Official career: From director to secretary, I want to improve myself

Everyone was a little confused. Sending officials abroad to study was indeed done in the past few years.

However, later on, the Handong top leaders discovered that the outside world was too dazzling. These domestic officials were not very knowledgeable. After going out, they would not only learn advanced foreign experience, but would also easily become corrupted and might be involved with external forces.

For example, Xia Liping, the former executive vice mayor of Lincheng City, became extremely corrupt after he left and was dragged down by external forces.

Of course, it is not certain whether he has any connection with the leader mentioned above and his background. He may have been underwater for a long time.

He just went out to study and gild himself, and then plunged into the mud.

Those of them who were doing organizational work all knew that after that person was transferred from Handong, he was quickly marginalized and was recently transferred to the CPPCC as an ordinary member. He had no responsibilities and was completely unemployed.

In a few years, I should retire directly.

Moreover, the old man in his family was also disgraced in his later years, and some things were discovered, so the confidentiality level of the documents was lowered.

So, this work stopped two years ago.

But unexpectedly, it was brought up again at this time.

Jiang Yuan looked up at Minister Chen and found that he had a blank expression on his face. He listened carefully to what Deputy Minister Wang said, and his hands did not stop writing and drawing. However, Jiang Yuan could feel that the head of the Organization Department did not seem to attach much importance to this work.

Or, there may be some resistance.

On the contrary, what Vice Minister Wang said was very interesting.

The Provincial Party Committee of the State Organs is completely the private domain of Secretary Zhao. It is used to train people and does not actually have much power.

Now, they are not playing the internal cycle anymore, and are preparing to put it on the outside to gild it?

Deputy Minister Wang is the backbone of the Zhao family. According to him, this was what Secretary Zhao meant, but Minister Chen disagreed, so he said it was the Provincial Party Committee’s Working Committee, not the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department.

Jiang Yuan could feel something was wrong, and others could feel it too.

"Deputy Minister Wang, I think we need to be cautious about this matter. The Xia Liping incident a few years ago sounded the alarm for us. Ten years ago, that training program sent 30 officials to study in America. Do you know how many of them are still doing well in our political arena?"

Unexpectedly, it was the fourth-ranked deputy minister Gao Wei who spoke first!

"Oh, I don't know. Minister Gao, can you tell me about it?"

"Okay, I can tell you. Of the thirty people, only eight are currently serving as bureau-level officials in the political arena. Fifteen have gone into business. One of the remaining people died in an accident. The other six all reached bureau-level positions and were then arrested. That's a one in five chance!"

"During the same period, the probability of being arrested and punished for attending training courses at our provincial party school or the Central Party School was one in twenty."

"I know that studying and exchanging ideas abroad is a good way to improve the quality of our officials, but we also need to be realistic and consider the impact of people's thoughts. How can we ensure that officials sent abroad don't become corrupted in that kind of environment and cause major problems in the economy or other matters?"

"So, I think we have to decide carefully!"

"Deputy Minister Gao, your argument is a bit far-fetched. Probability is just a statistical issue, so why don't you talk about the impact those officials who returned from training have had in their respective positions? Just look at Lincheng City. That person has serious problems, but when he was there, Lincheng City's economic growth rate was 16.8%!"

Wang Yifeng retorted.

"Deputy Minister Wang, your statement is biased. You know that Lincheng's economic growth rate in the first half of this year was also over 10%, and the economic output of previous years is incomparable to today's. The good economy of the past few years was the result of the efforts of the entire Lincheng comrades, not just Xia Liping!"

"Besides, we can't just look at the good things he did. What about the damage he brought to Lincheng? What a discrediting influence his actions have on our Party and government. No amount of money or GDP can ever replace that!"

Deputy Minister Gao's attitude is very tough. He came from the propaganda system and the education system and is now the deputy minister of the Organization Department. He has a deep understanding of the impact of an environment on people's thoughts.

He always felt that one should not have too high expectations for such training work.

Especially since Handong Province has now proposed this, the officials who choose to be sent abroad to study are actually not simple. Their minds are not studying for the country, so it is easy for them to be changed.

Wang Yifeng did not expect Gao Wei's opposition to be so intense, and he even cited the Xia Liping case as an example.

Even though he tried to be tactful, he still couldn't stand Gao Wei's words.

Especially the last few sentences, which involved some issues of stance, and he did not dare to object to them.

"Okay, both of you, stop arguing. If any other comrades have any ideas, please share them as well."

Chen Jing stepped in to stop the argument between the two and to save face for Wang Yifei. He was a good person, but he took Secretary Zhao's words too seriously, as if they were imperial decrees.

"Minister, Vice Minister Wang, let me ask you something. This many people every year, and for five years, that's 100 division-level cadres! I'm asking, will they be promoted upon their return from their studies, or will they be held back and wait? If they are promoted upon their return, how many years will Handong Province have to offer them so many powerful deputy-department-level positions?"

"Furthermore, if these people can be promoted to deputy department level based on this training alone, then what are we selecting for? The total number of department and bureau level cadres in Handong Province probably doesn't exceed 500. If one-fifth of them are promoted in five years, what will the other comrades think?"

“I think this plan needs some improvement.”

Liu Yi was the third to express his opinion, and his words made Wang Yifeng not know how to respond.

He originally thought that since Secretary Zhao had said this, the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department shouldn't have any major objections. However, he didn't expect that he couldn't even get past the deputy ministers!

The Organization Department has strong opinions!

Moreover, he really had no way to answer Liu Yi's question. He knew what Secretary Zhao meant, that he must be promoted, but Liu Yi's words also made sense.

A hundred deputy-department-level officials were promoted directly in five years. This isn't a promotion; it's a depth bomb dropped on the Handong bureaucracy! This isn't a year for a major leadership change. If this were to happen, every last one of the Handong Provincial Party Committee members, and probably even the heads of their Organization Department, would be flooded with reports!

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the conference room.

"Alright, that's it for now. I'll talk to the Provincial Government Offices Working Committee. This plan still needs to be refined. There's a lot to do, so everyone, get back to work! Dismissed!"

"understand!"

Everyone left the meeting room.