Chapter 717: line with translation of chapter title

As the nation's first "Health and Medical Security Bureau", the grassland's reform is tantamount to throwing out a touchstone, sparking intense debate across all sectors.

Experts have proposed that this merger is not a simple institutional restructuring, but a heavy blow in implementing the "big-department" reform at the grassroots level. He declared that, to implement the health strategy, such institutional integration is an inevitable trend.

Some also say that one side is the service provider and the other the service purchaser; forcing them together is like binding a "seller" and a "buyer" against their will, which makes no sense. What is needed is coordinated cooperation, not a forced marriage.

Furthermore, some have argued that this merger model runs contrary to the current direction of medical reform strategy and is bound to fail!

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Lu Fan clearly knows that these experts are representatives of interest groups, and their words are tantamount to farting, so he completely ignores this "noise" and continues to do as he pleases.

Anyway, Secretary Hong Tao did not raise any objections, so others' opinions don't matter. What counts is that the institutions have been streamlined, costs reduced, work efficiency improved, and ordinary people have gained real benefits—that's substantive.

In fact, this is also Lu Fan quietly streamlining institutions, acting without fanfare. This year he plans to merge three to five bureaus, streamlining 30% of provincial institutions, and every one or two months carry out a "small move", quietly putting the streamlining into place.

Starting this year, Lu Fan adjusted his work approach; the Provincial Party Committee exerts its role in setting direction, overseeing the big picture, defining targets, and promoting implementation. He mainly serves as the "logistics minister" for all levels and departments, responsible for policy support and funding guarantees, and will strongly support anything beneficial to the grassland's development.

As for where the money comes from: on one hand, he personally wrestles for funds and projects from superior departments; on the other, it's the anti-corruption struggle, whereby he has "seized back" the "fat and grease of the people" embezzled by corrupt elements—taken from the people, it must be used for the people.

According to Du Wenlong's summary, over the past two years, the grassland's coordinated advancement of "no dare to corrupt, cannot corrupt, do not want to corrupt" has received over 210,000 reports and accusations, filed 51,125 cases—double the number from the previous two years—and the handling of cases has surged.

They resolutely investigated and handled serious violations involving Yun Shuo, Yun Junjie, Jiang Yizhong, Liu Rui, etc.; they investigated 65 individuals at the county level and above implicated in bribery and corruption involving over 100 million yuan; the deterrent effect of case handling has unprecedentedly increased; Yang Jiale, Wang Haimin, and 1,651 others voluntarily surrendered, while over 8,500 people proactively explained issues to the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs.

Across the province, 11,200 cases of formalism and bureaucratism were filed, resulting in 9,654 receiving Party and administrative disciplinary sanctions and 6,251 being organizationally handled; 6,258 cases of hedonism and extravagance were filed, leading to 5,879 receiving Party and administrative sanctions and 1,682 being organizationally handled; and 8,125 typical cases violating the spirit of the Eight Regulations were reported and exposed.

The grassland's anti-corruption effort is a benchmark for ecological governance—namely, using ecological governance methods for systemic treatment. More importantly, Du Wenlong has already "scraped together" over 100 billion yuan in funds, giving Lu Fan the confidence to implement certain policies and strongly support work in all cities and counties: provide money when needed, provide policies when needed.

In early March, Lu Fan attended the opening ceremony of the "Pangxi Lai" mall in Yike City.

Since last year, after the news of "Pangxi Lai" rolling out across the grassland was released, the progress of each store has constantly tugged at the hearts of the grassland's people!

From staff recruitment to the finalization of opening hours, it seems that every piece of news about "Pangxi Lai" is linked to the heartbeat and breath of the grassland's people.

March 3rd is the opening day of the Yike branch of "Pangxi Lai"; the citizens of Yike have been eagerly awaiting, and finally this day has arrived!

By 9 a. m., a considerable number of citizens had gathered, all wanting to see, at first glance, just how "high-end and impressive" the newly built "Pangxi Lai" really is.

Around 9:30, Secretary Lu Fan and Yu Xilai appeared at the Yike store!

To ensure citizens' travel safety, the public security, traffic police, urban management, and other departments also arrived early at the scene!

At 10 a. m. the mall officially opened; as the doors swung open, a surging crowd squeezed in, demonstrating everyone's enthusiasm for "Pangxi Lai".

"Pangxi Lai" fully implements the profound significance for the grassland; it can change the shopping habits of the grassland's people and redefine their concept of food safety.

Taking advantage of the gradual opening of "Pangxi Lai" supermarkets across various places, the grassland province launched a vigorous food safety rectification campaign; this task is child's play for Lu Fan, who had already accumulated rich experience in Huayuan Province.

Following the first-quarter "red start", the grassland province fully launched a wave of project construction and investment promotion in the second quarter.

Lu Fan repeatedly stressed in meetings and during inspections that for the grassland, without grasping projects, one cannot promote investment, transformation, and development; without grasping projects, one cannot safeguard and improve people's livelihood; without grasping projects, one cannot accomplish the mission of building a modern central city; without grasping projects, leaders at all levels will be eliminated.

Throughout the province, everyone strives day and night to push major project construction, using scheduling to advance progress. Annually, there were 4,659 projects with government investment over 50 million yuan and corporate investment over 100 million yuan, totaling 4.5 trillion yuan in investment, achieving completed construction investment of 1.13 trillion yuan—setting a historical high for the grassland.

