A Half-Step Winner: Qi Tongwei's Journey to the League

"Xiao Feng, how many years have you been working at the grassroots level?" Qi Tongwei suddenly asked.

Although Qi Feng didn't know what his uncle meant by this question, he still answered: "It's been 9 years, what's wrong?"

Qi Tongwei was silent for more than three seconds, then said: "You already have a lot of experience in grassroots work, now it's time to develop the ability to think and govern in a holistic way.

I will make a phone call tomorrow and transfer your personnel relationship to the provincial party committee office, and then you will accompany me to investigate the problems existing in the medical system throughout the province."

His son Qi Jinrui still needs a few more years of training at the grassroots level, and his nephew Qi Hua is still immature and needs more experience. Qi Feng is just the right time.

"Uncle, will this have a bad impact? Will others talk about you and say that you are nepotism?" Qi Feng said worriedly.

Qi Tongwei smiled and said, "What are you thinking, kid? It's just a lateral transfer, it can't be considered nepotism."

"Okay, then I'll listen to my uncle." Qi Feng quickly agreed.

"Xiao Feng, I haven't worked at the grassroots level for many years. Because of my status, it has been difficult to hear the real voices from the grassroots in recent years. Can you tell me about the basic situation at the grassroots level?" Qi Tongwei asked.

Qi Feng paused, organized his words, and then said, "Uncle, the reputation of our government officials among the people is getting worse and worse."

Qi Tongwei interrupted him and asked, "What is the specific reason?"

“There are many reasons, the first of which is corruption. When I was the deputy secretary of the township party committee, I was in charge of a specific area, so I was closer to the people and talked with them more often.

The first impression that most people have of current officials is corruption. Many people believe that there are no honest officials in the world. This is the main reason.

The other problem is that some policies are irrational. Some people at the top simply don’t understand the grassroots, and when they formulate some policies, they are not practical and are not enforceable at all.”

Qi Tongwei agrees with this point. There are indeed some officials and experts who blindly formulate policies without understanding the actual situation, and the people are the ones who suffer in the end.

"Corruption is indeed a major drawback at present, but our country's anti-corruption efforts are unprecedented, and the situation will definitely improve," Qi Tongwei said somewhat unconfidently.

"I hope so!" Qi Feng responded.

"As for the blindness of the policies you mentioned, this should indeed attract attention. At present, some leaders act on impulse without considering local realities at all. The policies they formulate not only fail to make the people rich, but instead lead to the birth of poverty." Qi Tongwei said with emotion.

It was his son Qi Jinrui who reminded him of this.

According to his son, their county is located on the Loess Plateau, where agricultural production conditions are extremely poor and not suitable for agricultural development. Animal husbandry cannot be developed on a large scale due to the lack of grassland, resulting in the economy not being able to grow.

County Mayor Ren Fei went out for inspection and discovered Hu sheep farming.

The local Hu sheep are indeed profitable because the farmers here can grow their own grass and ferment the feed themselves, which greatly reduces the cost of breeding.

Ren Fei blindly launched the Huyang project without considering Jinming's actual situation. In order to increase everyone's enthusiasm, he promised to subsidize the breeders.

The farmers had low educational levels and blindly started raising Hu sheep without considering the disadvantages. Almost all of them lost money because there was no pasture in Jinming, and they had to buy feed and fodder from outside, which greatly increased the cost of breeding.

This incident was ultimately caused by the blindness of County Mayor Ren Fei. He formulated policies without conducting in-depth research, and ultimately brought only losses to the people.

Qi Feng continued, "A few days ago, when I was strolling in the square with my children, I overheard a few people sitting together and chatting. Can you guess what they were talking about?"

"What?" Qi Tongwei asked in cooperation.

At this point, Qi Feng paused and continued, "Some people complain that today's government officials are completely dedicated to serving those who are rich and powerful. People are not against some of the actions of government departments, but they cannot accept double standards.

Take the vegetable market incident that you instructed some time ago. The approach of the Liuhe County Market Supervision Bureau was really too willful.

In fact, it is not just Liuhe, similar phenomena are also emerging in other places, causing the public's trust in our government to continue to decline. "Qi Feng sighed deeply, his face full of worry.

"Yes, fairness. What the people want most is fairness. We who are in power must keep fairness in mind." Qi Tongwei sighed.

Then he pressed the issue, "Xiao Feng, what do the people think of our Handong government? Tell the truth, your uncle is receptive to criticism."

Qi Feng said, “Everyone thinks very highly of you and thinks you are a good official.”

"Uncle is a good official." Qi Feng's wife said.

Qi Tongwei smiled and said to the two: "The values ​​of ordinary people are very simple. They think that those who fight corruption are good officials. However, just fighting corruption does not make you a good official."

Afterwards, the few of them discussed some social chaos, which Qi Tongwei had not encountered before.

Through conversations with Qi Feng, Qi Tongwei discovered many issues that he had not paid attention to before, many of which were closely related to the lives of ordinary people.

There is another thing, which is the issue of reducing the burden on grassroots units by increasing the burden on them layer by layer.

The above requirements require that all localities try their best to achieve paperless office and greatly reduce the burden on grassroots units. However, this is not the case in the actual implementation process. Not only has it failed to reduce the burden, but it has increased the burden on grassroots cadres.

Regarding this matter, Qi Feng gave him a simple example.

For example, the Handong Provincial Party Committee decided to implement paperless office for certain work to effectively reduce the burden on grassroots units, but these orders changed when they reached the city.

The city will issue orders to the counties, requiring them to provide specific implementation plans, and people at a certain level will also need to write a research report on reducing the burden on grassroots units.

You also worked your way up from the grassroots level, so you should know the situation in the county. Several people have personally gone to the county to conduct research.

In most cases, the two offices directly issue notices and then distribute questionnaires, asking real grassroots cadres to fill out the questionnaires.

Not only that, everyone is required to write down their understanding and experience of the burden-reduction policy.

In this way, what is brought to grassroots cadres is not a real reduction in burden, but a job. Paperless is not truly paperless, but not only paper but also an additional electronic process.

In other words, the previous work has not changed or decreased at all, but there is an additional paperless work. The original intention of the provincial party committee has been destroyed by the layers of additional requirements below.

"It seems that some comrades in the province should go to the grassroots more often. And this should not be the kind of visit that is arranged with advance notice. Instead, they should truly get in touch with grassroots cadres and the masses on the front line and obtain more real information from them," Qi Tongwei said with emotion.

“It’s mainly about the plan. I find that some of the plans and policies from above are very vague and empty. Because they are not clearly explained, people below think that the more perfect they are, the better, and that’s why there are layers of escalation.

I suggest that in the future, when the provincial party committee issues documents, it is best to be specific about the action steps, and the plans must be executable and not too vague. "Qi Feng has rich experience in grassroots work, and many of the things he said are exactly what Qi Tongwei needs to know.

"Well, let's do this. You take some time in the next two days to sort these things out. The next time the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee discusses this issue specifically, I think this has become a chronic disease of the government and must be corrected as soon as possible." Qi Tongwei ordered.

"Okay, uncle." Qi Feng quickly agreed.