There is an open space under the bridge, where some truck drivers often stop temporarily. The driver, Mr. Liu, said that the concrete cone had been here before the Guangzhou Asian Games, which he estimated was to prevent homeless people from sleeping here. 20 12 On July 2nd, I saw a tramp sitting on an abandoned sofa against the wall under this bridge. There are several boards beside the green belt under the nearby bridge. Mr. Liu said that tramps often spend the night here, with no interference and no management. At the bottom of Xianqiao footbridge, triangular cement cones are poured on both ramps. On the west side of the bridge, the cement cone stands under the eaves of the bridge, and the cone bottom has been poured firmly. The cone head is seven or eight centimeters higher than the cement floor and close to the sidewalk, which is more than 3 meters long. On the east side of the bridge, hundreds of cement cones are erected at the empty bottom of the bridge and on the concrete floor about 4 meters wide. The cement cone on the west side of the bridge is blunt, while the cement cone on the east side is sharp. According to the neighborhood, cement cones have been poured at the bottom of Wuxianqiao footbridge for four or five years. Before there were no cement cones at the bottom of both sides of the bridge, tramps often gathered together to sleep and pile up sundries. According to the relevant person in charge of the civil affairs department, according to the Administrative Measures for the Relief of Vagrants and Beggars with No Life in Cities, Weibo, a netizen, broke the news that there was a cement cone at the bottom of a bridge in Guangzhou to prevent vagrants from sleeping, so on July 2, 20 12, Guangzhou urban management responded that they didn't pour the cement cone to prevent vagrants from sleeping at the bottom of the bridge. On July 2, 20 12, we asked Baiyun District Urban Management Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Construction Bureau and other departments about the management and maintenance ownership of the cement cone area, but no department "claimed".
The relevant person in charge of Baiyun District Urban Management Bureau said that as early as the airport expressway was completed, the cement cone had been built, not added later. As for its use and cost, the person in charge said that he did not understand. The person in charge said that airport road, as a municipal road, belongs to the management of Baiyun District Urban Management Bureau, and the airport expressway was built later than airport road. The road at the bottom of the bridge should belong to the municipal road, the road part is managed by the district urban management bureau, and the greening area is managed by the greening department. However, the area under the entrance and exit of Huangshi is an open space higher than Airport Road. "It should be the airport high-speed management company, and the urban management on weekdays is not responsible for managing that area."
The staff of the Airport Expressway Company said that they were indeed responsible for the maintenance of the bridge bottom of Huangshi Toll Station, but the cement cone at the bridge bottom was not built by them, but by the district municipal department, because there were too many vagrants gathered at the bridge bottom in the past, not only as a habitat, but also as a fire to cook, which brought security risks. Rural minimum living security or five guarantees, urban vagrants and beggars, can go to the rescue station for help; However, although there are vagrants and beggars who do not meet the requirements of the preceding paragraph, they do not belong to the object of assistance. According to the actual situation in Guangzhou, in addition to voluntary assistance for vagrants and beggars, the civil affairs department also organized mobile rescue service teams to take the initiative to rescue vagrants and beggars at the bottom of overpasses and beside stations and guide them into rescue stations; However, people who refuse to enter the rescue station cannot be forced to leave. or
A few days ago, a picture of an overpass with cement cones caused an uproar on the internet, which triggered netizens' reflection and discussion on urban management and service. Scholars pointed out that it is necessary to formulate policies related to urban management with a developmental and inclusive perspective, and strengthen the protection and services for marginalized people and vulnerable groups.
Recently, a picture of pouring cement piles under an overpass in Weibo has attracted wide attention from netizens. Some people speculate that this is an initiative taken by the management to drive away the homeless. Some media said that it was confirmed by relevant departments that the cement cone was set up at the beginning to prevent homeless people from living at the bottom of the bridge and maintain the appearance of the city. But then, a person in charge of the unit said that the cement cone was not laid by it. The Guangzhou Municipal Planning Bureau also indicated that the project of building cement cones was not approved. The truth was confusing at that time.
Coincidentally. Just as the cement cone incident in Guangzhou was raging, there was news of the "cement cone" under the overpass in Changsha, but unlike Guangzhou, the cement cone here was once used as a roadblock, but now it is a standard parking.
However, the discussion triggered by the dazzling "cement cone" has warmed up with the constant news. Some media commented that the sharp edges and corners of the "cement cone" magnified the indifference and simplicity in urban management. A netizen said that the local government, as a public manager, has 10,000 ways to solve the trivial public problem of homeless people sleeping under overpasses, but it has chosen this incompetent and shameful way of pouring cement cones.
Luohu District of Shenzhen has also been involved in the whirlpool of public opinion because of a recent assessment plan. The district stipulates that vagrants and beggars on the streets can be investigated for urban management responsibility. After the media reported publicly, some people in the industry were worried that once the quantitative assessment was formed, it would become a "hard constraint" and bring law enforcement pressure, and the urban management department might take compulsory measures against vagrants and beggars.
