The Hubei Provincial Party School (Hubei Provincial School of Administration) is lush with vegetation, and a special seminar on the legalization of petition work in the province was recently held in Wuhan, Hubei Province. This year marks the beginning of the legalization of petition work. The Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government are planning to promote how to start the work well, as evidenced by the scale of this special seminar. In addition to the directors of petition bureaus in various cities and prefectures, nearly 200 people from the Party committees or governments in charge of petition work in various cities and counties, as well as relevant officials from some member units of the provincial petition work joint meeting, participated in the training. Xiao Juhua, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, as well as convener of the Provincial Joint Conference on Letters and Visits, delivered a report on class mobilization and thematic guidance, emphasizing the need to further improve the political quality and performance ability of leading cadres, continuously deepen the construction of the rule of law in letters and visits work, and promote the high-quality development of letters and visits work throughout the province. "The seminar comprehensively and systematically interprets the specific requirements for the legalization of petition work, providing theoretical support and methodological guidance for us to carry out our work." Liu Huazhen, Deputy Secretary of the Hongshan District Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of Wuhan City, was particularly impressed by the source governance and resolution of the petition issue in the opening tutoring report. Hongshan District is the most populous district in Hubei Province, and in the process of rapid urbanization, new and old contradictions are intertwined and stacked. "We will solidly carry out source governance, adhere to and develop the 'Fengqiao Experience' of the new era, conduct a good assessment of social stability risks, and effectively resolve conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level and in the bud. At the same time, we will do a good job in resolving accumulated cases, classify and handle petitions and appeals in accordance with the law, and promote the substantive resolution of petitions and contradictions." Liu Huazhen said. "Prevention is the most effective and economical way to solve the problem of letters and visits." "Mediation should be integrated throughout the resolution of letters and visits, and mediation should be prioritized." "Using legal thinking and methods to promote substantive resolution of letters and visits." During the two-day training, Jin Yanli, Deputy Director of the National Letters and Visits Bureau, Xu Wenhai, Deputy Governor of Hubei Province and Director of the Public Security Department, You Quanrong, President of the Provincial High People's Court, and Ke Donghai, Deputy Minister of the Social Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Letters and Visits Bureau, stepped onto the podium to provide special guidance on the legalization of handling letters and visits, promoting substantive resolution of letters and visits, and promoting the legalization of letters and visits work. "We cannot evaluate the work of petitions based on the absolute number of petitions. The key is to see whether every appeal of the masses is handled and promoted in accordance with the law." After training, Li Yuanhua, a member of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Wuchang District Committee and Deputy District Mayor, has gained a deeper understanding of the connotation of legalizing petition work. He calls for strengthening top-level design and creating a more scientific and reasonable assessment and evaluation system for petition work. Solving petition issues within the framework of the rule of law, legalizing the acceptance and handling of petition matters, is a key link in the legalization of petition work, and it is also the focus of discussion in this special seminar. "We need to focus on the functional responsibilities of the petition department, highlight the legalization of acceptance and handling, greatly standardize the basic work of petition, comprehensively carry out standardized evaluation of petition business, and strive to improve the quality, efficiency, and level of petition work." Li Xiaogui, Director of the Huanggang City Petition Bureau, has a clearer idea of legalizing petition work. The legalization of petition work cannot be achieved without strong supervision. "We need to carry out inspections with a 'good prescription' and a 'key' to address issues such as non-standard procedures, overdue processing, and inadequate physical processing by authorized agencies and units, and find solutions to ensure standardized procedures, adequate physical processing, and a dual understanding of the matter." said Chen Yanbin, Director of the Yichang Municipal Bureau of Letters and Visits. Participants expressed that they should deeply understand and grasp the general requirements and scientific practice path of promoting the legalization of petition work, overcome difficulties, take responsibility, and use the effectiveness of the legalization of petition work to help Chinese path to modernization practice in Hubei. (Lai Xin She)