村民小组是农村最基层的村民组织。村民小组长生活在群众中间,收集农村信息早、反应快,既是党委、政府联系人民群众最末端的村民组织成员,也是党委和政府联系群众的“神经末梢”。他们的作用发挥得如何,直接影响着党和国家路线方针政策的贯彻落实,影响着社会主义新农村建设和全面建设小康社会进程的推进。 Villagers groups are the most basic rural villagers’ organizations. The villager group leader lives among the masses and collects rural information early and responds quickly. He is both a member of villagers’ organizations who is in close contact with the masses of the people, as well as a “nerve ending” of the party committees and the government. Their role in exerting a direct impact on the implementation of the line, principles and policies of the party and the state, influencing the process of building a new socialist countryside and building an overall well-to-do society.