Happy times in the "Sunshine Station".
■Zhu Yulun Fan Junyu
On a spring weekend, as night fell, in a corner of the barracks of a brigade of the 71st Group Army, the light sign of the "Sunshine Station" attracted the author's attention.
Following a burst of singing, the author pushed the door and walked into the "post station" -- the exquisite furnishings, the warm lighting, the officers and soldiers sitting in a staggered manner either chatted happily with each other or played board games with great interest, and on the stage in the center, Sergeant Luan Qiantai sang to his heart's content with the accompaniment of the band.
"Our band is called 'Chasing the Light,' and we often come here to sing ...... during breaks," Luan Qiantai told this writer that the establishment of this "Sunshine Station" stemmed from the fact that the party committee of the brigade actively listened to and adopted the opinions and suggestions of the officers and men at the grassroots level.
Soldier Xiao Chen posted on the Luqiangjun website and sighed: The amateur living facilities in the camp are single, and there is nowhere to go if you want to relax on weekends.
Xiao Chen's post immediately sparked discussion, and many married officers and soldiers also joined in, lamenting the lack of places in the camp where they could relax and entertain with their families and children.
Although it was a complaint, it aroused the attention of the party committee of the brigade - limited by the location of the barracks, the spare time life of the officers and soldiers was indeed lackluster, which invisibly reduced the sense of belonging. After in-depth investigation, they raised funds and built a "Sunshine Station" for officers and soldiers and their families to rest and relax in their spare time.
Luan Qiantai told the author that when his family members came to the team, he did not ask for leave to go out, but took his family members to experience it in the "Sunshine Station". The complete facilities and warm environment make the family full of praise. Subsequently, the author followed Luan Qiantai and continued to witness the relaxation moments of the officers and soldiers in the "Sunshine Station".
A group of young officers and men are unleashing their vitality to the fullest in the "karaoke room," the theater is full, and the audience is fascinated by the latest cinema blockbusters; and in the well-equipped gymnasium, several officers and men serve as "fitness coaches" to guide their comrades-in-arms in fitness and physical fitness......
At the exit of the "Sunshine Station," the author saw a "wall of happiness," on which the photos recorded the happy times of the officers and soldiers and their families here. A brigade leader sighed: "Only by sincerely responding to the concerns of grassroots officers and soldiers can we unite our hearts and minds and give everyone a sense of belonging." ”
A "new solution" for serving the grassroots behind an apology letter
Jiefangjun Daily reporter Huang Kunlun
Special correspondent Gao Junfeng and correspondent Zhu Yulun
Soldiers of a brigade of the 71st Group Army wrote a sentimental message on a post-it note. Photo by Liao Peng
"Comrades-in-arms, I'm sorry that some of the things promised at the beginning of last year were not completed or not done well by the end of the year. We will hurry up to complete the finishing work, and welcome everyone to call the 'Sunshine Hotline' to provide comments and suggestions...... "At the beginning of this year, a brigade of the 71st Group Army publicized the completion of the previous year's "I do practical things for the grassroots" on the strong army website, accompanied by a letter of apology issued in the name of the brigade party committee.
The party committee apologized to the grassroots units, and it was the first time that the officers and men had met each other. However, soon, there were responses from officers and men on the brigade's strong army website: "Last year, there were indeed many major tasks, and we cannot blame the party committee for their inaction," and "although many things have not been completed, the brigade party committee is already trying to find ways to alleviate the difficulties first......
The scene of mutual respect and understanding between the party committee organs and the officers and men at the grassroots level is a portrayal of the brigade's building of a "sunshine barracks" around the principle of "power runs in the sun, growth is quenched in the sun, supervision is transparent in the sun, and service is warmed up in the sun." In the spring, reporters came to the brigade to track the heartwarming story behind the apology letter.
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Write a letter to the party committee, why can't you tell what is in your heart
"Dare to speak out about things that have not been done well, and dare to respond positively to the concerns of officers and men. Speaking of this "letter of apology," Director Zhu of the Political Work Department of the brigade was deeply moved.
On one occasion, the brigade's semi-annual "Letter to the Party Committee" activity was once again launched, and Director Zhu, who was squatting in a certain battalion, took advantage of his rest time to read a "letter to the party committee" from the officers and men of the battalion.
Reading and reading, Director Zhu felt that something was wrong, and he found that everyone was basically "beautiful words" between the lines, and the occasional suggestions were "no pain or itching". This made Director Zhu muttered in his heart - is the work of the brigade party committee really so perfect in the past year?
Later, after getting acquainted with the officers and men of the company, Director Zhu successively heard the true voices of some officers and men: "There are a lot of fallen leaves in the camp every day, can we coordinate local forces to clean up, so that we can free up more time for training", "Every time I go to the office to do business and send a car, it is very difficult, and my own taxi exceeds the reimbursement standard, so I hope to arrange a unified office car......
Following these "clues," Director Zhu had heart-to-heart talks with the officers and men and heard more sincere words. One soldier said: "There are some problems that we have reported before, but we have not heard back yet, and we are not sure whether the agency has forgotten to implement them or has not been scheduled for the time being, so after thinking about it, we still don't write about it." ”
The words of the officers and soldiers made Director Zhu not know how to respond for a while. In recent years, the brigade has announced every year the actual things it has done for the grassroots units, but the officers and men at the grassroots level have no way of knowing what happened to the contradictions and difficulties that could not be resolved, or whether they were forgotten.
