The Seventh Round of the Nineteenth Central Committee Inspection Fully Covered Central Management Universities
Political physical examination promotes the construction of honest colleges and universities
● Colleges and universities are becoming more and more integrated into the economic and social development, causing some negative social factors to have an impact on colleges and universities. In addition, colleges and universities themselves have shortcomings in clean governance. Some college management links such as enrollment and scientific research management are prone to corruption. Lower space
● From an overall point of view, the supervision and restriction of the "top leaders" of colleges and universities still lags behind the actual needs of colleges and universities for the construction of party style and clean government
● From the current university governance system and governance capabilities, we must first make up for the shortcomings of the university's ideological work system, ideological and political education work system, and morality and talent cultivation work system.
□ Reporter Chen Lei
□ Our newspaper trainee reporter Sun Tianjiao
The website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection recently released news that according to the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee on inspections, as of May 10, the 15 inspection teams of the seventh round of the 19th Central Committee have completed the inspection of the Ministry of Education and 31 middle-management universities. Stationed work.
In addition, at the mobilization meeting of the Party Group Work of the Ministry of Education by the Third Inspection Group of the Central Committee, members of the leadership team of universities not directly under the Ministry of Education participated in the meeting via video.
Experts interviewed by a reporter from the "Rules of Law Daily" believe that this special arrangement means that the 19th Central Inspection Team not only covers centrally managed colleges and universities at one time, but also inspects the competent administrative department of the Ministry of Education together, and also cooperates with non-centralized education. The inspection work of universities directly under the Ministry and local universities shows that it is aimed at the entire higher education system, in order to comprehensively review the development of my country's higher education, comprehensively review the strict governance of the party in colleges and universities, and build a clean college.
Full coverage in one round of inspection
Comprehensive review of the university system
On April 28, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released a message saying that with the approval of the Party Central Committee, the 7th round of the 19th Central Committee will conduct regular inspections on the Party organizations of 32 units including the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Renmin University of China. Patrol.
Among the 32 inspected units, in addition to the Ministry of Education, there are also 31 Chinese-managed colleges and universities, which are also all of my country's current Chinese-managed colleges and universities.
This means that the 19th Central Inspection Group has achieved full coverage of the inspection of the Central Management College through a regular inspection.
The Nineteenth Central Committee’s seventh round of mobilization and deployment meeting emphasized that to conduct inspections of central management colleges and universities, it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the party’s education policy and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on education work, accurately grasp the characteristics of colleges and universities, and comprehensively strictly govern the party. Characteristic, focusing on the functional responsibilities and main responsibilities of the party committee, highlighting the key points of supervision, and enhancing pertinence and effectiveness.
The meeting stated that it is necessary to conscientiously implement the requirements of political inspections, have a deep understanding of the university’s adherence to the socialist direction of running schools, implement the fundamental tasks of Lide, implement the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the party committee, strictly manage the party’s school management, leadership team building, and cadres and talent teams. We will focus on discovering and promoting the resolution of major contradictions and deep-seated problems that restrict the high-quality development of higher education.
As of May 10, the seventh round of the nineteenth central inspection tour has been completed.
It is worth noting that the inspection agencies of the party committees of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities and the party group of the Ministry of Education will also benchmark the deployment of the Party Central Committee and make overall arrangements for inspections of their affiliated colleges and universities.
In addition, at the mobilization meeting of the Party Group Work of the Ministry of Education by the Third Inspection Group of the Central Committee, members of the leadership team of universities not directly under the Ministry of Education participated in the meeting via video.
Corresponding to this inspection, the Party's 18th Central Inspection Team achieved full coverage of the inspections of the Central Management College through 3 inspections.
In June 2013, the first round of inspections of the 18th Central Inspection Team conducted a regular inspection of Renmin University of China.
In March 2014, the third round of the 18th Central Inspection Tour conducted a special inspection of Fudan University.
In February 2017, the twelfth round of the 18th Central Committee conducted a special inspection of 29 Chinese management universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University.
Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of the Research Center for Integrity Construction of Peking University, told the reporter of the Rule of Law Daily that compared with the inspections of the 18th Central Inspection Team to the centrally managed colleges and universities, the 19th Central Inspection Team not only covered all the centrally managed colleges and universities at one time, but also The inspection of the Ministry of Education in charge of the administrative department together, and at the same time coordinated the inspections of universities not directly under the Ministry of Education of the Central Administration and local universities, indicating that it is aimed at the entire higher education system.
