The original title of this article is "How far can Chen Xingjia, an excellent county party secretary, go in a high-profile anti-corruption campaign?" published in July 2015 as an article by Phoenix.com Blog. At that time, Chen Xingjia had served as the secretary of the Badong County Party Committee for 3 years and 9 months, and there was still 1 year and 5 months before his resignation in December 2016 (the following original text has been deleted).
Badong County, Hubei Province, where Chen Xingjia is still working, and Lixin County, Anhui Province, where Xia Yisong once worked, both wear the hat of a national-level poverty-stricken county. However, the sign of poverty does not mean that some ** are also shy in their pockets, and economic backwardness does not mean that everyone lacks real money**.
On August 8, 2000, Xia Yisong was appointed secretary of the Lixin County Party Committee, and his dormitory 416 in the Lixin Hotel was immediately lively. In the name of reporting work, many people throw an envelope when they leave. The amount of 'gift money' has also increased, with a minimum of 10,000 yuan and a maximum of more than 50,000 yuan. In less than a month, Xia Yisong received 220,000 yuan in 'gift money' from various names.
A similar scene was repeated 11 years later in Patong County. It's just that with the change of the location of the battle between the corrupt and anti-corruption forces, the target of the corrupt party's attack with sugar bombs has changed from Xia Yisong to Chen Xingjia.
When Chen Xingjia first arrived in Padang County, bosses kept coming to the office to talk about work. Once before leaving, a boss left a bag, saying that it was a shirt. When I opened the box, there was a letter under my shirt, which contained Hong Kong dollars. 'This is the first time in my life that I have seen a face value of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, a total of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars. Chen Xingjia said. Another time, an owner went to him and brought him some souvenirs. Chen Xingjia had to open the bag to see what it was, and when he opened it, it was two gold bars. More than two years have passed, and Chen Xingjia can still use his hands to draw the length and thickness of the gold bar."
If it is said that such an extraordinary effort of spending thousands of dollars is by no means something that the people of poor counties can do by abiding by the judges and the people, then in the face of ill-gotten gains, instead of laughing at them, they will embarrass the "gift" giver, which is probably a taboo against the unspoken rules of officialdom.
Xia Yisong once announced at the county's cadre warning education conference: 'Within 3 days, whoever sends the money will get it back, otherwise it will all be handed over to the county finance.' This has not happened in the history of Lisin, and some people were surprised and gave Xia the nickname 'Surprise'. Those cadres were ashamed to come and collect the money. 200,000 yuan was taken back, and the remaining 20,000 yuan was handed over to the treasury by Xia."
Not only the local small bosses, but also the local ** people in Padang, there are also many people who want to give him gifts. During the Spring Festival of the first year of Chen Xingjia's tenure in Badong, a township party secretary called him on the second day of the first lunar month, saying that he had arrived in Yichang, where his home was located, and wanted to pay a New Year's greeting, but he refused. Not receiving gifts brings alienation and estrangement. Chen Xingjia said that although the township secretary worked very hard after that, he rarely reported to his office and hardly communicated with him.
On January 14, 2015, at the closing meeting of the National People's Congress, Chen Xingjia publicly told the story and once again emphasized that he did not accept gifts, hoping that his subordinates would no longer be entangled in the issue of whether to give gifts during the Spring Festival. In the face of such an ignorant person who can't open his eyes to money, the "flies" have a means of coping with it.
Padang, which seems to be calm, still has an undercurrent. The secretary of the county party committee and the secretary of the discipline inspection committee in Padang do not go out alone at night. Chen Jianglong, secretary of the Enshi Prefecture Commission for Discipline Inspection, said. Chen Xingjia explained, "The comrades in the office were protective of me, and they accompanied me every night when I went out for a walk. Huang Guanghui, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, said, "Yes, I am worried about retaliation." Xiang Konghui, political commissar of the Badong County Public Security Bureau, was also worried. After installing a simple EOD device in Chen Xingjia's car, he also instructed the driver to carefully check it every morning before departure, and 'for his safety, I would prefer that he be transferred as soon as possible.'"
Although some people openly threatened Chen Xingjia and Huang Guanghui, secretary of the county Commission for Discipline Inspection, nothing has happened so far." Why? Obviously, there is an inextricable causal connection with the fact that he was not moved by money during his tenure, and that many ** were suspended or sentenced.
Xia Yisong served as the secretary of the county party committee for 240 days and was "promoted" to the deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Land and Resources. For Chen Xingjia, who is still in Padang, "Enshi officialdom has two theories: (or) end here, or make steady progress." Huang Guanghui said, 'He is ready to offend so many people, and he will do it after this term.'"
Chen Xingjia himself said: "I can be the secretary of the county party committee, but the ancestral tomb is smoking, how big is the official?" With my foundation, it is enough to be such a big 'official'. What is revealed between the lines is not only a zero-tolerance attitude towards corruption that is common to Qing officials, but also an awe-inspiring righteousness that true communists will never compromise with the unspoken rules of officialdom.
How far can Chen Xingjia go in his future career? Can this kind of successful county-level anti-corruption example, which is in line with the public opinion and the trend and has positive social significance, take practical measures to make it widespread in China? Undoubtedly, it is worth paying attention to and looking forward to. Hotspot Engine Program