The seemingly "heartless" events that happened one after another triggered the society's thinking about urban management. According to a report published last year, in 20 1 1 year, the proportion of urban population in the total population exceeded 50% for the first time, which means that the urbanization of China began to accelerate. Under the background of accelerating social mobility, a large number of urban immigrants and different groups have emerged, which also brings greater challenges to future urban management and public services.
Wu Ying, an assistant researcher at the Institute of Social Development Strategy of China Academy of Social Sciences, believes that with the further improvement of urban diversity and complexity, it is necessary to formulate policies related to urban management from the perspective of development and inclusion, including strengthening the protection and services for marginalized people and vulnerable groups on the premise of emphasizing the equalization of basic public services; To a certain extent, the existence of diversified space is allowed, and one size fits all is opposed; The way to deal with contradictions is to negotiate and clear up and avoid violent law enforcement.
She said that many problems in urban management are caused by one-sided pursuit of the speed and scale of urban development, inadequate services and neglect of people's livelihood issues. Promoting the construction of service-oriented government and providing public services that people actually need will help alleviate social exclusion and group contradictions, thus promoting effective urban management from the root.
Recently, a photo with a lock on the basketball stand of the Party School of Ningbo Municipal Committee has also attracted the attention of netizens. The poster said: the school's move is to stop citizens from playing. Subsequently, the vice president of the Party School replied in Weibo that the Party School is a place for nearby residents to exercise in the morning and evening. Because the basketball court is open, the fierce confrontation of basketball may cause unnecessary personal injury to the residents who exercise.
This reaction caused a more intense reaction. Netizens criticized the practice of the party school as not being close to the people and preventing residents from exercising. Feng Jianbo later explained that the Party School was originally closed to the public, but there were many communities nearby, so it was open to residents for exercise in the morning and evening at their request. Every night, hundreds of residents exercise on the ground, usually middle-aged and elderly people.
This clarification also reveals the lack of urban public sports resources. In daily media reports, it is not uncommon to see news that citizens have nowhere to exercise. According to the data, the per capita sports field area is only 1.03 square meters, and more than 70% of the venues are concentrated in universities, enterprises and institutions. There are few public places for ordinary citizens to exercise.
According to the analysis, the contradiction that there are few public stadiums and gymnasiums and cannot meet the public demand will exist for a long time. Therefore, in addition to the hope that the country can vigorously develop the construction of public sports venues in cities and towns, at present, it is urgent to pay attention to and solve the problem of how to make good use of sports venues in schools, institutions, enterprises and institutions and seek a balance between meeting the public's exercise needs and ensuring the teaching and office environment.
In fact, whenever some cities launch some public services, it is often accompanied by controversy. Researcher Xin Xiangyang, Secretary-General of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory System Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, once pointed out that it is a big problem that the government provides public services according to its own system, not necessarily according to the wishes of the people.
Wu Ying said that how to improve the quality and efficiency of public services has become a difficult problem for grass-roots governments.
Not long ago, Beijing piloted renting bicycles, which was originally a service measure to facilitate citizens' travel. However, due to the requirement that car renters must have a Beijing hukou, they are accused of "geographical discrimination", which makes the original cordial "service" somewhat shrink.
In this regard, Wu Ying said that at present, the financial input of local government public services is arranged according to the registered population. Under the premise of limited resources, it is impossible to open to all citizens at once, so it is understandable that public services such as public bicycles in Beijing are only open to local citizens.
"But the ultimate goal of urban management is to create the best comprehensive benefits of the city and promote the sustained and stable development of the city, not for the convenience of management, so we must find a balance between efficiency and fairness. Especially in cities with a large floating population like Beijing, urban management and public services should adhere to the principle of openness and actively respond to public demands. " Wu Ying said.
As the media said, the key for the ruling party is to update the ruling concept, put the pursuit of justice, openness and tolerance in the first place, and seek new solutions under the background of rising people's awareness of rights, instead of habitually relying on old methods such as household registration restriction, conditional access and differential treatment in exchange for "convenience" and "efficiency" in management.
Wu Ying said that urban management is to make people get more convenient and better living and development space. The management policy system should be based on the principle of respecting, caring for and facilitating the people, and fully consider the needs and opinions of citizens. In addition, more organizations can be introduced in a market-oriented way to assist government management and services.
The aftermath of the cement cone incident is not over, a news that Qingdao toilet paper was wasted by tourists. According to the report, for the convenience of tourists, some scenic public toilets in Qingdao provide free toilet paper. However, in addition to the normal use of toilet paper, many tourists also "use one piece of paper for multiple purposes" and even tear it up in large quantities. Some media said that this is the lack of public moral awareness.
Wu Ying said that the existence of this phenomenon, on the one hand, shows the absence of similar public services. If all public toilets are covered with toilet paper, people will not have to "walk" in large quantities and will not meet a place that provides toilet paper. On the other hand, this phenomenon also shows that people's awareness and quality of using public resources need to be improved. Strengthening basic education and improving citizens' quality is the proper meaning of basic public services.
"Therefore, we should earnestly strengthen the construction of basic public services such as infrastructure, public safety, social security, medical and health care, basic education and environmental protection, and at the same time adhere to and popularize similar convenience services, so that the people's awareness and behavior on how to use public resources in an orderly and effective manner can reach the expected level as soon as possible." She said.