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After Chu Guocai listened to Liu Qingyu's exposition, his heart was ups and downs, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.Although Liu Qingyu's remarks are a bit alarmist, he has to admit that Liu Qingyu's remarks are indeed prepared for danger in times of peace, and he is very aware of danger. He clearly remembers that the chief minister pointed out in his speech some time ago that to strengthen the danger Being prepared for danger in times of peace is a major principle that we must always adhere to in governing the party and the country. Our party must consolidate its ruling position, unite and lead the people to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and ensuring national security is a top priority.

Liu Qingyu's remarks are exactly in line with the spirit of the chief executive's speech. Only by always caring for the people, fulfilling the responsibility of revitalizing the party, being brave in innovation, and never stagnating, can we continue to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and ensure that the people can enjoy results of deepening reforms.Among them, national security and people's safety are the top priorities.

The water supply industry is definitely a strategic industry related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. No country or nation will easily open its water supply industry to a potential hostile country for operation.

As a secretary of the provincial party committee, Chu Guocai usually has too many things to deal with, and many of them are major and important. Basically, small things like running water are rarely reported to his desk, but today, when he heard After finishing Liu Qingyu's discussion, he suddenly realized that sometimes, some things that seem trivial to many officials and even ordinary people may not necessarily be trivial in the eyes of truly far-sighted leaders, especially this time The accident of tap water safety in Lanshan City made him deeply aware of this point. It seems that it is time to pay attention to this matter from a strategic height.

At this moment, after hearing Liu Qingyu's remarks, Zhang Zhigang had no choice but to stand up, and he immediately said loudly: "Mayor Liu, I disagree with your point of view. How does the foreign tap water industry work?" I don’t know, but as far as I know, our Arashiyama city is not the first to hand over the waterworks to foreign companies for operation, just like the one that is running our waterworks in Arashiyama now. An American company, they also operate and manage water plants in dozens of cities in other provinces and cities in China, including water plants in some large cities. I would like to ask Mayor Liu, don’t they think of what you said in other cities? Is there a problem? If everyone is like you who is afraid of wolves and tigers, should we still carry out reform and opening up? How can we deepen reforms?"

Zhang Zhigang's words are still very powerful, and the evidence presented is quite reasonable, giving people an undeniable power.

However, his opponent is Liu Qingyu, an official with a deep concern for the country and the people, an official with a long-term strategic vision far beyond ordinary people, and an official who never takes personal gains and losses to heart. An official who always looks at things from the perspective of the country and the nation.

Although Zhang Zhigang's words sound reasonable at first glance, Zhang Zhigang understands very well that all he considers are his personal interests and gains and losses. There was a lot of high-profile hype. At that time, the assets of the waterworks were only worth 5000 million, but he sold them at a high price of 2 million.This is the outstanding achievement of both he and the mayor at the time, Zhou Junhao.This is something no other mayor has done.This was sold at a premium of 4 times the price.This is also an outstanding political achievement they have made under the banner of so-called deepening reform.

Liu Qingyu just gave a sneer with disdain, and then responded: "Comrade Zhang Zhigang, please don't compare deepening reforms with selling water plants. They are not of the same order of magnitude at all. I would like to ask, is the water supply industry a big deal?" Industry with advanced technology? Not really! Let’s take a look at our waterworks in Lanshan City. I would like to ask, after the American Weili Water Industry Co., Ltd. spent 2 million yuan to purchase a controlling stake in the waterworks, the name of the waterworks was changed. In addition, have the water intake and water treatment equipment been changed? No! Except for some facade projects, the entire waterworks has hardly changed! There are even many places that still maintain the appearance when they were built in the 60s. Even Some office buildings and building decorations have not been moved at all. However, since Weili Water Industry Holdings, they have increased the water price by 3 cents every year without any improvement in service and quality. Until now, Lanshan The price of water in the city is already quite high.”

"Comrade Zhang Zhigang, I would like to ask you, does the situation of the waterworks in Lanshan City have anything to do with the deepening of reform? Did the waterworks introduce advanced water treatment technology or equipment or something else?" ?Even if it is the introduction of equipment or technology, can’t the finance of Lanshan City spend its own money to introduce it? Even if the financial funds of Lanshan City are insufficient, can’t these problems be solved through bank loans or financing sharing? Why do they have to What about handing over the controlling stake of the entire water plant to foreigners? And allowing foreigners to raise prices arbitrarily?"

