Fang Zhicheng cried out in injustice with a bitter smile, looking up to the sky and saying: "What is going on here?"
Chapter 0880: Internal Situation of the Development and Reform Commission
The NDRC is particularly busy at the end of this year, as the 11th Five-Year Plan is coming to an end and the 12th Five-Year Plan is about to begin. 2011 is destined to be a year of transition. In terms of economic development, the NDRC system needs to focus on summarizing the achievements of the 11th Five-Year Plan and planning for the future of the 12th Five-Year Plan.
The reason why the National Development and Reform Commission is called the mini-State Council is obvious at this moment. More than 20 departments work overtime until around 11 o'clock at night every day to sort out various materials and provide sufficient materials for the two sessions.
The atmosphere in the meeting room of the Development and Reform Commission was a bit solemn. More than a dozen party group members sat down and chatted in groups of two or three. The meeting room of the Development and Reform Commission had just been renovated some time ago. The original rough brick and stone floor was turned into an atmospheric deep red solid wood floor. A black pine round table was placed in the middle. Microphones were installed at intervals on the table. In front of the round table was a wooden hollow relief. The relief pattern was a landscape, composed of the famous Huaishui Dongshan in Huainan. A projection screen was hung above the relief, which could be used for multimedia meetings.
The meeting was scheduled to start at 2:30. At around 2:28, Shen Hanchun, director of the Development and Reform Commission, entered the meeting room, and Fang Zhicheng followed him in. Fang Zhicheng was impatient and had no habit of attending meetings on time. He usually came to the meeting room early to wait, but today Shen Hanchun called Fang Zhicheng to the office in advance. The two chatted about the topic until the secretary came to notify them, and the two ended their private conversation.
The topic that Shen Hanchun discussed with Fang Zhicheng today was related to people's livelihood. Although Fang Zhicheng was not in charge of this area, Shen Hanchun had already cultivated Fang Zhicheng as his confidant, so he still discussed with him how to promote the optimization of people's livelihood security.
Fang Zhicheng's views are very sharp, pointing directly to the three major issues that the people are generally concerned about: education, medical care, and housing. Therefore, if we want to optimize people's livelihood security, we must adopt targeted strategies around these three areas.
In education, we should focus on the fair distribution of resources. Now Huainan Province has fully promoted compulsory education, but the distribution of educational resources has become differentiated. For example, there is an imbalance between rural and urban educational resources. As long as rural families have the economic strength, they will send their children to the city to go to school. The number of students in rural schools is constantly decreasing, while it is difficult to find a place in the key schools in the city, which makes school district housing a hot spot for parents to compete. At the same time, there is no assessment of the admission rate of compulsory education, which leads to educators following the routine, losing motivation, and even perfunctory. Therefore, in education, we must increase the allocation of educational resources, publicize and guide educators, strengthen the construction of teachers' ethics, and pay attention to the equipment of rural education infrastructure.
The problem of medical treatment is even more prominent. Last year, many hospitals in Huainan were reported to have high-priced drugs. Drugs with a cost of 0.5 yuan can be sold for tens of yuan after being exploited by several hands, with profits reaching hundreds of times. If patients want to be cured, they must give red envelopes in advance, otherwise they will be treated unfairly. At the same time, medical disputes have also become a topic of widespread social concern. To solve this problem, we must step up the construction of the medical security system, achieve 100% coverage of rural medical insurance within two years, build rural cooperative medical care, and improve the medical ethics and style of medical workers.
Housing is a rigid problem for ordinary people. Now the housing prices in Huainan have exceeded the national level, especially in Qiongjin, Yinzhou and Dengchang, which are among the top ten in the country. In third-tier cities like Hanzhou, housing prices have also ranked in the 30s. If ordinary people want to buy a house, they not only have to spend many years of their family's continuation, but also have to save money to repay the bank loan. Therefore, the construction of affordable housing for the people's livelihood is imminent. The government should increase the construction of affordable housing for the people's livelihood, and at the same time supervise the corruption and bribery in it.
Everyone watched Fang Zhicheng and Shen Hanchun enter the office one after another, and they knew that Fang Zhicheng was an important card in Shen Hanchun's hand.
