The Government Affairs Council roughly determined that counties will serve as the basic units across the country in the future, and that below the county level there will be three levels of political power - counties, communes and standard villages.

Among them, the standard village is the most basic political institution. The commune is responsible for the direct leadership and control of each village. Most administrative affairs will be issued and completed through the commune.

Generally speaking, each village has a village chief, and under the village chief there is a village committee. The village committee has a standing committee consisting of a production team leader, a women's team leader and a militia team leader. These four "village-level cadres" are not paid.

, but enjoy subsidies. The candidates for these four "village-level cadres" are directly appointed by the superior department and can be from the village or from other villages.

Village cadres do not use the electoral system. The elders believe that it is meaningless to adopt the electoral system at this stage. Farmers have little understanding of the new thing called elections, do not understand the power in their hands, and do not understand the meaning of public office. It is easy to cause the village to

Level power was stolen.

"...Farmers are generally not willing to come forward, which is a characteristic of rural corruption," Fang Jinghan, who has done many social surveys and fieldwork, expressed his views at the seminar. "This is not only the fear of taking responsibility or worry.

The interests are damaged, and there is also a fear of being laughed at."

Judging from historical experience, the complete adoption of village elections without any guidance will allow many so-called "capable people" who like to show off to occupy the position of village cadres. They may be eloquent or rogue in the village.

They use intimidation or deception to force villagers to elect them to public offices. This was a common grassroots malady in the old days.

Based on Du Wen's experience in the Thirteen Villages area, the most appropriate method is for the work team to take over the village administration, initially build the basic organization of the village, and then gradually select and train cadres from the activists. Not only can each person's situation be accurately examined

, and also provided a model in establishing grassroots organizations and administration, avoiding the taken-for-granted implementation of low-level village cadres.

In addition to the village cadres, each village has a resident policeman. The resident policeman is not a native of the village and is assigned by the county police station. Once the resident policeman is appointed, he will take his family to settle down in the local area. The resident policeman is not subject to the influence of the village committee.

command, he reports directly to the superior police department. He is a true public official.

Finally, each village also has a "village representative", formally called a member of the County Advisory Bureau. The committee members are also appointed rather than elected. Their responsibility is to go to the county every month to attend the meetings of the County Advisory Bureau. Directly

It reflects the situation in the village and the demands of the villagers. He is also selected by the work team rather than elected. County Advisory Bureau members are not public employees and do not receive job allowances.

According to the design of the People's Committee on Civil Affairs, the County Advisory Bureau is not a political organization in the true sense. It is not a county assembly, but a platform for the rural elite to express their views and explain rural conditions. Its members only have the right to

Certain social honors do not enjoy actual political power. They have the right to express their views, opinions, provide various opinions and suggestions, and at the same time provide a channel for supervising village affairs. But that is all.

In this way, vertical management of the three lines of village-level government was formed. First of all, they restrained each other institutionally, preventing the village chief from monopolizing power alone or colluding with the village committee.

"Can't they collude with each other?" someone questioned.

"Of course you can, but under this system, it will become very costly for all parties to collude with each other to monopolize village political power. So much so that the maximum benefits that can be obtained from controlling a village cannot make up for the expenses required for this kind of collusion." The agency in charge.
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