The giant Guan Gong image has a profound lesson

　　The giant Guan Gong statue in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, which was criticized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, began to be demolished and moved recently. The total investment in the relocation project was 155 million yuan.

The statue of Guan Gong is 57.3 meters high and was completed in 2016, with a total cost of 172.9 million yuan.

First it was illegally built and then moved, and more than 300 million yuan was wasted like this.

　　If there is more than 300 million yuan, there will be no more. The lesson of the relocation of the giant Guan Gong in Jingzhou is profound.

The Party Central Committee has issued three orders and five applications, prohibiting image projects and face-saving projects, and has also severely investigated and reported a number of typical formalist and bureaucratic cases.

However, in reality, in order to pursue the so-called political achievements, there are still some places that are unrealistic, blindly slap their heads, wipe sideballs, and even violate disciplines and laws, destroy local folk customs, and destroy historical features and cultural context. Project construction blindly pursues "big" and "best". "All" means spending huge sums of money on scenery, making gimmicks, and creating momentum, in order to sacrifice long-term benefits in exchange for short-term benefits.

For example, Hancheng City in Shaanxi Province spent 190 million yuan to build the "Carp Leaping Dragon Gate" landscape, and Dushan County in Guizhou Province invested 256 million yuan to build the "Water Division Tower". "Incisively and vividly".

　　According to previous reports, the giant statue of Guan Gong built within the historical urban area of ​​the ancient city in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is 57.3 meters high. It violates the relevant provisions of the "Jingzhou Historic and Cultural City Protection Plan". It is "unauthorized for planning" and is "illegal construction" ".

In the case that the project has not been approved, the relevant departments have been indifferent during the two-year construction period of the statue, resulting in a waste of more than 300 million yuan, which has not achieved the due cultural promotion benefits, but destroyed it. The style and historical context of the ancient city have damaged the image of Jingzhou City, which is not worth the gain.

People can't help asking, how did a 57.3-meter-high "unapproved" statue rise from the ground under the noses of local regulatory authorities?

Does the local ruler use power in accordance with laws and regulations?

Has the main responsibility of the supervisory manager been fulfilled?

　　The price of more than 300 million yuan must be a long-time alarm.

Party members and leading cadres in various places should learn lessons from this incident, draw inferences from one another, and put their positions and responsibilities into account.

It is necessary to improve the rule of law thinking, strictly follow the rules and disciplines to exercise the powers, and never do illegal or non-compliance, and never override the law; to implement the new development concept, respect science, seek truth and be pragmatic, and be farsighted , Maintain patience and perseverance, not only to pursue "remarkable performance", but also to work hard on basic projects that do not display mountains and water, and the "potential performance" with long cycles and slow results. And the performance tested in practice.

We must persist in diligence and frugality, and spend every penny on the "blade" and where it matters.

Relevant regulatory authorities should also improve systems and strengthen supervision, increase supervision of major project approvals and illegal construction, and promptly intervene and correct problems that are found to prevent the indiscriminate construction of "cultural landmarks" and other image projects.

Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies should strengthen supervision and inspection of blindly creating landscapes and deviating from reality, consolidate the main responsibilities of relevant departments, and seriously investigate and deal with violations of discipline and law, such as corruption and infringement of the interests of the public in the public resources field, so as to effectively protect the interests of the people.

　　Author: Yang Yan