In June, the middle school and college entrance exams arrived; this year's biggest change is the middle school exam reform: Chinese 120 points, math 120 points, morality and rule of law combined with history 120 points, physics 100 points, physical education 100 points, English 60 points, total 620 points.

This reform plan was fully promoted by Lu Fan, reducing the weight of English and increasing that of physical education.

When youths are strong, the nation is strong; if the physique is unhealthy, how can one speak of wisdom? If the physique is not strong, how can one speak of being a pillar? Lacking the strength to truss a chicken, youths' physical condition is "weak" to an alarming degree; "cultivate a robust physique" is an urgent necessity!

It is precisely to use the middle and high school exams to orient toward increased physical education scores, so that parents, teachers, and students fully recognize the importance of sports for children's all-round physical and mental development, and genuinely reverse the tendency of overemphasizing intellectual education while neglecting physical education.

On July 10, the "Grassland Province High-Tech Industry Development Zone" officially broke ground, with 68 listed enterprises holding a centralized move-in ceremony.

Thanks to Du Wenlong's outstanding "performance", Lu Fan meticulously planned this "high-tech zone", personally overseeing it as a top-leader project.

The high-tech zone covers 1,200 square kilometers, the largest in the nation! It plans the 16 industrial chains with the greatest development potential for the grassland over the next ten years, including: cloud computing, big data, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, 3D technology, unmanned technology, robotics, new energy, new materials, biotechnology and life sciences, medical devices, internet healthcare, Mongolian medicine, sports industry, meat product deep processing, rare earths, etc.

The first batch of 68 listed enterprises to move in are all industry leaders personally contacted by Lu Fan, and they are also chain leaders.

From the outset of the high-tech zone's establishment, it has focused on market entities' concerns, treating private enterprises as family; with a constant sense of responsibility, it solves problems for businesses, and by optimizing the business environment's "excellence", it stimulates market entities' "vitality", gathering momentum to empower new breakthroughs in nurturing and expanding market entities.

The high-tech zone spares no effort to reduce project costs and enhance enterprises' overall competitiveness. It strictly implements the reform of the approval system for construction projects, completing ten assessments—geological hazards, environmental impact assessment, water resource carrying capacity, stability evaluation, safety evaluation, seismic evaluation, etc. —and allows settled-in projects to use these services free of charge.

It transfers various governmental matters from the originally dispersed approval departments to centralized hall approval, launching 30 robot "civil servants" to handle general approval affairs.

Here, enterprises can enjoy the fewest approval matters, the highest processing efficiency, and the best governmental environment in warm-hearted service; there is no buck-passing, wrangling, extortion, or perfunctory evasion—only the attentive, ready-to-serve attitude of a "shop assistant".

It is foreseeable that in the coming years, the high-tech zone will become the greatest "engine" of grassland economic development, driving vigorous growth in 16 industries and helping the grassland economy continually catch up and surpass.

During the October short holiday, the grassland experienced a tourism explosion, conveying its unique ethnic charm and cultural connotation to vast numbers of tourists. The province received 18 million domestic tourist visits, up 30% year-on-year, achieving tourism revenue of 30 billion yuan, up 35% year-on-year, thereby boosting the thriving development of the service sector.

In 2028, under Lu Fan's leadership, the grassland will gather inner vitality, build momentum, run and strive, accumulate depth then burst forth, and write a splendid answer sheet for its economic operation.

All cities have fully satisfied the GDP growth targets set by Lu Fan, with none lagging behind!

The provincial GDP reached 3.8 trillion yuan; calculated at constant prices, it grew 15% over the previous year, firmly holding the national top spot!

The economic volume rose again, ranking 14th nationwide, finally reaching the upper-middle tier. The next target is Youzhou Province; although the gap remains 900 billion yuan, the grassland, up and down, is full of confidence under Lu Fan's leadership.

This year, under Lu Fan's focused attention, the grassland's livestock industry has grown rapidly. Provincial output of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry meat reached 4 million tons, up 10% year-on-year, accounting for two-fifths of the national market.

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Behind the achievements lie arduous effort and the sweat of struggle; each dazzling "exploit" records and elucidates the historical minutiae of the grassland's development this year, and furthermore tells the province and the nation of the grassland's extraordinary progress.

The grassland's people have good reason to believe that, under Secretary Lu Fan's leadership, tomorrow will be even more brilliant, and future development will be even more splendid!

At the year's end and beginning, another major event occurred in the grassland: Secretary Lu Fan personally invited "Da Qiangzi" to come inspect the grassland to discuss a big plan for "takeout"!

Recently, the social security issue of delivery riders has become a focus of public opinion, but some platforms have not only failed to restrain themselves, they have actually driven catering merchants to the point of "being unable to bear the pain".

Without Old Zhang the butcher, would we still not eat hairy pigs? Lu Fan decided to "reset the table and sing a different tune", formally introducing "Jingdong" takeout.

"Da Qiangzi" pledged upon signing the investment promotion agreement: 1) to cooperate only with businesses that allow dine-in, effectively guaranteeing hygiene quality; 2) to exempt merchants from "commission" in the first year, and in the second year collect at most a 5% "commission", with platforms charging over 20% commission to be completely expelled from the grassland market; 3) to pay social security for all delivery riders.