A team from the Committee on Social and Legal Affairs of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee visited East China's Jiangsu province from April 21 to 25 to survey local efforts in improving and innovating social governance. He Baoxiang, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and executive vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, led the team.

The team visited dispute mediation centers, community-based Party service centers and public security comprehensive governance centers in the cities of Nanjing, Yangzhou and Wuxi, where they talked with officials and grassroots representatives. 

The team noted that Jiangsu has pioneered a new approach to social governance based on collaboration, participation and shared benefits, which is well-suited to the province's specific circumstances and meets the needs of the people.

The team emphasized that social governance is a crucial aspect of State governance and called for further improvements in diversified dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms. Efforts are needed to develop the "Fengqiao model" for promoting community-level governance in the new era, improve the handling of public petitions, and promote social psychological services and mental crisis intervention, the team noted.

The team underscored the importance of enhancing primary-level governance in urban and rural areas through a combination of self-governance, the rule of law, and moral governance, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. They highlighted the need to strengthen Party building efforts in new economic and social organizations, as well as in new employment groups, while using legal thinking and methods to uphold the fine traditional Chinese culture.

The team also called for innovation in social governance mechanisms, strengthening the building of the volunteer service system, improving cyberspace governance efficiency, and enhancing emergency response and management capabilities at the grassroots level. The CPPCC should tap its unique role in contributing to the modernization of social governance by uniting hearts, building consensus, and pooling wisdom and strengths, they added.