Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 815: Zhong Zhengguo's Response

In fact, Zhong Zhengguo had made his own judgment and knew that his struggles might be useless, but he had to do it. Occupying arable land to develop secondary and tertiary industries had been a common decision made by successive provincial party committees and governments over the past 20 years. No matter what the outcome, he had to go to the capital, even if it was just to show off to his subordinates.

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was very helpless. Leader Wang knew that everyone had their own positions, and Zhong Zhengguo had no choice in his current position. If he could help, he would have helped long ago. In the end, he was scolded by the top leader and sent to Guangdong Province to handle the case.

"Alas, I can't convince you, you also have your position.

You should go to Beijing to look for the veteran cadres of your Zhongjiang Province, go to the central government to meet with the leaders, and see if you can extend the time for rectification.

You can also come up with a plan of your own, for example, use three to four years to return some arable land and reclaim some wasteland to make up for it.

This is a compromise, I have no other choice.

The Discipline Inspection Commission has reached a consensus that whoever disobeys the decision of the Central Committee will be punished.”

Zhong Zhengguo sat back in his chair, feeling a little powerless.

"Thank you, Secretary Wang, thank you, thank you.

Sitting in this position, I have no choice. I am responsible for the food and clothing of the people of the province. The economy cannot be developed.

Our provincial party committee is the one who bears the primary responsibility. In terms of reform and opening up and economic development, we have already lagged behind the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions.

We also hope to enrich people's pockets as much as possible and create some jobs, otherwise the population loss will be too serious.

I will go to the capital tomorrow. If I don't get clear instructions and unify thoughts, I will have no explanation to the cadres below me.

If everyone waits in confusion, they will have no motivation to do anything.

Secretary Wang, your suggestion is very pertinent. Let me make a plan first and see if I can convince the CEO."

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Zhengguo breathed a sigh of relief and regained his spirit. He was the leader of Zhongjiang Province and he must not show any sign of defeat. Even if there was no solution, as long as he, the leader, remained calm, the cadres below would have confidence when they saw him.

Soon, Zhong Zhengguo convened a meeting of the provincial party committee standing committee members.

The small conference room was filled with smoke. The Standing Committee members were all very clear that in addition to the routine agenda, there must be difficult issues in convening a meeting at this time. The Standing Committee members were not fools. They all had their own information channels and people above them. Many people had passed on news to them. They knew that the information from above was becoming clearer and clearer. Their Zhongjiang Province had a poor foundation to begin with.

Zhong Zhengguo began to preside over the meeting, and after the regular agenda was over, he directly began to ask about the situation of the food system.

"How is the special rectification of the county and township grain bureaus going over at the Commission for Discipline Inspection?"

All the Standing Committee members looked at Secretary Zhang of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. Secretary Zhang had been very busy recently. He had just sent off the first inspection team of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the work at the grassroots grain bureau was still in full swing.

He was also the person who had the deepest understanding of grain issues, because the problems of various grain bureaus were summarized to him. He knew that the reason why Zhong Zhengguo asked him first was that he hoped he would explain the problems to the Standing Committee members.

If some words were spoken by the top leader, it would put tremendous pressure on the deputies. But when they come from his mouth and Zhong Zhengguo gives the answers calmly, he can stabilize the confidence of the Standing Committee members.

“Secretary Zhong, Governor.

In accordance with the instructions of the Discipline Inspection Commission above, we have conducted a detailed inspection of the grain stations in all counties and townships, dating back ten years. Now, inspections of forty county-level grain bureaus in the province's eighty-five counties have been completed, and the remaining counties are also being checked. I believe there will be results soon.

At the same time, personnel from the Discipline Inspection Commissions of various cities were dispatched to investigate township-level grain stations.

The first round of inspections by the special inspection team for grain purchase and marketing system ended last week, and Director Hu Haiou of the Second Supervision Office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection verbally praised our work.

Zhong Zhengguo nodded to express positive praise, but Secretary Zhang followed up with a "but", which was what everyone was worried about.

Secretary Zhang looked around and continued.

"Secretary, Governor, everyone.

Director Hu also expressed his concern about the overall situation of the grain purchasing and marketing system in Zhongjiang Province. During this special rectification of the grain purchasing and marketing system, many problems were exposed in our area.

The most intuitive problem is that according to the data from the grain bureaus of various grain stations, the available arable land area in our Zhongjiang Province is constantly decreasing. At the same time, due to population loss, the number of grain farmers is also decreasing.

Although a lot of arable land is still arable land, no one is cultivating it, and there is a high possibility that it will be abandoned.”

As he spoke, Secretary Zhang looked at his colleagues again. Everyone was smoking, and the sadness on their faces was visible to the naked eye. The expression of the secretary of the municipal party committee of Zhongzhou, the provincial capital, was even uglier.

Huang Miao, secretary of the Zhongzhou Municipal Party Committee, is a female cadre. She usually doesn't like people smoking during meetings, but at this moment she also wanted to smoke a cigarette because the situation in Zhongzhou City was the most serious.

Huang Miao turned to look at the top leader Zhong Zhengguo and couldn't help but question him.

"Secretary, I heard some news that the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development may come to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the red line issue of cultivated land.

You are aware of the situation in Zhongzhou. The economic development over the past decade or so has all come from the development of real estate and the tertiary industry.

If they really find out about this and bring it to Zhongzhou, I'm afraid the situation will not be optimistic. Is there any way to remedy the situation?

Or actively communicate with the superiors and explain the situation in our Zhongzhou City?"

What Secretary Huang said was a reminder to all the standing committee members present that this problem was not limited to Zhongzhou alone. Similar problems existed in more than a dozen cities across the province. Zhongzhou was the provincial capital and naturally attracted population, so it had advantages in developing real estate and the tertiary industry.

Other cities have also developed secondary industries and occupied a lot of arable land. What should we do if the authorities force us to return the arable land? Zhongjiang Province is a plain province. There are no mountains like Qi Tongwei did to build terraces to make up for the arable land. It is not a coastal province like Jiangzhou City, which can reclaim land and designate an island as arable land and prohibit development. The arable land area in Zhongjiang Province is originally very large, and a lot of it is occupied. If we are forced to make up for it or return the arable land, where can we get so much land to restore?

For a moment, the standing committee members were a little panicked, and everyone subconsciously looked at the squad leader Zhong Zhengguo.

Seeing that Zhong Zhengguo's expression was calm and composed, just as unfathomable as usual, the secretary should have a solution, right?

Zhong Zhengguo knew that he, as the leader, had to speak first, so he turned to look at his first deputy, the governor.

"Governor, although the higher-ups haven't made clear statements yet, we have to make our own stance first.

It takes three to four years to come up with a plan.

We will also communicate with the Ministry of Agriculture to determine our minimum target for arable land retention and the area of ​​permanent farmland protection.”