Legalization Thinking To Letters And Visits System

Letters and visits system has a long-standing influence in Chinese history.As one of the unique institutional forms in socialist democratic system with Chinese characteristics,letters and visits system has played an important role in maintenance and realization of democratic rights and economic interests of the public.It is both an important channel for the public to express their willingness and a bridge and link for linking the party,government and broad masses of the people.At present,the letters and visits system is still playing an irreplaceable role in China.However,in recent years,with the comprehensive and rapid advancement of historical course of reform and opening-up,a series of new problems that should not be overlooked appear while letters and visits system still plays the role;for example,the rights and liabilities of letters and visits department are asymmetric,the legal validity for normative system of letters and visits system is low,the setting of letters and visits institution is messy without harmony,the letters and visits system has become the source for shooting up social contradictions and losing legitimacy and authority of party and government,letters and visits system has dispelled judicial authority,disbelief in law in letters and visits has become prominent,letters and visits system has been dissimilated by innovative approaches for solving problems of letters and visits and letters and visits system has influenced social stability.At this stage,our country is at a critical juncture for social transformation and the role of letters and visits at this historical period will be more prominent in the broad environment of all round promotion of scientific legislation,judicial justice,strict law enforcement and law abiding of all the people.It is of great era significance to fully strengthen the discussion on legalization of letters and visits system and break through the dilemma of letters and visits.How to do the letters and visits work well and fully display the positive factors of letters and visits system in national and social governance system is an important task at present.From the ancient times to the founding of the people's Republic of China,there were systems similar to letters and visits system;however,the author thinks that there is a fundamental difference between these systems and letters and visits system because their fundamental objective is to ease class contradictions and keep the domination.The systems prevailing in western countries at contemporary era,such as system of parliamentary commissioner in Sweden and Britain,press complaints commission in Germany and grievance procedure of Japan all have a a similar effect with letters and visits system.Although there are differences on procedure construction and treatment model,they all endow the public with the rights of complaint,appeal and public opinion expression,promote the communication between government and the public,maintain the judicial authority and effectively resolve social contradictions while releasing rancours of people and strengthening government credibility.Thus it can be seen that the functions of letters and visits system are not only what Socialist China needs,but also the reflection of general alternative dispute resolution and direct democratic political negotiation and communication system in many countries and regions.The author thinks that the successful experiences in these systems can be drawn on and used for reference in the legalization process of letters and visits system.At present,three different opinions on letters and visits system are existing in educational circle,namely theory of elimination,theory of reinforcement and theory of integration;after analysis on these three opinions,the author thinks that the letters and visits system of China must take the road of legalization.The legalization of letters and visits system is a huge systematic project and thus we should reform the letters and visits system based on the national conditions from the angle of legalization so as to acclimate the trend of socio-economic development.At present,the best method for realizing legalization of letters and visits system is to build the letters and visits system that goes with the social development needs and strengthen the matched measures through letters and visits legalization on the basis of profound analysis on reasons for dilemma of letters and visits system and assimilation and utilization of foreign similar systems so that the legalization of letters and visits system can be realized comprehensively and legislative guarantee of letters and visits system can be obtained.Through the comprehensive analysis on major research achievements,latest developments,research trends and frontier problems in letters and visits system together with the literature materials of relevant problems,the reasons and foundations for legalization of letters and visits system to be the best method for solving the dilemma of letters and visits are expounded.The author thinks that the legalization of letters and visits system is the general requirement of the strategy of ruling by law and the optimal method for solving difficulties of letters and visits and break through the dilemma of letters and visits.Hence,in the new historic stage,in order to play a better role in the establishment of socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics,the letters and visits system shall take the road of legalization.The establishment of ending settlement mechanism for letters and visits through letters and visits legalization is the essential demand of letters and visits system legalization.