On the 8th, the CCTV Comprehensive Channel of China Central Radio and Television broadcast the third episode of the annual anti-corruption blockbuster "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" "Strengthening Positive Practices and Discipline".
Chen Jiadong, who served as Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, and Secretary of the Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, 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 engaged in image projects and political performance projects, and made blind decisions without investigation and demonstration, resulting in huge losses.
Wang Yuguang, deputy director of the Sixth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission: After Chen Jiadong took office, he launched a number of engineering projects, the purpose of which was to produce political achievements as soon as possible and to show them quickly, which was divorced from reality and the needs of the masses. The opinions of the masses are very large, and they believe that they have crowded out the precious funds that should be used to develop the economy and improve the people's livelihood.
Passing through the city, along the Kowloon River, traces of an unfinished project left over from the Chen Jiadong administration can still be seen. The site of the project is now two large ponds, and only the remnants of the pile foundations that emerge from the water are a reminder that a major project was once in full swing.
Hu Kunnan, staff member of Fujian Zhanglong Construction Investment Group: The location under our feet is the original opera house project. These two large ponds were excavated in the original basement, and the middle side road was left in the construction road before, and these pipe piles were also drilled before, and there were dozens of workers during the original peak period.
At the beginning of the opera house project, many local cadres and masses did not agree. Zhangzhou has a profound local opera cultural tradition, and Xiang opera, Chaozhou opera, and puppet show are all deeply loved by the people. The city originally planned to build a theater, but as soon as Chen Jiadong arrived, he proposed to convert it into an opera house.
Chen Jiadong, former director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress in Fujian Province: At that time, we were thinking about building 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.
Wang Yuguang, deputy director of the Sixth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission: The reason why he started the opera house is to be greedy for foreign countries and attract people's attention. Therefore, he has not conducted in-depth research and has not demonstrated feasibility. The local people do not have the Xi or tradition of watching opera, and the local people prefer to watch Minnan opera.
When I heard that the theater was going to be converted into an opera house, many people felt disappointed. Some cadres also pointed out that the opera house is out of touch with the cultural needs of the local people, and that the opera house has high professional requirements for design and construction, which costs a huge amount of money. As a third-tier city, Zhangzhou has limited financial resources, so there is no need to create such a landmark. But Chen Jiadong ignored these opinions.
Chen Jiadong, former director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People's Congress in Fujian Province: Whether it is correct to set up this project or not, and whether it is more in-depth research is also a manifestation of my in-depth style as a municipal party secretary.
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.
Investigation and study is the basic skill for doing a good job, and the process of investigation and study is a process of scientific decision-making. However, at that time, Chen Jiadong had a serious formalistic and bureaucratic style, sitting in the office and patting his head to make decisions, and the project could not escape the end of failure. Because the opera house project did not conform to local conditions and the scale of investment was too large, it came to a standstill soon after Chen Jiadong was transferred from Zhangzhou, and eventually became a half-pulled project, and the expenses that had been invested were never returned, resulting in a huge loss of state-owned funds.
(CCTV News Client)