Comrade Jiao Yulu lived a simple life, worked diligently and thriftily, and always endured hardships first and enjoyed last. His clothes, hats, shoes, and socks were dismantled and washed many times, mended and mended, sewn and sewn. He strictly abides by party discipline and party rules, and never uses the power in his hands to seek benefits for himself and his relatives. He personally drafted the "Ten Prohibitions on Cadres" and made specific provisions on the honesty and self-discipline of cadres. Yesterday, in front of the "Ten Prohibitions for Cadres" display board in the Comrade Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall, I took a closer look and felt that he really grasped the rules and was very targeted. So, let's not make a fussy of our rules, the wording is beautiful, but the content is empty. In addition to stipulating that "no one is allowed to give away theater tickets," the "Ten Prohibitions for Cadres" also stipulates that "theater tickets cannot be sold to organs only before the 10 rows," that is, some good tickets should be reserved for the masses. He overheard that his son had not bought a ticket because he knew the ticket seller, so he taught his son not to engage in special "white plays", and immediately took out the money to ask his son to go to the theater to make up for the ticket. Such strict self-discipline and self-cleanliness vividly reflect his consciousness of administering the party strictly.

——Speech at the Enlarged Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Lankao County Party Committee of Henan Province (March 18, 2014)

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Jiao Yulu, born in August 1922 in a poor family in Zibo, Shandong, took the initiative to become a militia member in 1945, joined the Communist Party of China in 1946, went south with the task force in 1948, and was transferred to Lankao County, Henan Province in 1962 to serve as the secretary of the Lankao County Party Committee. It was during his tenure as secretary of the Lankao County Party Committee that Jiao Yulu demonstrated his unswerving faith and created a spiritual monument of the Communists.

From 1962 to 1964, Lankao suffered from serious waterlogging, sandstorms, and saline-alkali "three evils" threat, Jiao Yulu and the county's cadres and the masses carried out a small area of dredging and compacting sand, dredging and alkali, and sealing sand dune experiments, and on this basis, summed up the specific strategy of rectifying the "three evils", and explored the method of large-scale planting of paulownia. During this period, Jiao Yulu suffered from liver cancer, but still endured severe pain and insisted on working, and through arduous efforts, Lankao's work to eliminate the "three evils" has achieved remarkable results. As of 2014, the annual output value of Lankao's paulownia industry has reached more than 6 billion yuan, from the sand control tree to the cash cow of the masses. Although Jiao Yulu has been in Lankao for a short time, the Jiao Yulu spirit of "being close to the people and loving the people, working hard, being scientific and realistic, facing difficulties, and selfless dedication" has eternal value.

Xi Jinping told the story of Jiao Yulu many times, and recalled the scene of learning Jiao Yulu more than 40 years ago: "On February 7, 1966, the People's Daily published a long newsletter by Mu Qing and other comrades, "The Role Model of the County Party Secretary - Jiao Yulu". Especially when I read that Comrade Jiao Yulu still insisted on working in the advanced stage of liver cancer, using a stick against his liver, and a big hole was pushed out on the right side of the rattan chair, I was deeply shocked...... "Since then, the spirit of Jiao Yulu has been deeply rooted in Xi Jinping's heart, inspiring a huge spiritual power." Xi Jinping also wrote a poem "Nian Nujiao, Remembering Jiao Yulu" for Jiao Yulu, "Who among the people doesn't love officials? turn tears into rain", which carries Xi Jinping's respect and remembrance for Jiao Yulu.

The story of Jiao Yulu has been passed down from generation to generation, and the spirit of Jiao Yulu has eternal value of the times. Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that "the county party committee is the 'front-line command' of our party to govern and rejuvenate the country" and "the county-level government is shouldering more and more responsibilities, especially in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, comprehensively deepening reforms, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the party." At the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Lankao County Party Committee, Xi Jinping and the majority of party members and cadres reviewed the spirit of Jiao Yulu, precisely to encourage the majority of county party secretaries to learn from Jiao Yulu, strive to be the secretary of the county party committee in the style of Jiao Yulu, and truly have the party in their hearts, the people in their hearts, their responsibilities in their hearts, and their cautions in their hearts.