In Zhuang Deshui’s view, this special inspection arrangement of the central government shows that this round of inspections aims to comprehensively review the development of my country’s higher education, comprehensively review the implementation of the central education guidelines and policies by the education system, and comprehensively review the governance of the party by the education system. A comprehensive review of the education system's implementation of Lide and talent cultivation.
Song Wei, a professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing and director of the Center for Integrity Research, believes that this round of inspections is aimed at the Ministry of Education and middle-management universities and extends to the entire higher education system. This is not only a normalized measure for the full coverage of inspections, but also reflects the central inspection process. Attaches great importance to the education system.
A round of inspections will focus on discovering problems in the education system, especially in universities, and will play an important role in further promoting the comprehensive and strict governance of the party in universities.
Zhuang Deshui believes that the reason why the central government attaches so much importance to the higher education system is that education is related to the development of the country and the future of the nation. It is the country’s and the party’s major plan. Higher education institutions are responsible for the important task of cultivating socialist builders and successors and value the higher education system. It is about the future development of the country and whether it can train qualified builders and successors.
Zhuang Deshui said that this is a comprehensive political physical examination of the entire university system to promote the construction of a clean university.
Many colleges and universities have been investigated
Corruption causes are intertwined
On April 23, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Cui Shizhong, secretary of the Party Committee of Henan University of Science and Technology, was under review and investigation.
This is the latest university leading cadre to be reviewed and investigated on the eve of this round of inspections.
Henan University of Science and Technology is located in Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was formerly known as Luoyang Institute of Technology. It was formed in 2002 by merging two other schools.
Cui Shizhong is an expert who enjoys special government allowances from the State Council. He has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Before serving as Party Secretary of Henan University of Science and Technology, he served as Party Secretary of Zhongyuan Institute of Technology in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.
Corruption in colleges and universities is one of the outstanding problems in the field of higher education.
A reporter from the "Rule of Law Daily" combed through the review and investigation column of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website and found that since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there have been 79 college leaders named and notified for disciplinary review.
Among them, there is 1 leading cadre in the middle management university, namely Zhang Hanrong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Xi’an Jiaotong University and former vice president.
Zhang Hanrong is from Kunshan, Jiangsu.
According to public information, Zhang Hanrong studied at Xi’an Jiaotong University in the 1980s and stayed on to teach directly after graduation as a teacher in the School of Management of Xi’an Jiaotong University.
In June 1997, Zhang Hanrong "goed into the sea" to do business, and it lasted 10 years in a flash.
In October 2007, Zhang Hanrong returned to Xi'an Jiaotong University and successively served as the president and party secretary of the Xi'an Jiaotong University Asset Management Company, a school-run enterprise, and the legal representative and chairman of the Xi'an Jiaotong University Science and Technology Park Company.
Seven years after returning to Xi’an Jiaotong University, in October 2014, Zhang Hanrong became a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Xi’an Jiaotong University and became a school-level leader.
In February 2019, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Hanrong was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.
In September 2019, Zhang Hanrong was "double-opened".
His problems include violating political discipline and resisting organizational review; violating integrity and discipline, using his position to facilitate business activities for relatives and friends, condoning and acquiescing relatives to borrow money from business partners, etc.
On December 17, 2019, the Intermediate People's Court of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province made a first-instance verdict in the case of Zhang Hanrong: he was punished for several crimes, decided to execute 12 years in prison and fined 1 million yuan.
Zhang Hanrong refused to accept the judgment of the first instance and lodged an appeal.
In June 2020, the Higher People's Court of Shaanxi Province rejected Zhang Hanrong's appeal and upheld the original verdict.
It is worth noting that among the 79 leading cadres of colleges and universities notified for disciplinary review, many colleges and universities were investigated.
For example, Ding Hui, the former president of North China University of Technology, and Shen Zhili, the former vice president, were successively reviewed and investigated. On the same day, the former president of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tang Nong and the former vice president Qin Yuwang were announced to be under review and investigation. The former vice president of Guangzhou Civil Aviation Vocational and Technical College Gao Xiaoling, Former Dean Wu Wanmin and Former Party Secretary Mo Jiasheng have been examined and investigated one after another.
Song Wei believes that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the high-pressure anti-corruption situation of the central government, the discipline inspection and supervision organs have investigated and dealt with many corruption problems in colleges and universities. From this, we can see a certain pattern of corruption in the education field.
The occurrence of corruption in colleges and universities is not only affected by macro factors in the external environment, but also due to the fact that the college’s own system is not sound, corruption risks and opportunities for corruption still exist. In addition, there are also problems in the thinking of a few college leaders. These reasons are often intertwined. .
