Find the deep causes of grain-related corruption and promote the formation of long-term governance
Deepen special rectification to protect the granary of great powers
Our reporter Liu Tingfei Houke reported from Shandong
In the warm sun in winter, the fifth grain and oil reserve in Dezhou City, Shandong Province is busy. The workers are busy for the upcoming corn purchase.
In addition to inspecting warehouses, debugging equipment, organizing acceptance, and disclosing quality and price information, in order to ensure that tens of thousands of tons of municipal-level grain reserves are well protected, the granaries here are fumigated and insecticided every year in strict accordance with the safety management regulations for stored grain chemicals.
After some work, all kinds of pests and eggs in the grain pile will be effectively killed.
In addition to the granary, a nationwide special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchases and sales is systematically eliminating "big rats" and "worms" and guarding the granary of a big country.
Deep-seated reasons such as lack of supervisory responsibility exposed by grain-related corruption and imperfect internal operating mechanism need to be paid attention to
Food security is an important foundation for national security, and food purchase and sales are the key links to ensure food security.
Corruption problems such as "relying on grain for food" seriously damage the vital interests of the people and endanger national food security.
When the reporter recently interviewed the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the discipline inspection and supervision organs, grain-related functional departments and enterprises in Jining, Linyi, Dezhou and other places, the cadres and people interviewed generally believed that the occurrence of grain-related corruption was caused by party members and cadres who were indifferent to discipline and selfishness. There are personal factors such as greed and greed, but the deep-seated reasons such as imperfect management system, lack of supervisory responsibility, imperfect internal operation mechanism of grain-related enterprises, and loose and soft management of grass-roots grain depots need special attention.
"We found during the special rectification that the supervisory authorities did not implement their responsibilities in place, and there were loopholes in the supervision and restriction mechanism, which were important reasons for grain-related corruption, the loss of state-owned assets, and even violations of discipline and law by supervisory personnel." Shandong Song Jun, deputy director of the Second Supervision and Inspection Office of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, said.
The case of Yao Lan, former director of Decheng Branch of Dezhou Grain Bureau, and Meng Lian, former director of Decheng Grain Collection and Storage Center, investigated and handled by Decheng District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Dezhou City, is a typical example of the “top leaders” of government and enterprise colluding with each other for profit.
The institutional drawbacks of the branch offices and the purchasing and storage centers are not separated from government and enterprises, and their functions are unclear, which provides soil for the two to rely on grain for food and power for personal gain.
The reporter learned in the interview that grain enterprises, as independent accounting and operating entities, have not been paid attention to for a long time, and the supervision departments have not implemented the supervision responsibility of enterprises in place.
In particular, there are many special subsidy funds in the field of grain purchase and sales, and some supervision departments are only responsible for allocating them in place, and do not track and supervise the use.
A leading cadre of grain enterprises who was investigated and punished wrote in their confession materials, "There is almost no supervision of enterprises by the relevant departments. Only the Grain Bureau conducts an audit at the end of the year, and it only pays attention to the economic benefits of enterprises."
The internal management of some grain enterprises is chaotic, and there is a large room for man-made operations in the links of grain purchase, storage, and sales, and grain-related corruption is often more prominent.
"Especially the number of grass-roots grain depots at the county and township levels are large and low-level, and the 'top leader' has a strong discourse power. In addition, the grass-roots grain regulatory agencies and personnel are weak, and their regulatory capabilities and experience are insufficient. In financial asset management, selection and employment, operation mechanism There are many problems in other aspects, and some business leaders are also prone to stealing and becoming a 'granary rat'." Song Jun said.
During the ten years when Wang Yanmin, the former director of the local grain reserve bank in Sishui County, Jining City, served as the "first-in-command", the "three major and one major" matters of the county grain reserve bank were reported to the former director of the county grain bureau, and none of them conducted collective research, forming a "signature with a pen". , speak in one sentence" phenomenon.
The implementation of the supervision and restriction system is not in place, and the "top leaders" lack supervision and arbitrarily use power, which makes the problem of corruption in grass-roots grain depots prone to occur frequently.
At the same time, judging from the characteristics of grain-related cases, the people involved are involved in various links within the grain enterprise, and gangs often commit crimes.
The reporter noticed that since the special rectification, among the major grain-related corruption cases investigated and handled by the discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Shandong Province, there are many cases of conspiracy and collusion, showing the characteristics of collusion, internal and external collusion, etc.
Form a closed-loop mechanism for problem discovery, strict discipline and law, rectification and rectification, and deepening governance, to supervise and deepen reform, establish rules and regulations, and optimize governance
The corruption problem in the field of grain purchase and sales is complex, repetitive and stubborn, which seriously jeopardizes the implementation of the national food security strategy.
It is understood that since the launch of the special rectification, the discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Shandong Province have accepted a total of 1,431 related clues, and 839 cases have been filed for 899 people.
"Punishment is for better governance. If we don't fundamentally solve the problem, and we cut one crop after another, the effect of special rectification will be greatly reduced." The relevant person in charge of the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection told reporters that through the investigation of these cases , especially the in-depth analysis of major and typical cases, sort out the historical context and actual situation of the political ecology of the units involved, find out the deep-seated reasons behind them, and effectively play the role of investigating and solving the root causes of cases, forming a long-term governance effect.
In practice, the discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Shandong Province have improved the closed-loop mechanism of "discovering problems, strictly disciplinary law, rectification and rectification, and deepening governance". , optimize governance.
