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Wednesday 4 February 2009
Cadres told to stand up to unrest
Senior Communist Party officials told cadres yesterday to show courage and face the public when dealing with social unrest, rather than hide behind the police.
Senior Communist Party officials told cadres yesterday to show courage and face the public when dealing with social unrest, rather than hide behind the police.
Zhou Yongkang , the minister in charge of public security and law, said local officials must properly deal with disputes arising from the economic crisis, such as conflicts over unpaid wages or bankruptcies, to “lessen the economic and social risks”.
“Take as the aim discovering [problems] early, grasping them firmly and dealing with them well, and deal with contradictions among the people and ‘mass incidents’ in accordance with the law,” he wrote in an article published yesterday in the party journal Seek Truth, using official terminology for protests and riots.
“Limit as much as possible the potential for mass incidents, try as hard as possible to solve problems at the grass roots and nip them in the bud, and try as hard as possible to solve problems when and where they happen in the first instance.”
Also yesterday, Chen Xiwen , a senior party official in charge of rural affairs, gave local officials specific instructions.
“Government officials and cadres should not hide behind police and let the police officers deal with the crisis in the event of social unrest,” he said. “They must come to the forefront and face the public, talk to the people and help them solve their problems peacefully. Unless there is looting, ransacking or violent riots, local officials should not call in police.”
Mr. Chen said rising joblessness in rural areas could pose a challenge to social stability and told officials to be careful when handling sensitive issues such as land requisition, pollution and resettlement of migrants.
The mainland has not released statistics on protests recently However, previous figures showed rising unrest, with tens of thousands of protests and riots, big and small, every year.
But although policies to ease rural burdens and lift spending on welfare and pensions appear to have eased discontent to an extent, smaller riots have often erupted among farmers and migrant workers.
As the mainland’s economic growth slows, fears of large-scale social unrest have increased.
Mr. Zhou said maintaining economic growth this year was the government’s primary task, and there would be no social stability without it.
“Maintaining stable and fast economic development is the main task for 2009’s economic work,” he said, “The economy is connected to people’s livelihoods, affects every family and is the basis of social stability and harmony.
“Political and legal departments must ... earnestly fulfil their first responsibility of maintaining social stability.”
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Cadres told to stand up to unrest
Raymond Li and Reuters in Beijing
3 February 2009
Senior Communist Party officials told cadres yesterday to show courage and face the public when dealing with social unrest, rather than hide behind the police.
Zhou Yongkang , the minister in charge of public security and law, said local officials must properly deal with disputes arising from the economic crisis, such as conflicts over unpaid wages or bankruptcies, to “lessen the economic and social risks”.
“Take as the aim discovering [problems] early, grasping them firmly and dealing with them well, and deal with contradictions among the people and ‘mass incidents’ in accordance with the law,” he wrote in an article published yesterday in the party journal Seek Truth, using official terminology for protests and riots.
“Limit as much as possible the potential for mass incidents, try as hard as possible to solve problems at the grass roots and nip them in the bud, and try as hard as possible to solve problems when and where they happen in the first instance.”
Also yesterday, Chen Xiwen , a senior party official in charge of rural affairs, gave local officials specific instructions.
“Government officials and cadres should not hide behind police and let the police officers deal with the crisis in the event of social unrest,” he said. “They must come to the forefront and face the public, talk to the people and help them solve their problems peacefully. Unless there is looting, ransacking or violent riots, local officials should not call in police.”
Mr. Chen said rising joblessness in rural areas could pose a challenge to social stability and told officials to be careful when handling sensitive issues such as land requisition, pollution and resettlement of migrants.
The mainland has not released statistics on protests recently However, previous figures showed rising unrest, with tens of thousands of protests and riots, big and small, every year.
But although policies to ease rural burdens and lift spending on welfare and pensions appear to have eased discontent to an extent, smaller riots have often erupted among farmers and migrant workers.
As the mainland’s economic growth slows, fears of large-scale social unrest have increased.
Mr. Zhou said maintaining economic growth this year was the government’s primary task, and there would be no social stability without it.
“Maintaining stable and fast economic development is the main task for 2009’s economic work,” he said, “The economy is connected to people’s livelihoods, affects every family and is the basis of social stability and harmony.
“Political and legal departments must ... earnestly fulfil their first responsibility of maintaining social stability.”
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