36 public officials were reviewed and investigated to recover more than 700 million yuan of national economic losses
Dig deep into the corruption behind the land occupation
Our reporter Li Lingna
Lingao County, located in the northwest of Hainan Island, is rich in agricultural and fishery resources and is known as the "land of fish and rice" in Hainan.
For a period of time, Lingao County has lacked the main responsibility for the comprehensive and strict governance of the party. Many former "top leaders" of the county party committee and county government were unjust, self-willed, took the lead in corruption, and formed gangs, which seriously damaged the local business environment and political ecology. .
Since its establishment in 2019, the Lingao Task Force of the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has filed a case review and investigation on 36 public officials involved, including 2 at the bureau level, 11 at the county level, and 23 at the township level and below. 22 people have been transferred to judicial organs. Investigated the amount involved in the case of 230 million yuan, recovered more than 120 million yuan of property involved, recovered more than 700 million yuan of national economic losses, and urged relevant departments to recover the management rights of the Golden Port Donggang Wharf and the Memorial Hall of the Liberation of Hainan Island Cross-sea Campaign in accordance with the law, and promoted the development of Long Island. The Blue Bay real estate project has comprehensively managed the problems of encroaching on the coastal zone and destroying the landscape of the red scenic spot... At the same time, the work of promoting reform by case involving all the units in the county is also in solid progress.
Pay close attention to the "circumvention of the sea", "occupy land", interfere in the unfavorable trend of engineering projects, and thoroughly investigate the corrupt elements that seriously damage the local political ecology
At the end of October 2020, under the supervision of the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the Lingao County Party Committee and County Government organized a multi-department joint action to demolish three illegal high-rise buildings in the Long Island Blue Bay Real Estate Project adjacent to Lingaojiao, with a total area of 41,000 illegal constructions demolished. square meters.
Illegal high-rise buildings fell down, and a group of party members and cadres who violated discipline and law also fell.
According to the clues handed over by the provincial party committee, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision seriously investigated and dealt with Cao Wen, the former deputy secretary of the Lingao County Party Committee and the former county head of the county government, for serious violations of discipline and law.
The investigation found that Cao Wen took advantage of his position to seek benefits for the developer of the Blue Bay Real Estate Project on Long Island in terms of land use change, engineering project contracting, and real estate project development, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Cao Wen, under the temptation of huge benefits, used his authority to provide developers with "all-round" services: if the nature of the land did not meet the requirements of real estate development and construction, he would change the nature of the land in violation of regulations; if there was a problem with the project planning, he would directly greet the planning department and deal with the violations. Planning permit; if there is no pre-sale indicator, I will intercede with the housing management department and handle pre-sale permits for developers in violation of regulations... It is with the support of Cao Wen and others that some projects in Lingao have been "green light" all the way in violation of regulations. .
"Sea-encircling charges" and "land occupation is king" are prominent problems in Lingao.
Jinjingang Park was once one of the five provincial economic development zones in the province, but for a period of time, there were very few companies operating normally in the park. The main reason was that some leading cadres worked selfishly and focused their work on helping specific stakeholders. "Encircling the sea" and "occupying land", to seize a good location and good resources.
The Westport Terminal was sold at a low price without evaluation, and was frequently transferred thereafter, resulting in a huge loss of state-owned assets.
According to the province's "three areas" of land use, project bidding, and national land and space planning, the supervision and discipline work deployment, focusing on the "image project" of the Lanjiang Cultural Park archway, the serious encroachment of the coastal zone and the destruction of the red scenic spot, which are strongly reflected by the cadres and the masses The Blue Bay real estate project on Long Island, corruption involving gangsterism and corruption, as well as the golden port problem that continued disputes and caused the loss of state-owned assets, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision conducted a comprehensive study and a thorough investigation, and finally solved the problem of violation of discipline and law by a group of party members and cadres in Lingao. clue.
It is understood that in response to the outstanding problems in Lingao's political ecology, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has coordinated the relevant departments of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Municipal and County Commissions for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to form a special task force. Zheng Bo'an, former member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, Xu Qipeng, former director of the Standing Committee of the Lingao County People's Congress, and other 13 provincial and 23 county cadres have filed a case for review and investigation on serious violations of discipline and law.
Judging from the supervision, inspection and review and investigation, the proportion of Lingao's series of corruption cases involving the engineering field reaches 90%. and other issues, involving all links from project establishment, bidding to construction, fund allocation, and acceptance.
"The number of people involved, the amount of money involved, and the range of fields involved, especially some party members and cadres still blatantly and wantonly accumulating money at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and even after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, are shocking." Liao Jianbao, head of the special task force of Lin Gao and director of the eleventh review and investigation office of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, said.
Implemented the policy of combining leniency with strictness, severely punished 12 corrupt people who did not repent, and leniently dealt with 14 party members and cadres who lost their way
In order to implement the policy of "punishing the past and avoiding the future, treating the disease to save the life", and to educate and save the majority, on September 23, 2021, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision held a warning education conference for party members and cadres above the deputy section level in Lingao County to inform the Lingao series of corruption cases. Happening.
