Guangdong: The province selected 300 deputy reserve cadres of party and government at the municipal and departmental levels.

In the open selection, there are many disadvantages, such as "being admitted is an excellent candidate", being difficult to be recognized by the masses, "being ready to use the exam" and being unable to connect with the reserve cadre system. To this end, Guangdong Province has innovated the selection method, put the link recognized by the masses before the examination, and shifted the focus of "public promotion and public election" to the "seedling project" for training reserve cadres-

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In the first half of this year, Guangdong Province, which has implemented "public election" for eight years, launched a new measure: "openly selecting" 300 deputy reserve cadres of party and government at the municipal and departmental levels throughout the province; 19 prefecture-level cities in the province "publicly recommend" 3,000 reserve cadres of party and government leaders at the county level.

The amazing thing about this "public recommendation" lies in the word "reserve".

In the past, most of the "public elections" were held after the vacancies, that is, they were selected and used immediately; Moreover, this "public recommendation" has also changed the usual methods of written examination, interview, inspection and evaluation after being shortlisted, and put the evaluation and organizational recommendation of the masses before the examination. Only when the masses recognize and organize the recommendation can they qualify for the examination.

How effective are these new measures? The reporter went to Guangdong for an interview a few days ago.

Eight years of "public election" have mixed feelings.

■ It is easy to prevent "high score and low energy" when selecting and using.

■ "Excellent examination leads to being an official" and "Spare parts are out of touch" to be solved.

Guangdong is one of the first provinces to implement "open selection and competition for posts" for cadres. Since 1997, our province has organized four public selection of deputy department-level leadership positions. According to incomplete statistics, the province has openly selected nearly 3,000 leading cadres at departmental, departmental and departmental levels.

"Openness brings fairness, and the benefits of' public election' are obvious. However, in terms of specific methods, there are still many places that need improvement. " Comrades in the organization department have deep thoughts on "public election". "There are two outstanding problems. First, it is difficult to prevent' high scores and low energy'; Second, some cadres with high scores but not recognized by the masses, and some cadres recognized by the masses and organizations, once they failed in the exam at the beginning, were completely eliminated. Once they pass the exam, they actually become' excellent in the senior high school entrance examination'. "

Coupled with the immediate use of "public election", it is difficult to connect with the policy provisions such as "members of the party and government leading bodies should generally be selected from reserve cadres", which is easy to cause "reserve disconnection".

In 2003, Zhang Dejiang, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, proposed that building a high-quality cadre team is related to the overall situation and long-term. Therefore, we must grasp the foundation, grasp the source, and strive to implement the "seedling project." It is necessary to select a large number of outstanding young cadres through the competition mechanism and put them at the grassroots level for exercise. How to implement the "seedling project" and select "seedlings" on a large scale? How to ensure the expansion of employment horizons and make "public election" consistent with the implementation of the party's reserve cadre policy? The Organization Department of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee put the emphasis of "public election" on the selection of "young seeds" through public recommendation, and changed from "public election post" to "public promotion" qualification.

Choose the best among the five "open" good ones

■ Democratic evaluation first, then examination.

■ "Simulation" proposition, real test

On the afternoon of the interview, Mai was preparing to leave for the overseas training organized by the relevant departments of the provincial party committee to cultivate "young seeds".

Mai is currently the secretary of Chikan District Committee of Zhanjiang City. Prior to this, he began to serve as the secretary of the town party Committee at the age of 24, and groped at the grassroots level for a long time, but he had never been exposed to "public election."

"In the past, the public election was to register yourself and then take the exam. It feels like going it alone. I am very worried that others think that they are just fighting for official positions. " Meng Jiao said, "This time, the method is good. The first is mass recommendation, democratic evaluation and organizational control. Every step reflects the recognition of the masses. Not only am I not worried about affecting my image, but I think it is a very glorious thing. Hard-working cadres don't need to register themselves, but they will be promoted if they perform well, which is equivalent to expanding the scope of cadres' participation in competition. "

The benefits of the new measures are not limited to these.

Before the "public promotion" of reserve cadres, Guangdong introduced a detailed implementation plan. The highlight of the scheme is that it reflects the important role of public opinion in the procedure: first issue an announcement, then recommend it by the meeting, democratic evaluation, proper understanding, collective research and recommendation by the unit party organization, and organize departmental qualification review. Finally, unified written examination, interview and soliciting opinions will be determined by the provincial (municipal) committee.

"The public opinion link moved forward and the examination link was put back, which not only prevented the simple' taking people by votes' but also prevented the simple' taking people by points'." Li Fei, deputy secretary of Shaoguan Municipal Committee, said: "In the past, some people got high marks in exams, but they were not selected because they failed the mass evaluation. People suspect that there is "black-box operation". If we evaluate it now, this phenomenon will not occur. "

"Public election" endows reserve cadres with "preparing before using", which is equivalent to increasing the practice test, which is conducive to more accurate selection and education, thus improving the quality of selection.

