本文阐述和分析了信访工作与民主建设发展的关系。自确立之日起,在了解民意、纾解民困、促进行政部门依法行政等方面发挥着重要的作用。随着民主法治建设进程的深化,人民民主意识的增强,信访工作的内容、形式也更多的与民主发展联结在一起。正确认识信访与民主之间的关系,对于我们全面、准确认识和把握信访工作,从更高的层面上认识信访工作的重要性,进而推动信访工作的进一步发展都有很大助益。 This article elaborates and analyzes the relationship between petition work and the development of democracy. Since the day of its establishment, it has played an important role in understanding public opinion, alleviating people’s hardship, and promoting administration by law in accordance with the law. With the deepening of the process of building democracy and the rule of law, the people’s democratic awareness is enhanced. The content and form of letters and visits are also more closely linked with the development of democracy. A correct understanding of the relationship between petition and democracy is of great help to us in understanding and grasping the petition work in a comprehensive and accurate manner, and at a higher level we should understand the importance of the petition work and then further promote the petition work.