**Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission** Han Yadong.
The Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Hubei Province continues to promote the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision in the field of ecological and environmental protection, and effectively guarantees the effectiveness of the decision-making and deployment on ecological environmental protection. The picture shows that recently, the cadres of the city's Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision went to Xiushan Village, Huandiqiao Town, to find out the problems existing in the process of mine governance. Photo by Ke Guo.
As the deputy mayor of Daye City in charge of environmental protection, Xiao Xuhua has orders and prohibitions on the decision-making and deployment of the construction of ecological civilization, and even manipulates the power in his hands and takes his family to engage in power and money transactions. Recently, Huangshi City, Hubei Province organized the city's party members and cadres to warn the education film, and the participants were deeply touched by Xiao Xuhua, former member of the Standing Committee of the Daye Municipal Party Committee and former deputy mayor of the city.
Daye City has many types of mineral resources, especially rich reserves of non-metallic minerals, and is a resource-based city that is prosperous because of mines and "large" because of "smelting". In response to the problems exposed by Xiao Xuhua's case, such as personal illegal decision-making, improper family style, and illegal shareholding in mining enterprises to obtain huge benefits, the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued discipline inspection and supervision suggestions to the Daye Municipal Party Committee, focusing on the in-depth implementation of the decision-making and deployment on the construction of ecological civilization and strengthening the supervision and management of the field of resource enrichment, etc., to supervise and carry out special rectification of leading cadres such as illegal part-time jobs, illegal shareholding, illegal business, and illegal lending, and strive to achieve the dual improvement of political ecology and business environment.
The discipline inspection and supervision recommendations directly point to the problem of "serious imbalance in the implementation of the concept of ecological and environmental protection", and require joint efforts to promote the mine restoration system project
The ecological environment is a major political issue related to the party's mission and purpose, and it is also a major social issue related to people's livelihood. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the first comrade as the core has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization, and Hubei Province and Huangshi City have taken a series of measures to rectify the problem of environmental pollution. As the deputy mayor of Daye City in charge of environmental protection, Xiao Xuhua has orders and prohibitions on the decision-making and deployment of ecological civilization construction, and even manipulates the power in his hands to engage in power-for-money transactions.
In August 2017, Daye City launched a comprehensive law enforcement action against "scattered and polluted" enterprises. A gravel factory in Huandiqiao Town, the city, was required to shut down due to unlicensed and serious dust pollution. In order to continue illegal mining for huge profits, Huang Moumou, the person in charge of the factory, won over Xiao Xuhua's son Xiao Moumou through cash, WeChat transfers, and high-end consumption; Xiao had a traffic accident while driving, and Huang also paid for "settling it". Code this relationship, Huang Moumou expressed his demands.
Xiao asked his father, the deputy mayor, to go through the environmental impact assessment and approval procedures for the factory. Xiao Xuhua gave his son advice and asked him to tell Huang Moumou to find a way to report in writing to Daye City ** in the name of the town, and he would give instructions on it.
According to the plan of the father and son, Xiao Xuhua gave instructions on the written report of the town in the name of "involving key projects", and asked the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau to study and support the solution to the problem in conjunction with the town of Huandiqiao. How is it supported? It is to include the enterprises that should be "banned and shut down" into the "upgrading and transformation category". At that time, the director of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau reported to Xiao Xuhua in person with the head of the approval section, saying that the project violated the first policy requirements and legal provisions and could not be approved, and was reprimanded by Xiao Xuhua on the spot.
After that, Xiao Xuhua went directly to the company to open the platform for the enterprise in the name of field research. In the end, Xiao Xuhua used his authority to include the company in the "upgrading and transformation" category, and the company's environmental impact assessment procedures were also approved. After years of mining, the crushing plant has wantonly damaged the mountain, causing irreparable ecological damage. The environmental pollution caused by its production has aroused continuous feedback from the masses.
Huang Moumou also asked Xiao Moumou to help buy stones from the contractor, and Xiao Xuhua directly greeted a certain enterprise and asked to sell stones to Huang Moumou.
