中文摘要：

党外代表人士在我国的政治生活和社会管理中发挥着重要作用。为了有效发挥党外代表人士的社会功能,贵州省瓮安县的做法包括：大力发展队伍,积极储备后备力量;逐步完善工作机制,加强思想引领,强化科学管理;注重对党外代表人士的教育培养;加强对党外干部的考察、选拔、任用力度等。当然,该县党外代表人士在发挥社会功能的过程中也存在一些不足,主要表现为：缺乏正确的角色定位、群众代表性不突出、政治把握能力以及与执政党共事能力有待提高等。为了在新的时期更为有效地发挥党外代表人士的社会功能,需要采取切实有效的措施：一是提高党外代表人士的职能意识,明确其定位与使命;二是有效发挥群众代表的广泛性作用;三是增强党外代表人士的政治把握能力和党外合作能力;四是突出模范作用,加强自我教育;五是关注民生,聆听民意,亲近人民等。通过这些措施,激发党外代表人士在新时期成为社会主义和谐社会与社会主义民主政治所需要的新型党外代表人士。

英文摘要：

Representatives of personage without party affiliation have been playing an important role in China’s political life and social management. In order for the representatives without party affiliation to effectively play their social function,Weng’an County in Guizhou province has taken the following measures：actively cultivating reserves,strengthening ideological guidance and scientific management,emphasizing education of the representatives of personage without party affiliation,strengthening appraisal,selection and appointment of cadres without party affiliation. Of course,there are also room for improvement in the representatives’ social functioning in Weng’an County. Some of them failed to adequately understand and define their roles, some are not truly representative of the public,and they also need to improve their political sense and ability to work with the ruling party. In order to bring the social function of the representatives without party affiliation into better play in the new era, effective measures need to be taken： helping the representatives to clearly define their role,enabling them to function more effectively,improving their political sense and cooperation capacity,highlighting role models and emphasizing self-education, and concerning about livelihood,listening to public opinions and staying close to the public. These measures aim to inspire the representatives without party affiliation to become new and better representatives required by socialist harmonious society and socialist democratic politics in the new era.