With Fang Zhicheng's promotion to deputy director of the Development and Reform Commission, these people had long known Fang Zhicheng's true colors through their own channels. Coupled with the grand wedding in Yanjing, Fang Zhicheng had become a hot topic within the Huainan Provincial Party Committee. Before this, Zang Yi could be said to be the most promising young cadre in the Huainan officialdom, but now his limelight has been completely overshadowed by Fang Zhicheng.
Fang Zhicheng sat fifth to the right of Shen Hanchun and ranked twelfth among the team members.
Shen Hanchun coughed and whispered something to Chu Shiyuan on his left, and the meeting began, chaired by Chu Shiyuan. Chu Shiyuan was the second-in-command of the Development and Reform Commission, the executive deputy director, in charge of the Basic Industry Department, the Major Infrastructure Coordination Office, and the Major Project Inspection Special Commissioner Office.
Originally, when Jiang Yong left the NDRC, Chu Shiyuan had the best chance of being promoted from deputy to chief, but unexpectedly, Shen Hanchun stood out. This made Chu Shiyuan a bit speechless, unable to speak. Although Shen Hanchun was two or three years younger than Chu Shiyuan, Chu Shiyuan had not been in the NDRC as long as Shen Hanchun. Because Shen Hanchun had been in the NDRC for too long, he was just banished to the cold palace.
Since Shen Hanchun had enough experience, he was appointed as the director, and Chu Shiyuan had no choice but to agree.
Chu Shiyuan touched the teacup and said slowly, "Today's team meeting has three main agendas. First, to discuss the 11th Five-Year Plan Summary and the 12th Five-Year Plan of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission. Second, the provincial development and reform work conference will be held on December 27, and the division of labor among departments at all levels; third, about earnestly implementing the eight regulations and enhancing the pragmatism and integrity of the system's work. Let's move on to the first agenda."
After all the team members spoke, Fang Zhicheng roughly judged the current distribution of team members. Shen Hanchun was an old man in the Development and Reform Commission. There were four people close to him, including himself. Chu Shiyuan had three people in his group. As for the other five people, three of them had unclear positions, and two of them had reached retirement age and were serving as deputy inspectors. They would retire in a few years and had already stepped out of the power center of the Development and Reform Commission. Therefore, Shen Hanchun did not have an absolute advantage in the team member meeting.
Fang Zhicheng was secretly observing Chu Shiyuan, who was a very smart man. He presided over the meeting at a brisk pace, without any dragging of words. So the first agenda was completed in just forty minutes, and the responsibilities of each team member in the 11th Five-Year Plan Summary and the 12th Five-Year Plan Outline were determined.
Entering the second agenda, everyone spoke first according to the previous process. When Fang Zhicheng was speaking, Chu Shiyuan suddenly interrupted him and said with a smile: "Comrade Zhicheng, for provincial meetings, there is an unwritten rule within our team, that is, team members take turns to independently organize and coordinate. You are young and have just arrived at the Development and Reform Commission. Why not take this opportunity to exercise and get familiar with the environment of the provincial Development and Reform Commission? "
Shen Hanchun frowned and was not very happy when he heard Chu Shiyuan say this.
The Development and Reform Commission does have such a regulation, but since Jiang Yong came to Huainan, no one has mentioned it, and it is usually organized and coordinated by Chu Shiyuan. Now Chu Shiyuan directly pushed this work to Fang Zhicheng, which feels a bit like bullying a newcomer.
Shen Hanchun touched his chin and said slowly, "Old Chu, Zhicheng has only been in the Development and Reform Commission for a short time, and he is not very familiar with the situation in the province. The Provincial Development and Reform Work Conference is our Commission's top annual event, so we still need to study it carefully and cannot leave it all to Zhicheng."
Chu Shiyuan smiled faintly and said, "Director Shen, I know what you mean. You are protecting the younger generation. However, since we are all sitting in the Development and Reform Commission team meeting, everyone should remain equal. We can't give up our responsibilities just because he is young. It is precisely because we are young that we can grow through more hardships."
When Shen Hanchun heard Chu Shiyuan say this, he remained expressionless and tapped his fingers on the table quietly a few times to vent his dissatisfaction.
Chu Shiyuan's words have sealed Shen Hanchun's other words. Chu Shiyuan's words make sense. Fang Zhicheng is already a deputy department-level cadre. If he can't even coordinate a provincial system work conference, it's too unreasonable.