Behind the frequent crossing of the red line is the unscrupulous and crazy accumulation of wealth. Huang's enterprise illegally made more than 14.89 million yuan, and Xiao Xuhua and his son accepted more than 850,000 yuan from Huang. Xiao Xuhua also has other problems, he was "double-opened" in October 2021, and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison in December 2023.
Xiao Xuhua used the power and influence of his position to trade, resulting in the problem of illegal mining in Huandiqiao Town not being cured and banned. The special case group insisted on investigating and handling the case first from the investigation of political discipline, and found out the problems that existed in the implementation of the first policy and deployment. In the discipline inspection and supervision recommendations, the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision pointed to the problem of "serious imbalance in the implementation of the concept of ecological and environmental protection", and required "insisting on implementing the new development concept to the end and ensuring the implementation of the best decision-making and deployment".
In accordance with the requirements of the discipline inspection and supervision recommendations, the Daye Municipal Party Committee will incorporate the study and implementation of the idea of ecological civilization into the annual study arrangement of the theoretical learning center group of the party committees (party groups) at all levels in the city, carry out centralized learning and special lectures, and educate and guide party members and cadres to fulfill their political responsibilities for ecological and environmental protection.
Daye Municipal Party Committee requires the Municipal Bureau of Assets Planning to set up a special class for mine restoration work, unified planning, design and supervision, and jointly inspect the construction site with emergency response, ecological environment and other departments to strengthen project quality supervision; Put an end to the fact of mining in the name of governance, and the stone income generated by the treatment project shall be managed, sold and deposited in a unified manner; The public security department strictly examines and manages the approval of civil explosives, the development and reform department actively serves the establishment of restoration projects, the Municipal Party Committee Supervision Office supervises the construction of governance projects on a regular basis, and the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision seriously investigates and deals with the problem of ineffective performance of duties in the mine restoration work, and jointly promotes the mine restoration system project. Since 2022, a total of 44 ecological restoration and treatment points of mines and industrial and mining wastelands have been completed in Huandiqiao Town, with a green area of about 2,200 acres. High-altitude monitoring probes were installed in key areas of indiscriminate mining and excavation, and personnel inspections were organized on a regular basis, and 24 cases of indiscriminate mining and excavation were stopped in 2023, and 4 administrative cases were filed.
The Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision and the "top leaders" of the Daye Branch of the Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau and other departments carried out heart-to-heart talks, analyzed and judged the problems, and put forward opinions and suggestions. Focusing on the implementation of tasks, administrative law enforcement cases and the handling of problem clues, etc., carry out on-site supervision of the ecological environment department of Daye City, check the administrative law enforcement case files, focus on finding non-standard and non-strict administrative law enforcement, and dig deep into the problems of profit-seeking law enforcement, selective law enforcement, and abuse of power for personal gain.
Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision made special arrangements for ecological and environmental protection supervision, sorted out the rectification of first-class and provincial-level environmental protection inspectors and "looking back" feedback problems, focused on the implementation of main responsibility, territorial responsibility, and regulatory responsibility, and carried out supervision and inspection, found 43 problems, and supervised the completion of 33 rectifications. In the field of ecological and environmental protection, issues such as failure to comply with orders, prohibitions, and failure to take responsibility and inaction were strictly enforced and held accountable, and 115 people were punished.
Carry out special rectification of issues such as illegal shareholding of mining enterprises as "shadow shareholders".
Xiao Xuhua has been in charge of ecological and environmental protection work for a long time, involving mine restoration and management, environmental impact assessment and approval, and many "mine bosses" have flocked to it.
In order to obtain Xiao Xuhua's help on the project, Liu Moumou, the person in charge of a mining company in Daye, aimed at his brother-in-law Dai Moumou and son Xiao, and expressed his willingness to take out 39% of the shares were ceded to Xiao Xuhua and his family.