In the face of party members and cadres above the deputy section level in the county, the meeting announced on the spot that the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision had taken detention measures on two leading cadres including Wang Hua and Wang Guozhou, the former deputy head of Lingao County; the county Forestry Bureau was announced on the spot. Wang Huanguang, the former secretary of the party group and director, Fu Ke, the former director of the Finance and Economics Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress, and the former secretary of the party group of the County Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, made the decision to file a case to review the investigation and take lien measures.
"Party members and leading cadres must deeply understand the current situation of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, deeply understand the significance of seriously investigating and punishing a series of corruption cases in Lingao, deeply reflect on the vigilance, take the case as a mirror, draw lessons, and establish a bottom-line thinking." The warning education conference passed on Sending a clear signal, not only showing a "strict" attitude, but also clarifying a "lenient" policy, so that party members and cadres know how to be respectful, guarded, and keep the bottom line; Let the comrades who make mistakes see hope and a way out, and urge them to believe in the organization, rely on the organization, and take the initiative to surrender.
After the meeting, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately set up a special working group to accept the voluntary surrender of party members and cadres who violated discipline and law, and explained the problem.
If the provincial management cadres voluntarily surrendered, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision will be responsible for the conversation; if other cadres voluntarily surrendered, the Lingao County Party Committee will be in charge of the conversation.
The reporter noticed that just one month later, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision focused on the news that five cadres, including Lv Xiong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Lingao County Party Committee and former deputy head of the county government, were investigated and investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
"These five leading cadres have one thing in common, that is, the masses have a strong and serious response to their problems, and so far they have not taken the initiative to explain their problems to the organization, ignoring the organization's good intentions." The relevant person in charge of the task force said.
Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision implemented the policy of combining leniency with strictness in the whole process of the review and investigation of a series of corruption cases in Lingao, grasped the dialectical and unified relationship of "punishment, governance, and prevention", and exerted the comprehensive effect of punishment and deterrence, punishment and rescue, and education and alertness.
The investigators told reporters that under the deterrence of discipline and law and the inspiration of policies, some party members and cadres chose to take the initiative to surrender, clarify their own problems, made in-depth inspections, and actively cooperated with the task force's review and investigation, and analyzed the local political ecology.
Under the overall guidance of the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the Lingao County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision applied the policy of combining leniency and strictness to cadres who voluntarily surrendered.
"At present, the 14 party members and cadres who have lost their way, surrendered actively, have a good attitude of admitting their mistakes and repenting, and actively returned their stolen goods to save their losses, have implemented the policy in a timely manner and given lenient treatment; The 12 corrupt elements will be severely punished and will not be tolerated." The Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision firmly grasped the attitude variables and accurately applied the "four forms" to achieve a unified political effect, disciplinary effect, and social effect in case investigation and handling.
Adhere to investigation and rectification, not only to investigate the case thoroughly, but also to dig deep into the root cause, and promote the simultaneous rectification of problems
"The investigation and punishment of a series of corruption cases in Lingao is a process in which hidden problems are constantly exposed, a process of constantly analyzing and researching problems, and a process of proactively rectifying and solving problems in a targeted manner." Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision The person in charge said.
Lingao is adjacent to the Danyang Economic Circle in the west and the Haikou Economic Circle in the east. It has obvious geographical advantages, fertile land, abundant water resources, 122.95 kilometers of high-quality coastline and natural ports such as Gold Medal and Xinying. It has superior resource endowments and huge development potential. It should be the "vanguard" and "vanguard" of the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port.
However, in the past period of time, the party's governance by the top executives has been loose and soft, corruption has frequently occurred, the political ecology has been polluted, and economic and social development has lagged behind. The lessons are very profound.
On the one hand, the problem of marketization and commercialization of power is prominent.
Some leading cadres have left behind the integrity of public power and honest use of power, and have used the public power and resources at their disposal to engage in power rent-seeking and benefit transfer.
On the other hand, gangs and "circle culture" prevail.
Some leading cadres do not pursue their political affairs in their positions, devote themselves to speculating, forming "small circles", which seriously pollutes the political ecology and damages the relationship between the party and the masses.
There are also some party members and cadres who are not enterprising, content with the status quo, and have a floating style.
After being investigated and punished, the leaders of Lingao County, including Lu Xiong, Wang Hua, and Wang Guozhou, all mentioned invariably that the local political ecology was abnormal, the social atmosphere was polluted, and that they were both victims and perpetrators.
"We take the investigation and handling of cases as the starting point, dig deep into the problems of the system and mechanism, and urge the Lingao County Party Committee to strengthen special governance in the fields of public works, land and space planning, etc., to realize the continuous purification of the political ecology, the continuous improvement of the party's style, the political style and the people's style, and the thriving economic development. It can cure the root cause." Liao Jianbao told reporters.
In the process of investigating and prosecuting a series of corruption cases in Lingao, Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has pushed forward that they dare not be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and do not want to be corrupt. .
The task force has held discussions with the main leaders of the Lingao County Party Committee and the County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision on many occasions, urging them to learn the lessons of the case, so as to clear the source, stir up the turbulence, and promote the implementation of the "two responsibilities" of comprehensively and strictly governing the party.
