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"You're complaining to me about something so trivial?"

Lei Liang criticized, "Don't speculate on the leader's intentions, and don't think of the leader in such a narrow way. I believe that Mayor Yiming's starting point is to achieve practical results in the city's environmental improvement work."

“You need to look for your own shortcomings instead of blaming external factors. If you have no problems, Mayor Yiming won’t know where to start even if he wanted to find fault!”

“Secretary, your criticism is correct. I will immediately rectify the situation upon returning and organize all cadres to conduct cautionary education to establish a correct view of governance and performance, instead of thinking about deceiving the masses and appeasing superiors.”

Huang Mingxiang said, "However, we still hope that the Party Secretary can give Mayor Jiang a heads-up at an appropriate time and give us a chance to rectify the situation. We will definitely rectify it thoroughly."

"Alright, go back first and make sure the rectification plan is thorough and detailed. Don't worry about anything else."

After sending Huang Mingxiang back, Lei Liang thought for a moment and then dialed Jiang Yiming's number.

"Mayor Yiming, how are the rectification efforts in each county and district after your inspections these past two days?"

"The overall situation is positive, but some places have resorted to perfunctory rectification, doing only superficial work without solving the actual problems."

Jiang Yiming said, "I'm planning to have the publicity department issue a report, and I'm about to report it to you and ask for your opinion."

"Your suggestion is excellent. We must use public notices to promote rectification and use exposure to strengthen deterrence. In particular, we must focus on the pain points and bottlenecks that the public strongly complains about. Only by putting typical problems on the table can we force the implementation of responsibilities and promote genuine and effective rectification."

Lei Liang said, “However, the environmental remediation work has only just begun. We must maintain a high-pressure stance while also giving the grassroots the necessary understanding and support. My personal suggestion is not to name specific counties or districts, but only to list the problems. This way, we can pinpoint the root causes while leaving room for rectification, preventing the grassroots from becoming hesitant and passive in response to fear of being held accountable. After all, the ultimate goal of the remediation is to solve problems, not create them. After this report is issued, if similar problems are found during inspections, we should directly name and publicly announce them, hold those responsible accountable, and show no leniency. What do you think?”

Jiang Yiming pondered for a moment and replied, "The secretary's consideration is very thorough. Then we will implement the secretary's instructions."

Although he wanted to insist on publicly naming and shaming to demonstrate the rigidity of the rule of law, it was clearly inappropriate to have a direct conflict with the secretary over such a trivial matter.

the other side.

After the city-wide mobilization meeting for environmental remediation was held, Yongchang District and Guangqiao District immediately organized a deployment meeting for all cadres in the district to assign tasks and emphasize the urgency and political nature of environmental remediation.

Taking this as a starting point, Guangqiao District brought all 300-plus waste recycling stations in the suburbs under standardized management.

Before the environmental remediation work began, Yang Hao was already planning to relocate these waste recycling stations to designated areas and to build standardized recycling parks under a unified plan.

Now, taking advantage of the situation, the site has been selected on idle industrial land next to the Chengxi Logistics Park, with a planned area of ​​120 acres. Environmental impact assessment and design bidding have been launched simultaneously. At the same time, Yang Hao personally led a team to visit and investigate the concentrated area of ​​waste recycling stations, listened to the demands of operators one by one, and coordinated on-site to solve practical problems such as relocation compensation and transitional operation guarantees.

A categorized approach was established, involving "shutting down some, integrating some, and upgrading some," with the goal of relocating all operations to the circular economy industrial park by the end of May.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, the overall progress was smooth and orderly.

In addition, these recycling stations do not have much backing, so the resistance to rectification is relatively small. Most operators actively cooperated with the policy explanation and practical assistance, and the rectification work was promoted relatively smoothly.

In Yongchang District, the 26 companies slated for closure will be reclassified. Previously, the plan was to start with large companies to establish role models, but now the approach has been adjusted to "small entry point, quick results," prioritizing the closure of 6 companies that are heavily polluting and have drawn strong public complaints.

Duan Lei personally oversaw the operation, with relevant district leaders forming six groups to directly supervise the shutdown on-site and simultaneously launch a "one enterprise, one policy" support plan.

First, water, electricity, and gas were cut off, and then production equipment was sealed off in accordance with the law; at the same time, environmental protection, human resources and other departments were organized to work on-site to provide one-stop services for the relocation and resettlement of employees and debt settlement.

These companies were all "stubborn holdouts" who refused to comply with multiple rectification notices. During the on-site enforcement, some of the owners became agitated, slamming their fists on the table and shouting, "Why is only my factory shut down? What about the others? Their factories are just as polluting as ours, so why aren't their factories shut down?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Whether other factories are shut down or not has nothing to do with shutting down your factory. Your factory violated relevant laws and regulations, and the relevant departments issued you a rectification notice, which you refused to rectify. This is an undeniable fact. There is no room for bargaining before the law, and there is no logic that you can be exempted from responsibility just because 'others didn't shut down'."

A district leader immediately presented the relevant evidence, and no matter how much the other party cursed, it could not stop their firm steps to shut down the operation.

To prevent employee disturbances, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau intervened in advance. First, they provided legal education, explaining the relevant laws and regulations and the basis for the shutdown, and informing them that they would bear corresponding legal responsibilities if they refused to cooperate. Second, they maintained stability, with the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau working on-site to register employee information, calculate compensation, connect them with re-employment training resources, and coordinate with surrounding enterprises to prioritize job opportunities.

The employees were just there to earn a living; they weren't going to risk their lives for their boss. Their decision to follow orders and cause trouble stemmed from fear of losing their jobs and being unable to make a living. Now, seeing that compensation was guaranteed and there were pathways to re-employment, their emotions quickly calmed down, and some even volunteered to help inventory equipment and organize documents. The entire enforcement process was video-recorded and archived, with rigorous and flawless procedures. In just two days, all six "holdout" households were shut down without a single incident of mass violence.

Because Duan Lei had thoroughly investigated the companies beforehand and knew that these companies only had improper exchanges of benefits with individual officials and were not deeply involved with district leaders, the closure of these six companies went relatively smoothly.

He was only using these six companies as practice targets to test the practical effectiveness of the policy implementation and to gauge the bottom line of reactions from all parties.

Unexpectedly, the closure of the six "holdout" households was carried out so smoothly.

The companies that they had previously vowed to unite and help each other are now choosing to remain silent, fearing that they might get burned and have their businesses shut down.

But Lei Liang still found out about it.