On January 8, the third episode of the annual anti-corruption blockbuster "Continue to Make Efforts to Advance in Depth" jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission and China Central Radio and Television was broadcast. The feature film mentions formalism and bureaucracy, which are the great enemies of the party's mission and tasks in the new era and new journey. The case of Chen Jiadong, former secretary of the leading party group and director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, has become a typical case of this problem.
Upstream news reporters noticed that one of Chen Jiadong's outstanding problems was that during his tenure as secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, he carried out image projects and political performance projects, and made blind decisions without investigation and demonstration, causing huge losses.
"In terms of image engineering and political performance engineering, deep reflection is also a manifestation of my bureaucracy. I have to reflect deeply, I have to confess my mistakes and confess my sins. Chen Jiadong confessed in front of the camera. It is reported that Chen Jiadong was notified of the investigation in February 2022 and was notified of the "double opening" in August 2022.
The performance project of "patting the head to make decisions".
According to the public resume, Chen Jiadong was born in 1959, served as secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee in August 2013, secretary of the party group of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress since December 2016, director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress and secretary of the party group in January 2017, and stepped down in January 2022 until he was investigated.
The feature film disclosed that in the post of secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Chen Jiadong launched a number of engineering projects after his arrival, the purpose of which was to make political achievements early and quickly. However, these projects have not been investigated and demonstrated, divorced from reality, and divorced from the needs of the masses, and the masses have very big opinions, believing that they have squeezed out the precious funds that should have been used to develop the economy and improve the people's livelihood.
On the banks of the Jiulong River, traces of the unfinished project of the Zhangzhou Opera House can still be seen during the reign of Chen Jiadong.
It is reported that from the very beginning, the opera house project was opposed by many local cadres and masses. Zhangzhou has a profound local opera cultural tradition, and Xiang opera, Chaozhou opera, and puppet show are all deeply loved by the people.
"At that time, we were thinking about making a theater, but I said that since it was a plan, we should start from a higher starting point. There will be such a landmark building on this piece of land in the future, which I made at that time, and I feel a sense of accomplishment. In this way, Chen Jiadong, in order to be greedy for foreign affairs and attract people's attention, turned a deaf ear to the opinions raised by the cadres and the masses on the need for separation, the huge cost of money, and the limited financial resources of Zhangzhou City.
Under Chen Jiadong's insistence, the opera house cost more than 27 million yuan in the early design alone, and the contract price of the main project reached more than 200 million yuan.
Later, because the opera house project did not conform to the local reality and the scale of investment was too large, it came to a standstill soon after Chen Jiadong was transferred from Zhangzhou, and finally became a half-pulled project, and the expenses that had been invested were not returned, resulting in a huge loss of state-owned funds.
Spend 200 million to build a post station and take a feng shui master to choose a site
The feature film disclosed that in the second half of 2013, soon after Chen Jiadong became the secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, he proposed to build a demonstration section of the "Southern Fujian Ecological and Cultural Corridor", and proposed to copy the ancient houses in Zhangzhou in a one-to-one ratio to build 6 post stations. Soon after it was built, it was in a state of abandonment.
Zhangzhou is a national historical and cultural city, which was built more than 1,300 years ago in the ancient city block, and still retains the traditional pattern and a large number of historical buildings. In the southern Fujian dialect, ancient houses and old buildings are called ancient houses.
The feature film pointed out that relying on local characteristics to build tourism projects is not a problem in itself, but the problem is that Chen Jiadong's starting point is seriously deviated, and the consideration is not how to bring long-term benefits, but hopes to build a surprise construction before the annual flower expo, so that the superior leaders can see their political achievements.
Wang Yuguang, deputy director of the Sixth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, said that what is particularly absurd is that the project has not been thoroughly investigated, demonstrated and feasibility studies, but Chen Jiadong specially brought one of his own feng shui masters to choose a site to see feng shui and adjust the direction.
The total cost of the 6 antique post stations reached 211 million yuan, each of which was quite large, and the largest one covered an area of more than 60,000 square meters. By the time it was completed and put into operation, various problems became apparent. For local citizens, the post station is too far away from the main city, and the people are usually reluctant to come for leisure.
A local state-owned enterprise was entrusted by the government to manage the post station, and tourism could not be carried out, so it finally recruited a few merchants, and soon all of them surrendered the lease. As a result, most of the post stations have been abandoned for a long time, and the maintenance cost is high.
He was sentenced to life for accepting 94.15 million yuan in property
The feature film mentions that unhealthy practices and corruption are mutually representing and have the same roots.
After the trial of the court, it was ascertained that between 2000 and 2022, Chen Jiadong took advantage of his position as deputy secretary of the Nyingchi Prefectural Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region, executive deputy commissioner of the Regional Administrative Office, deputy secretary and mayor of the Ningde Municipal Party Committee of Fujian Province, secretary of the party group and director of the Fujian Provincial Forestry Department, secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee of Fujian Province, secretary of the party group and director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, and other positions, as well as the facilitation of the formation of his authority or status. provided assistance in project contracting and other matters, and illegally accepted property totaling more than 94.15 million yuan.
From 2015 to 2017, Chen Jiadong took advantage of his position as secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee to jointly embezzle more than 3.41 million yuan of state-owned property with others, and from 2013 to 2014, while serving as secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Chen Jiadong engaged in favoritism and malpractice, abused his power, and illegally overpaid the developer for the project, causing a loss of more than 190 million yuan in state-owned property.
In September 2023, Chen Jiadong was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property for the crimes of accepting bribes, embezzlement, and abuse of power.
Tian Yuan, a staff member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, said that the Second Plenary Session of the 20 th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection took the problem of dereliction of duty and inaction, and the rectification of paralysis and laxity, prevarication, perfunctory responsibility, and laziness and slackness in administration as the key task of rectifying formalism and bureaucracy.
Upstream news reporter Wang Kai