The details of the fallen officials disclosed: the 211 million yuan face project was all abandoned, and the feng shui master was brought to the site selection of the project

Interface News Reporter | Lu Yaxuan

Interface News Editor | Liu Haichuan

The four-episode TV feature film "Continuous Efforts and In-depth Advancement", jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission and China Central Radio and Television, attracted widespread attention after its broadcast. On the evening of January 8, 2024, the third episode of the feature film "Strengthening the Positive Wind and Discipline" will be broadcast.

The collection selects 3 typical cases: the case of 6 party members and leading cadres in Qinghai Province who gathered for dinner and wine at the party school and caused the death of one person, the case of Chen Jiadong, former director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress in Fujian Province, and the case of accountability for the collapse of self-built houses in Changsha, Hunan.

One party member and cadre died after drinking at a party school party: I usually don't think about eating and drinking

"At the wrong time, in the wrong place, I participated in a drinking party that I shouldn't have attended," Wang Xuewen, former party secretary and director of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, later confessed.

In December 2022, Qinghai Province held a training course for major party and government leading cadres to study Xi and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

According to the feature film, this wine party took place on the evening of December 11, 2022, in room 1218 of the student dormitory of the Provincial Party School. The owner of the room was Shi Cunwu, then secretary general of the Qinghai Provincial Government, and he proposed to initiate the dinner. The participants were Li Qingchuan, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wang Xuewen, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Dorje, Secretary of the Party Committee of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Hong Tao, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Tao Yongli, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial Communications Holding Group Co., Ltd.

The main purpose of this meeting is to congratulate Dorje and Hong Tao on being identified as candidates for promotion and inspection.

Shi Cunwu took advantage of his authority to ask the canteen of the provincial government office to make several dishes and arrange for the driver to send it to the party school in an official car; Li Qingchuan asked the driver to deliver the wine, and several people drank it from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., and finally drank seven of the eight bottles of liquor they brought.

The above-mentioned people drank too much on the first night, and the accident was staged in succession the next day. Early in the morning, Li Qingchuan kept smashing the door of the dormitory that was locked by himself, and the staff had to remove the lock from the outside and send him to the hospital. Shi Cunwu was drunk and unconscious, and was absent from the important meeting that he was supposed to attend in the morning. Dorje disappeared for the whole day and was found dead in his room that night.

"We should comprehensively reflect on what we usually do, and we are not surprised by eating, drinking, and gatherings among friends, and we seem to separate the opposition to the "four winds" from eating and drinking, and we are Marxism-Leninism to others, but liberalism to ourselves. Hong Tao repented in the feature film.

The feature film further pointed out that some cadres get together to eat and drink from time to time in order to win over relationships and manage contacts. Once the feelings are in place, the interest appeal begins to surface. The investigation found that the above six cadres are like this, since 2011, they have gradually developed from the intersection of work to often eat and drink together, and then formed a relatively fixed small circle, using each other's power to act conveniently. The essence of this kind of behavior is actually to form a party for personal gain, and to form a faction.

On April 27, 2023, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced that with the approval of the Party Central Committee, it was decided to expel Shi Cunwu from the party and dismiss him from public office, give Li Qingchuan two years of probation in the party and dismissal from government affairs, and give Wang Xuewen the punishment of dismissal from party positions and government affairs. The Qinghai Provincial Party Committee decided to give Hong Tao and Tao Yongli one year of probation and dismissal from government affairs, and strictly hold the relevant responsible units and personnel accountable.

Under this, many provinces and municipalities across the country have carried out special rectification of the problem of illegal drinking by party members and cadres and public employees, and notified and held accountable relevant discipline violators. In June 2023, the Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued two notices on cases of violations of law and discipline under the influence of alcohol; the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection issued the "Work Plan on Carrying out the Special Action of "Two Leaders and Five Rectifications" to Rectify Work Styles and Prevent Corruption" to seriously rectify five prominent problems such as illegal eating and drinking, illegal receipt and delivery of gifts and money, illegal travel, playing cards and gambling, and drunk driving, and Liaoning Fushun Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision formulated and issued the "Notice on Severely Stopping the Illegal Drinking of Party Members and Public Employees" It is emphasized that all party members should eat in a civilized manner, and avoid uncivilized and unhealthy behaviors such as intemperance and self-indulgence, forced persuasion and excessive drinking.

Chen Jiadong: The face project built at a cost of 211 million yuan was all abandoned, and a feng shui master was brought to select the site for the project

The blind decision was made to build six new post stations, most of which were gradually abandoned after completion, and the design and construction of the opera house project was eventually reduced to a "half-pulled project" because the scale of investment was too large and did not conform to reality. Chen Jiadong used to be the secretary and director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, and the secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and was placed on file for review and investigation in February 2022. One of his conspicuous problems was that during his tenure as secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal CPC Committee, he vigorously carried out image projects and political performance projects, and blindly made decisions without investigation and demonstration, causing huge losses.

On the banks of the Kowloon River, traces of an unfinished opera house project can still be seen during the reign of Chen Jiadong, and the site of the project has now become two large reservoirs. According to the feature film, from the beginning of the opera house project, many local cadres and masses disagreed, the opera house and the cultural needs of the local people are out of touch, and the opera house has high professional requirements for design and construction, which costs a lot of money, and Zhangzhou as a third-tier city has limited financial resources, so there is no need to build such a landmark. But Chen Jiadong ignored these opinions.