At present, Guangdong has summed up five open competition methods for selecting "young seeds", namely, open selection, open recommendation, open selection, open recruitment and open recruitment. The public election is to change Bole Xiangma into a racecourse; Public recommendation means introducing public written examination and interview on the basis of democratic recommendation and organizational recommendation; Open selection, that is, according to the needs, open selection of county (city, district) deputies from provincial units with concentrated talents; Open recruitment, that is, Selected Graduates is also promoted by public election; Open recruitment, that is, graduates from well-known universities in China allocate human resources according to the market-oriented model and are selected through competition.

In view of the phenomenon of "high scores but low energy" in the "public elective" exam, how to design the test questions well is still the key.

The method adopted by Guangdong can still be called "openness"-every candidate has been informed of what and how to take the exam before the exam. The examination questions can also be said to be open-ended-all practical questions, and there is no standard answer, depending on the comprehensive quality and improvisation of candidates.

"In order to facilitate disabled people's travel, a county allows disabled people to drive motor tricycles into the county seat with the consent of the public security and transportation departments. In order to make a living, some disabled people use motor tricycles to carry passengers instead of walking, or sublet their own motor tricycles, which has affected the traffic order in urban areas and caused many traffic accidents. The masses have opinions on this. If you are a deputy county magistrate in charge of traffic work, how should you handle this matter? "

This is a topic in the written test of "public promotion" of county-level party and government deputies this year. In fact, all written tests and interview questions have this feature: rote memorization is meaningless, and "examination professionals" who are bent on studying exams can't take advantage. The test questions are all simulated life systems, with the theme of what leading cadres are doing or what they may encounter, and the main questions are case handling, scenario simulation and material application analysis.

"Candidates don't need special review and preparation. Even if you are still working overtime the day before the exam, the starting point of the exam is the same as others. " Chen Hongyu, a proposition expert and vice president of the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, said, "As long as candidates pay attention to learning relevant policies and are good at analyzing and solving problems, this is equivalent to an open-book exam and can be fully prepared."

Expand competition and cultivate talents.

■ Eight types of "seedlings" are all produced through open competition.

■ Open three channels to promote "seedlings" to become talents.

On the morning of July 26th, the fourth batch of aid workers in Xinjiang and the first batch of 45 cadres selected by Guangdong Province officially flew to Xinjiang to take up their posts. The average age of these cadres is 38 years old, and they are all the best in the "public promotion".

In recent years, with the implementation of the "seedling project", Guangdong has selected more and more cadres. According to preliminary statistics, there are eight categories: selecting young cadres, deputy party and government cadres at county level in poverty-stricken areas, reserve cadres at city level and county level, graduates from famous universities in Selected Graduates, deputy cadres at county level in science and technology, grassroots cadres and Xinjiang cadres. As a part of the "seedling project", the open competition mechanism is introduced into the selection work aimed at the growth of cadres.

Excellent "young seeds", together with supporting training, exercise, management and appointment measures, ensure the steady improvement of the success rate. In 2003, 98 county (city, district) chief assistants were selected by the whole province. After a year of training, all of them were transferred to county (city, district) party and government deputy posts.

"Next, we will open three channels to solve the problem of standby disconnection." According to the person in charge of the organization department of the provincial party Committee, the first is to open up the channel of "editing" and "using", that is, through "openness and competition", first select reserve candidates and strengthen training and exercise through various forms. Once there is a vacancy, priority will be given to appointment. The second is to open channels for selecting and using cadres "inside the party and government organs" and "outside the party and government organs", expand the scope of open selection of reserve cadres to enterprises, universities and scientific research institutes, and broaden the horizons of employing people. Third, adhere to the combination of the reserve cadre system and the cadre exchange rotation system, and open up channels for exchanges and use between provincial units and city and county cadres, so that more "seedlings" can become pillars as soon as possible.

Main ways of selecting seedlings in Guangdong

Open selection of young cadres. By the end of 2004, 2358 young leading cadres were openly selected in the whole province, including 79 at department level, 827 at department level and 452 at department level/kloc-0.

Publicly recommend the selection of reserve cadres at the municipal and county levels. At the beginning of this year, the provincial party Committee studied and determined 300 candidates for deputy party and government positions at the municipal and departmental levels. Municipalities * * * openly select 3000 county-level reserve cadres according to the unified deployment of the provincial party committee.

Open recruitment and selection in Selected Graduates. During the period of 1999, the work in Selected Graduates was unified and standardized, and public recruitment was adopted to take the national civil service examination. At present, there are more than 7,000 people in Selected Graduates.

Open recruitment of fresh graduates from well-known domestic universities. This year, the relevant departments of the province, more than 50 educational and scientific research units, state-owned enterprises and private enterprises openly recruited outstanding fresh graduates 100 for well-known universities across the country to reserve high-quality talents. (People's Daily reporter Cui Shixin)

People's Daily (9th edition, August 2nd, 2005)