Chapter 048 Speech at the Party School

Xiao Chen paused here before he continued: "I have been thinking about this question for several years, and through this discussion of 'learning from the experience of Qidong, establishing the ambition of leapfrogging, and seeking greater breakthroughs', I would like to talk about my views, I think that the endogenous power of the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu must be explored and practiced from the following four aspects.

First, the endogenous power of the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu must take the pursuit of material wealth to the maximum extent as the last word. It is human nature to pursue material gains. This human nature is the most fundamental factor that determines economic activities and processes. One of the theoretical premises of the market economy is to regard man as a rational economic man. Since the reform and opening up, China has vigorously promoted the reform of the market-oriented economic system and encouraged some regions and some people to get rich first, with the aim of stabbing the people's pursuit of material wealth through the development of a market economy. Therefore, no matter in terms of the needs of human nature or the practical requirements of a prosperous socialist market economy, we must regard the pursuit of material wealth to the greatest extent as the last word.

Judging from the practice of development, wherever the ideological emancipation is fastest, the people's desire to pursue material wealth is the strongest, and the marketization process and economic development will be faster in the locality. For example, Wenzhou. Wenzhou is 'seven mountains, two rivers and one field', the natural basic conditions for development are not good, in the late 70s to early 80s of the last century, the level of economic development is not high, but in recent years, Wenzhou has achieved rapid development, unconventional development, created the 'Wenzhou myth'. What is the reason? The key is that Wenzhou people's desire to get rich is very strong, and the awareness of market economy awakened relatively early. Another example is Lingnan Shunde. As early as the early 80s of the last century, it took the lead in breaking through the shackles of the planned economy and tried various market-oriented methods, and since then it has embarked on the fast track of economic development. In 2005, it was the first county-level economy to achieve GDP exceeding the 100 billion yuan mark.

However, compared with the developed areas, the people in the underdeveloped areas of northern Jiangsu have been slow to emancipate their minds and change their concepts, and they have not really put the pursuit of wealth and economic development in the first place. Since the 80s and 90s of the last century, when southern Jiangsu was 'looking for a market,' northern Jiangsu was 'looking for a mayor,' waiting for the support of the higher authorities for poverty alleviation; when the whole people in southern Jiangsu were mobilizing to grasp the economy, northern Jiangsu was enthusiastic about the creation of some non-economic fields, and as a result, they were given the 'glorious title,' but they could not shake off the 'hat of poverty'; while southern Jiangsu was encouraging cadres and the masses to run township and town industries on a large scale with great fanfare, northern Jiangsu was vigorously engaged in agricultural restructuring; and when southern Jiangsu was vigorously grasping the promotion of investment and investment and promoting new-type industrialization, Many places in northern Jiangsu have not yet found a way to promote economic development through large-scale industry. Because of this, for many years, the national entrepreneurship in northern Jiangsu has not been fully activated, and the fundamental driving force for accelerating development has not been fully developed.

As Secretary Yuan Zhuo said just now, the degree of ideological emancipation determines the speed of economic development. To promote rapid economic and social development, the cadres and masses in northern Jiangsu must take the pursuit of material wealth to the greatest extent as the last word, and make entrepreneurship and prosperity the main theme of development. First of all, it is necessary to vigorously advocate the concept of "entrepreneurship is a hero and the most glorious way to get rich". Through the selection of typical trees, publicity and guidance, we will strive to promote the entrepreneurial culture, fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of the people to start a business and get rich, so that the people generally realize that who starts a business is glorious, who is rich, who is glorious, who develops is glorious, and actively creates an entrepreneurial atmosphere of competition for wealth. Secondly, it is necessary to create a development environment of 'everyone has money to earn and people to do'. Completely dismantle all the thresholds for entrepreneurship, resolutely break down all barriers to entrepreneurship, encourage private capital and people to enter all walks of life, no matter who or what identity, as long as you want to start a business, start a business, you will be strongly supported, as long as it does not violate national laws and regulations, it will be recognized or acquiesced. Third, it is necessary to actively innovate the method of 'supporting and supporting large households, and getting rich first and leading to common prosperity'. As an underdeveloped region, the government's ability to support the people's entrepreneurship in terms of capital and technology is limited, and if it is a wide net and everyone has a share, the support effect will be greatly reduced, and the 'hematopoietic' support must be strengthened selectively and focusedly. In addition to helping some disadvantaged groups that are really difficult, we can follow the basic idea of 'let some people get rich first, and get rich first and lead to common prosperity', tilt the support force to large entrepreneurs, and drive the people to start a business and get rich together by helping large entrepreneurs.