"After Chen Jiadong took office, a number of engineering projects were launched, the purpose of which was to make political achievements early and quickly, but they were divorced from reality and the needs of the masses, and the masses had very big opinions, believing that they had squeezed out the precious funds that should have been used to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. Wang Yuguang, deputy director of the Sixth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, said.

Under Chen Jiadong's insistence, the opera house cost more than 27 million yuan in the early stage of design alone, and the contract price of the main project reached more than 200 million yuan. In the end, because the opera house project did not conform to local conditions and the scale of investment was too large, it came to a standstill shortly 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.

"Whether this project is correct or not, and there is no more in-depth research, this is also a manifestation of my in-depth style as a municipal party secretary. Chen Jiadong reflected.

Another project, which had already been completed during Chen Jiadong's tenure, caused even more damage. 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 replicate the ancient houses in Zhangzhou according to the ratio of one to one, and build 6 post stations.

Relying on local characteristics to build a tourism project is not a problem in itself, but Chen Jiadong's starting point is seriously skewed, and the consideration is not how to bring long-term benefits, but hopes to make a surprise construction before the annual flower expo, so that the superior leaders can see their political achievements.

What's even more absurd is that the above projects have not been thoroughly researched, demonstrated, and feasibility studies, but Chen Jiadong specially brought a feng shui master to choose a site to see feng shui and adjust the direction, which is typical of asking ghosts and gods without asking the common people.

The total cost of 6 antique post stations amounted to 211 million yuan, the largest one covers an area of more than 60,000 square meters, after being put into operation after completion, but because it is a replica of the local ancient house and lack of tourists, at present, all 6 post stations are abandoned, but the daily maintenance and management of the post station has an annual expenditure of about 3 million.

"If I go to the site more often, it would probably be better. In the end, it has been done like this, and I have to admit that I am wrong. Chen Jiadong reflected in the feature film.

On September 5, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, publicly pronounced a verdict on the case of Chen Jiadong, former director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress in Fujian Province, for accepting bribes, embezzlement, and abuse of power, and sentenced the defendant Chen Jiadong to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property, seven years imprisonment and a fine of RMB 300,000 for corruption, and eight years imprisonment for abuse of power. The seized criminal proceeds and property in the case are to be recovered, the part of the embezzlement or abuse of power is to be returned to the victim unit, the part of the bribes is to be handed over to the state treasury, and the part that is insufficient is to continue to be recovered.

The collapse of a self-built house in Changsha, Hunan Province, killed 54 people, and the official concerned: As long as there will be no accident during my term of office

"I thought I was lucky, thinking that as long as nothing happened during my tenure, it would be fine. Zhang Zhouzhengmao, former deputy district of Wangcheng District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, told this in the feature film.

At 12:24 on April 29, 2022, a resident's self-built house in Jinshanqiao Street, Wangcheng District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, suddenly collapsed in a sit-down manner. The accident caused 54 deaths, 9 injuries, and a direct economic loss of 90.7786 million yuan.

The investigation found that before the accident, there were many opportunities to avoid tragedy. The owner Wu Qisheng, Wu Zhiyong and his son first built a 5-story building and a local 6-story building in 2012, and then added it to 8 floors and 9 floors without authorization in 2018, with a height of 26.3 meters. The most incredible thing is that, except for the solid brick wall on the first floor, the second to fifth floors are all empty bucket walls with much worse load-bearing.

When homeowners are extremely lacking in safety awareness and basic common sense, supervision is particularly important. However, since 2016, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government have deployed six special actions to demand the inventory and rectification of illegal houses and effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property. However, this deadly building has become a fish that has slipped through the net in previous operations.

"For a long time, we didn't take self-built houses seriously from top to bottom. For the housing and urban-rural development departments, the natural resources departments, and all aspects of the blame-shifting, I have the responsibility of negligence and negligence, and I am convinced. Chen Wenhao, former vice governor of the Hunan provincial government, said.

Unsupervised, the Wu family opened a restaurant, a private cinema, and a family hotel in this building. To obtain a family hotel license, it is necessary to go through a housing safety inspection, and an agency called Xiangda Engineering Testing Co., Ltd. issued an appraisal report for the problematic house, saying that it "meets the conditions for safe use". The investigation found that this extremely irresponsible agency was recommended by Liu Wanquan, the former deputy head of the Public Security Management Brigade of the Wangcheng Branch of the Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau, to homeowners in need in the jurisdiction for group purchase, which was behind Liu Wanquan's acceptance of the company's benefits.

"He took an envelope, and he quietly stuffed it to me where no one was, and he said it was the information of our unit, and then when I went back, I found that it contained 3,000 yuan in cash, and that's it. So I don't shirk my own (responsibility), I have to bear the responsibility of the law if I break the law, I must. Tan Jing, a former staff member of the Hunan Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, said.

After the tragic accident occurred, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission held accountable four cadres in the central management who had leadership responsibility; the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision held 62 cadres at and below the provincial level accountable, four of whom were transferred to the judicial organs on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law; and 20 units responsible for the accident were ordered to conduct written inspections and earnestly rectify the situation. Wu Zhiyong, the owner of the house, 14 people, including the housing design and construction personnel, and the relevant personnel of the testing company, will also be held legally responsible.

"With so many people, so many departments, and so many fields, if any of them work seriously, then I think this accident can be avoided, it is not a natural disaster, it is a man-made disaster. Lu Jun, a staff member of the Changsha Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Hunan Province, said.