“Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan” Communities Governance Innovation Forum (phase II)

Time: October 19, 2019, 8:30-12:00

Venue: Meeting Room 123, Guoxue Guan Building, Renmin University of China

Sponsors:

Center for Social Transformation and Governance of National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China;

“Huitianyouwo” Joint Innovation Lab of Beijing Municipal Institute for Economic and Social Development;

Huitian Governance Research Institute of North China Electric Power University;

Capital Research Center for the Rule of Law of Beijing Union University

Background:

Community development and governance is a major project affecting the overall situation of a country, and can bring fundamental changes to people’s lives. In 2018, the “three-year action plan for improving the governance of Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan districts” (hereinafter referred as “Huitian”) launched in Beijing, aimed at increasing investment in infrastructure shortage in “Huitian” districts, fully implementing a series of institutional mechanism innovations, effectively improving the governance level of urban super large residential areas within three years, and providing replicable and popularized experience and methods for the construction of urban sub center, the governance of marginal groups and the integrated development of the three counties. The main leaders of the municipal Party committee attached great importance to relevant plans and had visited “Huitian” for many times since the second half of 2018, to investigate and promote the work. People in Changping district also responded positively, dividing the original Huilongguan area into three streets, making up and matching administrative resources. They launched the voluntary service of “Huitianyouwo”, initiated the urban planning and renewal project of “Huitianyoushu” and carried out a series of social construction and innovation attempts as well. All kinds of social organizations participate in and act actively.

Moreover, the research work is carried out simultaneously. The Research Office of Beijing Municipal Committee, Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau and other units have set up many subjects to comprehensively study the governance innovation, social mobilization, voluntary service, organization incubation, long-term registration service and other issues in “Huitian” area. Scholars from Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, North China Electric Power University, Party school of the Beijing Municipal Committee, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing Municipal Institute for Economic and Social Development, Beijing Academy of Development and Strategy, etc. have actively participated in relevant research and provided suggestions for grass-roots social governance in Beijing. Young scholars in “Huitian” districts have held academic salons of “Huitianyoushu” spontaneously for many times. Beijing Municipal Institute for Economic and Social Development has set up “Huitianyouwo” social service joint innovation laboratory. North China Electric Power University has set up “Huitian” Governance Academy and held the first “Huitian Governance Innovation Forum” on September 7 to participate in the construction of “Huitian” districts.

We organize this forum in order to further explore the problem of urban grass-roots governance in the process of modernization of national governance capacity and governance system, strengthen the exchange between capital cities and grass-roots governance research peers, and make scientific research achievements better support the modernization of national governance. We warmly welcome all academic colleagues and all kinds of governance subject friends to attend the conference and conduct in-depth exchanges around the social organization development and property governance issues in the capital’s grass-roots governance.

Conference Agenda:

Unit 1 (110 minutes)

Moderator:

Tong Zhihui, Research Fellow at National Academy of Development and Strategy, Professor in School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, RUC

I. Background Introduction [30 minutes for introduction, 5 minutes for additional questions]

Liu Ye, “Huitianyouwo” Joint Innovation Lab

The Course, Experience and Prospect of “Huitian” work

II. Keynote Speech [20 minutes for each speech, 15 minutes for comments and discussions]

1. Cui Yingnan, Beijing Research Institute of Social Construction, Beijing Union University

The development dilemma and path choice of the community society organizations in Beijing

Commenter: Zhu Wenjie, Research Office of Changping District Committee

2. Liu Jinlong, Research Fellow at National Academy of Development and Strategy, Professor in School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, RUC

The logic of grass - roots governance changes of suburban communities in China

Commenter: Feng Dan, Beijing Municipal Institute for Economic and Social Development

Intermission (10 minutes)

Unit 2 (90 minutes)

Moderator: Yu Xianyang, Department of Sociology, RUC

I. Keynote Speech [20 minutes]

Chen Peng, China Academy of Social Management/School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University

How to incorporate property management into community governance -- based on property management in Beijing

II. In-depth Discussion [65 minutes]

Discuss directly with Mr. Chen’s speech, and introduce the situation of “Huitian” district and the beneficial exploration of each district. Each participant is involved in the speech and discussion.

Speakers:

Li Ding, National Academy of Development and Strategy

Brief introduction to the dilemma of construction management and property in “Huitian” District

Chen Jianguo, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North China Electric Power University

A case study of the cross holding of the two committees

Yang Jitang, the Capital Research Center for the Rule of Law, Beijing Union University

A sharing of property enterprise’s participating in community governance

Jiang Man, vice general designer of Beijing Vision Mingde Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

“Jingsong Mode” of property management

Zhu Wenjie, Research Office of Changping District Committee

Zhu Xiaohong, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North China Electric Power University

Jin Jun, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University

Liu Nina, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North China Electric Power University

Li Yang, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences

Li Weidong, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences