Chapter 989 Institutional Reform!

The Chaohai County Party Committee Office Building is holding a Standing Committee meeting to study the institutional reform of county-level party and government organs.

Liu Yihua first spoke: "Comrades, we held this Standing Committee meeting today to study the institutional reform of county-level party and government organs.

I think everyone has read the documents issued by the superiors, right? The superiors require us to streamline some institutions according to the spirit of the reasonable division of labor between the party and the government and the principle of streamlining! Abolish some institutions! Government and enterprises should be separated... The superior leaders delivered a speech entitled "Stretching institutions is a revolution" at the meeting held by the Political Bureau in January 1989.

The head of the head pointed out: Streamlining the organization is a revolution! Of course, it is not a revolution for people, but a revolution for the system. If we do not carry out this revolution, the party and government organs will be bloated and overlapping, and the responsibilities will be unclear, and there will be no way to change it! Nowadays, many leading cadres in party and government organs are incompetent, irresponsible, and lack energy, knowledge and efficiency in their work! How can such cadres do a good job? How can such cadres be approved by the people?

The head of the head said: The revolution of institutional reform will not be carried out, so that the elderly and patients will block the path of younger, more motivated and capable cadres. Not only will there be no hope for the four modernizations, but the party and the country may also be destroyed. Realizing the revolution, younger, more knowledgeable and professionalized cadres is a strategic need for revolution and construction, and it is also the most glorious and sacred responsibility of every veteran cadre. He also said that in and out, entry is the first priority, and selection of people should be selected, and selection of talents should be selected. The most critical issue is to choose younger ones."

Liu Yihua paused and continued: "Comrades, by studying and understanding the speeches of the superior leaders, everyone is clear about the importance of the reform of the county-level party and government organs this time? Reform is necessary! It is for the matter and not the people! After this reform, some of our people here may be given to younger comrades, but we will not forget the contributions made by these old comrades!

Next, please discuss how our institutional reform will be carried out based on the current situation of the party and government organs in Chaohai County, and what effect we need to achieve based on the current situation of the party and government organs in Chaohai County!”

After Liu Yihua said that, most of the Standing Committee members looked at the deputy secretary of the county party committee. The secretary of the county party committee went to the province for a meeting. Today, Liu Yihua is the boss. The deputy secretary of the county party committee cleared his throat and said, "Comrades, I am responsible for the work of the party and the masses. I feel a great responsibility for this institutional reform! Comrade Liu Yihua just now talked about the origin of this institutional reform! This vigorous institutional reform started from the superiors, from January 1982, and has been underway for two years now! Why has it taken so long? Because: it is difficult! Reform is difficult! But no matter how difficult we have to reform!

Next, I will briefly introduce the institutional reform of superior agencies to you.

The 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution on the institutional reform of the State Council. It approved the preliminary plan for institutional reform of the State Council in principle. According to this plan, the various ministries, commissions and directly affiliated institutions of the State Council will be reduced from the existing 98 to 52, and the staff will be reduced by about one-third.

Comrades, the reform of the superior organs has been completed in accordance with the original plan! The superiors have set an example for us. What should the party and government organs below do? Maybe many old comrades in the county feel wronged... However, many respected old revolutionaries of superiors have retreated to the second line and are willing to make way for young cadres. What else can you compromise?

The institutional reform of county-level party and government organs is the decision of the superiors! We must complete it resolutely! Complete it quickly! There is no condition to talk about!"

The speech of the deputy secretary of the county party committee shocked the members present! Liu Yihua only said theoretical things, while the deputy secretary of the county party committee talked about the specific reform plans and numbers of the superior organs... This is even more shocking! It seems that it is impossible not to reform! The upward and downward effect... The superiors have set an example, what else can you do?

The Minister of Organization Department opened the information in his hand and said, "Next, I will introduce to you the situation of the reform of provincial-level institutions. The work of adjusting the provincial-level leadership team started in late October 1989 and was basically completed in the first half of 1990. The adjustment of provincial-level leadership teams, committees, departments, bureaus, prefectures, and municipal leadership teams has basically ended in the second half of the year.

After adjustments, the number of people was reduced, the average age decreased, the level of education improved, and a big step towards revolutionization, younger, knowledgeable and professionalization!

The number of provincial leadership teams, members of the Party Committee Standing Committee, and chief executives and vice governors decreased from 698 to 463, a decrease of 34%; the average age dropped from 62 to 55 years old; the number of people with college or above education increased from 20% to 43%.

There are 204 newly promoted provincial-level leading cadres, accounting for 44% of the total number of members of the new team, of which 145 have college education, accounting for 71%.

The leadership teams of prefecture, municipal and provincial departments, commissions, departments and bureaus, party committees, deputy commissioners, and directors of the directors and deputy directors, have been reduced from 16,658 before the adjustment to 10,603, a decrease of 36%. The average age has been reduced from 58 years old to 50 years old. Those with college education have increased from 14% to 44%.

The Standing Committee members here heard this set of shocking numbers and knew that they would be serious this time! The average age of the local department-level leaders is only 50 years old! The Propaganda Department Minister and the United Front Work Department Minister are all over 50 years old, which seems to be in danger!

The Minister of Organization Department coughed and continued: "The above figures show the intensity and achievements of this top-down institutional reform! The superiors, provincial and local leaders have set an example for us! What should we do? Here is an institutional reform plan, please refer to it!"

This plan was mainly designed by Liu Yihua and has introduced shocking plans.

After everyone looked at the reform plan provided by the Minister of the Organization Department... I felt that it was a cold start! How could this be a reform? It was simply a reversal! According to this plan, Chaohai County is preparing to implement the "abolition of bureaus and expansion of commissions" to reduce the problems of overlapping institutions and indiscriminate governments and enterprises. It will abolish and merge 15 bureaus, offices, commissions! Such efforts are really unimaginable! So many leaders and cadres have been reformed like this? How can they survive in the future? Even if the leaders of superiors, provinces and localities have a high prestige... But the leaders of the county are different! Once they retreat, they will basically be useless. As for the section-level cadres below... Once they retreat, they will be a useless person!

The Minister of the Propaganda Department wiped his sweat and said, "That... is it too strong? Will such a large-scale reform affect the normal development of Chaohai County? Will it be approved by the superiors?" Since the last time his son Zhou Hu had a conflict with Secretary Liu's son... the Minister of the Propaganda Department has a strong sense of urgency! He went to the county magistrate's office director several times but did not get his promise. This time the county-level agency institutional reform plan came out... It is estimated that his position will be difficult! Now the Minister of the Propaganda Department can only rely on the superiors' failure to approve the institutional reform plan of Chaohai County, so he still has a glimmer of life!

The director of the county party committee office put down the information in his hand and said: "I firmly support the decision of my superiors! How many agencies and cadres do we have in our small Chaohai County? What contributions have they made to the development of Chaohai County? What contributions have they made to the people? Very few! Many units have made very little contributions!

Many comrades don’t work hard, procrastinate and try every means to escape! When they have benefits, they are the first to jump out and fight! They are more active than anyone else! Once they are compromised, they cry and shout... It seems that they are even more unfair than Dou E!

Chaohai County needs to develop vigorously! Rapid development! Can we expect these agencies and cadres to provide strong impetus for the development of Chaohai County? No! Therefore, reform is necessary! It is related to the life and death of Chaohai County! The superiors support our reform!"

The speech of the director of the county party committee office shocked the Standing Committee members! Since taking office, he has never made such a clear speech! His remarks before were basically very implicit, no matter what he opposed or agreed with.

Liu Yihua added: "Comrades, don't make a fuss when you see this reform plan! You scream! You think it's too much and think it's a big deal! I want to tell you that we have no way out and we must develop a final plan today!"

Liu Yihua's attitude has been very clear! This reform plan must be passed in the end! Regardless of whether you agree or not!

The deputy secretary of the county party committee said: "Minister of the Organization Department, let's discuss it one by one according to the plan!"

The Minister of Organization Department nodded and said, "The Agricultural Bureau was changed to an agricultural service center, the Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Products Bureau was changed to an animal husbandry and aquatic product service center, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau was changed to an agricultural machinery service center, and the Water and Power Bureau was changed to a water conservancy and hydropower service center... Are there no doubts about these points?"

Of course, the bureau and the center sound like they are not the same! Simply put, the bureau seems to be a management unit! But the center feels like a service unit! But no matter what, these bureaus have been retained! But the name has changed!

Many members of the Standing Committee spoke next, saying that there was no problem.

The Minister of Organization Department continued: "The Social Enterprise Management Bureau was changed to the Social Enterprise General Company of the Town Enterprise Corporation, the Grain Bureau was changed to the Grain and Oil Corporation, the Material Bureau was changed to the Material General Company, the Foreign Trade Bureau was changed to the Foreign Trade Company, and the Transportation Bureau was changed to the Transportation Company... What do you have any opinions on this?"

The Minister of the United Front Work Department hesitated and said: "The Grain Bureau is very important... Is this also necessary to reform? We are socialist, and changing the Grain Bureau to the Grain Oil Corporation... isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

Most of the Standing Committee members have the views of the Minister of the United Front Work Department! The Grain Bureau... Food is the most important thing for the people! Now that the country has achieved a planned economy, grain and oil are supplied according to the plan! If the Grain Bureau is changed to the Grain Bureau General Company... I feel that grain and oil can be bought and sold casually without planning! Because the company is just a business!

Neither the deputy secretary of the county party committee nor the director of the organization department could find a suitable answer to this question, and their eyes naturally looked at Liu Yihua.

Liu Yihua frowned and said, "The Central Committee has said that it has long been - we are now implementing a policy of mainly planning economy and auxiliary market economy! Therefore, our reform of the Food Bureau this time does not violate the spirit of the central government! The head of the Central Committee has long said: The planned economy is like a bird cage, and the market economy is like a bird! If there is no bird cage, the bird will fly away! The market will be out of control! The cage is not too small, so the bird will have no room for flying! We are now exploring a suitable development path! Create a bird cage of the right size for this bird!

There must always be a little risk, a little breakthrough and enterprising spirit in reform, right? From now on, we must liberate our spirit! It is time for some old ideas to change!"

Liu Yihua's speech clings to the spirit of the central government and quotes the metaphor of the chief of the central government... It is irrefutable! Everyone had to pass the above changes.

The Minister of Organization Department looked at Liu Yihua with admiration! I thought to myself that Secretary Liu’s theoretical level is high! However, the Minister of Organization Department did not know that Liu Yihua’s theories were collected and sorted out by Liu Yihua!

Next, the Minister of the Organization Department continued to read out the reform plan... The Standing Committee members had to grit their teeth and express their opinions.

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Two hours later, this plan will be voted on! Except for the Propaganda Department Minister and the United Front Work Department Minister Li Yazhou abstained from the power, the other nine members of the Standing Committee agreed to this reform plan!

After discussion and research by the Standing Committee, Chaohai County decided to establish five new committees! The county government has 1st office, 8th committee and 12th bureau.

1.

The county government office (including the support office, the petition office, and an economic research office).

8 Committee:

1. Agricultural Committee-including agriculture, water conservancy, hydropower, animal husbandry and aquatic products, economic crops, agricultural machinery, enterprise bureau, zoning office, soil and water conservation office, grain company, supply and marketing cooperative.

2. Forestry Committee-Including Greening Committee.

3. Economic Committee-including Industry, Second Light, Transportation, Commerce, Foreign Trade Bureau, Vocational Education Office.

4. Planning Committee-including materials and infrastructure.

5. Spiritual Civilization Construction Committee.

6. Science and Technology Committee.

7. Family Planning Commission.

8. Sports Committee.

12 rounds:

1. Personnel Bureau, including the Laoka Cadre Bureau, and Editorial Committee Office.

2. Public Security Bureau.

3. Judicial Bureau.

4. Civil Affairs Bureau.

5. Finance Bureau.

6. Taxation Bureau.

7. Industry and Commerce Bureau.

8. Labor Bureau.

9. Bureau of Statistics.

10, Education Bureau.

11, Culture Bureau.

12, Health Bureau.

This plan will abolish and merge 15 bureaus, offices, committees... The county party committee organization is fixed and cannot be revoked or merged, but it has streamlined one-quarter of the personnel!

As soon as this plan is released, the reform of county-level organs and institutions in Chaohai County will be launched vigorously!

Liu Yihua finally delivered a speech: "Comrades, the institutional reform plan for county-level agencies in Chaohai County has just been approved! Next, we must implement this plan without hesitation and thoroughly! My idea is to complete this reform within 15 days! Please don't be surprised, comrades! Reform must be vigorous and decisive! Revolution is not about treating guests! Similarly - institutional reform is not about treating guests!"

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After the reform plan for county-level agencies in Chaohai County was passed, cadres from all over Chaohai County felt unprecedented pressure for a while! Everyone was moving around... jumping up and down to find relationships! Many people actually found Liu Yihua's head!

Liu Yihua is treating guests at Chaohai County Party Committee Guesthouse! Those who are qualified to come in are extraordinary! They are all members of Liu Yihua’s team!

Everyone entered the VIP room lively. After the banquet started, Liu Yihua picked up the wine glass and said, "This is a good wine! Louis XIII... Come and have a drink! Haha, I'll drink a drink!"

"Cheers!" Everyone here had a great time!

After putting down the wine glass, Liu Yihua said straight to the point: "I'm asking you to come today... just to communicate your feelings! Everyone knows that I have a good relationship with Huaxia Group in Taiwan and Zhenghua Group in Hong Kong Island! These two groups are the main forces in building the Zhenghua Special Economic Zone! The construction of the Special Economic Zone is also inseparable from the strong support of everyone here! Therefore, I hope you will continue to support it in the future!

Another thing is that the county passed the reform plan for county-level organs and institutions a few days ago... Our cadres in Chaohai County will be reduced a lot in the future! We worked hard and became officials. With the current achievements, no one wants to be reformed! But the reality is cruel... Therefore, many cadres began to look for relationships everywhere, and a few people found me a while ago... Today I am here to express my opinion-the departments that should be revoked will be revoked! Cadres who should be revoked will be revoked! There is no favor to talk about! There is no back door to open! You also know, how many eyes will be staring at us at this time?"

The Minister of Organization Department said with a haha: "That... County Magistrate, let's just mention it! You also know that after so many years in the agency, who don't have many relatives and friends? Once they retreat to the second line, life will be problematic! They have to find you."

This time the institutional reform is too strong! As the Minister of the Organization Department, even the Organization Department cannot protect some of his friends! Because many bureaus have been cancelled! How much can you help? The retained units are also laying off people crazy... Where can I get a new position for these comrades?

"County magistrate, the adjustment is too strong this time! Even the positions of several county party committee members may not be guaranteed... Many comrades below are panicked! So it is understandable to ask people everywhere! We also know your difficulties, but unless it is absolutely necessary, it is not a particularly good relationship... we will not speak to you!"

In recent times, many cadres have tried every means to establish a good relationship with Liu Yihua and Liu Yihua.

Liu Yihua thought about it and said, "Let's do this, each of you gives me 3 places! I'm responsible for the arrangement of these people! If there are too many, it's really not possible! At least not now!" Liu Yihua wanted to arrange these people to Zhenghua Special Economic Zone. Their position may not be very high, but their income must be good!

"Really? That's great! Thank you, County Magistrate." Everyone said excitedly.

After a while, Liu Yihua said: "I have been in contact with Taiwan Huaxia Group and Hong Kong Island Zhenghua Group recently... and then I went to the capital to take a look and deeply felt the gap between our Chaohai County and many areas!

How did this gap be caused? I think the lack of reform awareness is a main reason! The central leader once said: If there is no reform, our country will have a dead end! I want to tell you how I view reform!
To be continued...