Speaking of this, Liu Qingyu looked at Chu Guocai and said: "Secretary Chu, I think that the transfer of tap water is not so much about deepening reforms or introducing some so-called advanced management experience, but rather that some officials are doing it for their so-called political achievements." , It does not even rule out that some people use a kind of deceitful means in order to obtain some gray income. They can finally take these things as their own political achievements to promote and publicize, but in fact, these things they have done are real. They have really handed over the lifeblood of our Chinese people to foreigners. I think these people have not figured out one thing at all, that is, as an official, whether his own political achievements are important, or the country and the people's Life safety is important? Therefore, I think that the Provincial Party Committee should conduct an in-depth investigation on the sale of Lanshan Water Plant to foreigners, and take necessary measures to recover the management and controlling rights of the water plant to ensure the lifeblood of our country and people. strategic security!"

Before Liu Qingyu finished speaking, before Chu Guocai expressed his opinion, Zhang Zhigang couldn't bear it anymore.He knew that if Chu Guocai really implemented Liu Qingyu's proposal, he would be in danger, because although Zhou Junhao proposed the resale of the water plant to an American company, the whole matter was almost It was handled by myself, and it is impossible for me to betray Zhou Junhao, so if there is a problem, then I must bear the responsibility.

For his own safety, Zhang Zhigang had no choice but to fight.

Zhang Zhigang retorted loudly: "Secretary Chu, I strongly disagree with Mayor Liu's opinion. I think Mayor Liu is confusing the public and playing with concepts. First of all, we also have a policy basis for selling the water plant to a foreign-funded enterprise. Relevant departments have issued relevant opinions on accelerating the marketization process of the municipal public utility industry, encouraging social funds and foreign capital to take various forms such as sole proprietorship, joint venture, and cooperation to participate in the construction of municipal public facilities and form a diversified investment structure. Therefore First of all, it is completely reasonable and legal for our Lanshan City to sell the water plant to an American company, and there is no problem with this.

Secondly, we cannot deny the positive role played by Lanshan City Waterworks in the whole reform because of such a water quality problem.They have made outstanding contributions to the economic development and people's livelihood of our Lanshan City.I think that Mayor Liu's generalization is completely illogical. "

Hearing Zhang Zhigang's response, Chu Guocai nodded lightly and said, "Well, I also know about that policy. There is no doubt about it. Liu Qingyu, what do you think about this?"

Liu Qingyu pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Secretary Chu, first of all, I want to clarify my attitude. I also know about the policy that Comrade Zhang Zhigang said. There is nothing wrong with that policy itself, and I strongly support it. Accelerating the marketization process of the municipal public utilities industry can deepen reforms, break some existing interest patterns, and play a huge role in combating corruption and reducing the burden on local governments. And the entire policy itself has been passed through The implementation of so many years has also proved the correctness of the policy itself. There is no doubt about this.

However, I think that the fact that there are no problems in the policy itself does not mean that there are no problems in some places during the implementation of the policy.I just discuss the facts, and I will discuss the problems existing in our Lanshan City.First of all, I would like to ask Comrade Zhang Zhigang, according to the relevant policies of our country, what is the fundamental purpose for us to realize the marketization process of the public sector?Is it to increase the market price of the water supply industry, to increase the living burden of ordinary people, or to increase the strategic security risk of our country's water resources? "

"Neither of them." Zhang Zhigang denied it.

Liu Qingyu smiled and nodded: "Yes, Comrade Zhang Zhigang is right. Those are not the fundamental purpose of our speeding up the process. It is also quite clear in the document. The reason why we want to do that is to improve the quality of our municipal departments. Service quality, improving service efficiency, so that local governments can focus more on serving the people and reduce some burdens. Comrade Zhang Zhigang, am I wrong?"

"That's right." Zhang Zhigang had no choice but to agree at this time.Because what Liu Qingyu said was absolutely correct.

At this moment, Zhang Zhigang already felt that a sense of crisis was constantly approaching him, and he was already a little shuddering, and he looked at Liu Qingyu with a little more vigilance.