摘要:充分的民意表达是公共政策科学化、民主化的客观前提，是加强我国政治民主建设的必然要求。然而现阶段，我国在公共政策制定中的民意表达机制还存在着许多问题：公民表达意志的积极性和能力欠缺、民意表达的代表结构不合理、公民表达民意的路径少、有效性差、民意表达的透明度低、监督和追究机制缺乏等。本文通过分析各市相继召开的水价听证会，研究我国在公共政策制定中民意表达机制所存在的问题，分析其原因，并提出相应的完善措施和建议。
关键词：公共政策；民意表达；听证会
Abstract:The full expression of public opinion is the objective premise of public policy scientific and democratic . It is a necessary requirement to strengthen our political democracy. But there are still many problems in the mechanism of public opinion expression when the government formulates public policy: Citizens lack of the motivation and ability to express, irrational representative structure of public opinion, less path and poor effectiveness of expressing opinion, low transparency of public opinion expression, lack of oversight and accountability mechanisms and so on. By analyzing the hearings on the price of water which have held in many cities, this paper will study the problems of expressing opinion in public policy-making, analysis the reasons, and propose some appropriate measures and proposals to improve.
Key words：public policy; public opinion expression; public hearing
公民广泛地参与政治生活、充分地表达利益诉求是政治民主化建设的客观要求。民意能否被表达，能否得到充分的表达、自由的表达，民意表达的结果是有效地被接纳还是无效的走过场都是一个国家民主化程度的重要指标。
在公共政策制定中，民意表达是政策合法化、合理化、科学化的基础，它贯穿于政策制定、运行、评估、监督的整个过程。然而，我国现阶段的民意表达机制还存在着很多的问题，健全和完善民意表达机制势在必行。公民要不断加强主人翁意识、提高自身的参政、议政能力，政府必须不断拓宽和创新民意表达渠道和制度，真正做到诚诚恳恳听民意、切切实施了民愿；要不断深入民间，充分了解民意，体现民情，才能制定出更加科学合理、运行顺畅、效果显著的公共政策。
