The “koi” college students who work at the frontline at the grassroots level use their own experience to speak out—the


　　three big prejudices of “only for being an official”, “ageing in advance” and “pure dedication” can be stopped

　　Young people are inseparable from the revitalization of the countryside.

However, in the face of the huge talent gap at the grassroots level, many college students are more inclined to "break single-plank bridges" in major first-tier cities. An important reason for this is that they have misunderstandings and prejudices due to their lack of hands-on practice in grassroots work.

　　Some people say, "The working conditions at the grass-roots level are poor, the wages are low, and there is no future." "The more outstanding college students should not go to the grass-roots level. This is a waste of talents." It's useless, it's better to take advantage of your youth to make more breakthroughs"... So, should college students go to the grassroots work?

The reporter recently visited all the college graduates who are working in the frontline at the grassroots level across the country, trying to find answers from their experiences.

One of the prejudice: the lower the grassroots is just to be an official and climb up

　　In the past 10 years, Wang Juntao, the mayor of Xiaohe Town, Yicheng City, Hubei, has repeatedly faced doubts about being an official by others.

He believes that the purpose of working at the grassroots level is not to "be an official."

All walks of life have their responsibilities. It is not only in the high-level "high-precision" field that the significance of receiving higher education can be reflected.

　　Wang Juntao believes that the grassroots cadres belong to the management position of national social affairs and bear the responsibility of guarding the people. Contrary to the argument that "the more excellent college students should not go to the grassroots", the more excellent talents should come to the grassroots.

　　"I believe that young people who come to the grassroots level want to do a career. If it is purely to become an official, it is not a shortcut to work at the grassroots level. After all, in large cities and large units, there are a lot of department-level cadres. But for us, it is not easy to get there."

　　Furthermore, in the context of rural revitalization, the requirements for grassroots cadres are getting higher and higher, and the team of grassroots cadres is in urgent need of young forces to join.

"Most of the village-level cadres now have a junior high school education level, which is far from reaching the needs of agricultural and rural modernization." Wang Juntao said, to give a simple example, now they are all digital offices, but some cadres do not If you are proficient in office software, you can't even understand the words.

　　In Changping Town, Nanzhang County, Hubei, a decent and convenient service hall has just been built this year, which has solved the problem of people’s difficulty in handling affairs.

The mayor Liu Rui sighed, such as “one network” and “one door” for basic-level affairs. “These jobs may be carried out smoothly in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The community officials there can’t wait to be master graduates, but in mountainous towns , The implementation of these tasks is extremely difficult."

　　"In the past, if we needed to collect and maintain the old fund, we needed to walk family by family. It might take an hour to walk between each family in the mountain. If there was no cash at home, he would have to go down the mountain to get it. Move your fingers in a big city. It is solved, but it takes such a high time cost at the grassroots level." Liu Rui said that if you want to promote new technologies and methods, you can only rely on youth.

　　Not only that, Du Jia, the deputy mayor of Chibi Town, Xianning City, Hubei Province, found that in many cases, some of the projects invested by the government for the villages will become wasteful day by day. The reason is that the construction is one-off, but the maintenance and management are long-term.

If the grassroots cadres do not have management thinking and new ideas, and many projects have been done for nothing, they may end up doing "surface engineering" during inspections by their superiors and coping with the problem.

　　The reporter observed during the interview that the grassroots really need talents, and a large number of high-quality talents are needed. Facts have proved that these young talents can indeed bring changes to the countryside.

　　In Yuanzicha Township, Yuzhong County, Gansu Province, villagers make a living by planting lilies all year round.

Zhao Dongdong, secretary of the township party committee, is a PhD graduate of the School of Software Engineering at Peking University. He used his professional expertise to lead farmers to carry out standardized and information-based planting reforms, and tried to integrate big data, agricultural robots, and green organic planting systems into the development of the industry.

Zhao Dongdong said: "In the past, the common people had no idea about these planting technologies and methods, nor did they expand the deep processing of lily products. Now, our latest lily wine will be available soon."

　　In Heping Village, Xiaopingyang Town, Xingbin District, Laibin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, village committee cadres are generally very enthusiastic about developing industries, but the effect is not obvious.