Comprehensively carried out special inspections and special audits on food-related issues at the provincial, city and county levels. Inspections at all levels found and reported 3,384 problems, and audits at all levels found and reported problems in 2,005.
The problems found were systematically sorted out, and the functional departments were urged to systematically rectify the macro-control of grain reserve safety, the implementation of the grain safety responsibility system, the management and development of state-owned grain enterprises, the supervision of all aspects of grain purchase and sales, and financial management.
The reporter learned that in response to the supervisory responsibility of grain purchase and sales supervisors, the Shandong Provincial Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Authority urged the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau and the Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau to sign a cooperative supervision agreement on grain circulation, determine the collaborative matters and working mechanism, and form a joint supervision force.
In view of the lack of strict control over the budget preparation and review of the relevant grain departments, and the incomplete grasp of the direction and purpose of some funds by the financial departments of individual cities and counties, the Provincial Department of Finance is urged to inspect the management of special funds since 2019, and at the same time guide the relevant departments. The Grain Fund Office shall clarify the scope of authority, approval procedures and relevant responsibilities according to the division of responsibilities.
Based on the positioning of their responsibilities, the discipline inspection commissions at all levels in Shandong Province coordinate and urge the local party committees and governments in their jurisdictions, the competent supervision departments for grain purchase and sales business, and state-owned grain enterprises to carry out "pull-net-style" self-examination and self-correction, so as to fully grasp the situation and find out the bottom line of the problem. .
Up to now, the relevant responsible entities at all levels in Shandong Province have self-examined 2,843 problems and completed 2,576 rectifications.
"The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has taken the lead in carrying out 2 rounds of full-coverage supervision and inspection of 16 cities and provincial departments and units in the province. Through normalized supervision, the rectification of problems has been promoted to be more solid and in place." The person in charge introduced.
From special rectification to normal long-term effect, we will continue to achieve more institutional achievements and greater governance efficiency
The Dezhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision started simultaneously with the supervision and inspection and investigation and handling of cases, summed up the law of the incident in a timely manner, revealed the underlying problems from the problems and cases, formed an analysis of corruption problems in the field of grain purchase and sales and countermeasures and suggestions, and urged supervisors to supervise Departments and state-owned grain enterprises will check and rectify.
In response to dereliction of duty, private storage of public funds and other issues, more than 30 solutions have been supervised to formulate solutions.
Analyzing major and typical cases one by one, in response to the problems exposed by violations of discipline and law, urge relevant departments and units to establish 29 systems for the approval of local grain storage rotation, grain quality management, appropriation and use of grain-related funds, asset management, and financial supervision.
"In the process of investigating the case of Fan Lianxiang, general manager of Dezhou City's original grain and oil purchase, sales, storage and transportation company, it was found that there was a problem of illegally storing grain in rotation to obtain funds. We promptly formulated and issued disciplinary inspection and supervision recommendations, and urged relevant departments to make detailed regulations on the rotation of ground grain storage. , to establish a ledger of the rotation situation." Wang Shutian, director of the Fifth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Dezhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, said as an example.
The special rectification has also provided effective assistance for grain enterprises to improve the internal control mechanism and lock power into the institutional cage.
"For example, in response to the use of financial loopholes to 'rely on grain for food', using personal accounts for fund settlement, false reporting of losses, private sales of grain, private storage of company profits, etc., we have improved financial management methods and large-amount funds management methods, and established a settlement center. Implement fund collection management and control, coordinate payment, and launch a new approval and reimbursement system to prevent problems from occurring at the source." said Liu Jian, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Dezhou Military Grain and Food Industry Group.
In response to the lack of supervision and willful use of power by the "top leaders" of grass-roots grain depots exposed by the Wang Yanmin case, the Jining Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision took the case as a lesson and required the grain supervisory departments at all levels and state-owned grain enterprises in their jurisdiction to effectively implement comprehensive and strict governance of the party's main body. responsibility, strengthen the supervision of leading cadres, especially the "top leaders", strictly implement the system of conversations between the person in charge of the discipline inspection and supervision organ and the "top leaders" at lower levels, and comprehensively use various measures such as conversation reminders, interview letters and inquiries, and carry out responsibility and integrity. By means of clean government talks and other methods, the party organization has been compelled to manage the party's political responsibility, the secretary's responsibility as the first responsible person, and the team members' "one post and two responsibilities".
Taking advantage of the opportunity of special rectification to promote deepening reforms and solve the remaining problems is also an important solution to the problem of grain-related corruption.
Linyi City Lanshan District Grain Purchase and Storage Company and the district grain storage center management staff have been working together. The company's decision-making and financial work are decided by the district grain storage center team, and many employees of the company have not signed labor contracts in a standardized manner, nor have grain Personnel who inspect technical qualifications.
In response to a series of problems of incomplete reform and irregular operation, the local disciplinary inspection and supervision organs urged the grain purchasing and storage company to establish an enterprise management system and standardize labor relations, which completely solved the problems of non-discrimination between government and enterprise and mixed use of personnel.
"As long as the soil and conditions for corruption exist, the fight against corruption will not stop for a moment. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made an important plan to resolutely win the protracted battle against corruption. We will summarize the experience of special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales. , deepen the rectification of corruption in areas where power is concentrated, capital-intensive, and resource-rich, and insist on promoting the integration of those who dare not, cannot, and do not want to corrupt, and continue to achieve more institutional results and greater governance efficiency.” The Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision is responsible for people said.
(China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News)