As a statutory document stipulated in the "Regulations on the Handling of Official Documents of Party and Government Organs", requests for instructions and reports are important carriers for carrying out the work of requesting instructions and reports, and are widely used in the daily work of Party and government organs. Deeply understanding the connotation of requests for instructions and reports, deeply grasping the characteristics of their respective texts, recognizing commonalities, identifying differences, and correctly standardizing the work of requesting instructions and reports will have a positive effect on improving the level of scientific decision-making, solving practical problems, and promoting the implementation of work for party and government organs.
Two key words": look at commonalities.
The Regulations on the Handling of Official Documents of Party and Government Organs clearly state that requests for instructions are applicable to requests for instructions and approval from higher-level organs; The report is applicable to reporting work to the higher-level organs, reflecting the situation, and replying to the inquiries of the higher-level organs. The similarities between the request and the report can be summarized by "two keywords".
Superior-subordinate relationship. The relationship between party and government organs is generally divided into three types, namely, subordination, such as higher-level party committees and lower-level party committees; business guidance relationship, such as ** and state agencies, ministries and commissions and counterpart provincial departments; Parallel and unsubordinate relationships, such as the relationship between provincial departments, the relationship between provincial departments and other provincial departments.
Requests for instructions and reports are written by lower-level organs to higher-level organs, and they are all upper-line documents, and there must be a clear subordinate relationship or business guidance relationship between the issuing entity and the recipient of the document, otherwise the request for instructions and reports are not applicable. For example, parallel organs usually use the term "letter" to write about each other.
It should be noted here that, in accordance with the Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Requests for Instructions and Reports on Major Matters, and in accordance with the provisions of the Party's internal laws and regulations, the Party's decision-making, deliberation and coordination bodies and the Party's working organs may, within the scope of their authority, accept and handle requests and reports from lower-level Party organizations. For example, in accordance with the relevant provisions on foreign affairs, the party group (party committee) of a provincial-level department may submit a request for instructions to the foreign affairs committee of the provincial-level party committee on the matter of a visit by a foreign friend, and the office of the foreign affairs committee of the provincial-level party committee is responsible for handling it.
Significant Events. The purpose of the request for instructions and reports is to facilitate the higher-level organs to fully understand and grasp the implementation of major policy decisions, the promotion of important work, and the implementation of important regulations, and to discover and promote the resolution of major problems in practical work in a timely manner.
The subject matter of the request for instructions and the report should be major matters, important matters and important circumstances. The Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Requests for Instructions and Reports on Major Matters stipulate that major matters refer to important matters and important situations that are beyond the scope of the authority of Party organizations, Party members, and leading cadres, or that are within the scope of their own authority but have a bearing on the overall situation and have a wide impact. At the same time, the scope of matters to be reported for instructions has been further clarified. This determines that "major matters" are the logical basis and judgment criteria for carrying out the work of requesting instructions and reporting. Consciously improving one's political position, keeping in mind the "two overall situations," profoundly understanding the connotation of major matters, and holding the "bull's nose" of major matters are the prerequisites for carrying out the work of requesting instructions and reporting.
In practice, the inaccurate grasp of the matters reported for instructions is still a relatively prominent problem in the handling of official documents. For example, some requests for instructions are not based on clear conditions, and they also submit requests for instructions for daily work within their own authority; Some do not have a full understanding of the party's internal regulations, and the matters that have been clearly stipulated are also submitted for instructions; Some reported on the implementation of important meetings, expressed too many positions, and lacked concrete and feasible work measures; Wait a minute.
Three groups of contrasting relationships": look at the differences
There is a phenomenon of mixed use or misuse of the types of requests for instructions and reports, for example, if some matters should be submitted for instructions, the report is submitted; Some of the matters that can be reported can be reported to the request for instructions. It can be distinguished by the "three groups of comparison relationships", and the instructions and reports can be accurately selected.
Don't ask" and "shouldn't ask". The purpose of requesting instructions is to request instructions and approval from the higher-level organs, and the power lies with the "higher-level organs", and the key lies in the "instructions", and the higher-level organs must have clear opinions and replies to the matters requested. For example, the decision of the Standing Committee of the provincial-level party committee is a matter of requesting instructions. The Party committees (Party groups) of relevant departments must submit requests for instructions to the provincial-level Party committees, and after approval, the general offices of the provincial-level Party committees shall arrange meetings to hear reports.
The purpose of the report is to report the work to the higher-level organs, reflect the situation, and reply to inquiries, and cannot include "requests for instructions" that require the approval of the higher-level organs. The key to the report is to "sue". It is sufficient for the higher-level organ to know and understand the contents of the report, and the lower-level organ cannot request the higher-level organ to submit specific opinions or give a reply. However, the general office (office) of the higher-level organ may, in accordance with the actual situation, promptly give feedback to the unit that sent the report the instructions of the leading comrades on the report, so as to better promote the work.
before" and "after". The request for instructions can only be carried out after being approved by the higher authorities, and must be carried out in advance, and it is not possible to engage in "cutting first and then playing" and "getting on the bus first and then buying tickets". At the same time, it is necessary to leave enough time for the higher-level organs to make decisions, and not to submit requests for instructions only when things are in front of them and "burning their eyebrows."
The report can be reported during or after the event according to the progress of the work. It is necessary to avoid "rushing to the map quickly" and "not staying overnight" in making reports. For example, some work has only been planned, but has not yet been officially launched, let alone achieved results, so they are in a hurry to submit a report.
It should be noted here that, according to the Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Requests for Instructions and Reports on Major Matters, if the situation is urgent or the handling of major matters is still in the preliminary stage of preparation, the report may be requested orally first, and then supplemented in writing afterwards. It should not be confined to the form of a formal request for instructions in writing, so as not to delay the opportunity and delay the work.
"Bring the surface with the point" and "bring the whole with the face". The content of the request for instructions and the report must be objective and truthful, comprehensive and truthful, concise and to the point, and the style of writing is simple, but the focus of the structure and arrangement is slightly different when drafting.
The core element of the request is the request for information. The matters requested for instructions must be clear, adhere to the principle of "one document and one matter", and the introduction, basis for requesting instructions, and solutions should be carried out around the matters for instructions, not pursuing exhaustiveness, and ensuring that the key points are highlighted, the logic is clear, and the details are appropriate, so as to facilitate the decision-making of the higher-level organs.
The content of the report can be one or more things, not only to reflect the requirements of the superiors, the main situation, the work measures, the results of the work, but also to highlight the existing problems, difficulties and the next step of the work ideas, both good news and bad news, through different aspects of the work to reflect the overall picture of the work, so that the higher organs as much as possible to understand the situation, publicize advanced models, popularize successful experience, solve common problems, and promote improvement work.