◆ There are four alienation tendencies in cadre appellation: marketization, bureaucracy, Jianghu, and kinship.
The alienation of cadres' appellation shows that the idea of "official standard" is deeply rooted and also reflects the deviation of cadres' consciousness.
"Don't ask me why, the boss said I will do it. In a word, power is greater than law. " Jian Wu, the captain of the Law Enforcement Brigade of Zixi County Land and Resources Bureau, said that as a subordinate, he can only obey the instructions of the leaders. 20 16 12.6 under the command of Wu Huiwen, deputy county magistrate, more than 20 urban management team members swung pickaxes and shovels and knocked down the wall of the house just built by Xu Xiaohong, a farmer in Lusheng Village, Hecheng Town, Zixi County.
This remark triggered public criticism. In addition to flouting the law, this subordinate also called the leader "the boss".
In recent years, in some local party and government organs, such cadre titles have been praised and criticized. The "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party under the New Situation" deliberated and adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee reiterated "calling on all comrades within the Party". This is not only the specification of appellation and literal, but also the embodiment of radical, positive and pure internal relations.
Li Chengyan, director of the Research Center for the Construction of a Clean Government in Peking University, said, "In party and government organs, addressing leaders as' bosses' and' bosses' and subordinates as' buddies' and' brothers' is a concrete manifestation of the' four winds' problem in addressing."
"If leading cadres attach too much importance to titles and care too much about official titles, it will easily breed bureaucracy." In Li Chengyan's view, the central government's emphasis on "calling on all comrades in the Party" is not only the meaning of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, but also the requirement of respecting the dominant position and democratic rights of every party member.
1. There are four kinds of alienation in cadre appellation. "All comrades in the Party call" is a fine tradition and political rule of China's * * * production party. This reflects the purity and simplicity of the relationship between party member and conveys mutual democracy, equality, respect and trust. Therefore, the term "comrade" has been widely used among the masses for a long time and won deep recognition.
In recent years, with the richness and diversity of social life, the word "comrade" has been used less and less in society. Most people address each other by "sir", "madam" or "host".
In the party and government organs, the word "comrade" appears more in formal meetings and documents, such as the handover meeting of the appointment and removal of leading cadres and the notice of appointment and removal of leading cadres. Even in serious inner-party political life, such as party congresses, party committees, organizational life meetings and democratic life meetings, the mutual address of "comrades" has been reduced. At the same time, the titles of leading cadres tend to be alienated.
Generally speaking, there are four alienation tendencies in addressing leading cadres:
First, cadres call it marketization. In the market economy, the appellation of enterprise boss or senior manager is applied to inner-party life, such as boss, boss, etc.
The second is bureaucracy. For example, whenever and wherever they are, they are called "secretary" and "director" commensurate with their official titles, and cadres do not use the word "deputy".
Third, cadres are called Jianghu. For example, call the leader big brother.
Fourth, cadres call relatives. Like calling each other brothers and sisters.
"The alienation of cadre appellation mostly reflects the thinking logic of hierarchical concept, which is easy to produce a sense of hierarchy between superiors and subordinates, making the original refreshing gay relationship in the party turbid and' out of place' with the work style construction in the new era. Especially in a team with faith or inner-party relations, using some titles on the rivers and lakes is a loss of identity. " Professor Qi of Nankai University said.
"Some leading cadres have formed' bosses' and' bosses'. This is my territory, and this is the feeling of my sphere of influence." Qi said that this kind of title is easy to breed self-centered arrogance and dilute the responsibility of serving the masses. Under the influence of this hierarchical concept, some leaders have become "bosses", and their organizational principles and sense of discipline have gradually weakened.
2. Deviation from consciousness. "The alienation of cadre titles shows that the idea of' official standard' is still deeply rooted and also reflects the deviation of cadre consciousness." In Li Chengyan's view, "people with low positions or junior qualifications are worried that addressing comrades is disrespectful to leaders, while people with high positions or senior qualifications are worried that addressing comrades will cause subordinates to misunderstand themselves. This is to some extent the embodiment of the hierarchy. "
"The alienation of leading cadres is a normal phenomenon in social interaction, but it reflects the hierarchical concept of some cadres." Li Chengyan said that if the top leader of the party and government organs has too much power and controls the financial power and personnel power of his subordinates with one hand, calling him an unsupervised "boss" is actually a true reflection of the power structure.
"For ordinary party member cadres, job promotion, reward evaluation, work arrangement, error handling, etc. , are directly related to the superior leading cadres. How subordinates call leading cadres must be measured. " Li Chengyan said that the root of this title alienation lies in the deviation of a few superior leaders' consciousness, and some even like it internally.