In Zhuang Deshui’s view, the individual corruption problems in the field of colleges and universities can be said to be shocking, indicating that colleges and universities are not a "pure land" nor an "ivory tower". The reason is that colleges and universities are becoming more and more integrated into the economic and social development, leading to some Negative social factors have an impact on colleges and universities. In addition, colleges and universities themselves have shortcomings in clean governance. Some college management links such as enrollment and scientific research management are likely to leave room for corruption.
Reform the discipline inspection and supervision system
Make up the shortcomings of the system
On the same day that the seventh round of inspections of the 19th Central Committee was completed, the National Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held a seminar and exchange meeting on deepening the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system of colleges and universities.
This move aims to implement the relevant arrangements of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system of the Central Management Colleges and universities, further promote the more conscious adherence to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee in the field of the Central Management Colleges and universities, and more fully implement the Party's education policy Work with the Party Central Committee’s decision-making and deployment to more firmly deepen the comprehensive and strict governance of the party.
The meeting emphasized that to deepen the comprehensive and strict governance of the party in the field of Chinese-managed universities, it is necessary to promote the implementation of detailed main responsibilities of the provincial (city) party committees, the party group of the competent departments, and the party committees of the centrally managed colleges and universities, and to give full play to the central government. The functional departments of the National Supervision Commission of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Teams of relevant departments, the provincial (municipal) Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Management College where the Central Management University is located, are responsible for the supervision.
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a strategic plan for improving the party and state supervision system, proposing to build an authoritative and efficient supervision system with unified party command, comprehensive coverage, and efficiency.
With the approval of the Party Central Committee, in October 2018, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Institutions Assigned by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission" to promote the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system of China-managed colleges and universities.
Among them, it is proposed to implement classified policies to promote the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system of colleges and universities under the central management of the party committee secretary and the president.
According to this, the nomination, inspection, and appointment of the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the Central Management College were changed to be carried out by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Party Group of the competent department.
Before the launch of this round of inspections, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the revised "Regulations on the Work of Primary Organizations in Ordinary Colleges and Universities of the Communist Party of China", which clearly defined the duties of the discipline inspection committees of colleges and universities: Responsibilities."
Song Wei believes that since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to the integrity of colleges and universities, comprehensively combating corruption in the "ivory tower" that is intolerable by the people, and has achieved remarkable results in promoting the "three noes" system and mechanism of colleges and universities. .
However, in Song Wei's view, there are still certain institutional shortcomings in the construction of clean universities that need to be supplemented.
"On the one hand, colleges and universities should further promote the reform of the system and mechanism, optimize the allocation of power, so that the power of leading cadres at all levels in the colleges and universities will be effectively restricted, thereby reducing opportunities for corruption; We will improve systems in key areas where corruption is prone to occur, and reduce the risk of corruption by establishing a more precise system."
According to Zhuang Deshui’s research, in terms of the current governance system and governance capabilities of colleges and universities, the most important shortcoming of the system is governing the party, because colleges and universities are densely populated with intellectuals and various ideas and concepts are confronting each other. In this case, it should be strengthened. The work of governing the party in the field of colleges and universities implements the party's line, principles and policies into the field of colleges and universities, and implements the party's purposes and concepts into the education process of colleges and universities.
Therefore, it is urgent to make up for the shortcomings of the university's ideological work system, ideological and political education work system, and Lide's work system to improve the modernization of the university's governance system and governance capabilities.
Zhuang Deshui said that another shortcoming is that the university supervision system needs to be improved urgently.
In recent years, with the deepening of the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system of colleges and universities, the Ministry of Education has continued to promote the strict governance of the party in the education system and promote the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system in colleges and universities.
All localities have carried out reforms of the discipline inspection and supervision system of local colleges and universities, and strengthened the supervision of the party committee at the same level by the discipline inspection commission and the supervision of the main person in charge at the next level.
But on the whole, the supervision and restriction of the "top leaders" of colleges and universities still lags behind the actual needs of colleges and universities for the construction of party style and clean government.
"In addition, the effective linkage mechanism between the central inspection team's inspections and the provincial inspections needs to be formed, and the efficient operation of inspections and inspections needs to be formed. As soon as possible, the results of higher-level inspections and supervisions can be transformed into actual work efficiency." Zhuang Deshui said that building a clean university is one thing. Systematic engineering needs to be jointly promoted by all parties.