Zhihu Q&A | Has China’s politics progressed in the past decade?

Q: As an ordinary citizen, what makes you feel the progress of Chinese politics (especially civil affairs) since 2010?

@Wang Haitao in Canada (57 people approved this answer)

First of all, housing prices and stock prices have come down. It used to be very expensive to buy, but now it’s much cheaper, and it looks like it will continue to fall. This way, more people may be able to afford it.

Deposit interest rates have come down. If the people deposit money, they don’t need to worry about the high interest rates and suffer losses.

The content of the news media is richer, saving the investigative reporters’ frustrating exposés, and only one voice can be issued by the media, making it easier for everyone to watch and less brain-consuming.

The old generation of public intellectuals have been labeled as stinky old nines, and the new generation of state-sponsored public intellectuals who eat fake patriotic meals have made the vast majority of questioning voices disappear. In this way, we can better criticize the dark political corruption of European and American countries and better feel the progress of the country’s politics.

@lazall (32 people approved this answer)

There is more room for reform

@217997 (27 people approved this answer)

Even more than a decade ago, I wouldn’t have dared to imagine that someone would beat up the people who were saving money in front of three rows of police.

@Li She Da Chuan (14 people approved this answer)

Basically don’t watch the news, great progress, right?

@Scarecrow in the Wilderness (10 people approved this answer)

You asked the wrong person.

I am not a citizen, I am a cow and horse.

@Chen Xiaozhongming (4 people approved this answer)

1. First of all, the degree of grassroots democracy is higher. The street helps to establish the neighborhood committee, which enables the community property to complete the marketization, supervise the property to check the accounts, and it is more convenient and quick to replace the property.

2. The establishment of the government affairs open platform allows everyone to know who their representatives are, what votes they cast, what proposals they made, and has the obligation to make answers, which is convenient and quick to collect public opinion and solve difficult and painful problems.

3. The open platform for bidding information has been improved with supporting laws, so that the transaction of power and money has nowhere to hide.

4. The establishment and improvement of the rapid processing mechanism for fake goods on the online platform. In the past, the handling of fake goods was too tolerant. Now, as long as you buy fake goods, you can immediately and quickly handle them and be subject to a huge fine. As a punisher, the fine is no longer only linked to the value of the goods, but more to the establishment of a credit environment. Now, the people are no longer angry when they buy fake goods, but happy, because they can immediately bring a huge amount of compensation.

5. The improvement of the social security system. In the past, employees and companies were in a huge disadvantage in the game. Now, grassroots trade unions are widely distributed, providing professional legal services. Employees are no longer a vulnerable group and have more dignity. The penalties for companies violating labor laws have increased several times or even dozens of times, and the law enforcement efforts have been greatly increased.

There are many, many more, let’s stop here for now.

@Zhou Jianfeng (3 people approved this answer)

Is this something that can be discussed? Wouldn’t it be fishing?

@zloi (17 people approved this answer)

When almost the whole world was silent and dared not speak about the discharge of Japanese nuclear-treated water, they comprehensively, loudly, and concentratedly did great things to scold Japan, and won the utmost respect from Japan and other countries.

When a circular red block appeared in the Nanjing market, and everyone was in doubt and in a state of shock, they decisively took action, and the shopping mall shamefully dismantled it, and the traffic lights trembled. The conspiracy of Japanese imperialism was eliminated and invisible.

At a time when the erroneous idea of getting rich overnight in the stock market was rampant, the stock market was repeatedly restored to a state of two or three thousand points, which strongly refuted the rumor that the stock market was like a casino.

@Rocky (15 people approved this answer)

There have been no reforms. If there are any reform measures, they are also going back. After another forty years of reform, it will be back to fifty years ago.