Why is Huaxian County accused of competing with the people for profit?

As reported on August 11, in the past two days, Voice of China has continued to pay attention to the incident of "the government is accused of competing with the people" in Hua County, Henan. In 2003, Xixiaozhuang Village in Huaxian County freed up 250 acres of land and planned to redistribute it among households in the village. However, the village committee rented the 250 acres of land to a company called Hualian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company without convening a village meeting. This enterprise was established by the Party Secretary of Xixiaozhuang Village. In 2016, the Anyang Intermediate People's Court finally ruled that the land lease contract signed between Hualian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company and the village committee was invalid.

After the verdict, the Xixiaozhuang Village Committee held a village representative meeting and a villagers assembly to divide the 250 acres of land equally among each household. Unexpectedly, this plan was rejected by the Chengguan Town Government of Huaxian County on the grounds that the court only ruled that the rental contract between the village committee and the village party secretary's enterprise was invalid, and did not say who owned the land use rights, let alone the village collective members. land collectively owned by the village can be divided.

In previous reports, Hu Chaoliang, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Chengguan Town, Huaxian County, said that in order to avoid conflicts between villagers and Hualian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, the government introduced a third-party entrusted management as a stopgap measure, which can also be regarded as a temporary measure. The people are responsible. This third party is Huaxian Wensen Development Management Co., Ltd.

But in the eyes of the villagers, this "instrumental" Vincent Company is by no means a fair representative. Villagers pointed out that this company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Huaxian Forestry Bureau, and all directors and supervisors of its parent company have held or currently hold leadership positions in government departments. This is not a government department taking responsibility for the people, but a government-run enterprise competing for profits from the people. Since leasing land to Hualian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company without going through the villagers’ meeting was deemed invalid by the court, why is it legal to hand over the land to Wensen Company without going through the villagers’ meeting?

For government departments to run enterprises and cadres in Among them, the part-time job situation, and the two completely different versions of the incident between government departments and villagers. Yesterday (10th) evening, Hua County responded: At present, the county committee and county government have established multiple working groups to in-depth rectify the report issues involved.

Zhao Zixun, deputy head of the Huaxian People's Government, said that after the report was published, the Huaxian County Party Committee and County Government attached great importance to it and quickly established a working group composed of legal professionals and cadres with rich experience in rural grassroots work. On the one hand, the legal profession conducted an in-depth study and discussion of the legal issues involved in this incident to provide legal support for the government to administer the incident in accordance with the law and properly handle the incident; on the other hand, cadres with rich experience in rural grassroots work went to villages and households to conduct in-depth Understand the demands of the people, publicize the benefits of large-scale land management in increasing farmers' income, and also provide help for the parties involved to reasonably resolve disputes in accordance with the law.

Zhao Zixun said that after the incident, the county government was also reflecting on: Why was the work done by the government not supported by the masses? He said that looking back on what they had done in the previous period regarding the Xixiaozhuang Village land dispute case The government did make a lot of efforts in the early stage of the work. However, due to the deep grievances between the villagers of Xixiaozhuang Village and Hualian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, the conflicts lasted for a long time and communication was very difficult. In addition, individual government cadres have improper working methods and methods. They are eager to deal with this historical issue and maintain social harmony and stability. They are impatient at work and fail to publicize government policies in place, resulting in some people being dissatisfied with government work. Understand, there is resistance.

Zhao Zixun said that in the next step, Huaxian County will handle the issues related to the 250 acres of land in Xixiaozhuang Village in accordance with laws and regulations and solve the current difficulties. The government will strive for people's support for government work through a patient and sincere attitude, and form a communication mechanism of mutual trust between the people and the government.