民生,顾名思义就是人民的生活、生计问题,它包括衣、食、住、行、用,生、老、病、死等方面。民生问题的解决程度决定了社会进步程度,关系着社会和政治的稳定。如何保障民生,解决民生,发展民生,反映着一个执政党的治国理念。胡锦涛总书记曾指出,我们党的一切奋斗和工作就是为了造福人民。而“为民”正是民政工作的本质属性。民政为民的核心就是关注民生,解决民生,保障民生。这是民政工作的基本职能,又是民政工作的首要职能。今年,民政工作服务大局的重中之重,是促进中央保增长、保民生、保稳定政策措施的落实。在全国市(州)、县(区)全面开展深入学习实践科学发展观活动中,各地各级民政部门能不能以学习实践活动为契机,紧密联系本地实际,运用科学发展观所蕴涵的立场、观点、方法,摸清长期以来困绕民生、影响民生、制约解决民生的突出问题,抓住人民群众普遍关心的热点、难点问题,力争在保障和改善民生的政策上有新突破,在解决民生、发展民生的实践上有新作为,在履行保障民生的职能作用上有新高度,在为民做好事、办实事、解难事的行动上有新进展,是对学习实践活动成效的检验和评判。为促进相互交流,引导工作实践,特编发这组稿件,介绍一些地方民政部门在学习实践活动中创造的好经验、好做法、好建议。希望对大家的实践创新有所启示。——编者 People’s livelihood, as the name suggests, is the people’s livelihood and livelihood issues. It includes clothing, food, shelter, transportation, use, hygiene, oldness, illness and death. The resolution of people’s livelihood problems determines the degree of social progress and the social and political stability. How to protect people’s livelihood, solve people’s livelihood, and develop people’s livelihood, reflects the ruling party’s ruling philosophy. General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out that all our party’s struggle and work are for the benefit of the people. And “for the people” is the essential attribute of civil affairs work. Civilian for the people’s core is concerned about people’s livelihood, solve people’s livelihood and protect people’s livelihood. This is the basic function of civil affairs work and the primary function of civil affairs work. This year, the top priority of civil affairs work in serving the overall interests is to promote the implementation of the central government’s policies on ensuring economic growth, ensuring people’s livelihood and ensuring stability. In all the activities of studying, practicing and practicing the scientific concept of development in all the cities (prefectures) and counties (districts) in an all-round manner, civil affairs departments at all levels can take the opportunity of learning and practicing activities, closely contact with the local reality and apply the position implied in the scientific concept of development, Opinions and methods to find out prominent problems that have long been a problem in people’s livelihood and affect people’s livelihood and restrict people’s livelihood and grasp hot and difficult issues of common concern to the people and strive to make new breakthroughs in the policy of safeguarding and improving people’s well- , The development of people’s livelihood has a new act in practice, a new height in fulfilling its function of guaranteeing people’s livelihood, and new progress in doing things for the people, doing practical work and solving problems, which is the test and judgment on the effectiveness of learning and practice activities . In order to promote mutual exchange and guide work practice, this group of special papers were specially compiled and introduced to introduce some good experiences, good practices and good suggestions made by local civil affairs departments in their study and practice activities. I hope everyone’s practical innovation inspired. --editor