"Four grassroots" is "propaganda of the party's line, principles, policies at the grassroots level, investigation and research at the grassroots level, letters and visits reception at the grassroots level, on-site office at the grassroots level", is the work system personally advocated and vigorously promoted by Comrade *** when he worked in Ningde, Fujian, and is the concrete embodiment of the Marxist world outlook and formula. To implement the decision to take the "four grassroots units" as an important starting point for carrying out the second batch of Xi and implementing the theme education of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, it is necessary to learn to think and practice the worldview and significance of the "four grassroots units".
The essence of "four grassroots units" is to take the people as the center, which is the concrete embodiment of historical materialism. The people's nature is the most distinctive character of Marxism, and historical materialism is the most revolutionary world outlook of Marxism. The masses of the people are the creators of history, and taking the people as the center is the essential embodiment of historical materialism. ** Comrades have repeatedly emphasized that the people are the creators of history, the people are the real heroes, and whether or not we respect the people's dominant position and whether we recognize the main role of the masses of the people in creating history are the fundamental markers that distinguish between the materialist and idealistic views of history. The foundation of the party lies in the people, the blood is in the people, and the strength is in the people. The "four grassroots units" uphold a firm stand of the people, contain sincere and profound feelings for the people, adhere to the basic viewpoint that the people are the creators of history, adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, and scientifically answer major questions such as respecting the people's dominant position under the new historical conditions, which is the concrete embodiment of the Marxist materialist view of history.
"Four Grassroots Units" embodies the Marxist outlook on practice and epistemology. The viewpoint of practice is the first and basic viewpoint of the epistemology of dialectical materialism, and Marx and Engels were able to achieve a fundamental change in philosophical epistemology with the help of the viewpoint of practice. Theory is the best in practice, and it is necessary to test it through practice and guide practice in order to realize the value and purpose of theory. Of course, criticism cannot replace criticism, and material power can only be destroyed by material force, but once theory is mastered by the masses, it will also become material force. "Only when the party's latest innovative theories, lines, principles, and policies are understood, accepted, and mastered by the masses of the people can they stimulate the development enthusiasm and innovative spirit of the broad masses of the people, and can they truly give full play to the value of the party's innovative theories, lines, principles, and policies in the great cause of national rejuvenation. "Four grassroots units" not only contains a clear practical orientation, focusing on solving problems at the grassroots level, resolving contradictions at the grassroots level, and implementing development at the grassroots level, reflecting a distinctive practical character, but also emphasizing the party's innovative theory to "fly into the homes of ordinary people", changing the masses to petition the leaders, turning passive service into active service, insisting on deepening research to promote the solution of development problems, and taking the wisdom of the masses to guide the development of practice, which is a vivid embodiment of Marxist epistemology.
"Four grassroots units" contains a systematic scientific method. Materialist dialectics holds that the material world is universally connected and changing. Each objective thing is interrelated and interacts with other things around it and its own parts and elements, thus constituting an organic and unified whole, that is, a system. The main ideas of Marx and Engels on the concept of systems constitute an important part of materialist dialectics. "Four grassroots units" closely focus on the center of "people first", firmly grasp the grassroots as the origin of practice, focus on systematic thinking, and promote party members and leading cadres to systematically understand where the people's will is, where the key to the work, where the development power is, where the solution to the problem lies and where the direction of entrepreneurship liesAdhere to the unity of being responsible for the upper and lower levels.
First, let the people rest assured and let the people be satisfied.
1. For the unity of the masses and relying on the masses, based on the "down" and rooted in the "people", highlighting the problem orientation and strengthening the systematic thinking, embodying a strong sense of problems and scientific leadership methods, is a scientific work system that adheres to materialist dialectics.
"Four grassroots units" is a major initiative to adhere to the party's mass line. The party's mass line, that is, doing everything for the masses, relying on the masses for everything, coming from the masses and going to the masses, is a scientific summary and induction of the party's historical experience, and is the organic unity of Marxist values and principles. The "four grassroots units" originates from practice and guides practice, and is a major initiative of our party's fine tradition of adhering to the mass line, and scientifically answers the questions of how to enhance feelings with the masses of the people, do a good job in connecting with and serving the masses, and properly resolve the relationship between the ruling party and the masses under the new historical conditions. "Propaganda of the party's line, principles, and policies at the grassroots level" is a vivid embodiment of the practice that the people are the creators of history, and "investigation and research at the grassroots level" is a specific action to respect the initiative of the people, emphasizing the courage to face up to problems, be good at discovering problems, strengthen forward-looking thinking, overall planning, and provide a scientific and accurate practical basis for promoting high-quality development. This change has opened up channels for the expression of the masses' interests and demands, brought about a fundamental change in the work of letters and visits, and promoted leading cadres to improve their work style and maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the masses at all times. "On-site office at the grassroots level", turning passive service into active service, and striving to solve the outstanding problems reflected by the masses, not only narrows the distance between the organs and the grassroots, leaders and the masses, but also is an innovative measure to solve people's worries and benefit the people's livelihood, and it is also a powerful measure to change the style of work.
"Four grassroots units" embodies the organic unity of the Marxist world outlook and the party, and has rich spiritual significance and practical value of the times. In particular, in the second batch of thematic education, party members and leading cadres should take this as the starting point, cultivate the feelings of serving the people, respect the masses ideologically, be close to the masses emotionally, rely on the masses in work, and develop for the masses, eliminate formalism and bureaucracy, and constantly change their work styleIt is necessary to carefully understand from the "four grassroots units" the fundamental goal of adhering to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, improving the people's well-being, conducting in-depth investigation and study of scientific methods, facing contradictions and problems, and constantly enhancing the principled, systematic, predictable, and creative nature of work.
Author: Yang Shiyao, associate professor and vice president of the Party School of Shangqiu Municipal Party Committee).