25 years after obtaining the qualification of engineer, the first declaration of directional senior engineer in 2021 was passed, and the 54-year-old Kyzyl-Su Kirgiz State Meteorological Bureau Atikam Naman originally thought that his title had reached the "ceiling", but he did not expect to go further: "Stained with the light of reform, rated as a directional senior engineer, suddenly saw hope, and did not want to retire early!" ”
Over the years, the problems of difficulty in entering, retaining and employing people have become an important factor restricting the development of meteorological departments in southern Xinjiang. In 2021, under the strong support and guidance of the Personnel Department of the China Meteorological Administration, the Meteorological Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region carried out the pilot project of "targeted evaluation and targeted use" in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang (Aksu region, Kyzylsu Kirgiz prefecture, Kashgar region, and Hotan region), customizing the title review and post promotion "exclusive express" for grass-roots professional and technical personnel with outstanding performance and excellent ability, so that talents can be tied, retained, and used well.
Break the same competition and let grassroots talents stand out
"In the past, senior titles were uniformly evaluated by the meteorological department of the autonomous region, and the judges paid more attention to the scientific research results and academic level of the participants, but the grass-roots talents were restricted by the working environment and nature, and it was difficult to compare with the talents of the autonomous region or the prefecture (city), and with the limitation of the proportion of the post structure, it was more difficult to evaluate the senior titles." Atikam said.
Promotion is hopeless, and the title of "standing still" for many years was once the "trouble" of the development of grass-roots meteorological talents. In the past 10 years, only in kyzyl-Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, none of the meteorological bureaus of the four counties has been awarded a senior title, but everyone has worked at the grass-roots level for 20 or 30 years, and the actual working ability is obvious to all.
On October 29, 2021, Kwa state operations personnel built a border weather station on the Pamir Plateau. Photo: Zhao Lu, Wang Dong
"It is not very reasonable to use a ruler to measure grass-roots talents and talents in autonomous regions and prefectures (cities), and there are few high-level posts at the grass-roots level, and they may not be hired on the appraisal." With harsh conditions, low salaries, and difficult promotions, some grass-roots stations are facing the dilemma of "having a post and no one.".
In October 2021, with the introduction of a package of policy measures such as the Implementation Plan for the Meteorological Departments of the Four Prefectures of Southern Xinjiang to Carry Out the "Targeted Evaluation and Targeted Use" of Meteorological Professional Titles (Trial Implementation) "The Management Measures for the "Targeted Evaluation and Targeted Use" of the Titles of the Meteorological Departments of Southern Xinjiang (Trial)" and the conditions for deputy senior and intermediate "Targeted Evaluation", the troubles of grass-roots professional and technical personnel in the four prefectures of Southern Xinjiang were fundamentally resolved.
The policy clearly breaks the rules of the same field competition, and implements separate grouping, evaluation and separate determination of the pass rate for grass-roots talents in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang who participate in the appraisal title, so that grass-roots talents can more easily stand out.
The Xinjiang meteorological department meticulously organized, refined the plan, expanded publicity, and carried out research through various means such as holding symposiums, field investigations, written solicitation of opinions, and online questionnaires to ensure that the evaluation of "targeted evaluation and targeted use" professional titles was grounded and achieved practical results.
In the specific evaluation, the formulation of review conditions pays attention to "tailor-made" and grading and classification. Highlight performance and contributions, appropriately relax the academic qualifications, dilute the number of papers, and earnestly tilt to the grass-roots frontline and arduous stations. Professional and technical personnel who participate in the "Visiting Huiju" in villages, village management temples, preschool education support in southern Xinjiang, and serving as first secretaries can be recommended and declared under the same conditions.
In terms of evaluation standards, break through the hard levers and speak with performance. Depending on the number of years of grass-roots work, additional points are given to county (city) professional and technical personnel; depending on the category of hardship stations, additional points are given. Pay more attention to fairness and justice in the review process to ensure the implementation of policies.
"Individual evaluation or extra points is not to arbitrarily lower the evaluation standards, but to reasonably determine the evaluation standards and score lines according to the actual conditions of the four southern Xinjiang prefectures and under the premise of ensuring quality."
In response to some people's questions about whether a separate evaluation or extra point is equivalent to "releasing water", Chen Xiaoyan, director of the Personnel Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Meteorological Bureau, responded.
On April 11, 2021, the Hotan Regional Meteorological Bureau, together with the Autonomous Region Agricultural Meteorological Observatory, the Autonomous Region Meteorological Observatory, the Desert Research Institute, and the Hotan Regional Agriculture and Rural Bureau, conducted a walnut frost damage survey on the historical extreme frost weather in Moyu in April. Photo: Chen Tianyu, Ayisha
Let grassroots meteorological talents participate in the title review that belongs to their "home field", and it is easier to obtain the title. In the past year, through the "double orientation" policy, a group of professional and technical personnel have stood out in the grass-roots frontline and rated with senior titles, and meteorological professionals who are suitable for the needs of southern Xinjiang and can be retained have become a living force serving the local area.