Fang Zhicheng took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Director Chu, it is reasonable to say that there is a division of labor in various professions. The provincial system work conference should be coordinated by the office. And the office is also in charge of Director Shen. However, considering that Director Shen usually has a lot of work, I can share some of his pressure. This year's provincial development and reform work conference will be coordinated by me. Since I have no experience before, I will have to ask you for advice when the time comes."
Fang Zhicheng's words were very meaningful and profound. He was implying that Shen Hanchun was ultimately the head of the Development and Reform Commission, even though this working meeting was previously coordinated by you.
Chu Shiyuan was afraid that Fang Zhicheng would not accept the challenge, but seeing that he was quite straightforward, he did not take it as an offense and said with a smile: "Zhicheng, the second agenda will now be handed over to you." However, he was secretly laughing in his heart. The provincial system meeting would not be that simple. If you organize the meeting improperly and lose face, you will be in trouble.
Organizing the provincial development and reform work conference every year takes a lot of Chu Shiyuan's energy. He is tired of this work, and being able to hand it over is the best thing.
Everyone present could see Chu Shiyuan's sinister intentions, but when they saw Fang Zhicheng accept the challenge without any hesitation, their views of Fang Zhicheng changed.
The meeting then turned to the "Eight Regulations" agenda, chaired by Xiao Ming, the head of the Discipline Inspection Group. The Eight Regulations are the policies emphasized by the central government. Now that the year is coming to an end, departments at all levels will focus on guiding them and try to reduce the negative effects of bribery.
The meeting is over. Today's atmosphere is more tense than expected. As we all know, the situation at the National Development and Reform Commission is changing rapidly, and there will probably be more troubles in the future.
Chapter 0881: Taking advantage of the situation
Shen Hanchun patted Fang Zhicheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, you were quite magnanimous just now. Chu Shiyuan wanted to show you a warning, but you easily blocked it."
Fang Zhicheng spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Director Shen, you are roasting me on the charcoal. Director Chu's target is not me, but you." Everyone knew that Chu Shiyuan and Fang Zhicheng had no grudges in the past, so why did he deliberately make things difficult? It was because Shen Hanchun took the initiative to win over Fang Zhicheng, which naturally made him unhappy, so he used the meeting to put some pressure on Fang Zhicheng.
In the final analysis, Chu Shiyuan was trying to set a trap for Shen Hanchun.
Don't you think highly of Fang Zhicheng? Now I'm giving him some of the work I have. I want to see how capable Fang Zhicheng is. If things go well, it's reasonable. If they go badly, it means Shen Hanchun has made the wrong choice of people and has a problem with his vision. A cadre who doesn't know how to judge people will naturally lose his prestige and dignity.
Shen Hanchun nodded and sighed, "Chu Shiyuan has been my colleague for many years, and I have to admit that he is a talented person. If he hadn't saved the situation in the position of executive deputy director in recent years, I'm afraid Jiang Yong would have messed up the Development and Reform Commission a long time ago."
Fang Zhicheng understood what Shen Hanchun meant. It was not that Jiang Yong was not strong enough, but that he forced the model from the Northeast to Huainan, which led to local incompatibility and a chaotic industrial structure. Chu Shiyuan played the role of a stabilizing force. Although he carried out several internal reforms, the core business was firmly in Chu Shiyuan's hands, so there was no major change in the province.
From what Shen Hanchun said, it can be seen that he still admires Chu Shiyuan very much. It's a pity that the two of them are now in a power dispute, and it may be difficult to work together immediately.
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "Judging from Director Chu's attitude at today's meeting, is he ready to quit?"
Shen Hanchun and Fang Zhicheng walked and talked, with a hint of sarcasm on their faces. Shen Hanchun said, "Old Chu takes himself too seriously. Can you just throw away work tasks casually? The more you throw away, the more you will lose. It's hard to find a three-legged frog, but how hard is it to find a two-legged person? Are you afraid that you can't do this well?"
Fang Zhicheng was not lacking in the courage to take responsibility. He smiled faintly and said, "I am the person who is most afraid of being idle. Giving me something to do is just what I want. When I entered the Development and Reform Commission, I didn't know much about the departments and the NDRC system below. This is a good opportunity to make more contacts and accumulate more resources for myself."