新中国六十年信访制度的历史考察

A Historical Investigation of Sixty Years of the System for Handling Complaints in the Form of Letters and Visits from the Public in New China

信访制度是中国特有的社会主义政治制度之一,创建于新中国成立伊始,1957年正式形成。此后,随着国家政治经济的发展,经历了信访情势的变化与制度调整、信访制度的破坏与以特殊方式的开展、信访制度恢复重建以及信访制度的功能转换和制度完善四个阶段。当前,信访制度发展进入一个新阶段,信访工作是构建社会主义和谐社会的基础性工作,是党的群众工作的重要组成部分,是以改善民生为重点的社会建设的重要内容。

The system for handling complaints in the form of letters and visits from the public is a socialist system characteristic of China beginning on the founding of New China and taking shape in 1957. Then it underwent four stages： changes in the situation and institutional adjustments, destruction of the system and its continuation in a special way, its restoration and reconstruction, and functional change and institutional improvement. The work handling complaints from the public is an aspect of groundwork for building a socialist harmonious society, an important component part of the Party＇ s mass work and a vital content of social development focusing on the improvement people＇ s livelihood.