政府官员主动参加社区居委会成员竞选,这或许是亲身体验民主竞争的压力、感受自己的群众基础的一个有益尝试。沈瑞龙的出现打破了从1998年中国城市社区居委会直选试点以来,长期由下岗工人、退休老人、居委会老干部占据候选人名单的局面,为我们观察这类选举提供了一个新的角度。 Government officials take the initiative to participate in the election of members of the community committees. This may be a helpful attempt to experience the pressure of democratic competition and feel the mass foundation of oneself. The appearance of Shen Ruilong broke the list of long-term candidates laid off by laid-off workers, retired seniors and neighborhood cadres since the pilot project of direct election of Chinese urban neighborhood committees in 1998, providing a new perspective for us to observe such elections.