Wen | Han Chengke
Chief Executive candidate Lee Ka-chiu officially announced the platform, proposing four major principles: strengthening the government's governance capacity; speeding up, improving efficiency and quantity in the supply of land and housing; enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness and sustainable development; and building a caring society and attaching importance to youth development. These four programs not only aim at the crux of Hong Kong's development problems, but also at the deep-seated contradictions in Hong Kong, but also present four major characteristics:
First, pragmatic and close to the ground, all policies are pragmatic and feasible, there is no lofty expression, there is no random issuance of "empty checks", this feature is also throughout the entire political program, showing Li Jiachao's style of governance. The second is innovation and change, which focuses on improving the government's governance capacity and governance efficiency. The third is people's livelihood. The four programs are all centered on the issue of people's livelihood, focusing on breaking through the housing dilemma, attaching importance to youth development, attaching importance to caring for society, and having a strong sense of people-oriented feelings. The fourth is to emphasize development, attach importance to Hong Kong's international competitiveness, and a series of inclusive and open measures will help enhance the confidence of international investors in Hong Kong.
Pragmatism and honesty are the biggest characteristics and styles of the entire political program. Pragmatism means that the policies of the political platform are all aimed at the problem, such as proposing to strengthen the overall planning of housing supply, simplifying the provincial procedures, setting up a "public housing project action working group" to review and study the advance listing plan of public housing, and also setting up a "land and housing supply coordination group" to examine the process of mature land, etc. These measures are all aimed at the problems of building houses on the ground in the past, such as building houses on the ground, multi-door government, and heavy review, so as to promote the acceleration, efficiency and quantity of land supply. None of these are earth-shattering proposals, but they are highly targeted and practical, and the government can do it completely, not in the air.
Sticking to the ground means that the political platform suggestions come from society and gather the wisdom of the masses, rather than making cars behind closed doors. Li Jiachao has extensive contacts with all walks of life and listened to opinions during the campaign process, and even visited more than ten meetings a day, many of these industry suggestions are reflected in Li Jiachao's political platform, such as speeding up the upstairs of public housing, dismantling the wall for the housing construction process, and even strengthening the regional grass-roots organizations and group ties, and setting up regional service and care teams in district 18, etc., all of which fully absorbed the opinions of all walks of life, especially the establishment of regional volunteer teams, and even drew on the experience of the fifth wave of the epidemic. Recognizing the complementary role of the regional volunteer network to the government, the recommendations reflect the local governance style.
Li Jiachao's political platform emphasizes innovation and change, mainly for the government's governance capacity and governance efficiency, including restructuring, recruiting talents, and also setting goals for designated work so that various departments know the progress and results of a certain field; he also proposed to add an emergency mobilization mechanism to ensure that there is a definite number of civil servants mobilized in response to the crisis. Improving government governance is one of Lee's main governance directions, and it is also to implement his "results-oriented" concept. The Hong Kong civil service team is an excellent team, but no matter how good it is, it cannot remain static, and it must keep pace with the times and constantly change in line with the latest environment.
The new government should promote all governance, to "take the results as the goal", civil servants are the main body of implementation, Li Jiachao focused on improving the efficiency of government governance, and introduced the balance of merit and accountability thinking in the government, which is the key point. The new emergency mobilization mechanism is aimed at the ineffective mobilization of the civil servant team in response to the epidemic, through the construction of the mechanism, improve the mobilization and collaboration ability of civil servants, thereby enhancing the government's ability to deal with risks, these innovative changes reflect That Li Jiachao has a full understanding and mastery of the government structure and existing problems, and grasps the core of the change. In addition, Li Jiachao has also put forward many innovative suggestions on issues such as housing, people's livelihood, and youth, which is refreshing.
Putting people's livelihood first is also a major feature of Li Jiachao's political platform. In the final analysis, the starting point of all governance is to improve the well-being of the citizens. Li Jiachao's four programs, whether it is housing, government governance, attaching importance to youth development and caring for society, and even increasing competitiveness, are actually around the people's livelihood and development. Li Jiachao himself was born at the grassroots level, and has come to this day step by step with his personal efforts, which makes him attach great importance to the issue of people's livelihood.
In the area of youth education, he proposed the "Pilot Scheme to Address Intergenerational Poverty", which assists 1,000 junior high school students living in squatter houses, and private enterprises, governments and non-governmental organizations to design programs for them to help them grow and become competitive talents. He also proposed to formulate youth policies and development blueprints to provide and create employment opportunities, increase international and Mainland internship opportunities, and cultivate a new generation of patriotic and Hong Kong-loving people. In addition, the political platform also mentions strengthening investment in services for the elderly, taking care of grass-roots citizens, and focusing on breaking through the housing dilemma in a multi-pronged manner, which highlights the characteristics of focusing on people's livelihood, caring for people's livelihood, and putting people first.
Competitiveness is the foundation of Hong Kong, and development is the key to solving the problems of people's livelihood in Hong Kong. Lee Ka-chao's political platform emphasizes that there are three main directions to enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness and sustainable development: First, with the northern metropolitan area becoming a new development engine, a department has been set up to develop a special development plan for the northern metropolitan area, which will become a livable, workable, and high-quality living area with high quality. The second is to shape Hong Kong as a cultural capital and promote the development of a diversified creative economy. The third is to consolidate existing advantages such as finance, rule of law, etc., and vigorously develop innovation and technology. These three directions are not only where Hong Kong's strengths lie, but also in line with the needs of the country and the positioning of the 14th Five-Year Plan.
Li Jiachao specifically mentioned that Hong Kong is an international city and will continue to strengthen its advantages, but more importantly, there is the mainland as a hinterland and there are opportunities in the mainland. "Back to the motherland, facing the world" is the foundation of Hong Kong's development, but also the advantages of "one country, two systems", Li Jiachao attaches great importance to Hong Kong's competitiveness, launched a series of inclusive and open policies, not only to strengthen integration with the country, but also shows that Hong Kong will continue to be open, international-oriented, is the ideal investment location for international investment, will bring greater confidence to international investors.
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