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

The next afternoon, after thorough research, Ning Zetao finally found a candidate who met Qi Tongwei's requirements.

The two candidates are Li Le, the current deputy mayor of Jingzhou City, and Du Yu, deputy director of the First Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Li Le has worked in the health care system for many years and has rich work experience. At the same time, he is very methodical and principled.

Du Yu is an old acquaintance of Qi Tongwei, and Chen Yanshi is the one in charge of handling the case in their department. This person has rich experience in handling cases, and it is very appropriate for him to serve as the head of the Discipline Inspection Group of the Health and Health Commission in Handong Province.

After carefully studying and understanding the detailed resumes of these two people, Qi Tongwei expressed his high approval of Ning Zetao's recommendation. He then adjusted the personnel work in Handong Province on the grounds that the anti-corruption campaign had led to the downfall of many leading cadres.

Since there were many personnel adjustments this time, no one paid special attention to the fact that the leadership of the Handong Province Health and Family Planning System had been replaced. Before the two were about to take office, Qi Tongwei specifically sought out the two for a pre-appointment talk.

Handong Provincial Party Committee, Office of Qi Tongwei.

Qi Tongwei sat in the main seat, Li Le and Du Yu sat on the sofas at the bottom, sitting upright, waiting for Qi Tongwei to speak.

Qi Tongwei cleared his throat and spoke first: "The main reason I called you two here today is to have a simple pre-appointment talk with you. Of course, it can also be understood as assigning you the next task."

As soon as the words fell, Li Le and Du Yu straightened up at the same time and responded in unison: "Secretary Qi, please give us your instructions! We will resolutely follow them!"

Both of them looked ready to die, as if Qi Tongwei wanted them to do something dangerous.

Qi Tongwei looked outside the door and saw that his secretary Liu Zhaojun tactfully closed the door and then stood guard at the door.

After Liu Zhaojun left, Qi Tongwei glanced at the two of them and then spoke.

"The reason why I asked you two to serve in the National Health Commission is very clear, and that is to thoroughly investigate the problems existing in the health system. I don't care what level you find, I will deal with them all seriously, with no upper limit." Qi Tongwei stated his purpose.

"Secretary Qi, should we catch the big ones and let the small ones go, or should we fight both the tigers and the flies together?" Li Le asked.

"We need to analyze specific problems specifically. Generally speaking, we should hit both tigers and flies together. However, some individuals who do not make mistakes actively or are even forced to violate laws and disciplines can be given lighter sentences or even be exempted from punishment," Qi Tongwei explained.

"I understand, Secretary Qi." Li Le responded.

Afterwards, Qi Tongwei relayed the results of his investigation to the two people, "I hope you can quickly investigate the real reasons for the deficits of major hospitals, whether they are real losses or false losses.

Also, why are the prices of medicines so high? Are they really expensive or is there another reason? "

As soon as Qi Tongwei finished speaking, Li Le replied: "Secretary Qi, I don't know the reason why the hospital is in deficit, but I have investigated the reason why the drug prices are high.

Generally speaking, the main reasons are as follows.

First, the drug distribution channels are too long. After leaving the factory, drugs do not go directly to hospitals. They need to go through agents at various levels before finally reaching hospitals or pharmacies. These intermediate links lead to soaring drug prices.”

Qi Tongwei frowned, but did not interrupt Li Le's explanation and continued to listen to his report.

"Then there are issues of corruption and the high prices of imported raw materials and imported drugs." It seems that Li Le really understands the pharmaceutical industry.

“I know the first two reasons, and I just need to strengthen supervision of hospitals and doctors in the future.

But I still don't quite understand the last two reasons. Take imported raw materials for example. Don't we have such materials in China? Can you tell me in detail?" Qi Tongwei asked.

Li Le explained: "Of course there are none. my country has a large land area and diverse climate. Basically any plant in the world can grow in my country."

Qi Tongwei looked at Li Le with a puzzled look, hoping that he would give him a reasonable explanation. Since my country has the environment for the growth of these medicinal materials, why do we still need to import them?

“Secretary Qi, natural plants are the best medicinal materials and have the best effects, but you also know that the number of wild medicinal materials is limited after all, and they need to be cultivated artificially.

As you know about the situation in our country, many local governments do not allow the burning of plants on the ground, saying that it will pollute the atmosphere.

But the problem lies precisely here. If the plants in the field are not burned, the pests in the field cannot be killed. After the insect eggs multiply in the second year, they will wreak havoc on the growing medicinal plants.

Faced with this situation, herbal farmers usually resort to spraying pesticides.

But you also know that ordinary food crops can deal with pest threats by spraying pesticides, but medicinal herbs cannot! Because once pesticides are used, the quality and efficacy of the medicinal herbs themselves will be seriously affected.

Because of this, our pharmaceutical companies had no choice but to go abroad to purchase the raw materials they needed. "

Hearing this, Qi Tongwei nodded thoughtfully. This was the second time he heard about straw burning.

"As for imported drugs, it's mainly because multinational pharmaceutical companies charge high prices," Li Le explained, and then he added: "Imported drugs from India are much cheaper."

"Why is this?" Qi Tongwei's first thought was the competition between countries.

Li Le replied: "That's because India has a law that states that drugs have no intellectual property rights, and their domestic pharmaceutical companies can freely copy any drug in the world.

Because India has generic drugs, those multinational pharmaceutical companies can only sell them at normal prices in India. Because of the protection of intellectual property rights, my country cannot produce the drugs they research. The other party has a monopoly on the products, so the prices are naturally high.

This is also the reason why some people in our country go to India to buy fake drugs. They are called fake drugs, but they are real drugs, just generic drugs, and the efficacy is almost the same. "

Qi Tongwei’s first thought was to implement India’s policy in China, but after thinking about it, he gave up. The number of intellectual property rights in China has grown exponentially in recent years.

If China implements this policy, he is worried that other countries will also take advantage of the situation and use China's intellectual property for free. However, it is not Qi Tongwei's style to let foreign pharmaceutical companies control it. He decided to find a way to kill two birds with one stone.

However, the most urgent problems to be solved now are the above ones.

"I will let the Discipline Inspection Commission continue to carry out rectification in the medical field. Let them attract the attention openly, and you will conduct in-depth investigations behind the scenes. You must completely solve the medical problems that have plagued our country for many years." Qi Tongwei thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Secretary Qi."