"Working in an office, how to address superiors, colleagues and subordinates is really worth pondering." A department-level cadre in a county in the west told this reporter frankly, "Colleagues at the same level and at lower levels had better be called comrades, but this trend has not yet formed, and taking the lead in calling comrades afraid of being laughed at. For leaders, it is generally the surname plus the position. I have been used to it all these years, and it is difficult for leading comrades to turn this corner. "
Professor Kong Deyong from Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory System Research Center of Tianjin Normal University analyzed this phenomenon. "First of all, influenced by the" official standard "culture, some leading cadres feel at ease with other people's official titles and gain a sense of superiority. This feeling accumulates over time and may encourage bureaucracy. Secondly, in the past, because power was too concentrated, it was not subject to corresponding restrictions. Power consciousness makes people afraid or inconvenient to call comrades in front of leaders, and some choose to cater to and compliment. "
3. "Comrades" unite the strength within the Party. From a historical perspective, "comrade" is not just a question of address. As early as 192 1, it was stipulated in a major party program of China Producers' Party: "Anyone who recognizes the party's program and policies and is willing to be loyal to party member, regardless of gender or nationality, can be accepted as party member and become our comrade." Like-minded people have become a strong foundation for cohesion and combat effectiveness within the party.
Subsequently, "Comrade" gradually became a conventional title, which was widely used in the army and liberated areas established by China's * * * production party. For example, Mao Zedong wrote in his article "Serving the People" ... Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death was heavier than Mount Tai ... ".
From 65438 to 0949, when People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, the word "comrade" also covered all those who supported and supported the regime of the * * * production party in China, which was widely recognized by the society. 1954 After the socialist transformation of industry and commerce in China was completed, the word "Comrade" spread all over Chinese mainland society and became the address for all adults, completely replacing the address of "Mr.", "Ms." or "Miss".
1August 3, 959, in view of the fact that some comrades in the party began to be commensurate with their posts, Mao Zedong wrote to Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Peng Zhen and other comrades, suggesting that all comrades in the party should be commensurate with their "comrades" instead of their posts. 1965 14 February 14 The Central Committee issued a special notice, demanding that all party member be called "comrades". At this point, the term "comrade" is not just a title, but a way to carry forward the party's fine traditions and overcome and resist the decadent habits and bureaucratic style of the old society.
1978 65438+February, the communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee once again pointed out: "The Plenary Session reiterated Comrade Mao Zedong's consistent position that comrades in the party should call each other comrades, not official titles."
"The word' comrade' is the exclusive title of a belief team, which contains the meanings of sacredness, purity, equality, democracy and harmony." Qi said that "all comrades in the party are called comrades" is conducive to highlighting the nature of the party's belief team, to serious inner-party life and pure gay relations, to effectively avoiding vulgarity among comrades in the party, to forming a refreshing gay relationship within the party, to increasing trust and rallying strength, and to making inner-party relations simpler, purer and stronger.
4. Strengthening the Supervision of Power The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee pointed out: "No one is allowed to regard Party cadres as private property, and there is no personal attachment within the Party. To standardize and purify the exchanges between comrades within the party, leading cadres cannot dictate to party member, and party member cannot flatter leading cadres. "
In May of 20 14, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection issued the Notice on Strict Discipline of Addressing Staff in Party and Government Organs, prohibiting vulgarization of addressing among colleagues and comrades, and pointing out that "it undermines inner-party democracy and damages the image of public servants". In fact, it is forbidden to call leading cadres "bosses" and "bosses". Guangdong is not a pioneer. As early as 2003, Shanghai, Gansu and other places introduced similar "bans".
Many interviewed experts believe that although various localities have issued documents to standardize the title of cadres, this is only the first step. More importantly, we should strengthen our ideals and beliefs and strengthen inner-party supervision.
First of all, strengthen party spirit education and improve the quality of inner-party democracy.
In Qi's view, the core is to let the superiors and subordinates have a correct understanding of their roles under the same belief, so that they can respect each other. The superior does not imitate the relationship in the rivers and lakes or the market and condescends, and the subordinate does not blindly submit to the superior because of fear of power. In this way, the relationship can be positioned on the same goal, not on personal relationships. In recent years, some problems have alienated working relations and comrade relations into Jianghu or interest affiliation, which is one of the fundamental reasons for the problems.
"We must make up the calcium of the spirit and help party member cadres eliminate the legacy of' bureaucracy' with firm ideals and beliefs." Qi said that leading cadres should adhere to self-respect, treat others sincerely and overcome paternalism. "Especially the leading cadres in party member cannot be above other party member, let alone above the organization. Only in this way can we establish a normal and healthy relationship within the party. "
In Kong Deyong's view, reiterating the demand of calling each other comrades is not only the meaning of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, but also the requirement of respecting the dominant position and democratic rights of each party member. As long as party member's dominant position and democratic rights are realized, it will naturally be called "Comrade" from the heart.
Secondly, leading cadres strictly use power.
Put power into the "cage of the system", power does not cross the border, rights are guaranteed, and the relationship between people can be simple and smooth.
Third, leading cadres are the key. Xia Ning, a professor at North China Electric Power University, believes that it has become a common practice to call each other comrades by extension. We should not only discuss the title of "comrade", but also follow up from the aspects of promoting work style construction, improving system measures and leading cadres to set an example. "Strictly administering the Party in an all-round way and promoting inner-party democracy, the overall state and mental outlook of the party member team have been continuously improved, and it is natural to call each other comrades."
"In order for comrades who call each other to truly land, we must seize the' key minority'." Li Chengyan said, "If there are good things in the world, it will be very embarrassing; If there is something bad in the world, you must give it up. " As a "key minority", the main leaders should consciously improve their democratic cultivation, especially the top leaders should consciously resist the name of "boss" and "boss" to form a demonstration effect and further promote the development of the political ecology within the party in a good direction.