乡镇党委是党在农村基层组织的“龙头”，是农村各种组织和各项工作的领导核心。在新形势下，乡镇党委担负着直接联系群众、宣传群众、组织群众、团结群众，把党的路线方针政策落实到基层的重要责任。乡镇党委的建设，不仅关系着村级组织的建设水平，而且也关系到党在农村的执 The township party committees are the party’s “leading” grassroots organizations in the countryside and the leading core of various organizations and work in the rural areas. Under the new situation, the township party committees shoulder the important responsibility of directly contacting the masses, propagandizing the masses, organizing the masses, uniting the masses and implementing the party’s line, principles and policies to the grassroots level. The construction of township party committees not only relates to the construction level of village-level organizations, but also concerns the party’s performance in the rural areas