Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 26th. A small county with an annual fiscal revenue of only about 1 billion yuan spent 680 million yuan building a cultural park for "face" and set the goal of "not falling behind in ten years and not being eliminated in a hundred years".
A few days ago, an anti-corruption TV feature film disclosed a political performance project in Jishui County, Jiangxi Province that wasted money and people.
Screenshot of the TV feature film "On the Road to the Exam"
A county with an annual budget of only 1 billion yuan
Spend 680 million to build a cultural park
On December 25, the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection released the third episode of the TV feature film "On the Road to the Exam" "Spring Breeze and Rain". The Chinese Scholars Cultural Park.
Yuan Shouwang served as the county magistrate and secretary of the county party committee in Jishui County for ten years. According to the feature film, Yuan Shouwang regarded his team members and subordinates as "loyalty" and regarded others as "loyalty". After becoming the secretary, he regarded himself as the "boss", and he was the only one to decide important matters.
"I was blindly greedy for completeness and foreigners, invested more than 600 million yuan, and spent more than three years building the Chinese Scholars Cultural Park." Yuan Shouwang said in the film.
According to the feature film, in 2017, the annual fiscal revenue of Jishui County was only about 1 billion yuan, and there was not much left after removing rigid expenditures. The goal is "not to fall behind in ten years, not to be eliminated in a hundred years".
In Yuan Shouwang's words, "The goal is to aim at China's height and world influence."
Screenshot of the TV feature film "On the Road to the Exam"
According to the investigators, Yuan Shouwang made a blind decision to build a giant sculpture in the Jinshi Cultural Park in order to pursue "visible and imposing from a long distance on the Ganjiang River". huge loss.
In the film, Huang Jinrong, the deputy magistrate of Jishui County, said that the project did not produce the expected benefits, but instead caused high operation and maintenance costs, which brought a heavy burden to the county's finances.
The project that wastes people and money is named by the Commission for Discipline Inspection
"After arresting Yuan Shouwang, our living conditions have improved a lot"
In April of this year, Yuan Shouwang accepted gifts and money in violation of regulations, accepted banquets in violation of regulations, and was notified by the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of the image project of the political performance project that wasted money.
According to the report, Yuan Shouwang engaged in formalism and bureaucracy in the construction of major projects in Jishui County, and wasted money and money to build "landmark" buildings and other performance projects and image projects, which brought a heavy burden to the local finance and caused adverse effects among the masses.
"I think people's livelihood needs to be done every year, and there is no obvious effect. Therefore, it is better to concentrate financial resources on some 'big things' and do some visible things." Yuan Shouwang said in the feature film.
Screenshot of the TV feature film "On the Road to the Exam"
According to the feature film, Yuan Shouwang only cared about his own "face" and disregarded the "face" of ordinary people, and used limited financial funds for political performance projects. The Jinzhang Avenue and Golden Avenue in Jishui County have been open to traffic for less than two years, and the greening along the line has just been completed. Yuan Shouwang It also promoted the investment of tens of millions in greening and upgrading.
In 2020, 6 of the 10 livelihood issues identified in Jishui County were not completed as scheduled.
In the feature film, Zhou Xiaojun, the deputy magistrate of Jishui County, introduced that in response to the problems exposed by the Yuan Shouwang case, Jishui County has increased investment in the improvement of the living environment, medical treatment, education, employment and other areas of people's livelihood.
"I used to think that anti-corruption was about arresting corrupt officials and had little to do with ordinary people. After arresting Yuan Shouwang, our living environment has improved a lot," local residents said in the film.
When transferred to the prosecutor's office
He asked for a party constitution to take away
In fact, Yuan Shouwang's problem is far more than engaging in political performance projects that waste people and money.
In April last year, Yuan Shouwang was investigated as secretary of the Jishui County Party Committee. In September of that year, he was "double-opened".
Screenshot of the TV feature film "On the Road to the Exam"
According to the website of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the discipline inspection department introduced in its report on Yuan Shouwang's problems that in addition to wasting money and people to build "achievement projects" and "image projects", he was also accused of having many problems, such as colluding with others, transferring and concealing evidence , please entrust others to clear the relationship and resist organizational censorship.
Another example is that in the recruitment and promotion of cadres and employees, Yuan Shouwang used his power to seek benefits for others and received property, obtained large returns through private lending, engaged in profit-making activities in violation of regulations, owned shares in non-listed companies, and used his power and position. Relatives seek benefits in project bidding, take advantage of the convenience of their positions to seek benefits for others, illegally accept other people's property, the amount is particularly huge, suspected of accepting bribes, participating in gambling, and so on.
It is worth mentioning that he was also accused of "handling false resident identity documents."
The feature film revealed that in May this year, Yuan Shouwang was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime of accepting bribes.
"From the bottom of my heart, I still want to thank the party organization for saving and rescuing me. If I don't investigate and deal with it in time, I may be on the wrong path, including the amount of bribes in the economy, which may be even greater." Yuan Shouwang confessed.
The feature film also introduced that when Yuan Shouwang was transferred to the procuratorial organ, he asked the task force for a copy of the party constitution and took it away.
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