Summary of the national court forum on maintaining rural stability.
The meeting held that rural stability is a solid foundation for consolidating the political power of the workers-peasants alliance and maintaining the long-term stability of the country. The stability of rural social security and the development of agriculture are the social conditions and material basis for fundamentally changing the situation that farmers are the majority in urban and rural crimes in China for a long time. Since the reform and opening up, China's rural politics has been stable, agriculture has developed steadily, and the rural public security situation has been generally stable, which is the mainstream. However, in some places, there are still outstanding problems that cannot be ignored. Its main features are as follows:
First, the contradictions in rural society are complex, some lead to group fights and petitions, and some intensify into serious public security crimes; Second, illegal religions and cult organizations have resurfaced in some rural towns; Third, the disorder of rural finance and market management has damaged the legitimate rights and interests of farmers and seriously affected rural stability and agricultural development; Fourth, contradictions among farmers such as production and life, neighborhood disputes, marriage and family have intensified into criminal offences. If this situation is not effectively controlled, it will lead to changes in the structure of grassroots teams that the party and the government have long relied on in rural areas, which is not conducive to the consolidation and development of grassroots political power; Fifth, evil forces such as "village tyrants" and feudal clan forces have appeared in some places, and some criminal gangs have obvious characteristics of underworld organization, which has become a major scourge threatening rural public security stability; Sixth, social evils such as prostitution, whoring, drug abuse and gambling spread in some rural areas, causing various crimes. The above-mentioned problems are universal in the vast rural areas, and some of them are still outstanding, which not only affect rural stability, reform and agricultural development, but also are closely related to the stability of the whole society. It is particularly noteworthy that the proportion of criminal cases and peasant crimes in rural areas in all criminal cases and criminals in China has increased year by year, especially in cases of murder, robbery, theft and injury, and the proportion of peasant criminals has increased year by year. Among the criminals sentenced to death, the proportion of peasant criminals has also shown an upward trend in recent years.
The above situation shows that the problem of rural farmers' crime has become an important factor affecting the stability of social security in China, and to a great extent determines the trend of social security situation in China. By solving this problem, we have actually found an important breakthrough to solve the crime problem in China. Seriously analyze and study these problems and put forward specific countermeasures. It is of great significance to solve the problems of rural stability and national social security.
The meeting held that the trial of rural criminal cases and peasant criminal cases is directly related to whether the party's principles and policies for rural work can be implemented. Correctly handling such cases is not only a matter of judicial work, but also a serious political issue. Therefore, it should always be an important and urgent political task for the people's courts to strengthen the trial of rural criminal cases and peasant criminal cases and maintain the stability of the countryside and the whole society.