Nominal: Who isn't a son-in-law?

"You don't mind me being long-winded, do you?"

Chu Shijun said with a smile.

"Even if you say hundreds or thousands more words, we'd love to hear it."

Bai Jingwen quickly replied.

"Haha, if I really had to say that much, even if I wasn't bothered, I'd still annoy people."

Chu Shijun waved his hand, stood up and said, "Alright, you guys chat. I'm making you uncomfortable sitting here. If you have any questions about work, ask Comrade Wentao for advice."

He patted Ye Wentao on the shoulder, and then walked aside with Li Dakang and Ye Qian to smoke and chat.

Then, before dinner, Yi learned about it.

There was no exciting scene as I had imagined; it was quite ordinary, and Li Dakang acted as if he were meeting an old friend.

We chat about life, work, and reminisce about the past, and the meal is over.

In short, people should always look forward.

……

Silent all night.

The next day.

The group returned to Jingzhou City and held a research symposium to summarize and organize the findings of the research.

"Yesterday I checked on the progress of the new energy projects in Handong. They're doing quite well, though there are some shortcomings, but overall the trend is positive."

At this point, Chu Shijun paused, turned his head, and said, "Comrade Yibai said that he wanted me to attend the three-location contract renewal meeting tomorrow. I said no thanks, after all, I'm busy with work, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to come again. But he insisted that I summarize and make some requests, so I'll just say a few words."

"This time, my return to Handong to conduct in-depth research at the grassroots level is not just to see the achievements and highlights, but also to identify problems and shortcomings. As I just mentioned, things have been done well, but there are still some issues."

"First of all, from a macro perspective, the impetuous mentality of focusing on short-term development and political achievements is a problem."

"The previously agreed-upon two-year short-term contracts were flexible and controllable, with the intention of finding problems and making adjustments later. Now it seems that some officials and market entities have short-sighted thinking, focusing on current output value, emphasizing annual assessments and data, and being unwilling to invest in some preparatory work that has a long cycle and slow results."

"This won't work. New energy and new energy vehicles are a long-term strategic track for the country over ten or twenty years, not a track for political achievements that only lasts two years. We can't use short-term political achievements thinking to develop a long-term strategic industry."

"Furthermore, the core purpose of our initial design of the 'Jingzhou R&D, Lüzhou Incubation, Qinyu Mass Production' layout was to prevent the widespread low-end competition, duplication of construction, and waste of resources across the country."

"But after two years of operation, I've also read the problem reports. They say that some places couldn't stick to their positioning or endure the loneliness. Seeing that the output value of complete vehicle parts and basic components is high and the results are quick, they had the impulse to grab projects, tax revenue, and production capacity."

"There are also places that only want to reap the rewards, not plant the trees; they want to obtain high-tech indicators, but are unwilling to provide technology implementation services. On the surface, there is overall coordination and a unified approach, but in reality, everyone is making their own plans and fighting their own battles. Some fancy products have appeared on the market. Regardless of what they did before, now everyone is rushing to make cars. I mentioned this yesterday. I need to report and discuss this issue. It must be curbed and controlled."

Chu Shijun's expression was serious, and his words were merciless. Fortunately, everyone from Handong present knew that this wasn't directed at them.

"Furthermore, the overall industry tends to prioritize strategic value over people's livelihood, resulting in a deviation in development goals."

"Nowadays, when many officials report on their work, they immediately start talking about national strategies, advantages in certain sectors, industry benchmarks, and output growth rates, but they lack the perspective of ordinary people and people's livelihoods."

I said, "This won't do."

He waved his hand.

"I had in-depth exchanges with front-line workers from Shaanxi and Henan provinces in the Luzhou training area. I was deeply moved. Our layout of the entire new energy and new energy vehicle industry chain is a top-level design for the country's energy self-sufficiency and the national automobile industry to leapfrog ahead. It is a great power game."

"But when it comes to the grassroots and the people, its most basic and fundamental meaning is to allow people in the central and western regions to learn skills at their doorstep, so that they can have stable employment, increase their income, and live a stable life without having to leave their hometowns."

"If our industries grow bigger and bigger, our data looks better and better, and our benchmarks are set higher and higher, but the people's sense of gain, happiness and security at the grassroots level do not improve at the same time, then our development is empty, one-sided and very unsound."

"Comrades, remember that strategy is the height, industry is the carrier, but people's livelihood is the ultimate goal of every strategy and every policy. A strategic layout that is divorced from people's livelihood is like a tree without roots or water without a source. We must always remember that making the people satisfied is the first standard for doing every job."

None of the officials present uttered a sound; they all listened intently and took notes.

……

"In response to the above issues, and based on the discussions between myself, Comrade Yibai, and others, we have now formally finalized the rigid implementation guidelines for the new round of contract renewals. These guidelines will be followed, strictly implemented, assessed throughout the process, and subject to lifelong accountability across all three locations."

"Comrade Wentao."

Holding the document, Ye Wentao began to read aloud: "First, extend the cooperation cycle to help the industry develop in the long term."

"The two-year short-term cooperation agreement will be officially upgraded to a four-year fixed renewal period, which is fully in line with the attributes of the new energy and new energy vehicle industry. Local governments must simultaneously introduce supporting long-term policies, and make four-year stable development commitments to core car companies, leading supporting companies, and key scientific and technological innovation teams. It is strictly forbidden to change ideas every year, change plans every year, or change layout every term..."

"Second, the division of labor among the three regions will be permanently solidified and legalized through a cross-provincial cooperation agreement, and incorporated into annual assessments and term-of-office audits. Jingzhou will permanently retain its core R&D, standard setting, and overall coordination functions. Lüzhou will retain its functions of pilot testing and verification, process refinement, component adaptation, and cross-provincial talent training, serving as an industrial transit hub. Qinyu will adhere to the principles of real production capacity, basic infrastructure, and people's livelihood and employment. No region may overstep its bounds to seize projects or compete for tax benefits across regions. Once verified, such actions will be seriously reported and those responsible will be held accountable."

"Third, we will implement regular talent rotation and mutual training among craftsmen, send R&D backbones to the front line and practical backbones to study and learn, unify process standards and quality inspection system specifications in the three provinces, thoroughly solve the problem of disconnect between R&D and practical operations and inconsistent standards, and achieve technology sharing, talent sharing, standard sharing and production capacity sharing."

Fourth, we must focus on the fundamentals of people's livelihood and incorporate the goal of enriching people through industry into the core indicators of industry performance evaluation.

"From now on, the assessment of the new energy industry will no longer focus solely on output value, growth rate, and scale. It must simultaneously incorporate five major livelihood indicators: employment and income growth for the people, localization of employment, family reunification rate, job stability rate of enterprises, and coverage rate of new energy benefits for the people."

"All industrial layouts, project implementations, and policy support must prioritize ensuring employment, income growth, and family stability for ordinary people at the grassroots level, so as to truly achieve the simultaneous development and integrated advancement of national strategies, industrial development, and people's housing security."