Zeng Zhaoqi, then secretary of the Guanxian County Party Committee
Why are there so few sheep people in Liaochengguan County, Shandong?
All this stemmed from the fact that when Guan County implemented the family planning policy, the then leaders implemented a special regulation.
1991 will always be a memorable year for Guanxian County, Shandong.
Because Guan County ranked first in the province in the family planning assessment, it was warned by a yellow card and listed as a key management county.
Comrade Zeng Zhaoqi, then secretary of the county party committee, could not sit still, and stood up at the county-wide mobilization meeting and made a generous statement:
"I have already made a package ticket in front of the municipal party committee, and if my county cannot change from the last to the positive number within a year, I will accept the punishment of party and government discipline without any complaints...
In extraordinary times, we must adopt thunderbolt means, use extraordinary methods, use extraordinary work, do extraordinary things, and make extraordinary merits... In short, do everything to bring down the birth rate of the county ...
I have been a soldier, I only know one phrase "raise soldiers for a thousand days and use troops for a while", the state has contributed so much manpower and material resources to support us, we have to solve problems for the country, we have to shoulder our responsibility! ”
From May 1 to August 10, 1991, the "100 Days Without Children" movement in Guanxian County, which is the only one in Chinese history, was vigorously launched!
1991 is the Year of the Goat, which is nicknamed the "Year of the Lamb Killing" by the local people.
How do they do it?
First, blast down cadres who have no ability and no confidence.
At that time, at the meeting, the party secretaries of the 22 townships and towns in the county were asked to express their views, and two of them said that it was difficult and difficult to implement, and I was afraid that the plan would not be completed.
Secretary Zeng Zhaoqi was furious, and only said one sentence: "Come, handcuff them and escort them down!" "The two secretaries were just like that, they were taken away by the armed police.
Second: Clear goals and resolute implementation
It is required that from May 1 to August 10, 1991, no child will be allowed to be born in the county, and pregnant children will be killed, and grassroots organizations must achieve this goal.
Third: Establish incentive and reward mechanisms
The salary of each township family planning law enforcement team member was 5-8 yuan per day (much higher than the average income at that time, and even much higher than the salary of the township secretary).
If someone reports a pregnancy, a bonus of 5 per cent of the fine will be given.
In order to calm people's hearts, propaganda is of course also important.
How do they advertise it?
In 1991, slogans promoting the family planning policy were everywhere in Guan County.
"It is better to cut off children and grandchildren, but also to reassure the government"
"Hang yourself to a rope, drink medicine and give a bottle"
"Hit out, flow out, just can't be born"
"The implementation of the policy must be resolute, and no children are allowed"
During these three months, a forced abortion is required whenever a woman is pregnant, whether you are the first child, several months pregnant, planned or unplanned. As long as it has not yet been born, labor is induced.
What should pregnant women do if they want to escape?
"If you run the monk, you can't run the temple", catch relatives, demolish houses, parade the streets ...
Suddenly, the hospital in Guan County was overcrowded with women performing surgery, and the streets were full of tents and pregnant women preparing to induce labor. I really couldn't do it, so I was sent to a neighboring county for surgery.
According to legend, there was a famous saying circulating in Guan County at that time: "In these 100 days, whenever a child is born, I will call him father!" ”
Presumably, Zeng Guofan, nicknamed "Zeng Ditou", if he has knowledge underground, he will also sigh that he is inferior, bow down, and call him a big brother.
100 days later, Guan County achieved remarkable results in family planning, and the birth rate was zero, creating an amazing record, and Secretary Zeng Zhaoqi contributed a lot!
Interestingly, this aroused the envy of the neighboring county of Xin, who learned from Guanxian and then implemented the same policy, which is said to have been "a great success".
Zeng Zhaoqi, secretary of the county party committee, because he was decent and principled, and because of his great contributions to family planning work in Guan County, his career path was smooth sailing and he rose all the way.
In 1992, he served as the secretary of the Liaocheng Prefectural Party Committee;
He served as the deputy secretary of the Heze Prefecture Party Committee and the deputy commissioner of the administrative office;
He served as the chairman of the Second Light General Association of Shandong Province and the secretary of the party group;
Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shandong Province, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee;
In 2007, he was elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress.
In 2008, he became the deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Working Committee for Caring for the Next Generation.
"Cow Man" Zeng Zhaoqi, after retirement, continued to care for the next generation, broke his heart for the children's affairs, really bowed to the end, just after death, this spirit is indeed admirable.
In 2022, women of childbearing age (20-30 years old) in their prime childbearing years were born between 1992 and 2002, and this decade is one of the most severe periods of implementation of China's family planning policy, so that the number of women of childbearing age in the golden reproductive period is greatly reduced.
As a result of this policy, the gap between men and women after the 90s is getting more and more serious, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's male population is 34.9 million more than women, resulting in more and more singles.
In the past 30 years, the family planning policy has been a basic national policy of the mainland, which has effectively controlled the momentum of population growth and made great contributions to world population growth and poverty reduction.
Now that the country has liberalized the two-child policy, those women who had ligature rings and induced labor did not know how they felt when they heard the news.
Do they remember Secretary Zeng Zhaoqi?