The 28-year-old Yuan Lin was recently appointed as the deputy mayor by the Standing Committee of the Fuqing Municipal People's Congress, causing criticism.(Internet)
The Organization Department of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China clarified to the Beijing News yesterday (December 27) that Yuan Lin's temporary position as deputy mayor is a social practice and has no administrative level.
The Standing Committee of the 17th National People's Congress of Fuqing City, Fujian Province decided on the 25th of this month to appoint Yuan Lin, a post-90s female doctoral student, as the deputy mayor of the Fuqing City People's Government. This news caused criticism.The interviewed scholars pointed out that this is one of the manifestations of young and professional cadres. In addition, Fuqing City is a county-level city, and the deputy mayor of Fuqing City is actually equivalent to the deputy director-level in the national administrative level.
According to the public resume, Yuan Lin was born in March 1990 and is 28 years old. She is from Pingxiang, Hebei Province. In 2012, she graduated from Rice University in the United States with a bachelor's degree in economics and management.Rice University was most recently in the Chinese public eye because He Jiankui, an associate professor at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen who created gene-edited babies, also graduated from the school.
After Yuan Lin obtained a master's degree in statistics from Rice University in 2013, she worked for Zhengren Investment, a private enterprise in Tianjin, for two years; she is currently studying for a Ph.D. in finance at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
The news that a post-90s generation became a deputy mayor aroused criticism from the public.Netizens questioned how a person under the age of 30 with only two years of work experience is qualified to be the deputy mayor.
In this regard, the Organization Department of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China clarified to the Beijing News yesterday that Yuan Lin's temporary appointment as deputy mayor is a social practice, without administrative rank, and the temporary appointment period is 10 months, after which she will be automatically exempted.She is currently on duty, and she should complete a research report during the temporary period to provide advice and suggestions for the local government. After the temporary period expires, she will return to school to continue her studies.
According to a Beijing time report, the Talent Office of the Organization Department of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee emphasized that Yuan Lin's personnel relations and files are still at Peking University, and she has not become a civil servant.Fuzhou City did not pay her a salary, but only provided necessary board and lodging arrangements and commuting expenses.
Fujian Province has implemented the policy of introducing students since 2013. Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, has introduced excellent doctoral and master graduates from well-known universities to directly serve as deputy county (district) mayors and deputy mayors, and provide a variety of trainings, aiming atCultivate and reserve young cadres.Since the beginning of this year, Peking University has recommended three doctoral students to work in relevant departments and grassroots frontlines in Fujian Province.
Not the first post-90s deputy mayor
Tang Renwu, dean of the Institute of Government Management at Beijing Normal University, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that some old cadres who have worked hard for decades in the local area could not become deputy mayors. Students in their 20s were promoted to deputy mayors as soon as they arrived.It seems that it has achieved leapfrog development, but it will inevitably be rejected by local cadres.
He believes that although China used to emphasize step-by-step promotion, it is indeed necessary to train capable cadres at key points, especially in regiment cadres or prefecture-level cities.Some places need to develop the economy, but the cadres are too old and lack international thinking. Young people with professional knowledge can contribute here.He pointed out that this is not unprecedented in history. For example, during the war years, Lin Biao became the commander of the army in his 20s.
Tang Renwu believes that allowing young people to exercise in important positions shows that China's employment system is becoming more and more open, reflecting the general trend of younger cadres.He pointed out that when the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China held a meeting in June this year, it considered opinions on the training and selection of outstanding young cadres, emphasizing the emphasis on strengthening practical training.
In fact, Yuan Lin is not the youngest post-90s deputy mayor.On September 13, 2017, Wuyishan City, Fujian Province appointed Xin Xing, who was born in 1991, as the deputy mayor of Wuyishan City, which is a temporary scientific and technological position.He is also a PhD candidate in Applied Economics at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
According to the official WeChat account of Beijing Youth Daily, as of this year, Fujian has selected and introduced six batches of 214 students from Tsinghua University, Peking University and Renmin University of China, including 109 with doctorate degrees.16 people were promoted to department-level leading cadres, including a county party secretary, three county heads, a director of a provincial government agency, five principals of municipal government agencies, and 11 people served as township party committee secretaries and township heads.
(The reporter is the Beijing correspondent of Lianhe Zaobao)
