Characteristics and Causes of Grass-roots Social Governance in Contemporary China

Features: Establishing a relatively perfect grass-roots governance system, changing with time, attaching importance to the role of rural elite groups, organically combining legal norms with moral education, and organically combining national unified management with local autonomy; Reasons: the introduction of western ideas after the Opium War; China's modern society was turbulent, the central government was weak, and influenced by western democratic politics, party politics rose. Judging from the modern history of China, the characteristics of grass-roots social governance in China are: establishing a relatively perfect grass-roots governance system, advancing with the times, attaching importance to the role of rural elite groups, organically combining legal norms with moral education, and organically combining national unified management with local autonomy, which is the result of introducing western ideas after the Opium War; China's modern society was turbulent, the central government was weak, and influenced by western democratic politics, party politics rose. Strengthening the management of rural areas is conducive to maintaining social stability, promoting economic development, ensuring national fiscal revenue and promoting the spread of Confucianism, which has a far-reaching impact on future generations.