Second, the endogenous power of the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu must take taking its own path and boldly breaking through as a hard requirement. To persist in following our own path and boldly forging ahead is to make the party's line, principles, policies, and the regulations of the higher authorities require the northernization of Jiangsu, and always achieve 'not only books, not only the top, but the truth'. The policies of the higher levels are formulated from the perspective of the overall situation, are universal and principled, and it is impossible to fully take into account the individual circumstances of each locality. At present, the development stage in northern Jiangsu is very different from that of the developed areas, and there is a big gap between the development conditions and the developed areas. In the course of carrying out the policy requirements of the higher authorities, we must not make the mistake of dogmatism and bookism, nor can we copy the development model of the developed regions in the practice of exploration and development; we must keep pace with the times, blaze new trails, dare to get involved in the space that the policies do not stipulate, dare to take risks that others dare not take, and dare to take the road that others have not taken.

The development practice of many regions has proved that taking one's own path and boldly forging ahead is a treasure for the rapid development of the regional economy. At the beginning of the reform and opening up, when many parts of the country were still limited to the development of the traditional agricultural economy, Yiwu people have boldly put forward the 'four permits', that is, to allow farmers to do business, to engage in long-distance trafficking, to allow the opening of urban and rural markets, to allow multi-channel competition, to encourage thousands of households to engage in small commodity management, and gradually implement 'joint reorganization' of this industry, to promote the development of fission, to make Yiwu a world-renowned small commodity distribution center, and from the poor county in 1982 to leap into the ranks of the top 100 counties in the country. Another example is Qidong Linyi, inspired by the development experience of Wenzhou, Dongfu and other places, in the early 80s of the 20th century, began to develop the small commodity wholesale market, after more than 20 years of development, now has become the largest commodity distribution center in Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui regions, and has become a model for the old revolutionary base area to bravely break into the market. In recent years, according to the needs of the development of the situation, the people of Linyi have adjusted their development ideas in a timely manner, vigorously developed industry and tourism, and formed a benign development trend of industry, commerce and trade going hand in hand. In 2005, it achieved a GDP of 140.49 billion yuan and a fiscal revenue of 5.83 billion yuan, ranking eighth in Qidong Province in terms of comprehensive economic strength.

However, the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu have not done enough in this regard, and they often implement the policies of their superiors mechanically and dogmatically, and do not dare to cross the thunder pond by half a step. For example, in the readjustment of the agricultural industrial structure, blindly following the requirements of the higher authorities and failing to proceed from local realities, blindly readjusting, and repeatedly failing in readjustments, this has not only damaged the image of the government, but also seriously dampened the enthusiasm of the people for development. For the restructuring of enterprises, developed areas such as southern Jiangsu began as early as the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, while northern Jiangsu was afraid of the loss of state-owned assets until the mid-to-late 90s of the last century. Another example is the 80s of the last century, when southern Jiangsu was vigorously developing rural industry, Suyu also created a township office, village office, household office, joint household office 'four-wheel drive' and collective economy, individual economy 'dual-track parallel' 'Gengche model', but because Suyu people, especially Suyu cadres, are afraid of the risk of taking the surname 'capital', this experience has not been well promoted, and the great opportunity for the development of rural industry has been lost.

The underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu should learn from the lessons of history, persist in seeking truth from facts, keep pace with the times, regard taking their own path and boldly forging ahead as a hard requirement, and promote economic and social development by leaps and bounds through continuous exploration and innovation. Be adaptable. Adapting measures to the conditions of the times means grasping the main contradictions, identifying the key points of development, adopting different development measures, following our own path, and not following the trend according to the different requirements of different stages of development. At present, the northern Jiangsu region is still in the initial stage of industrialization, the expansion of quantity is still the main contradiction, while insisting on both quantity and quality, we should pay more attention to the accumulation of quantity, not only to cultivate large projects that stand up to the sky, but also to launch thousands of households to spread the ground project. In implementing policies and regulations such as giving priority to environmental protection and intensive development, we must first put accelerating development in the first place and persist in seeking good results while being fast. It is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions. Adapting measures to local conditions is to take the road of differential competition and special sè to win. The northern Jiangsu region has traditional advantages in agricultural and sideline products, labor and other resources, and it is necessary to maximize the scientific allocation of these advantageous resources to accelerate the development of northern Jiangsu. To maximize the allocation of resources for agricultural and sideline products, it is necessary to vigorously cultivate leading agricultural enterprises and take the road of promoting agriculture with industry and complementing each other. To maximize the allocation of labor resources, it is necessary to vigorously develop vocational education, further promote skills training, and for the surplus labor force, it is necessary not only to 'export', but also to 'transfer inward', encourage and support migrant workers who return to their hometowns to work in factories, set up economic entities, and accelerate the expansion of labor resource advantages. Be adaptable. Adapting measures to the situation means analyzing specific problems and treating specific things in a specific way. The northern Jiangsu region has a poor development foundation, weak financial resources, and heavy tasks, and if it wants to speed up development and leapfrog development, it is necessary to persist in handling special affairs. As long as it is conducive to speeding up development, we must dare to be good at taking unconventional measures and use innovative thinking to solve problems in development. For example, in the construction of rural roads and other infrastructure, as long as the people are willing, it is entirely possible to advocate pooling wisdom and efforts to raise funds through multiple channels to solve the problem of insufficient financial resources. In the fields of education, public health, and other social undertakings, it is permissible to adopt methods such as 'public and private' and 'non-governmental assistance' to mobilize forces from all sectors of society to participate in the development of social undertakings.

3. The endogenous driving force of the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu must take the ability to lead the masses to develop the economy as a hard standard. 'After the political line is decided, the cadres are the decisive factor.' If we grasp the cadres, we will grasp the key to promoting the work. In different years and at different stages of development, due to the differences in the central work and main tasks, the requirements for cadres' abilities are also different, and the conditions and standards for cultivating, evaluating, selecting, and using cadres are also very different. During the war years, what was needed was the kind of cadres who were not afraid of sacrifice and charged ahead; During the period of socialist revolution and construction, what is needed is the kind of cadres who are red, authoritarian, and politically commanding; Today, when we are vigorously developing the socialist market economy, what we need are cadres who can take the lead in getting rich and leading development. The market economy is an economy of competition, and it is still more an economy of capable people, and this requires that the first ability that our cadres must possess is the ability to lead the masses to develop the economy.

In the early 80s of the last century, our old secretary Wu of Jiangdong proposed that the selection of cadres should not only be based on academic qualifications and actual achievements, but also on the basis of ability. Based on this point of view, Huaxi Village boldly hired a group of capable people with the ability to develop the economy and outstanding achievements, which greatly aroused the enthusiasm and creativity of cadres and officials to start a business, which is also one of the key factors for Huaxi to become the 'first village in the world'. In the early 90s of the last century, the southern Jiangsu region completely abandoned the traditional practice of employing people based on academic qualifications, qualifications, status, and age, and boldly selected and appointed talents who can take the lead in development, want to lead development, and have the ability to develop the economy, so as to maximize the motivation and potential of entrepreneurial development of cadres. Today, 20 years later, some areas in northern Jiangsu still train, assess, and use cadres on the basis of academic qualifications, qualifications, and status; for example, the selection of cadres in the second line is 'one-size-fits-all', and the selection of cadres is overly young; in some localities, the requirements for serving experience and academic qualifications in the selection and promotion of leading cadres are too rigid, and the arrangement of going out for further study and training is always based on seniority; In some localities, it is clearly stipulated that personnel of enterprises and institutions, administrative cadres, and social personnel are not allowed to apply for the examination, and so on, and all this has greatly dampened the enthusiasm and creativity of cadres.

