The Finely and Fragmental Change of Post-socialism China’s Grassroots Governance — Taking The Community Grid Management of Xiamen Haicang New Area as an example

This essay takes the change course of grassroots governance of H Community in Xiamen Haicang District as a case study. The community has carried out first gridding management pilot program in Haixi Area since 2011. Pushing forward gridding management in urban grassroots reflects current urban governance problems and response of the state and party. Since the broke up of ""Danwei System"" in planned economy period, the relaxation of totalitarian brought development opportunity for urban economic and social diversity as well as various management problems. In order to maintain social stability and the legality of regime, the Communist Party of China carried out the innovation of social management. Urban gridding management is emerged with innovation of social management. The society also experienced the change of management model, and entered into the central policy outline of 18’s CPC National Congress. This case combined grassroots action under the urban participatory governance policies. What’s the reason for the increasing attention of urban grassroots governance? What’s the change of relationship between state and society in grassroots departments through gridding management? According to the research, H Community gridding grassroots management made human resources allocation through re-scaling and accountability of places. Gird is the most basic “block” on the system. Mechanism of changing the past compartmentalization affairs into the administrative ability of the grass-roots, the neighborhood has been starting residents needs, including daily life service, even coordinator role, is the refinement of the social management function. On the other hand, community grid operation also showed the fragmentation of state-society relationship, including community social forces connection cutting as ""not trivial grid"", and community grid system of the the residents committee showed fragmentation in bar effect of the grid as a first-line features, more needs to convey the administration superiors. As a result, the role of grassroots management of China’s cities is gradually important. It reflects national policies can enter into grassroots communities deeper, and carries out social management and maintenance through positive interaction. The grassroots’ social departments are subjected to social governance under national dominance, added short time of the competition of project highlights in governance. Most of its social power role are non-spontaneous and belongs to mobilization. As a conclusion, the fragmentation of social gridding grassroots governance revolution reflects the national governance demand to grassroots. Strengthen grassroots governance through urban departments may closer the relationships between state and society, as well as maintain and continue the course of new areas dominated by autocracy.