Chapter 123: Sudden Research

Arriving at the Zhouchuan Town Industrial Park, trucks were shuttling back and forth.

Chen Deming rarely joked: "Comrade Hongtao, this is your 'base area', you've done a good job!"

Wang Hongtao modestly said: "Secretary, when I left, the second phase of the park had just started construction, and now it has been built to the fourth phase. I dare not take the credit for heaven. The strong support of provincial and municipal leaders and the concerted efforts, precise efforts, and overcoming difficulties of Ningyang are the guarantee for achieving today's results."

Gao Yuanfei rarely showed off in front of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary and reported with excitement: "After several years of exploration and practice, the Zhouchuan Industrial Park has created a vibrant and vigorous piece of hot land with first-class development speed, first-class operating quality, first-class construction, and first-class investment promotion performance..."

After watching the industrial park, Chen Deming entered villages and households to research the party member commitment demonstration point.

After listening to the reports of Zhou Xi and Gao Yuanfei, Secretary Chen Deming said: "Through carrying out public commitment activities, party members know their responsibilities, understand their duties, and exert their abilities. Public commitment is not only a responsibility constraint on oneself but also further enhances the consciousness and determination to serve the people. At the same time, it can make it convenient for the masses to supervise, achieve sunshine administration, and improve the image of party members among the masses."

"You have done a very good job. The commitment items of each party member have been publicized. Practicing commitments under the attention of the public and doing what one says will undoubtedly improve the image of party members among the masses, which is conducive to forming a good social atmosphere. Over time, it will form a good atmosphere of commitment and fulfillment in the whole society, and clean and upright."

Suddenly, Chen Deming seemed to remember something, changed the subject, and said: "A few days ago, I saw a piece of news in the Qinchuan Daily. A township's all cadres guaranteed entrepreneurship loans for villagers, which deeply touched me. This kind of happy solution and good solution to 'urgent, difficult, and anxious' problems, doing practical and good things into the hearts of the masses, and using practical actions to practice the value concept of 'people first' is the best interpretation of the commitment system."

"If the heart is tied to the masses, the fish will get water; if it is separated from the masses, the tree will break its roots. Only by doing practical things for the people and doing good things for the people, exchanging true feelings with true love and exchanging true intentions with true intentions, can we continuously enhance the masses' sense of gain, happiness, and security, and improve the relationship between cadres and the masses, and the party and the masses."

"This township seems to be in Ningyang, right?"

Everyone present was thinking that it was impossible for the Provincial Party Committee Secretary to mention such a small matter for no reason, even if it was a good thing to serve the people. He must be releasing some kind of political signal.

Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhou Xi was glad that he had some impression of this matter, so he reported: "Secretary, it is indeed true. This township is in Ningyang. The Municipal Party Committee specifically instructed the propaganda department to carry out publicity and reporting, promoting this pragmatic style of valuing reality, doing practical things, seeking practical results, being selfless, and working diligently!"

Chen Deming laughed: "It's not too far, right? Since it's in Ningyang, let's take a look by the way. Change the afternoon itinerary."

Seeing Secretary Zhou Xi's look, Gao Yuanfei hurried to arrange it.

The Provincial Party Committee Secretary's research itinerary was carefully arranged. The sudden change disrupted all deployments. Even Secretary Zhou Xi had no bottom in his heart, praying not to have any side issues.

Thus, the whole of Ningyang moved. Taking advantage of Secretary Chen Deming's lunch in Zhouchuan, the Urban Management Bureau urgently arranged to clean the streets, and the County Transportation Bureau Director personally surveyed the road conditions to Baishu Bay, feeling helpless when seeing the potholed road surface.

Lu Fan received a call personally from Gao Yuanfei, and immediately the whole township was mobilized to carry out environmental sanitation rectification and arrange research points.

The Provincial Party Committee Secretary coming to Baishu Bay was something that hadn't happened in many years. None of the cadres and masses in the township dared to think about it. While nervous, they were also excited, and afraid of making mistakes, so the whole township was on high alert.

An hour later, County Chief Hu Chengwei and Deputy Secretary Bian Jide arrived in Baishu Bay to guide specific reception matters, which made Lu Fan's uneasy heart relax a little.

In fact, the two leaders also had no bottom in their hearts and could only give some guidance based on past reception experience. However, everyone now knew that Secretary Chen Deming was coming to Baishu Bay to see cadres guaranteeing loans for farmers, and required Lu Fan to prepare reporting materials immediately and select research objects.

Lu Fan had been in a state of tension because he knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Most township secretaries could not have such a chance to show their faces. If he could leave an impression on the Provincial Party Committee Secretary, it might play a role in turning the tide at a critical moment.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to grasp this opportunity and must prepare carefully. If there were any omissions, let alone being looked down upon by leaders, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

After communicating with the Township Party Committee members, they went to prepare separately, and Lu Fan locked himself in his office to write reporting materials and practice how to report to the Provincial Party Committee Secretary.

At two in the afternoon, Chen Deming and his party set out from Zhouchuan to Baishu Bay.

