Getting the public out/in of government

Having no public voice influencing government can lead to corruption and leading politicians to feel aloof from public feelings. Also listening to everything the public says can also be bad when the public are uninformed and make emotive decisions.  
Locations like China and the west have took different strategies ether getting pubic opinion in or out of decision making. 

China do public surveys to work out how the general population like certain aspects of government and with that information try to work out how to elevate those problems within government constraints.  

The west has taken decisions out of the hands of the politicians directly such as having the Fed/Bank of England, NICE, Ofsted/FCC, allowing informed professionals to take a longer term view at tackling problems. It also allows these non-departmental public bodies to take unpopular views when it can be best overall.