On the 26th, the Party Committee of Guoqiang Township, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province formally approved Lai Wenda as Secretary of the Party Branch of Xinjian Village.

Lai Wenda

Lai Wenda was originally a member of the party group and deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Price Bureau. Pinghe County is his hometown.He retired in December 2016.Now, after retiring from his post at the department level, he returned to his hometown to become the village party secretary.It is the first case in the general election of village-level organizations in Fujian Province that a retired hall official becomes a village official.

Why did Lai Wenda, who retired from a departmental post, not retire in the provincial capital, but return to the village as a village official?

It is understood that Xinjian Village of Guoqiang Township is an old revolutionary village, 41 kilometers away from the county seat, 23 kilometers away from the seat of the township government, and an average altitude of 570 meters. The village has a total of 905 people. The main source of income for the villagers is pomelo and moso bamboo.

However, there are many mobile party members in the village, and the last branch secretary was appointed by a township cadre, and the team's combat effectiveness cannot be effectively improved, which has become a bottleneck restricting the development of Xinjian Village.Now, when it comes time for the village-level change of term, there has been no suitable candidate for the party branch secretary of the village.

On the eve of the general election, the party committees at the county and township levels set their sights on Lai Wenda, who retired from the post of deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Price Bureau at the end of 2016.

Lai Wenda was originally from Xinjian Village. As early as 1975, when he was only 18 years old, he served as the party branch secretary of Xinjian Brigade.Later, he served as deputy county magistrate and county magistrate of Yunxiao County, director of Zhangzhou Price Bureau, executive deputy director and director of Fujian Provincial Price Bureau Inspection Branch, and director of the Provincial Price Bureau Office.In August 2009, he served as a member of the party group and deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Price Bureau, and retired in December 2016.

After retiring, in 2017, Lai Wenda coordinated with various parties and contributed to a total investment of more than 4.6 million yuan to widen the main road leading to Xinjian Village, which is only 3.5 meters wide, to 6 meters.

According to reports, after learning about the development difficulties in his hometown, Lai Wenda did not hesitate to refuse the employer’s offer of a million-dollar annual salary to do ideological work for his family members.

He said that Xinjian Village is an old revolutionary base area, but there are still many problems in economic development, such as the single economic income of the masses, and their income is completely dependent on planting pomelo. I am a party member. Although I am retired, I have the responsibility and obligation to do my best.Participate in the construction of a new countryside in his hometown, and help the villagers go further on the road to prosperity.

Can a deputy department-level cadre be a village official?Many villagers have doubts.In order to run for the village party secretary, Lai Wenda moved the relationship of the party organization back to Xinjian Village, went to investigate one by one, wrote campaign speeches, and answered villagers' questions, thus dispelling the doubts in the villagers' minds.

On June 19, the Party branch of Xinjian Village held a general election meeting, and Lai Wenda was elected as the secretary of the Party branch of the village.On June 26, the Party Committee of Guoqiang Township officially approved the election results, and Lai Wenda, the official of the Retirement Office, began to officially perform his duties.

According to reports, on the same day, Lai Wenda made it clear: I will not receive any salary, and I will wholeheartedly lead the villagers to build a well-off society in an all-round way.

Regarding the future work of Xinjian Village, he said that on the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen party building, grasp the leadership, lead the team well, build a solid foundation for the party, and give full play to the role of the party branch as a fortress;Transform it into a golden mountain and a silver mountain, and promote the rural revitalization strategy to take root in newly built villages.