In the past, everyone can think of whether one season of rice can be planted for two seasons each year, and whether 200 catties per mu can be replaced by 300 catties. More importantly, everyone only cares about the money in the bank card, the meat on the dinner table, and your own. One acre three-quarters of land often overlooks some things that have little benefit in a short period of time, but are more beneficial to the long-term development of the village.

　　This year, with the help of Gong Hao, a staff member in the village and a graduate of Xiamen University, the village has made some new attempts, such as raising fish in rice fields, raising shrimps, digging lotus ponds and planting lotus roots. We are not professionals in agricultural technology, but we may have access to more information that can help you open up your horizons. This is a great help to rural development." Gong Hao said, "The key is to get the cadres and villagers to follow along. Using our brains, this is the hope that our young people can bring to the village."

Bias 2: Grassroots work is equivalent to "drinking tea and reading newspapers" to provide for the elderly in advance

　　Speaking of the impression of grassroots cadres, there are still many people who think that grassroots cadres do "drink tea and read newspapers" every day.

In fact, cadres have to deal with extremely heavy tasks every day, and “5+2” and “white plus black” are the norm.

　　What do the grassroots cadres do every day?

On the streets of Chibi Town, Du Jia would introduce to reporters: "Look, the manhole cover on this road is broken, and the trash cans need to be replaced there. Some street lights are not on. The chimneys of these restaurants are starting to smoke again. Whether weeds should be cleared, whether the garbage has been cleaned up, whether the storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals in vehicles are regulated..."

　　This is only the urban construction work she is in charge of. Others include investment promotion, village renewal, rural revitalization, and daily conference and paperwork.

　　Hu Binbin, the deputy mayor of Qingtongxia Town, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, also feels the same. In many cases, the daily work of the grassroots cadres is enough to keep her busy, and there are many "extra tasks" waiting for her. To finish.

The villagers can’t get into the water, the heating is not hot, the street lights at the door are not on, which household’s peppers are eaten by bugs, whose tomatoes can’t be sold... These things need her to solve one by one.

　　The desertification control work has come, and we have to plant trees; the burning ban task has come, we have to patrol the fire.

These tasks often require the use of evening or "spare time" to complete.

　　"Sometimes the fire patrol in the village will last until two or three in the middle of the night. If you want a girl to patrol the village in the middle of the night, it is really challenging." Hu Binbin said, "A lot of work may come right away, and it's about the people. In life, you have no way to say, "Oh, let's talk about it tomorrow." If there is a problem, it will be solved immediately, and the day lily will be cold the next day."

　　The perennial arduous tasks often make the grassroots cadres abandon their "small family" for the "everyone". Hu Binbin and her husband are both grassroots cadres, and her life of gathering little and more divorced makes her dare not have children.

In Chaxiang, Yuanzi where Zhao Dongdong works, it takes a whole day to go up and down the mountain, which made him miss the birth of his child, and made his parents and his wife complain a little bit more.

　　The working place of Yu Yu, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Azak Township, Atushi, Kezhou, Xinjiang, is only a 10-minute drive from the town where his wife works. In more than half a year, the two have met a handful of times, and once he was his wife. When he fell ill, he took time off and went home, bought a chicken, and cooked a meal for his wife.

　　Even so, cadres inevitably often face some doubts and misunderstandings.

However, Liu Rui was gratified that he clearly felt that the people's prejudice against grassroots cadres was getting less and less and understanding more and more.

　　"In epidemic prevention and control, flood fighting and rescue work, we can say that we have withstood the test. The people are very sure of our work. They personally felt the difficulty of the grassroots cadres." During the "7.13" flood, Liu Rui always rushed. On the front line of disaster relief, the trapped people were carried on the assault boats from door to door.

Some villagers said to him: "It turns out that the grassroots cadres still think of the people. They can take responsibility and resist, and they can rush up at critical moments."

　　Liu Rui was moved by the understanding and affirmation of the harvest, which gave him the motivation and courage to move on.

Times are changing, and concepts are also changing. For grassroots cadres, more young people are needed and the recognition and affirmation of the whole society is needed.

