China's Rural Mass Incidents Strategy Research

At present, China is undergoing a process of transition in every aspect of society, and the construction of harmonious society has become the most urgent practical problem for government at all levels. The process of constructing harmonious society requires scientifical analysis of social paradox and problems which affect social stability, and more actively and initiatively faces up with and eliminates these problems. Among all kinds of these social problems, the increasingly numerous mass incidents in rural areas has become the salient problem that affect the stability of society and the development of rural areas. Since1990s of last century, with the significant differentiation of the social structure and the deep-level adjustment of the pattern of interests, rural social conflicts are being more prominent, the number of rural mass incidents is increasing, the scale is expanding and the affect is more deeply. All the above have posed a serious threat to the effective governance of rural society. The population of farmers’groups accounts for more than half the proportion of Chinese people. Whether or not the rural society is harmonious fundamentally decides the prospect of construction of nationwide harmonious society, so it is of practical significance to analyze the rural mass incidents and provide the government with decision-making reference on how to government effectively.The diversity of rural social paradoxes makes the mass incidents in rural areas show different manifestations. Among these incidents, the one brought by the imbalance of public policy and the infringement of government is the main type. In this article, such style of mass incidents is the main object of study. After accurately defining its meaning, current situation and development trend and negative affect, I have done modeling analysis on the evolution of mass incidents, from small to large, from dispersion to union and from peace to violence, so as to explore the commonness of mass incidents in rural areas that exist in the starting point, in the formation and diffusion of organization and in the escalation of members’action. By grasping the commonness, I try to dig out more deeply the deep-seated reasons for the generation and intensification of incidents:the transition period has its specific social background; farmers’political participation is restricted; basic-level governments’ behavior shows structural imbalance; basic-level governments’crisis response mechanism has defects. On this basis, I put the theory of Public Spirit and Public Interest, Deliberative Democracy and Good Governance as guiding ideology. I put forward the direction of reform to prevent mass incidents in rural areas, and actively explore the main principles for basic-level government to abide by and the specific responses to deal with mass incidents in rural areas.