我国信访的发展历史经历了三个阶段和两个制度化发展期.当前信访的性质由“诉情”转化为“求解”为主,其存在的主要问题是信访的存废之争和信访工作中出现的许多具体问题.本文指出依宪治理信访问题就是要弱化信访功能,加强信访治理. The history of the development of petition in our country has experienced three stages and two periods of institutionalized development.The current petition’s nature is transformed from “petition ” into “solution ”, and the main problem is petty petition Disputes and letters and visits in the work of many specific issues.This paper pointed out that the constitutional issue of letters and visits is to weaken the function of letters and visits and strengthen the handling of letters and visits.