How to eat the shares and prevent detection? Dai Moumou proposed that the actual controller of a certain company should be asked to invest 4.06 million yuan for Xiao Xuhua, and Xiao Xuhua would be a "shadow shareholder" behind the scenes. After taking the shares on behalf of the company, Xiao Xuhua actively supported the mining company's project construction platform. Later, it was calculated that Zhan Moumou held the mining company on behalf of Xiao Xuhua and Dai MoumouThe appraised value of 9% equity is more than 12.87 million yuan.
Using the money of one enterprise to invest in another enterprise is risky for the enterprise and the profit is obtained by itself, although the means are hidden, it is still impossible to conceal the essence of abusing power for personal gain. Xiao Xuhua formed a relationship between managers and the managed because of his identity as a leading cadre and his authority to manage open-pit mines, not between equal subjects; Although it actually contributed capital, it did not participate in any operation and management, and did not even dare to invest in its real identity; Xiao Xuhua and Liu Moumou both know that the purpose of Xiao Xuhua's investment is not to share risks and benefits with the company, but only to obtain high returns, and the subjective intention of both parties to bribe ** is clear.
The relevant responsible comrade of the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that most of Xiao Xuhua's corrupt behaviors are closely related to mining enterprises, which highlights the importance and urgency of strengthening the control of corruption in key areas such as resource enrichment, from supporting the platform of "scattered and polluted" gravel enterprises and accepting bribes to illegally investing in mining companies.
In the recommendations for discipline inspection and supervision, the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision pointed out that the case exposed the "interweaving of political and economic problems" of individual leading cadres, including "some illegal acceptance of equity gifts from others, some illegal lending in enterprises to collect high interest, and some illegal acceptance of bribes from others", requiring "adhere to the high-pressure anti-corruption posture for a moment to ensure the improvement of both the political ecology and the business environment".
During the investigation of Xiao Xuhua's case, the Huangshi City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision found that Shi Guodong, the former party secretary of Huandiqiao Town, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and designated the Daye City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to pay close attention to Shi Guodong's mining and mining problems. After investigation, under the protection of Shi Guodong, many enterprises in Huandiqiao Town have illegally mined mines in recent years. The relevant departments of Daye City issued a rectification notice to Huandiqiao Town, but Shi Guodong ignored this and continued to connive at the company's illegal mining of mines. Shi Guodong was "double-opened" and sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.
The other persons involved in Xiao Xuhua's case were also dealt with in accordance with regulations, discipline and law.
The second inspection team of Daye Municipal Party Committee carried out a special inspection in the field of mineral resources to the party group of the Municipal Bureau of Assets Planning, and found 15 problems on the surface, and 4 clues on suspected violations of discipline and regulations, involving problems such as lax approval of mining licenses, inadequate management of the closure and cancellation of expired mines, and arrears in the creation of "green" mines. The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision dug deep and investigated the clues of relevant issues, gave party discipline and government sanctions to 2 people, and organized the handling of 22 people.
Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision continued to deepen the rectification of problems in the areas of resource enrichment and capital intensity, and urged the Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Municipal Bureau of Capital Planning and other departments to conduct self-examination on major engineering projects and social investment real estate projects invested by state-owned enterprises since 2020 from important links such as project decision-making and approval, bidding and bidding, construction management, fund use, land transfer and planning permission, and found 133 problems, dealt with 14 people, promoted the establishment of 4 rules and regulations, and supervised the implementation of administrative penalties of more than 4.11 million yuan.
In response to the problems of illegal shareholding by leading cadres, the Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision and the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee simultaneously carried out a special rectification of the "four violations" in the city, such as illegal shareholding, illegal lending, illegal part-time remuneration, and illegal business and running enterprises, and organized the in-service and retired cadres of the city's departments and units to self-examine and self-correct. Through online comparison of the information of party members and cadres and corporate legal persons, the audit, taxation, public security and other departments dug deep into the clues of the problem, found and rectified 38 illegal lending problems, and dealt with 21 people; 66 illegal part-time jobs were found to be paid, and 10 people were punished; 434 cases of illegal registration of individual industrial and commercial households were found, and 18 people were punished.
