Page 39 - Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development

employment. We should strengthen cultivation and management of social
organizations and facilitate the reform and development of trade associations

and chambers of commerce.
We should better guide efforts to conduct community-level governance
and strengthen primary-level governments through Party building. Lists of

duties for town, township, and urban sub-district governments should be
fully implemented, while the system for matters entrusted to villages and
urban communities should be refined. We should continue to apply and

develop the Fengqiao model in the new era, with a view to enhancing
governance in both rural and urban communities. We must leverage the
principal role of the general public and guide the systematic participation of

all sides in social governance.
Governance should be carried out through both online and offline
channels. We should allocate more resources to primary-level organizations

to enhance their capacity to provide services and conduct management, and
improve service facilities and funding support mechanisms. We should
leverage the role of social norms, such as citizens’ codes of conduct and local

covenants, and cultivate stronger family bonds, values, and traditions. We
should change outdated social mores, and in particular, address undesirable
practices around weddings and funerals.

We should improve the working mechanisms for rallying and serving the
general public to further consolidate popular support for social governance
endeavors. Theoretical and political guidance should be enhanced, and

services and management should be improved for all social groups. We need
to improve the systems for balancing different interests and protecting
legitimate rights and interests. Care and support must be ensured for

disadvantaged groups and those in difficulty.
We should improve the system for public psychological and counseling
services as well as mechanisms for crisis intervention. Citizen hotlines and

other public service platforms should function more effectively, so that all
public concerns are attended to. We should continue to develop volunteer
services and better manage organizations operating in this field. We should

promote law-based handling of public complaints and proposals. We should
make further progress in applying diverse solutions and systematic
approaches to resolve conflicts and disputes at source. We should strengthen

the ranks of social workers and see that they are capable of delivering more
professional services.

38