Chapter 306: Geographical Indication Products

Working person, working soul!

On May 1st, Lu Fan left the gentle village and followed Li Mingzhou back to Yingjiang.

When they parted, Li Mingzhou mentioned that Wang Hongtao was estimated to be leaving Yinzhou, and the fortune was unpredictable!

Lu Fan was very worried about his teacher, but his teacher did earth-shattering things, and he was humble and weak, purely powerless! He could only silently bless his teacher, hoping that everything would develop in a good direction.

Wang Hongtao's matter made Lu Fan deeply realize the cruelty of reality. In this day and age, even if you genuinely want to do some good things that benefit the country and the people, you need enough strength to support it and be able to fully control the situation to truly achieve your goals. Otherwise, in the end, it is inevitable that the bamboo basket will draw water in vain!

This world does not have fair justice, only clear strength and weakness.

Lu Fan realized that if he wants to truly achieve something, he must constantly improve his strength and accumulate more resources and connections. Only in this way can he stand firm and grow sturdily in the complex political arena, and it is possible to become a towering tree that changes the situation!

On May 2nd, Lu Fan just arrived at the office, and County Mayor Wang Baoguo came.

After a few polite words, Wang Baoguo tentatively asked: "Secretary, Yuan Gang was taken away by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission. I don't know what the specific situation is? He still has a lot of work on hand. Should it be arranged for other comrades? Or wait and see?"

The County Party Committee has guidance power over the division of labor of the government leadership team. Lu Fan did not cover up and said: "I suggest letting Liang Qi take charge of his work. As for Yuan Gang, it is highly probable that he will not come back! This person is corrupt and bribing, abusing power, seeking power, transferring benefits, and engaging in favoritism and malpractice. The amount involved is huge, and the Discipline Inspection Commission has already mastered a lot of true evidence. What awaits him will definitely be severe punishment by the law!"

Wang Baoguo felt a chill in his heart and asked again: "Secretary, has it involved cadres in the county at present?"

Lu Fan shook his head and said: "Handling the case is the business of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and we should not interfere too much. My principle is that I will never tolerate or shield corrupt behavior. I will investigate any corrupt element to the end, never tolerate it, and never let them escape punishment!"

Wang Baoguo wanted to speak but stopped, and finally held back his words, returning to the County Government with a worried look.

This is the helplessness of having no strong backing. Through personal efforts, some people can climb to the deputy division-level leadership position by chance, but the vast majority of people stop there. Above is a radish and a pit, which is definitely not something that can be climbed up by hard work. These people know their destiny, and plus they are not young, so it is easy to change their original intention, put interests first, and struggle for the glory and wealth of the second half of their lives.

Once something goes wrong, their ability to resist risks is very low. Some people can keep a "whole body" by exhausting their family wealth, but they will also return to liberation overnight. And some people who are targeted will be treated as typical and performance, and it is difficult to escape the end of being imprisoned, ruined, and losing both people and money!

People with real backgrounds, even if they encounter some trouble, will be like the monsters with backgrounds in the journey to the west. At the critical moment, a "Wukong, show mercy!" will come, and then it will be handled coldly for a period of time, and it is even possible to change places and make a comeback.

Now undoubtedly, Yuan Gang met Lu Fan and became the "White Bone Demon," unable to escape the fate of being beaten to death with a stick!

On May 3rd, a working group for the preliminary examination of geographical indication product protection declaration from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the Intellectual Property Office inspected Ganshui's declaration for national geographical indication protection product work, and Lu Fan accompanied throughout.

In the written examination stage, the working group affirmed the sufficiency of Ganshui County's declaration material preparation, stating that Ganshui Tofu's declaration for national geographical indication protection brought memories to the people of Ganshui, and also brought economic benefits.

In the on-site inspection stage, the working group came to Chengguan Town, Siwan Town, and Bawanli Dried Tofu Factory, checked the tofu production process, and the results of combining with tourism and commerce.

The preliminary examination working group fully affirmed the large amount of work done by Ganshui in restoring and developing the Ganshui Tofu brand. It believed that the "Ganshui Tofu" product has high popularity and good industrial development status, basically meets the relevant regulations of the National Intellectual Property Administration on declaring geographical indication product protection, and unanimously agreed that the "Ganshui Tofu" geographical indication protection product declared by Ganshui County passed the preliminary examination.

Lu Fan stated on behalf of the County Party Committee and County Government that in the next step, Ganshui will continue to improve relevant declaration materials, actively declare to the National Intellectual Property Administration, and solidly do a good job in various inspection work, striving for the early success of the Ganshui Tofu geographical indication protection product declaration.

On May 5th, the preliminary examination group left Ganshui with "big bags and small bags," and both sides were happy.

Lu Fan is very willing to invest in matters involving Ganshui's development plan, requiring Deputy Secretary Wang Zhikun to get this honor back at all costs, and the funding will be fully guaranteed.

Declaring national geographical indication products also has a benefit, which is that it can add points when the province assesses the county and the city assesses the county at the end of the year. Lu Fan does not want to be the last in the city this year!

On the morning of May 6th, the county-wide optimization of the business environment work conference was held in the County Government Auditorium. The conference summarized work experience, arranged and deployed work tasks for the next stage, and mobilized the whole county to maintain the examination state of self-revolution and the fighting posture of striving for first-class, moving towards the goal of the best business environment.

