Chapter 2880

If these state-owned enterprises succeed in their shareholding reform, it will lift a considerable heavy burden off Baozhou City's finances, and they will become a new source of revenue for Baozhou City.

Don't underestimate this outflow and inflow—taken together, it will leave Baozhou City's finances at least one to two hundred million yuan better off every year, and with that one or two hundred million, Baozhou City can do a great many more things.

Xin Jing mainly reported on the land and resources matters under her purview, chiefly the mine owners who had been fined; right now the recovery of their fines has been limited, and to date only a paltry few tens of thousands of yuan have been collected, all paid by small operators with no backing, while those big operators can't even be found now.

Xin Jing recommended that the investigation be intensified, so that those owners pay in full the fines and late fees they owe, which would make it possible to begin restoring and treating the polluted land.

Finally, it was Su Xinghui's turn, and everyone looked toward this young vice mayor.

Su Xinghui began: "Hello, everyone. Let me talk about some recent work arrangements for the areas under my charge…"

Su Xinghui's main near-term work plan was this: once the snow melted, he would go down to the townships of the various counties to have a look around, to see whether the situation with school buildings collapsed by the heavy snow was truly as the local education department had reported, with no casualties.

Along the way he would also look into the situation at the Gexiangzhen Weisheng Academy, getting a sense of the lay of the land; he planned to tilt this year's funding toward the grassroots Weisheng Academy of each township, so that they could purchase some fairly advanced medical equipment and strengthen their medical staff, allowing these academies to better play the role that grassroots health departments ought to play.

This point is very important—it carries great significance for raising average life expectancy and improving the people's physical constitution. The conditions of Baozhou City's grassroots health departments are not good; one could say they have always been in debt. Su Xinghui's increasing their funding now can be considered paying off that debt.

Su Xinghui also planned to install some public fitness equipment in the communities and parks of each county and district, and to increase investment in sports stadiums, so that ordinary people would have a place to exercise. This too was a measure aimed at improving the people's physical constitution, complementing the increased investment in health.

Su Xinghui had another vision: within three years, every village in every county and district of Baozhou City would have a village-level reading room established, so that villagers too could read more books and learn more knowledge from them, thereby improving the cultural quality of the people and fostering an atmosphere that valued learning and knowledge.

After finishing these points, Su Xinghui cleared his throat and said: "Yesterday was my shift. During my shift, this thing happened. You may have already heard about it, but let me go over it with everyone again…"