The third prejudice: "There is no sacrifice" at the grassroots level, pure dedication has no future

　　For college graduates, the reason why they are reluctant to choose grassroots employment is that they believe that the grassroots conditions are poor, wages are low, and there is no room for development. "What can I gain if the parents are short all day? But what can be gained? It’s just dedicating youth."

　　Zhao Dongdong disagrees with the so-called "contribution theory" at the grassroots level. He believes that grassroots work is not just an unrequited effort. On the contrary, the space for progress brought by grassroots work is huge, especially for young people.

　　He frankly said that the work at the grassroots level is the most training of people, and the grassroots cadres are all "a lot of money", and he can't wait to be proficient in everything and everything is clear.

For example, grass-roots cadres must understand agricultural planting, industrial development, and product sales. They must be able to negotiate cooperation and sign orders with companies. They must also know how to upload and distribute, coordinate and communicate. Grow fast".

　　Wang Juntao also believes that in other jobs, a person may only have access to work in a certain field, but in towns and townships, they will be exposed to all aspects of the people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation, which is an all-round improvement in work ability.

"I have done all kinds of jobs and know how to do well. These experiences are a wealth for young people who are new to society, and they are very difficult to obtain in other positions."

　　Tang Wei, party branch secretary of Yukakechogtal Village, Yiganqi Township, Aksu City, Xinjiang believes that the most intuitive change brought about by four years of grassroots experience is that he has become more and more mature.

Many times when I talk to people I don’t know each other, everyone will estimate that he is in his 30s, but he has just turned 27 this year.

　　"If I work in an ordinary unit, I have only worked for 4 years. I would definitely feel that I was still young and I was still a student. But now, I feel that I have no connection with the word student at all."

　　The reason for this feeling, in Tang Wei's own words, is that the work at the grassroots level has allowed him to realize a lot of the true meaning of life.

In the past four years, he seems to have experienced several times this time dimension. The beauty and ugliness, happiness and sadness, resentment and emotion have all become part of his life experience. The richer the experience, the stronger the heart.

　　He told reporters that the decent job, income, and development prospects of a job are all external gains. The real internal gains are spiritual things, especially a person's confidence.

　　"A person's self-confidence comes from how much he has done, and such self-confidence determines how much he can do in the future." Tang Wei said, "The biggest gain for me in the four years at the grassroots level should be to regain self-confidence. ."

　　A very intuitive proof is that in the past, Tang Wei was afraid to give a speech in front of the whole class, trembling and speechless.

Now, not to mention dozens of people, even if there are thousands of people sitting underneath, he can talk without blushing and heartbeat.

　　In the past, when encountering disputes or accidents on the road, he would usually not get involved, and at most watch the excitement. Now, no matter where it is, as long as he sees a similar situation, he will come forward to help solve it as soon as possible.

　　"The reason is very simple. The past work experience not only taught me the methods and exercised my abilities, but also made me believe that I can cope with ease."

　　As the work progresses step by step, every time a problem is solved, his self-confidence increases. "Now I am more and more confident that I can do more things that will change the lives of ordinary people."

He said: "Even if I don't work in the system one day and go out to find any job, I dare to say that I can do better than others. This is the confidence that the grassroots work brings me."

　　Nong Sang, a village worker in Lilan Village, Lingnan Town, Heshan City, Laibin, Guangxi. In her own words, she was originally a person with no big ambitions. She just wanted to be a "salted fish" and hang up in a comfortable position. "Until retirement.

"It's nothing to do with yourself" is her code of conduct.

It was the grass-roots work experience over the past year that allowed her to find the meaning of her own existence.

There are so many people who need her to help, so many cadres and villagers who are diligent and diligent at the grass-roots level, "Why don't I have any reason not to fight?"

　　Not long ago, Nongsang gave up a high salary "Offer" from an Internet company, determined to stay in the countryside, so that more people can live a good life and create greater value.

Because "facts have proven that the vastness of the countryside in the countryside is by no means a slogan, and the grassroots has a lot to do and it is by no means empty talk."

　　China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Jin Zhuo Source: China Youth Daily