Compared with southern Jiangsu, the task of economic development in northern Jiangsu is very arduous, and in order to achieve leapfrog development and rapid revitalization, it is necessary to give greater prominence to economic development in the training, assessment, and use of cadres, and take the ability to lead the masses to develop the economy as a hard criterion, so as to maximize the entrepreneurial development potential of cadres. First, in the training of cadres, we should persist in taking the content of economic development as the first topic. No matter what level of cadre training, no matter what form of cadre training, no matter what system of cadre training, we must put the content of economic development in the first place, so that cadres can use the knowledge of economic development to get rich first. At the same time, more attention should be paid to cultivating cadres' ability to develop the economy through practical training, putting more cadres on the front line of economic development, and tempering, inspecting, and identifying cadres in the main battlefield of economic development. Second, in the evaluation of cadres, we should persist in taking the actual achievements of economic development as the first political achievement. We should change the previous assessment standards and methods of morality, ability, diligence, performance, and honesty, and put the actual performance of economic development in the first place. In the annual target assessment and regular assessment, the proportion of economic indicators should be increased, and the score of the actual performance of economic development should be quantified and maximized. Cadres in charge of economic affairs shall be assessed in terms of participating in and serving economic development. Establish a development economic database for each cadre, and build a full-staff, full-post, and whole-process responsibility assessment system for development economic goals. Third, in the use of cadres, we should persist in taking the development of economic skills as the first criterion. Thousands of skills, thousands of skills, economic development is the first ability. It is necessary to firmly establish a clear-cut orientation in employing cadres based on their ability to be heroes based on development, and boldly promote and employ cadres who can take the lead in getting rich and leading the masses in economic development, whether they are administrative cadres, personnel of public institutions, cadres living in villages, or bosses of enterprises, and resolutely 'move their seats' and 'take off their hats' to cadres who are not strong in economic development ability and whose actual achievements are mediocre. Truly break all restrictions on identity, age, diploma, seniority, etc., constantly innovate and improve the mechanism for the selection and appointment of cadres, and turn cadres to the market and the front line of economic development.

Fourth, the endogenous power of the underdeveloped areas in northern Jiangsu must be allowed to adopt a more flexible policy for a long time as a hard policy is one of the key factors of production, which affects all aspects of a region's economic and social development, and gives a region different development policies, and its development speed and effect are different. In a sense, a very important reason why developed regions are only developed is that they enjoy more preferential policies than less developed regions. Pengcheng is a powerful example. In 1979, the Government Council approved the upgrading of Bao'an County in Lingnan Province to Pengcheng City, and the following year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the establishment of the Pengcheng Special Economic Zone, implementing 'special policies and flexible measures'. Over the past 26 years, while enjoying the 'special national treatment', Pengcheng people have not disappointed the people of the whole country, creating an unprecedented development speed and becoming a city with the fastest economic development in the country. In the 25 years from 1980 to 2005, Pengcheng's GDP grew at an average annual rate of 28%, reaching 557.9 billion yuan in 2005, and its per capita GDP has reached 7,483 US dollars; the added value of secondary production reached 258 billion yuan, ranking first in average annual growth; The total export volume of foreign trade was 77.8 billion US dollars, ranking first in the country for 12 consecutive years. The main reason why Pengcheng City has been able to achieve rapid development is that the special policy has given birth to a strong endogenous driving force for Pengcheng's development.

The reason why the development of southern Jiangsu has been able to achieve today's achievements is also inseparable from the policy preferences given by all parties. Since the 80s of the last century, Jiangdong has implemented an unbalanced regional development strategy with efficiency as the goal, and identified southern Jiangsu as an industrial development area, not only giving preference in policy, but also giving support in various aspects such as capital and industrial layout. Especially in the early nineties of the last century, in order to echo the radiations brought about by the development and opening up of Pudong in the East, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government successively established state-level high-tech development zones in Wucheng, Liangxi and Yanling, and established the only state-level bonded zone in Zhanggang in the province, which built a platform and created opportunities for the rapid development of southern Jiangsu. According to statistics, from 1990 to 2000, Lucheng alone approved the establishment of 2,000 foreign-funded enterprises in a county-level city alone, with a contracted use of foreign capital of 8.4 billion US dollars and 9 projects with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars.

