The implementation of the rural (community) "legal literacy" training project is one of the four special projects of the national "Eighth Five-Year Plan" for law popularization. In November 2021, the Ministry of Justice, together with the Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other departments, issued the "Norms for the Training of Rural "People Who Understand the Law" (Trial)" to provide talent guarantees for the construction of rule of law villages.
Over the past two years, what role has "people who understand the law" played in the construction of rule of law villages?What needs to be improved in the future?The reporter interviewed about this.
Editor. It is closely related to thousands of families, protecting citizens, you, me and him. Learn to use the Civil Code well, and the rule of law is full of ...... everywhereIn the small courtyard of a farmhouse in Wugu Village, Huating Town, Susong County, Anhui Province, Wang Yongsong, a "person who understands the law," sang vividly and interestingly in a big drum book for law popularization, and the villagers sat on the bench and listened with great interest.
Wang Yongsong integrated the content of the rule of law into traditional opera, and created a number of popular law drum books to publicize the Constitution and the Civil Code, so that legal knowledge can go to the masses and the hearts of the people in entertaining and educational.
"People who understand the law" carry out work such as rule of law publicity and conflict and dispute mediation in response to common problems in rural areas, and are social conditions and public opinion informants, policy and legal propagandists, contradiction and dispute resolution personnel, and rule of law practice guides around the masses. In recent years, "people who understand the law" have played an increasingly important role in educating and guiding the masses to do things according to the law, to find the law when encountering problems, to solve problems and to use the law, and to resolve contradictions and rely on the law.
More than 3.94 million "people who understand the law" have been cultivated across the country
The young couple quarreled and gambled and divorced, who to persuade them?If there is a conflict with a neighbor over the division of land, who will mediate?In the Jinniu Street community of Shiniu Town, Zitong County, Sichuan Province, when the masses encounter these disputes, they will always think of looking for Lao Liu.
Lao Liu's name is Liu Yixue, who is a "person who understands the law" in the community and the secretary of the general party branch of the Jinniu Street community. Liu Yixue gave full play to the advantages of being familiar with people, places, and things, took the initiative to collect social conditions and public opinions, categorized and determined ways to resolve contradictions, guided residents to rationally express their interests, and resolved many disputes on the spot in a timely manner.
"People who understand the law" not only promote the resolution of conflicts and disputes, but also actively make suggestions and suggestions on village-level matters, and improve the level of rule of law in grassroots governance. In Tongren City, Guizhou Province, the local government has guided "people who understand the law" to supervise village-level affairs and promote openness and transparency in village-level affairs. Nowadays, more and more "people who understand the law" are elected as representatives of villagers' representative meetings, members of villagers' councils, and personnel of village affairs supervision bodies, and participate in the management of village affairs in accordance with the law.
As of the end of September 2023, more than 3.94 million "people who understand the law" have been cultivated across the country, basically realizing the full coverage of "people who understand the law" in every administrative village. "The 'people who understand the law' in all localities have led the masses to participate in the practice of the rule of law, promoted the rule of law to take root in the countryside, and laid a solid foundation for comprehensive law-based governance. Yang Jinyu, deputy director of the Ministry of Justice's Bureau of Law Popularization and Legal Governance, said.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have achieved full coverage of demonstration training
Sun Yue, born in 95, is a member of the two committees of Huojiaying Community, Huoying Street, Changping District, Beijing. In 2021, Changping District implemented the "People Who Understand the Law" training project, and she became a "Person Who Understands the Law". Since then, she has also continued to improve her legal literacy through self-study and training.
Now, whether it is a marital conflict or an inheritance dispute, the residents of this village can hear Sun Yue's analysis of the problem from a legal perspective.
When the majority of peasants encounter disputes, they will give priority to village cadres. Cultivating members of village (community) committees and committees into 'people who understand the law' can effectively resolve conflicts and disputes in rural areas in accordance with the law. Zhang Shengxi, a researcher of the Legal Governance Division of the Bureau of Law Popularization and Legal Governance of the Ministry of Justice, introduced.
In recent years, the Ministry of Justice and the National Legal Popularization Office have carried out demonstration training for "people who understand the law" across the country, and have now achieved full coverage of demonstration training for 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, so that the secretaries of village party organizations who have participated in the training can lead the majority of "people who understand the law" to play a better role in resolving conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level and promoting governance according to law at the grassroots level. At the same time, online training will be strengthened to expand the coverage and influence of training. At present, eight provinces, including Inner Mongolia, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Qinghai, have established provincial-level "legal literacy" online schools.
All localities are also actively exploring the introduction of professional forces to further enhance the ability and level of "people who understand the law" to participate in the practice of the rule of law. Sichuan Province explores the "1+3+N" cultivation method, realizes one village (resident) legal adviser, and conducts regular training for three "legal understanders" in combination with local conditions, so as to achieve the goal of serving N groups;Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, has established and improved a linkage mechanism for village (resident) legal counsel and "people who understand the law", with full-time lawyers "passing on and helping" to continuously enrich the knowledge reserve and practical experience of laws and regulations for "people who understand the law".
To adhere to and implement the party's mass line and improve the level of rule of law in the prevention and resolution of contradictions and disputes, it is necessary to give full play to the local advantages of 'people who understand the law' and the professional advantages of lawyers. Zhang Shengxi said.
By 2027, more than 50% of the members of the two village committees will be "legally sensible".
On the whole, the training of 'people who understand the law' has achieved remarkable results, but the development is still unbalanced, and there are some problems that need to be solved urgently. Yang Jinyu introduced, for example, in some places, there is a lack of effective incentive mechanisms for the training of "people who understand the law", and in some places, the integration of "people who understand the law" and other grassroots legal resources such as village (resident) legal advisers and people's mediators needs to be strengthened.
In recent years, the Ministry of Justice and the National Legal Popularization Office have made great efforts to promote more rule of law forces to guide and guide them, and many localities have strengthened policies, systems, and mechanisms for the work of "people who understand the law".
Jiangxi Province has set up a "person who understands the law" rule of law practice station in each township and township, and set up a "person who understands the law" service post in each administrative village, providing a venue guarantee for "people who understand the law" to participate in the practice of the rule of law. For "people who understand the law" who participate in the resolution of conflicts and disputes, Yunnan and other places have implemented "award-based awards" and "case-based compensation", and explored the establishment of a working mechanism for star rating and point management of "people who understand the law".
Our goal is that by 2027, the total number of 'people who understand the law' in the country will reach about 5 million, and basically every administrative village will have at least five 'people who understand the law', and the proportion of 'people who understand the law' among the members of the two village committees will be higher than 50%. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Justice said that the next step is to further expand the field in which "people who understand the law" play a role, encourage and support all localities to promote the expansion of "people who understand the law" to communities and industrial parks in accordance with local conditions, explore the cultivation of "people who understand the law" in community cadres and enterprise legal personnel, and explore the expansion and extension of "people who understand the law" to the new employment form of labor, expand the coverage of the training of "people who understand the law", and make it more convenient for the people to obtain legal services.
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