Huang Kaiwang, former member of the party group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Daye Municipal People's Congress, invested 270,000 yuan in the name of his wife to a mining company, obtained 20% of the company's shares, and then actually made a profit of 660,000 yuan. Huang Kaiwang was severely investigated and punished, expelled from the party, his retirement benefits revoked, and sentenced to four years in prison.
Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision also urged the relevant functional departments to refine the reporting system for major personal matters of leading cadres, and establish personal electronic integrity files for cadres at and above the deputy section level and cadres in key positions in various units in the city, which are updated once a year, focusing on grasping the situation of leading cadres and their families investing in shares in violation of regulations, doing business and running enterprises; Include the rectification of the "four violations" in each unit into the content of the "top leader's" statement of responsibility and integrity, and the integrity of members of the leadership team.
Deploy special rectification of illegal eating and drinking, and focus on correcting the problem of wind and corruption
In March 2023, the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision notified 3 typical cases of illegal eating, drinking, and corruption, including Xiao Xuhua's illegal acceptance of banquets from management service objects. According to the report, from 2017 to 2019, Xiao Xuhua accepted banquets arranged by private business owners in the company's internal canteen on the grounds of maintaining relationships, and the relevant expenses were borne by the private business owners. After the incident, Xiao Xuhua took advantage of his position to seek benefits for them in environmental impact assessment and approval, environmental law enforcement, business activities, etc., and accepted property.
According to the comrades of the task force, Xiao Xuhua not only wantonly accepted gifts, shopping cards, high-end cigarettes and alcohol, etc., but also often brought his family to participate in various kinds of food invitations.
Xiao Xuhua confessed in the warning education film: "I ate the food that shouldn't be eaten, sometimes I took my relatives to eat, I participated in the occasions I shouldn't have attended, I helped those who shouldn't have helped, and I didn't support the support." ”
In the discipline inspection and supervision recommendations, the Huangshi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision directly pointed to the problem of corruption exposed by the case, saying that some party members and cadres still accepted banquets, travel and other activities provided by others in violation of regulations for a long time after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and accepted gifts and gifts that may affect the fair performance of official duties, and even participated in gambling and other activities with management service objects for a long time. Continue to release a strong signal that the stricter the discipline will be in the future.
Daye City carried out special rectification of illegal eating and drinking, and the city leaders took the lead in signing a commitment to resist illegal eating and drinking, and the city's party members and leading cadres signed a letter of commitment. Include the issue of illegal eating and drinking in the content of the annual democratic life meeting, and urge Party members and leading cadres to conduct comparative inspections and self-analysis of whether there are "four winds" such as organizing and participating in illegal eating and drinking.
Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Daye City organized and carried out 3 rounds of centralized inspections, carried out 285 daily supervision and inspections, and regularly screened the financial revenue and expenditure data reported by all units in the city through the "Internet + supervision" platform; The Municipal Finance Bureau organized and arranged for the township finance office to carry out financial supervision and inspection through a combination of online and offline methods, and dug deep into the problem of illegal eating and drinking; The Municipal Administration for Market Regulation urges catering units to standardize their operations; The Municipal Party Committee's Inspection Office found and transferred clues on illegal eating and drinking through political inspections. Since 2023, a total of 54 clues on illegal eating and drinking have been found in the city, and 85 people have been punished, including 27 people punished by party discipline and government affairs.
The Daye Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision comprehensively used the personal proposals, discipline inspection and supervision suggestions, and case analysis reports of typical cases of illegal eating and drinking, and promptly announced the punishment decision to the place and unit where the case occurred, and urged all units in the city to strengthen the warning education of typical cases of illegal eating and drinking. The Municipal Bureau of Finance, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Investment Promotion Service Center and other departments have formulated a negative list of illegal eating and drinking in relevant fields, clearly prohibiting the use of enterprise canteens to eat and drink in violation of regulations, prohibiting the transfer of eating and drinking expenses to lower-level units or individuals, prohibiting the provision of cigarettes, high-end alcohol, high-end dishes, etc., and tightening the system fence.