that the established new association should not only become a closed organization with existing members, but should "open the door to the meeting" and create a "centripetal gathering" platform with an open pattern.
On the one hand, each member of the new association has the obligation to contact more people from the new social class, to announce the party's policies on the united front work of the new social class, so that more people can understand and know the new association; On the one hand, the new association will gather more people from the new social class around the new association through activities such as education and guidance, liaison and networking, entrepreneurial services, gathering talents and wisdom, and counseling and advice.
Third, summarize and refine the successful experience and practices of the new social class in the united front work in the past few years, and generalize and promote them.
For example, some places have used networked methods to advance the united front work through digital forms, and achieved good results.
Fourth, strengthen ideological guidance, build political consensus, and go beyond the limitations of simply engaging in various networking activities.
Zhang Haidong said that networking activities are necessary, but networking is not the purpose of the united front work of the new social class in itself.
Finally, carry out theoretical research, empirical research and policy research on people from the new social class.
The emergence and development of people from a new social class is a new thing. At present, there is no thorough understanding and in-depth understanding of many situations in this class.
In order to do a good job in the united front work of the new social class and implement the unified decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee on united front work, the significance of carrying out new social class research will become more prominent. This will surely be an important topic of the times.
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