Set up and use positions separately to make talents more promising
Speaking of Hu Guiping of the Shache County Meteorological Bureau in Kashgar Region, the local people praised this "soil expert": "If it weren't for her, we might still be watching the sky planting melons!" Over the past 32 years, Hu Guiping has guided the local people to use meteorological information to seek advantages and avoid harms with enthusiasm and hard-working spirit, and help the development of characteristic industries such as melons and small white apricots.
It is such a grassroots expert with outstanding contributions and high recognition from the masses, but it is difficult to say bitterness in the title: "I have been looking forward to the deputy senior title for many years, and I have never participated in the evaluation, the reason is that the number of posts is small, even if it is evaluated, it cannot be hired, which is a common problem faced by grass-roots meteorological personnel." ”
Professional and technical personnel of public institutions participate in the appraisal of professional titles, often limited by the proportion of post structure, if the number of unit posts is limited, the proportion control is strict, professional and technical personnel do not necessarily be able to hire after obtaining the title. The salary treatment and employment are linked, and if they cannot be hired, they cannot cash in the corresponding salary treatment, which eventually leads to the loss of talent.
Reform needs to break through conventions, break through restrictions, and open up another way for the growth of grassroots talents. The "double orientation" policy clearly points out that in accordance with the principle of "total quantity control, separate proportions, and dedicated posts", all localities do not occupy the existing professional and technical middle and senior posts in the unit, and set up professional and technical posts for targeted use separately, effectively solving the problems of few posts, low levels and difficult promotion of grass-roots talents.
On December 24, 2021, the staff of the Nongye Meteorological Service Center in Kashgar Conducted a wintering survey at the Badam Plantation in Railing Township, Shufu County. Photo: Mao Ziqing, Illidal River
Hu Guiping's distress was solved. Hired from December 2021, she began to enjoy the salary of the deputy senior post in January this year. "Although I can't do the same job, after the evaluation, I obviously feel that the burden on my shoulders is heavier, and I can't live up to the trust of the organization."
"The 'double-directional' reform can not only further broaden the career development space of hard-working front-line professional and technical personnel, smooth the promotion channel of their titles, but also improve their happiness and sense of gain from the treatment." Chen Xiaoyan said.
The Meteorological Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region requires all localities to implement "one-stop" supporting services for the evaluation of professional titles, fixed posts, and cashing in wages for the candidates. In 2021, the average monthly salary of those who are rated as deputy senior or above will increase by 1,000 yuan, and grass-roots talents have more hopes.
Limit local use and inject impetus into development
"Directional use" clearly defines the titles evaluated through the "double orientation" policy, which is limited to the use of grass-roots meteorological departments in the four southern Xinjiang prefectures, and the transfer from the four southern Xinjiang prefectures is invalid.
Why is this restriction made? "At present, the revitalization of the rural areas in southern Xinjiang is in full swing, and it is inseparable from talents for a moment, and the purpose of targeted use is to make more talents willing to take root in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang and the grass-roots frontline, which is the key to stabilizing the grass-roots talent team in southern Xinjiang." Chen Xiaoyan explained.
For a long time, in the main battlefield of poverty alleviation in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang, the shortage of talents has always existed, which is not only reflected in the shortage of quantity, but also in the weakness of the profession.
From June to August 2020, meteorological cadres in Aksu region provided professional meteorological services for emergency rescue in Tarim Oilfield. Photo: Xia Rui, Yang Hu
In recent years, from the central to the local level, they have intensified their efforts to encourage and guide the flow of talent to hardship and remote areas and the frontline of the grass-roots level, and have sent a number of shortage of professional talents to the grass-roots level according to local conditions. Since 2019, the Xinjiang Human Resources and Social Security Department has implemented the policy of "targeted evaluation and targeted use" of professional titles in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang, which has been implemented for 3 years.
"We have fully drawn on the experience of the autonomous region and relevant departments to open a 'green channel' for the evaluation of professional meteorological talents at the grass-roots level and solve the worries of their officers and entrepreneurs." Chen Xiaoyan said.
Work at the grassroots level, take root at the grassroots level. Nowadays, the channel for growth is also open at the grassroots level. A large number of grass-roots meteorological professionals and technicians said bluntly that they have more motivation and motivation than before, and are willing to continue to contribute to rural revitalization.
"The party and the country have not forgotten us, and I will certainly stick to the grass-roots stations and dedicate the residual heat." Wang Ping, 47, has been working at the Aksu Wensu County Meteorological Bureau, and the first declaration for "directional senior engineer" was passed, which made him feel "unexpected".
"Now, the Construction Project of Kekeya Greening Project in our county is exerting a variety of benefits from ecological barriers to rich bases." The meteorological department has a lot of service guarantee work, even if it is a trivial one, it is not allowed to be sloppy, and I will do my best to be worthy of this policy. Wang Ping said.
"This reform is still a people's livelihood project and a people's heart project, and the temperature released will surely be transformed into a powerful momentum for grassroots talent officers to start a business in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang." Cui Caixia, director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Meteorological Bureau, said.
Produced by China Meteorological News
Author: Li Dongmei Li Yao
Editor: Li Yipeng
Review: Duan Haoshu