Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 903 The Secret of the Han River

Xiao Liang read an internal document approved by Qi Tongwei and discovered the secret.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, these two cadres who have been promoted to the provincial party committee standing committee are the ones responsible for the big automobile strategy and the seven million tons of special steel."

Qi Tongwei nodded, turned the computer monitor back, and searched for the names of the two people on it.

"Both of them were former municipal party secretaries, and were known for their down-to-earth work, overbearing style, and boldness.

These two major projects that were not recognized by their superiors were promoted by these two people. Promoting them to be members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee is a reward from the Hanjiang Provincial Party Committee for their contributions.

From the last Hanjiang Provincial Party Committee Secretary Yu Huabei to the current Shi Yanan, they have all taken this route.”

While looking at the internal reference document in his hand, Xiao Liang stole glances at Qi Tongwei out of the corner of his eyes. Qi Tongwei was concentrating on typing on the keyboard.

"But they both didn't realize that their current Hanjiang Province structure has had no cadres from outside taking root in the local area for six years. Look at this document."

Qi Tongwei pointed to another document below, which had the word "confidential" on it. It was a document transferred by the Organization Department.

Xiao Liang took the document and opened it without hesitation.

"This is the report submitted by the Hanjiang Provincial Organization Department. I specifically requested a copy and only after reading it carefully did I know the situation over there.

Logically speaking, in a large province like Hanjiang Province, at least 20% of provincial officials are from other places, and the number of promotions or transfers each year is also around 20%.

However, 90% of the provincial officials in Hanjiang Province are local officials, and most of them have experience in a few districts and counties.

What does this mean? "

Teacher Qi started asking questions and Xiao Liang took over.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, this is typical gang-like and factionalism."

Teacher Qi Tongwei nodded with satisfaction. This young boy is teachable. No wonder Boss Zhao sent him here for further studies. This child does have the ability to learn and will be a rising star in the future.

“In my position, although I don’t have much time to inspect various districts or regulatory units, I must check the various documents of these districts and regulatory units in a timely manner. I should not just read their reports, which are mixed with various local interests and are always true and false.

What I want to teach you is that by reading the annual report of the Organization Department and the reports of the Organization Department in the past few years, you can see part of the development trajectory of a prefecture-level city, whether the organizational principles have been implemented, and whether the organizational structure is healthy.

For example, the organizational structure of Wenshan City in Hanjiang Province is very unhealthy. Secretary Shi Yanan once served as the secretary of the Wenshan Municipal Party Committee.

Let alone anything else, just look at the number of financially supported personnel and compare it with the total population of Wenshan City. Can you see the difference?

If this doesn't make sense, then look at the ratio of the total population of the major cities in Jiangdong Province to the number of people supported by the government."

Qi Tongwei turned the monitor around again so that Xiao Liang could see the comparison directly.

"A full sixty percent off?"

This was Xiao Liang's self-talk, and Qi Tongwei also clicked on the monitor.

"This is just a comparison between the permanent population and the number of people supported by the government. Please turn to the next page of the report."

Xiao Liang was also immersed in Qi Tongwei's research method and quickly turned to the next page.

"There are so many department-level cadres! How is it possible that there are more than 600 actual cadres?"

Qi Tongwei nodded.

"You see the difference, right? In Jiangdong Province, there are generally about 120 to 180 department-level cadres in ordinary prefecture-level cities. There are about 300 cadres who enjoy department-level treatment, so the total number is about 500.

Even in sub-provincial cities, the majority of cadres are at the department level, with salaries generally ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, and those who enjoy department level treatment making around 5,000 yuan.

However, the fiscal revenue of a sub-provincial city is not comparable to that of an ordinary prefecture-level city.

No matter how you look at it, there are too many cadres in Wenshan City, so many that it seriously affects the local finances. Their places of origin are not marked on this document.

But I can guess that their hometowns are probably concentrated in a few districts and counties.”

The information Qi Tongwei looked through was far more than what was on the table. For example, the situation in Wenshan City, Hanjiang Province, actually started in the 1990s, with the chaos initiated by the former secretary of the municipal party committee Liu Zhuangfu and the former mayor Tian Fengyi.

The two of them took meticulous care of their so-called family members, especially their fellow villagers from the same county. Qi Tongwei had heard that after Tian Fengyi was transferred to the Provincial Writers Association, he promoted seventy department-level cadres in one go. Before he was transferred there, the total number of people in the Provincial Writers Association was only about sixty.

If Comrade Tian Fengyi had not already been dismissed, Qi Tongwei would have used them as examples and severely punished Hanjiang Province.

But there is no rush now. The situation there is very suitable for causing trouble and it is very typical.

"Deputy Secretary Qi, is the situation in other cities similar?"

When Qi Tongwei heard Xiao Liang's words of learning by analogy, he nodded with satisfaction.

“Look at these documents, they are all cities in Hanjiang Province, including Ningchuan City, a sub-provincial city. Secretary Shi Yanan once served as deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and secretary of the Ningchuan Municipal Party Committee.

Although it is not as exaggerated as Wenshan City, it is still seriously overstaffed.

In this situation, the financial pressure is huge and they do not want to cut back the excess staff. In order to ease the pressure, they have launched several super-large projects.

The root cause of local governance actually lies in this thing.

From the 1990s to 2010, the economy developed rapidly, and their large cadre group in Hanjiang Province could afford it with the support of the rapidly developing economy.

But in recent years, affected by the global situation, economic growth has begun to slow down.

At this time, Hanjiang Province felt that the fiscal money was not enough to pay salaries, the taxes collected were quite a lot, and the land was also being auctioned off piece by piece.

But the number of people they support is beyond the ability of the people of Hanjiang Province to bear, but they do not have the courage to make drastic reforms. They only want to increase GDP with a few big projects so that they can pay wages.”

Xiao Liang was greatly shocked today. In the more than one year that he has followed Qi Tongwei, he has admired Qi Tongwei's personal abilities very much. Qi Tongwei has an extraordinary memory and can recite many documents word for word after just a few glances at them.

Qi Tongwei also had his subordinates under his control, and he used work to motivate everyone, so that no one dared to go against his wishes.

Last year, when a major case occurred in a southwestern province, Qi Tongwei did not even leave Beijing. He commanded several teams and conducted inspections of several important cities in the province, detaining five consecutive leaders of a city in one go.

The relevant retired leader was so anxious that he came to the Discipline Inspection Commission to make a scene. In the end, Qi Tongwei easily resolved the situation and even punished the retired leader by drastically reducing his rank and treatment.