The Innovative Development of Community Welfare Governance:A Case Study of Chengdu City
Community welfare governance is not only the significant part of social governance,but also an innovative and practical area of community governance.From the actual situation of community welfare in China,community welfare governance mainly includes welfare project delivery,welfare finance raising and welfare facilities constructing.According to an investigation and literature review of community welfare governance in Chengdu as well as in-depth interviews with 18 community workers and 16 residents among 13 communities,this article finds that Chengdu shows innovative and advanced experience of the community welfare governance.However some shortcomings and problems exist such as the finance is not sustainable,community welfare facilities are not enough to fill the demand,residents show low degree and enthusiasm to participate in the community welfare governance,and the community residents committee members suffer heavy burdens.To solve these problems,it's necessary to focus on the subjects and their structure of community welfare governance,the service recipients of community welfare governance,and institutional innovation in community welfare governance.The first thing is to define the scope of the power and responsibility of community welfare governance subject.The second is to strengthen the leadership of the Party committee and Party organizations should play a role of"integration"and"leading".The third is to rationalize the"vertical and horizontal"relationship and to smooth governance systems.The fourth is to gradually boost community welfare governance capacity based on caring special groups.The fifth is to increase financial support for community welfare and clarify the ownership of community security funds.
Community WelfareCommunity GovernanceWelfare DemandCommunity Security FundChengdu City