Let's take Suyu as an example. In 2003, in order to further promote the accelerated development of Suyu, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government clearly proposed that Suyu City should be allowed and supported to adopt more flexible policies and practices than other regions on the premise of not violating national policies and regulations, and make Suyu a pilot city for the province's reform. Since the introduction of this special policy more than two years ago, it has brought unprecedented development opportunities to Suyu, and the pace of industrialization, urbanization and marketization has been significantly accelerated. From 2003 to 2005, the average annual growth rate of regional GDP was 16.4%, an increase of 5.1 percentage points over the average growth rate of the previous five years, and in 2004 and 2005, the growth rate of the four indicators of industrial added value, general budget revenue, urban fixed asset input, and industrial electricity consumption ranked first in the province for two consecutive years. In just over two years, the city's total medical and health assets have increased to 1.78 billion yuan, 3.59 times that before the reform, and 810 million yuan has been added to private education, 16.5 times that before the reform. Suyu's economic and social development in recent years has been able to achieve such rapid development, mainly thanks to the special policies given by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, although there are still some areas that need to be further improved in some reforms, but the results of the reform are obvious, and they have also won the support of the overwhelming majority of the masses.

A large number of practices have fully proved that special policies have played a very important role in promoting the endogenous driving force of a region and accelerating economic and social development. It is necessary for the province to support northern Jiangsu, promote the common development of the region, and give certain funds and projects to northern Jiangsu, but more importantly, it is necessary to allow northern Jiangsu to adopt a more flexible policy for a long time as a hard rule. The first is to give more and take less. The core of giving more and taking less is 'releasing water to raise fish'. The development foundation of northern Jiangsu is relatively weak, and it is in a weak position under the current situation of increasingly fierce competition in regional development. In the formulation of policies, it is necessary to treat northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and southern Jiangsu differently, and give more preference to northern Jiangsu, and not to engage in 'one size fits all'. All basic inputs that have a role in promoting economic development, such as the construction of roads, ports, bridges, etc., as well as the layout of key industries and power arrangements, should be considered as much as possible to take care of the northern Jiangsu region, so as to help the northern Jiangsu region accumulate sufficient development stamina. The second is to put more and manage less. The core of more release and less management is to expand the space. Ignoring or under-managing is the greatest support for the less developed regions. It is necessary to give more support to the northern Jiangsu region in actively exploring new ways to accelerate development in various economic and social fields. In terms of project evaluation and land indicators, it is necessary to further relax the conditions and restrictions on northern Jiangsu, and consider the actual situation of northern Jiangsu for non-economic productive inspections, and implement standards that are more in line with the development requirements of northern Jiangsu and different from southern Jiangsu. The third is to praise more and depreciate less. The core of more praise and less depreciation is to support the courage. The foundation in northern Jiangsu is weak, the working conditions are poor, and it is not easy to achieve every little achievement. Therefore, we should affirm, publicize, and praise the achievements made in northern Jiangsu. It is necessary to give the greatest tolerance and understanding to the mistakes made by the cadres in northern Jiangsu in the course of exploration and practice, so that they can completely unleash their hands and feet and carry out their work. Cadres who have made outstanding achievements in their work in northern Jiangsu for a long time should be promoted in an exceptional manner. It is necessary to further promote the 'two-way exchange' of cadres in southern and northern Jiangsu, not only to select and send cadres from southern Jiangsu to take up temporary posts in northern Jiangsu, but also to select outstanding cadres from northern Jiangsu to serve in southern Jiangsu, so as to truly make cadres in northern Jiangsu feel hopeful and rushing, and fully develop the endogenous motivation of cadres in northern Jiangsu. ”