Harmonious Society, The Chinese Government And Civil Society Relations

Discussion of a harmonious society, China has become recently one of the major theoretical academic landscape. We want to build a harmonious socialist society should be the democratic rule of law, equity, justice, sincerity, amity, vitality, stability and order, man and nature live in harmony. Government to build a harmonious socialist society is the leading force, civil society is to create a harmonious socialist society based on power, the government correctly handle the relationship with civil society is essential. Proposed to build a harmonious socialist society, that is, our society is based on a relatively harmonious society, there are still many of the phenomena and the factors of disharmony. Transition in the system, our government and civil society relations in the real world is still faced with many problems, mainly institutional aspects, these problems are not properly resolved, the building of a harmonious society will have a very adverse impact. So we have to straighten out in the reform of the Chinese Government and civil society relations, this article from the reform of government institutions, the rule of law and government to develop three aspects of public policy to rationalize the government and civil society relations. Harmonious society, in essence, should be the state and society, the Government and civil society in the best condition of the positive interaction. The building of a harmonious society in China as an ideal social model, the core is through the power of society to achieve social harmony and positive interaction, that is, through government, civic organizations and business organizations interact to develop civil society to reduce the cost of social governance, so as to achieve social harmony. Civil society to achieve the objective of a harmonious society is an ideal way. Civil society is not only a "citizen" who constitute the social identity, but also provides an opportunity for ordinary citizens play a role in society. And citizens to play a role in the community, it is necessary to actively intervene and participate in national public affairs and public life. As the German philosopher Habermas said: "Civil society is a modern society, a special part of life, which for everyone's participation and open, even though everyone is not in the actual participation of the same." A healthy and orderly civil society, is not only a highlight the value of the rights of citizens of a democratic society, but should be an advocate for citizens to participate in the awareness of social responsibility. Feasible only if all citizens to take up the responsibility of citizens to form a single real citizens and others, and countries, as well as in law and social and political interaction, and only in such interaction with the Government to form a cohesive force, thereby to promote social progress. Building a harmonious socialist society need the bottom-up cooperation, the need for the Government and civil society of the two-way interaction between the two. Government and civil society were strong symbiosis, cooperation, complementarity and mutual penetration, participation is the only way for the building of a harmonious society.This article is divided into four parts:The first part is the introduction. Introduced in the Government and civil society relations research abroad, the domestic research, achievements and shortcomings, as well as the purpose of this article topics, significance and research methods.The second part of the Government and civil society relations. First introduced the general theory of civil society: civil society, including the content, elements of civil society and the general characteristics of civil society. Followed by the Government and civil society relations: In this part of Western countries details of the Government and civil society, the relationship between the Governments of countries in transition and the relationship between civil society and the rise of civil society in China with the status quo.The third part is the transition between the Chinese government and civil society relations in the reality and causes of the problems faced. The problems faced by the seven major areas: government "overrun" is a serious problem; management system deficiencies lead to a registered non-governmental organizations to carry out difficult and hard to activities; part of a public officer can not exercise due diligence; the government and the public, community groups, a lack of communication; in the decision-making the course of the development of both the lack of a reasonable interaction; supervision mechanism is not sound; the majority of non-governmental organizations over-rely on the party and government authority, "official" color too much. Reasons for the above problems occur, can be summed up in four aspects: the control of traditional thinking; the planned economic system, formed under the old management model; citizens of the overall quality is not high, often in the course of politics in trouble; the lack of operational interaction mechanisms.The fourth part is straightened out in the political reform in the Chinese Government and civil society relations Thoughts. In this paper, mainly from the reform of government institutions and the rule of law in the government building, public policy formulation, as well as the earthquake relief in China's Government and civil society in four areas of two-way interaction between the Government and to rationalize the relationship between civil society.