| Rural governance is vital to achieving sustainable social development,and is a key link in achieving rural revitalisation.As an important part of the basic social structure of the country,good governance in the countryside can greatly improve the living standards of farmers and enhance their sense of well-being and security.Therefore,the success of village governance not only affects the improvement of the government’s governance level,but also determines whether the rural revitalisation strategy can be effectively implemented,and at the same time,whether the interests of the people can be safeguarded.This paper is dedicated to the study of rural governance capacity in Jilong County,a border area of Tibet.By systematically collecting and collating relevant literature,and combining the perspectives of "politics,economy,culture,society and ecology",this paper digs deeper into the problems of rural governance capacity in Jilong County,finds the problems in its governance process and proposes feasible solutions.This paper firstly summarises the information on rural governance in China and abroad.This paper first summarises the academic research results on rural governance capacity at home and abroad,and explains the concept of rural governance capacity.It also describes theories of rural governance,new public service theory and polycentric governance theory.It is hoped that by integrating advanced experiences and academic results,countermeasures on how to improve rural governance capacity in Jilong County can be proposed.Secondly,the historical evolution of the countryside and the main factors influencing rural governance are sorted out.According to the principles of constructing the index system,the index system of rural governance capacity in Jilong County(political governance capacity,economic governance capacity,cultural governance capacity,public service governance capacity and ecological governance capacity)is constructed based on relevant policies and literature,which includes 5 primary and 25 secondary indicators.Relevant data from Jilong County were collected to determine the measurement method of rural governance capacity in Jilong County.Then,in view of the current situation of the development of rural governance capacity in Jilong County,the entropy value method is applied to calculate the corresponding weight of each indicator,and a comprehensive evaluation formula is used to evaluate it in order to better assess the rural governance capacity of Jilong County.Finally,after the analysis of the current situation and evaluation results of Jilong County,it can be found that there are some problems in the current rural governance capacity of Jilong County,including:(1)the capacity of political participation and common governance needs to be strengthened;(2)the capacity of economic development support needs to be improved;(3)the security of science,education and culture needs to be developed;(4)the utilization rate of public service facilities needs to be improved;and(5)the awareness of ecological and environmental protection needs to be enhanced.In addition,this paper will further explore the root causes of the problems in depth.In order to promote rural development in Jilong County,this paper puts forward some specific countermeasures on how to improve the governance capacity of rural Jilong County.These include:(1)strengthening grassroots democracy,enhancing the political governance capacity of the countryside,consolidating the leading core position of party organisations,improving the level of pluralistic governance and enhancing the governance capacity of staff;(2)achieving industrial prosperity,enhancing the economic governance capacity of the countryside,adjusting the industrial structure,achieving prosperity in life,improving agricultural science and technology support and promoting industrial upgrading;(3)strengthening cultural support,enhancing the cultural governance capacity,improve financial investment in cultural governance,increase support for cultural soft power,cultivate outstanding cultural talents,and promote the construction of rural civilization;(4)build a perfect government public service management system,improve rural public service governance,transform government functions,strengthen the construction of public service functions,smooth the channels for villagers to express their interests,and improve the quality of public services;(5)transform the concept of ecological governance,improve rural ecological governance capacity,strengthen publicity on ecological environmental protection,raise villagers’ awareness of environmental protection,establish a sound long-term mechanism for ecological environmental governance,and improve the rural habitat. |