County Party Committee Secretary Lu Fan attended the meeting and spoke. County Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Zhang Qianyuan presided over the meeting. The main leaders of the four sets of teams, all county-level leaders at home, various departments directly under the county, and various townships attended the meeting. The meeting also invited all the "five-above" enterprises and some individual associations and mass representatives in the county.

County Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Zhang Qianyuan read out the "Ganshui County Business Environment Guarantee Leading Group" and "Ganshui County Business Environment Improvement Work Plan," and made a detailed interpretation, clarifying the responsibilities of each department.

The two plans moved the attendees, because the competent department for the business environment turned out to be the County Discipline Inspection Commission and the public security and procuratorate departments. Who would dare to mess around now? Once they act recklessly and are reported by name, it is equivalent to directly filing a case. These units are worried that they cannot complete the "case handling" indicators!

County Party Committee Secretary Lu Fan pointed out in his speech that the business environment is the local investment environment, the future development environment, the production and operation environment of entrepreneurs, the work environment of various levels and departments, and the living environment of the people of Ganshui. All Ganshui people are the responsible subjects of the business environment! The whole county must summarize experience and lessons, find out problems and shortcomings, set firm determination, firm and strong will, fully optimize the business environment, and protect Ganshui County's economic development.

Lu Fan emphasized that if the business environment wants to stand out, it must break through difficult points, fight a war of annihilation, clear blockages, fight a breakthrough war, eliminate pain points, fight a tough battle, and always maintain a state of walking on thin ice. The County Party Committee and County Government must unite with the people of the whole county and fight to the end against all problems such as shirking responsibility, delaying work, eating, taking, and asking for things, artificially setting obstacles, and non-standard law enforcement!

This conference is of great significance and far-reaching influence on the improvement of Ganshui County's business environment, and even caused a great response within the city.

Lu Fan raised a banner, sounded the horn of the charge, and showed the courage and determination of the County Party Committee to rectify the business environment.

The whole county was shaken, feeling the impact brought by this change. Power departments were worried, fearing that they would be caught as typical examples; the masses cheered, sighing that finally someone dared to stand up and manage those messy things! As for the result, we can only wait and see.

On May 7th, the Ganshui County compound ushered in another storm. County Transportation Bureau Director Yao Guang, Deputy Director, and Accountant were taken away from the office by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission!

All kinds of living beings, some are worried, worried about whether they will be involved; some are gloating, feeling that they deserve it; some are sighing, sighing at the impermanence of the world; some are clapping and cheering, thinking that corrupt elements should be caught!

In short, ever since Lu Fan served as County Party Committee Secretary, Ganshui has experienced many major events, and in the process of not knowing, it is changing. The official atmosphere is gradually improving, leaders have begun to study work, and people who lie flat dare not lie flat.

The Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission moved very fast, and on May 8th, it issued a notice: With the approval of the Yingjiang Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission filed a case for review and investigation into the serious disciplinary and illegal problems of Yuan Gang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Ganshui County Party Committee, a member of the Party Group of the County Government, and Deputy County Chief.

Upon investigation, Yuan Gang lost his ideals and beliefs, had weak discipline and legal awareness, and resisted organizational review; engaged in profit-making activities in violation of regulations, interfered with and intervened in the contracting of construction projects; used the convenience of his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting, enterprise operation, etc., and accepted property, with a particularly huge amount; colluded with others to embezzle government fiscal funds by fabricating engineering projects, inflating engineering quantities, and false demolition compensation, with a huge amount.

Yuan Gang seriously violated the Party's discipline and national laws and regulations, constituted a duty-related violation and was suspected of bribery and corruption crimes, with a serious nature and bad influence, and should be dealt with seriously. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Action," the "Law on Administrative Punishment for Public Officials," and other relevant regulations, after research by the Standing Committee of the Yingjiang Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission and approval by the Municipal Party Committee, it was decided to give Yuan Gang the punishment of expulsion from the Party; the Municipal Supervision Commission gave him the punishment of expulsion from public office; and confiscated his illegal and disciplinary income.

Lu Fan had already inquired clearly from Du Wenlong that Yuan Gang was purely a "soft egg." He was taken down after staying in the "soft bag" for only more than a week. His spirit completely collapsed, and he began to confess his problems one by one. He had more than ten lovers in Ganshui alone. 38.5 million in corrupt funds had been implemented and were all confiscated into the integrity account.

Other things don't matter, this nearly 40 million of the people's fat and ointment of Ganshui people must be returned to Ganshui.

Corrupt funds are handled by the Discipline Inspection Commission according to the processing procedures of relevant regulations, and then turned over to the national treasury according to regulations. But after entering the national treasury, the leader can decide the use of this money.

For this reason, Lu Fan immediately went to Yingjiang to ask for this fund from Secretary Li Mingzhou and Secretary Wu Xiaohua.

At the same time, Lu Fan decided to recommend Deputy County Chief Chen Shifeng to concurrently serve as a standing committee member, which is a cadre sent down by the Municipal Party Committee Office; and recommend the promotion of County Economic Development Bureau Director Luo Chen to serve as Deputy County Chief.

In terms of qualifications, Finance Bureau Director Shen Kaixing has an advantage, but Lu Fan learned that he has close contacts with several leaders of the County Government, and he cannot rest assured about his integrity and self-discipline. ===== CHAPTER 307 =====