Responsibility means dedication. With regard to the work arrangements that have been set, it is necessary to grasp them to the end, start and finish well, and resolutely prevent going through the motions and a gust of wind. Most secretaries of county party committees have only been in office for a few years, and they cannot have the idea of temporary workers. When some people arrive at the post of secretary of the county party committee, they think that they will not work for long anyway, so it is better to make some big moves to show their ability and political achievements, and pave the way for their own promotion. Such a view is unacceptable. In a county, the plan changes every few years, and the blueprint is drawn every few years, but nothing can be done. It is necessary to have the realm of "success does not have to be in me", and a good blueprint, as long as it is scientific, practical, and in line with the wishes of the people, it must be like a relay race, and continue to work one baton after another. Youyu County, Shanxi Province is located in the natural tuyere area of the Mu Us Desert, which is a barren land with windblown sand and barren mountains and rivers. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first secretary of the county party committee led the people of the county to start sand control and afforestation. Over the past 60 years and more, the county party committee has led the cadres and masses of the county to work unremittingly one term after another, one term after another, and one term after another, so that the greening rate has risen from 0.3 percent in that year to 53 percent now, and the "barren land" has become a "plugged oasis." To grasp any work, we must have this kind of patience and endurance that will benefit you for a long time.

-- "Being a Jiao Yulu-style County Party Secretary - Speech at the Symposium of the Trainees of the Seminar for County Party Committee Secretaries of the Central Party School" (January 12, 2015)

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"After the political voice is gone, the public opinion is chatting." Whether it is fame and fortune, or political reputation, it will be short-cut and followed, and the end will be exhausted. In the long river of history, what can go through the passage of time and shine more brightly? The story of Youyu County, Shanxi Province gives the answer.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Youyu "didn't see people for ten miles, and didn't see trees for a hundred miles; One wind a year, blowing from spring to winter; The wind rises and the yellow sand flies, and the rain falls and floods become disasters", and the natural conditions are very bad. Zhang Ronghuai, the first secretary of the county party committee, had just taken office, and the overwhelming wind carried the yellow sand and gave him a special "meeting gift". After realizing the harsh natural environment of Youyu County, Zhang Ronghuai began a walking expedition to the entire territory of Youyu with a backpack, fried noodles, and a military map in his hand. In two months, Zhang Ronghuai traveled to more than 300 large and small villages in Youyu and thousands of ditches and rivers, and thus put forward the loud slogan of "people should survive in Youyu, and trees should take root in Youyu", and established a blueprint for afforestation and ecological improvement in Youyu County. Wang Jukun, the second secretary of the county party committee, continued to struggle and organized a tree planting meeting of 10,000 people, his face was as black as the masses, and his hands were full of blood blisters, and the people directly called him "tree planting secretary". The next successive secretaries, from "where can be planted, let the part green first" to "worked in Youyu for 12 years, planted trees for 12 years", always insisted on doing one term after another, and drawing a blueprint to the end.

Over the past 60 years, things have changed, and the county party committee team does not know how many terms have changed, but the blueprint for afforestation has never changed. From 8,000 acres of forests before the founding of the People's Republic of China, with a coverage rate of less than 0.3%, to 1.5 million acres of forest area in 2015, with a forest coverage rate of 53%, the economy and people's livelihood here have also been greatly improved due to ecological improvement. In the continuous efforts of one stick after another, Youyu, a once "barren land", has become a real "plugged oasis".

Xi Jinping's story of sand control in Youyu County, Shanxi Province, is to show the grassroots cadres represented by the secretary of the county party committee that entrepreneurship must have the mind of "success does not have to be in me", and must have patience and endurance to work for a long time and benefit in the long run.

Xi Jinping emphasized that "success does not have to be in me" and "a blueprint is drawn to the end", which is not only the concept of thinking about it, but also the practice of sticking to the end. In Ningde, he demanded overcoming impatience and short-term behavior in economic construction; In Fuzhou, he proposed that "the construction of a place, without long-term planning, often leads to serious mistakes and even permanent regrets"; In Zhejiang, he stressed the need to be willing to do preparatory work, to grasp the unfinished things, and to "add bricks and tiles on the basis of his predecessors......

Xi Jinping's story of Youyu is also to guide party members and cadres to think about and handle the relationship between the big self and the small self, the relationship between long-term interests, fundamental interests, personal ambitions, and personal interests. He stressed that such an outlook on political achievements is a kind of political character, and leading cadres should firmly establish and practice it for a long time.