Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 203 Micro-corruption on the Printer

Then Qi Tongwei would find out and would ask the reason first. If it was due to a reason, he would give a few more days. If it was someone trying to cause trouble deliberately, he would have to take action. He would notify if necessary, punish if necessary, and transfer if necessary without hesitation.

In short, the duties of the Inspection Office are similar to those of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Qi Tongwei may have forgotten what instructions he gave in the morning, but the people in the Inspection Office will take it seriously because that is their job. There are other duties that I will not go into detail.

At that time, the District Party Committee Office and the District Government Office were actually the same team, with two names, but the directors were clearly distinguished. The director of the District Party Committee Office was someone from the Municipal Government Office, and most people worked for the Municipal Government Office.

Therefore, all matters concerning the District Party Committee Office are actually presided over by Wu Xuce, Director of the District Government Office. This is due to the focus of the leadership being served.

Qi Tongwei talked about other work for a long time, and finally it was time for the purpose of his visit.

“Brother, this is my idea for the High-Tech Promotion Committee, as well as the basic structure of the investment company. Come and take a look.

It is still as I originally envisioned, trying to get rid of the direct interference of the government and make independent decisions.

After all, we have a system of floating officials, so we have certainly been able to grasp the direction here in the past two years.

But what if the next leader has selfish motives, and what if the next leader of the municipal party committee and government wants to enrich himself?

This is not surprising. Now our municipal party committee and government leaders have jointly established businesses with others, relying on the policies of reform and opening up and their information to provide convenience for their own businesses.

There is no clear restriction document issued by the higher authorities yet, but this kind of behavior will definitely be unacceptable in the future, and it is essentially abusing power for personal gain.”

The corrupt officials in Dong'ou City have good learning ability at this stage. High-level leaders will not accept bribes themselves, but will let their relatives and friends run the business or jointly run the business with other capable people. They then rely on the connections, information and even preferential policies gained from their high positions to promote the development of the business and then withdraw when the time is right.

Such behavior is not restricted in this era. It is not clearly defined as corruption, and it is even difficult to define it, making it difficult to catch the person.

Low-level officials don’t have so many tricks. They just accept red envelopes and money directly, which is not new.

Because high-level officials and low-level officials are actually two classes of people, and the social resources, vision and connections they possess are not at the same level.

However, compared with this side, the officials in Handong are relatively more unsophisticated. Even Zhao Lichun, who is now a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, actually lets his daughter and son go into business directly to make money. This reflects the difference in environment.

Officials in Dong'ou or Jiangdong Province are at the forefront of reform and opening up, and their methods of making money have become much more obscure. After a few years, they may even be able to get away with it unscathed.

In fact, this contains one of the main reasons why Qi Tongwei moved away from Handong and came to Jiangdong.

That is, in the future, officials in Jiangdong Province will generally do better than those in Handong, and officials here will be more valued by their superiors.

There is no need to say much about Handong. Since Zhao Lichun served as the provincial party secretary for at least two terms of ten years, he himself was not a person favored by the government. He also indulged his children in doing business directly and doing whatever they wanted, which shows that no one from above was guiding him.

If there were leaders guiding him, he would not play the power game so blatantly. A corrupt leader who has been suppressing Handong for a decade will naturally lead most of the officials below astray. According to Qi Tongwei's observation, deputy ministerial officials from Handong rarely hold important positions. This shows how far-reaching the influence of a corrupt leader on Handong is, resulting in the entire officialdom not being trusted by the top leaders.

Qi Tongwei guessed that maybe Zhao Lichun was still very capable, but the higher-ups found that he was too corrupt and his corrupt behavior was too blatant. So no matter how well he performed, the higher-ups did not plan to promote Zhao Lichun to an important position. If such a corrupt element was promoted, how much damage would it cause to the country? So they simply let him serve one more term in Handong and not let him go to other provinces to cause trouble elsewhere. At the same time, they also sent a secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission who did not get along with him to rectify the officialdom. When the time came, he would be promoted in name only and demoted in reality, and Sha Ruijin would be used to eradicate his cancer.

But it's different in Jiangdong. The future of officials here is much better than that in Handong. The top leaders have basically been promoted. Even the deputy secretaries have a frighteningly high proportion of being appointed governors in various provinces. If you don't take advantage of such a favorable opportunity and go to Handong to engage in political struggles with them, you must be crazy.

Qi Tongwei and Jin Xinkai talked about the last thing.

"Brother, I plan to promote the matter we discussed last time to improve administrative efficiency."

Jin Xinkai thought for a while and nodded.

“Don’t do it by yourself, take a private room, or have Li Wei as your assistant.

You have enough of your own troubles.

We will also take the improvement of the business environment as a starting point and focus on the business office.”

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In the conference room.

Qi Tongwei was presiding over a meeting on improving the business environment. Bao Guan attended the meeting as the deputy district mayor assisting Qi Tongwei in charge of industry.

"Comrades, after the first half of the year, we have reviewed and reduced various fees related to enterprises and citizens.

The charging items and scopes of each unit are now clearly defined.

All departments will not charge for the cost of work, and the district will bear all the costs.”

The cost of production is actually more than just a few dollars. Outsiders may not know this, but those who make a living in this field know it well. The printing shop next door sells a piece of paper for a few dollars or even dozens of dollars, which is a disguised way of taking money from ordinary people's pockets.

Therefore, after discussing with the district head, Qi Tongwei decided to put an end to the chaotic charging practices and simply covered all the labor and printing fees.

“As for the printing shops outside the departments, I won’t go into details.

Just to print the blueprints for building a house, farmers have to spend several times the market price at a designated printing shop. Do you really want to make this little money?

Let me tell you clearly now that the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, the Land and Resources Bureau and other departments will waive processing fees for normal business operations for the general public.

We will cover the normal printing costs for ordinary people, such as only a few dollars or a dozen dollars, as long as they are within the required range.

But for the extra ones, such as some drawings that are hundreds of pages long, they are asked to pay according to the excess.

The details will be discussed by the people in each department and the Finance Bureau at that time.”

Qi Tongwei spoke passionately on the stage, but in fact the officials from various bureaus below were a little dismissive and felt it was unrealistic, because ordinary people would definitely go to a bureau to get things done many times a year. He spoke easily on the stage, but the cost of labor and other miscellaneous expenses borne by the officials below might be hundreds of thousands a year, and ten functional bureaus would have to spend millions.