Wu Lirong Wu Lirong: Serving the people demonstrates the six "best" qualities of rural cadres
Wu Lirong, secretary of the Party branch of Hougou Village, Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, has served the people wholeheartedly during his 15 years of service and has performed the six "best" qualities of rural cadres. The "youngest" village party branch secretary. In the winter of 2008, half of the kang in the home of Xizhenjiang, the first Party branch secretary after the founding of the People's Republic of China in Hougou Village, collapsed, and half of the quilts on the kang were burned. After learning about the situation, Wu Lirong rushed to the scene immediately, arranged for more than 10 cadres from the two committees, party members, and party activists to help the elderly repair the kang, and drove to the Civil Affairs Bureau to apply for relief, solving this problem for the elderly. Xi Lao said excitedly: "You are not young anymore. Why do you suffer like this for a bad old man like me?"
The most "confused" village party branch secretary. Since the integration of coal resources in Shanxi Province, two coal mines in Hougou Village have been closed, and the village collective income and villagers' income have lost necessary guarantees. Wu Lirong proposed launching a transformation project to raise 5 million meat ducks. Many people feel that the investment in this project is too great and they might as well live peacefully. Faced with the criticism of "blind people" and "old fools", he divided the village's 23 party members and 11 village group leaders into eight working groups and went to each household to do ideological work. More than half a month later, everyone agreed with his idea, and party members and cadres and village representatives involved in the project land took the lead in signing the land contract.
The most "derelict" village party branch secretary. The 5 million meat duck project took 100 days from launch to completion and production. During these 100 days, Wu Lirong stayed on site for 96 days to supervise the progress of the project. Once, when Wu Lirong arrived at his home, he remembered that Wang Yulin, a pig farm operator, had no place to live in the pig farm. So he dug out his new tent, took a few party members, and built a simple house for them next to the pig farm. The grandson saw from the window that he left without entering the door, and called him "Grandpa." Wu Lirong, who neglected his duties at home, fulfilled his duties in the village and was widely praised.
The most "useless" village party branch secretary. During the election of the two village committees in 2008, a villager who did not understand the policy and had failed in the election came to Wu Lirong to argue, grabbing him by the collar and humiliating him in public. Wu Lirong did not get angry, but patiently explained policies and laws to the villager with the cadres of Zhenbao Village. In the summer of 2009, he took cadres from the two committees to inspect the flood control facilities along the route, and found that the walls of the newly built stone smelting yard in Huangwen Village, a neighboring village, were blocking the flood drainage channel. The "cowardly" Lao Wu approached the person in charge of the stone smelting field three times, the Huangwen Village cadres five times, and the township cadres four times to forcefully move the section of the courtyard wall to ensure the smooth flow of the flood control canal.
The most "redundant" village party branch secretary. In 2008, Xiaoyi City selected and hired the third batch of college student village cadres. One of them had majored in economics and law and had served as an intern in a government agency. Wu Lirong fell in love with this talent at a glance. With his efforts, the college student village cadre finally came to Hougou. Wu Lirong gave up his office and opened a free stove for him. Half a year later, this college student village cadre gradually became familiar with the village conditions and did many practical and good things for the villagers.
The most "protective" village party branch secretary. When the village party branch changed in 2008, Wu Lirong supported Feng Wanlong, who was fair, experienced and knowledgeable, to join the branch committee. People believe that Feng Wanlong and Wu Lirong had a quarrel over the coal mine issue, and this move was tantamount to "bringing a wolf into the house." However, Wu Lirong took a fancy to Feng Wanlong and asked him to be in charge of public security and mediation work. Today, Lao Wu and Lao Feng have become a golden partner. The two cooperate and support each other. There has not been a single criminal case in Hougou Village for many years.