领导干部深入基层联系群众的目的是了解社情,号准群众的脉搏,以便制定出合民心、顺民意的正确决策。而干部下基层能否取得群众信任,了解到真实情况,以什么样的形象出现在群众面前是至关重要的。老百姓往往是从领导干部形象上判断其是真心实意为百姓办实事的,还是光耍嘴皮子不办实事的来决定自己是否应该讲心里话的。当年国家主席刘少奇调查公社办食堂问题,他隐瞒姓名。到一个小村一蹲 The purpose of leading cadres to reach out to the masses at the grassroots level is to understand the social conditions and to mark the pulse of the masses in order to formulate the correct policy of combining people’s will with public opinions. Whether the grassroots cadres can gain the masses’ trust or not and understand the real situation and what kind of image it is in front of the masses is of utmost importance. Ordinary people tend to judge from the image of leading cadres whether they are sincerely going to do practical things for the people, or whether they should tell their own truth if they do not do practical work. When Liu Shaoqi, the president of the state, investigated the canteen of the commune, he concealed his name. Squat to a small village