Research Society Shanganning

The Government of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region lasted twelve years from September1937to January1950. In those years, as the encampment of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Yan’an was always the headquarters of the Chinese revolution, leaded by Mao Zedong and the other revolutionaries. Since many strategic decisions&measures were developed there and implemented in the Border Region at the first time, the Region, well known by its harsh isolated natural environment and previously underdeveloped politics, economy and culture environment, became a kind of scared place of the progressive Chinese all over the world and a model on social construction among all the Party controlled regions. To know what and how the Chinese Communist Party has done in the time is helpful to clarify the history, and to comprehend the underline ideology evolution of social construction leaded by the Party. As valuable references, it’s meaningful for social construction practice in current China, besides its theoretical significance to enrich Marxism theory on social construction. However, the associated research is far from systematic and comprehensive by now, especially on the guiding ideology, the practice pattern and the essential features. This indicates a necessity for further research on these aspects.In this thesis, a systematic study is devoted to the scope, the features, the achievement and the weaknesses of the social construction practice implemented in Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. Based on original documents, historical, philosophical, and sociological theories and methodologies, especially the historical analysis and document derivation are synthesized in the study. The essential merits are concluded and referred to nowadays social construction. The paper consists of six chapters.Introduction is given in the first chapter, where the intuitive of the research are briefed and the associated documents, methodologies, concepts are reviewed with their strengths and drawbacks clarified.Chapter two mainly focus on the historical conditions of the Border Region. The foundation of social construction is introduced in political, economical and cultural aspects. The theory and experience origins of the social construction are anglicized.The third chapter the scope of the social construction is discussed on three levels, i.e. the ideological level, the in organization level and the practice level. On the ideological level, the guiding ideology of the party is to peruse benefits for people, thus emphases on social construction, equality and political probity are reflected in the many policies. This value construction is foundation of the social construction on organization and practice levels. On the organization level, the construction scope involves the establishment of the stakeholder coordinate mechanism, the social security and management mechanism, which provides rules for the rules for the construction, as a reflection to the essential value and guideline for practice. On the practice level, the social construction includes the social undertaking construction, the social organization promotion, etc. Herein the ideology and organization for social construction are implemented.In Chapter four, attentions are devoted to the main features of social construction. The people-oriented tenet and the village-based, flexible promotion as well as other particular features show the uniqueness of the social construction in whole.The achievements and limitations are differentiated in Chapter five. It’s indicates that the party and the government have achieved great success by implement the ideology and social policies. In detail, people’s life has been improved, the social structures are reconstructed, the military-civil relation is promoted, the political influence of the party and the government are enlarged, the spirit of camaraderie is cultivated among the public and new social trend are established. On the other hand, there are some historical limitations. In conclusion, the construction level is low, some policies reflect dual characters, there are political deviations in practice, the target groups are limited.In Chapter six, the essential experience of the social construction in the Border Region is concluded. The successful social construction practice is attributable to the strong motivations of the conductors, credible support from the public, correct leadership from the Party, well-maintained government-public relation, comprehensive regulation guarantee as well as a particular organization for social economy and political coordination. There are three doctrines for the current social construction:at first, the Party must keep close touch with the public; secondly, the social construction must be guaranteed by social management innovation; finally, the social construction should be devoted to social harmony.