After entering the Baishu Bay boundary, the potholed road surface made the motorcade bumpy. Zhou Xi's face was a bit unable to hang on, and he said: "Secretary, the road conditions are not very good. There are still many places in Yingjiang's transportation development that need to be improved. We strive to build the main roads connecting townships to counties and districts within two years."

Chen Deming said: "The construction and improvement of infrastructure play an irreplaceable role in rural economic development. Solving the problem of villagers' travel can stimulate the development of the rural economy, effectively increase farmers' income, and has important significance for improving and improving farmers' living standards and rural economic development. From the current status, the construction of rural roads is far from meeting the needs of rural development. We need to further strengthen the management of rural roads. The Provincial Transportation Department needs to actively explore in this regard and increase financial investment."

Secretary Chen's words are policy and also the direction of Qinchuan Province's work. The accompanying Executive Vice Provincial Governor Gao Yixing had already begun to plan how to implement the Secretary's instructions in his work.

The motorcade entered Baishu Bay. The streets were clean and tidy. It was a quiet small township without the noise and prosperity of big cities, giving people a feeling of returning to nature, quiet and warm.

After getting out of the car, Chen Deming looked around the township government and laughed: "Back then, when I worked in the township, it was like this, cave dwellings and bungalows. I didn't expect to see it again. It looks very kind."

Lu Fan stood upright on the side, not daring to talk casually. Only after Secretary Gao Yuanfei introduced him did Lu Fan approach Secretary Chen Deming and say respectfully: "Thank you, Secretary Chen, for coming to Baishu Bay Township to inspect and guide the work. All cadres and masses in the township are looking forward to it!"

Chen Deming smiled and said: "You are Lu Fan. You look very young. Tell me about your original intention of guaranteeing loans!"

Lu Fan tried to calm his mood, a little nervous, and said: "Lack of funds is the main bottleneck restricting farmers from developing leading industries and increasing income and becoming rich. This year, the township is vigorously developing the breeding industry, planting industry, and timber processing industry, and many households lack startup capital."

"To solve this problem, with the policy support of the County Party Committee and County Government, the township government called on all cadres to guarantee loans for industrial households in their own names. Up to now, 56 cadres in the township have guaranteed 22.3 million yuan in loans for 223 households, developing 123 breeding households, holding up a 'protective umbrella' for the masses, and solving the problem of insufficient funds for industrial development."

"By changing the way of working, we have built a 'bridge of hearts' for the relationship between cadres and the masses."

Chen Deming nodded and said: "The original intention is good, and the results are quite significant. Rural work is to start from the subtle places, solve problems for the people, become the people's intimate person, the pathfinder of development, and establish a reputation in the hearts of the people."

"Comrades, as the old saying goes, sadness is only in carelessness, but it takes ten years of work to communicate!"

"Some factors, phenomena, habits, and practices that affected the relationship between the party and the masses in the past must be removed cleanly. Only by always putting the masses in the highest position in our hearts, standing shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand with the masses, putting ourselves in their shoes, feeling the urgency of the masses, and worrying about the worries of the masses, can we have a flesh-and-blood connection and a fish-and-water relationship with the masses, and tear down the 'wall' between cadres and the masses!"

On the way to Goumen Village, along the village road, sheep pens and rows of greenhouses under construction were in full view. Every household was busy, a scene of prosperity. Secretary Chen Deming's face was full of smiles. He could naturally distinguish between true work and "pretending."

Arriving at the home of large breeding household Gu Hao, seven or eight workers were building a new sheep pen behind the house. Chen Deming stepped forward to visit and asked with interest: "This sheep pen is quite big. How many sheep can it raise?"

Gu Hao answered with a smile: "It can raise about three hundred. Leader, look there, the ground has been leveled, and they will all be connected in the future. I bragged with Secretary Lu that we must raise one thousand this year!"

Chen Deming asked again: "How much profit can one sheep make, including meat, skin, and velvet, after deducting costs?"

"The cost is about 1,200 yuan. Our Baishu Bay sheep eat thyme. The mutton is fat but not greasy, thin but not woody, fresh but not muttony. The price is relatively good, and one jin can sell for more than 30. If managed well, one can earn about five or six hundred yuan."

Chen Deming laughed: "Then you raise one thousand sheep and have an income of five or six hundred thousand, which is very considerable!"

"Leader, the risk is also not small. Last spring, I lost more than ten lambs at once. If you want to make money, you have to manage it carefully."

"Does the government have subsidies for raising sheep? Have you enjoyed it?"

"I didn't know how to use the policy before, and I couldn't catch up every time I came to accept it. But this year, with Secretary Lu's reminder, I finally enjoyed a subsidy."

For a whole afternoon, Chen Deming wandered around the village, enjoying this kind of going to the fields, sitting on the same bench with the masses, sitting shoulder to shoulder, and chatting about family affairs. Only in this way can he hear the truth, observe the reality, and obtain true knowledge in research, and only then can he formulate policies that are more in line with reality and make the masses more satisfied. ===== CHAPTER 124 =====