In response to the prominent problems of party members and cadres running enterprises in violation of regulations, meddling in engineering projects, and serious eating and drinking habits exposed by a series of corruption cases, the Lingao County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision carried out special rectifications, urging party organizations at all levels in the county to fulfill their main responsibilities and carry out self-examination and self-examination. Correction, plug the loopholes in the system, establish a long-term mechanism, and promote the change of cadres' style of work.
Lingao County checked and rectified the more than 200 engineering projects involved one by one, and strictly pursued accountability and accountability. Focusing on the outstanding problems in the management of engineering projects, it established and improved systems and mechanisms, included public engineering projects in special audits, and focused on rooting out violations. Intervene in the problems of engineering projects; take the unit where the incident occurred as the object of the first round of inspections, "look back" in time, and consolidate the results of promoting reform through the case.
Pay close attention to the actual investigation and handling of the "second half article" of the case, and realize the root cause effect of investigating and punishing one case, warning one, and treating one area
On June 1, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision once again held a county-wide cadre warning education conference in Lingao, and once again released a clear attitude: resolutely eliminate corruption and poison, deepen the treatment of both symptoms and symptoms, and purify the political ecology.
"Zheng Bo'an, Cao Wen and others are willing to be 'inner ghosts' for financial interests, operating in violation of regulations, and relaying the 'platform' for real estate developers during the project construction process, helping to evade supervision, making many engineering projects illegally constructed and causing bad impact ..." The conference was held at the village level in the form of a teleconference. The Lingao series of corruption case warning education films "Looking for the case as a mirror to know the shame" were played at the meeting. Lingao County Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, The main person in charge of the incident unit such as the County Transportation Bureau made a statement.
The two former party secretaries and directors Zhong Shuhong and Wang Shengsong of the Lingao County Transportation Bureau were all investigated and punished for serious violations of discipline and law, exposing prominent problems such as lack of supervision and restraint of power and imperfect internal control mechanism.
The party group of Lingao County Transportation Bureau stated that a 3-month special warning education activity will be carried out in the county's transportation system, and at the same time, a comprehensive self-inspection and in-depth self-inspection and rectification of project construction, project bidding, fund allocation and other aspects are carried out.
A few days ago, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a proposal to the Lingao County Committee to promote reform with cases, and simultaneously handed over a list of problems to rectify, urging the Lingao County Party Committee to resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and carry out in-depth work to promote reform with cases. .
By clarifying the rectification period and responsible person, the rectification work is ensured to be pushed forward and achieve actual results.
From June 20th, the four teams of Lingao County and the team of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision have successively held special democratic life meetings to promote reforms with the case. The members of the team conducted in-depth analysis and reflection based on the problems exposed by the case, and made it clear whether they violated the rules. Interfere with issues such as meddling in engineering projects, whether there is improper communication with the boss involved, seriously carry out criticism and self-criticism, further strengthen the political awareness, discipline awareness, and discipline awareness of leading cadres, and build a ideological line of defense against corruption and change.
"With the support and help of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, we not only insist on investigating and reforming, but also resolutely eliminate the impact of a series of corruption cases, systematically restore the political ecology, and promote high-quality economic and social development." said Wen Bin, secretary of the Lingao County Party Committee.
The Lingao County Party Committee has successively issued systems such as the Plan for Implementing the Main Responsibilities of Comprehensively Strictly Governing the Party, the List of the Main Responsibilities of the "Top Leaders" for Managing the Party and the Party, and the List of Risk Points for Incorrupt Governments, to manage and make good use of the "top leaders" with institutional mechanisms and effective supervision. And the "key minority" such as the leadership team, to encourage them to accept supervision consciously, but also dare to take responsibility.
In order to carry out the work of promoting reform, building, and governance through cases, Lingao County, under the leadership of the party's political construction, improves its political position, strengthens political responsibility, deepens the construction of cadres' style of work, and explores and develops mass Large-scale study and discussion activities, eliminate the impact of a series of corruption cases, and continuously improve the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
Lingao is an important node in the coastal city belt of Hainan Province, and undertakes the development of "two ports" (Golden Port and Danzhou Airport), "two industries" (tropical high-efficiency agriculture and marine fishery), "two tourism" (agricultural tourism and cultural tourism) ) task.
In today's Gold Medal Port Park, there are a number of enterprises that have been put into production and under construction, as well as many companies that are about to settle in. The changes are changing with each passing day, showing a thriving development trend.
In 2021, the regional GDP will exceed the 20 billion mark.
From January to May this year, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 23.1% year-on-year, ranking second among cities and counties in the province.
Lingao's series of dazzling economic and social development data is the "achievement" of the serious investigation and handling of a series of corruption cases and the solid promotion of reform through cases.
"I hope that all party members and cadres will use the flame of self-confidence to ignite their passion for entrepreneurship, let go of their hands and feet, work hard, and strive to be qualified cadres who are worthy of the times, the people, and Lingao." The relevant person in charge of the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision express.