At the summary meeting held by the party committee organs, Director Zhu put this phenomenon on the table: "In the midst of anticipation and apprehension, most of the officers and men still choose to believe that the party committee organs will solve the problem or rely on themselves to solve it, but in the long run, they may really not talk about it. ”
And these remarks also sparked a discussion on "how to respond to the trust of officers and soldiers at the grassroots level."
"If there are negligence or omissions in our own work, we must make it clear to the officers and men in a timely manner. ”
"Don't take the 'troubles' at the grassroots level as your own 'troubles'. ”
"The silence at the grassroots level cannot be used as a 'fig leaf' for the failure of the organs......
After the discussion, the party committee group came to the conclusion that trust and understanding are based on respect, and that it is necessary to respond to the demands of officers and soldiers in a truthful, comprehensive, and effective manner.
"Guaranteeing the right of officers and men to know and give feedback is to protect the credibility of the brigade party committee and to protect the smooth operation mechanism of the work. A letter of apology from the party committee was released.
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Only by opening one's heart to the officers and men at the grassroots level can we go both ways
Some time ago, the human resources section officer Han was extremely busy, coinciding with the first cadre adjustment after the retirement of the annual cadres, he was busy sorting out all the relevant data of cadres who meet the adjustment conditions, and then publicized them on the strong army network.
"In the past, we used to only publicize the job requirements and adjustment results when adjusting cadres, but this year the situation has changed and more content has been announced. Secretary Han said frankly that the party committee group has a new concept -- that is, the reason and basis for the decision-making of the organs, and it should first be openly and transparently displayed to the officers and men at the grassroots level so that everyone can be convinced.
Following this line of thinking, in addition to the announcement of the results of this cadre reshuffle, there are also data and materials related to the evaluation of democracy at the grassroots level, the results of military training, and the scores of comprehensive evaluations. Flipping through the contents of the announcement, the reporter saw that the reason why Xiao Wei, the deputy company commander, was not adjusted to the post of the agency, was that the comprehensive evaluation score was low, while the platoon commander Xiao Wang was assigned to the position of acting company commander because of the high score in the comprehensive evaluation and the fact that he served as a coach and led the sniper team to achieve good results in the army competition in the theater.
"The appointment of cadres, the selection and promotion of non-commissioned officers, and welfare benefits are all issues of concern to officers and men at the grassroots level. The political commissar of the brigade told reporters that since the beginning of this year, they have set up a special column for the publicity of grass-roots affairs on the strong army network, and the matters involving the rights and interests of grass-roots officers and soldiers are divided into responsible departments for "whole-process publicity", and the explanations of policies and regulations involved are also displayed in the form of annotations.
In order to fully listen to the voices of the officers and men at the grassroots level, they set up a barracks forum called "Under the Old Locust Tree" on the internal network, in which officers and men can choose to write down their views and suggestions on the current barracks construction by their real names or anonymously.
Soon, the forum became popular among the officers and men at the grassroots level -- some officers and men complained about the unreasonable arrangements for a certain training, some officers and men complained about the daily management and "local regulations," and some officers and men shared some of their training experience and experience in leading troops.
A user's speech in the forum attracted a lot of attention -- he would post some policy answers, good book recommendations, and would also help think of countermeasures and suggestions under some questions raised by officers and soldiers.
Soon, some officers and soldiers guessed that this user might be the account of the brigade party committee, and they gradually learned that the cadres of the organ would log in to the account on time to check the messages in the forum. Indeed, members of the party committee will often "dive" into forums to talk to officers and soldiers.
"Sometimes, the comments in the forum make people 'blush and sweat', but we have to learn to accept the advice. "At first, many government officials were a little worried about the appropriateness of the existence of this forum. However, as more and more "high-quality" posts were published, their concerns turned into motivation to listen to the truth and learn from experience, and a solicitation post was issued to encourage officers and soldiers to provide "golden ideas" for grassroots construction under their real names.
After the quarter's stage summary meeting, the five officers and soldiers who were adopted for the recommendations were commended.
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To serve the grassroots, it is important for organs to innovate methods and do practical things well
The letter of apology was written, and all kinds of grassroots affairs were made public throughout the process, and the forum was "lived," but in the view of the party committee of the brigade, only by doing a good job in grassroots affairs can the results of the "Sunshine Barracks" continue to appear.
In this regard, Assistant Wu of the financial section of the brigade was quite touched.
"Is this reimbursement material complete?" "There is a document that needs to be signed by the person in charge. "Okay, I'll go back and get him a fill-up." ”
In the Finance Section, conversations like this happen almost every day. Every time he saw his comrades-in-arms rushing around the company, the printing room, and the business department, Assistant Wu felt that "things were not done."
The phenomena of officers and men at the grass-roots level not handling affairs smoothly, having difficulty in dispatching vehicles, and running a lot of errands have always existed, and in addition, the organs themselves also have daily business to handle, and there are often situations in which no one can be found, which further aggravates the contradictions.
Inspired by the local government affairs service center, the brigade has built a service center in the center of the camp that can realize the "one-stop service" of grassroots business after feasibility study.
Business handling window, service manual, self-service number machine, temporary printing area, rest and waiting area...... The service center has solved the "pain points" of unfortunate processing time, many back and forth, and difficult material replenishment in the past, and has been well received by everyone.
On this basis, the brigade further set up a "business handling appointment desk" on the Qiangjun website, so as to regulate the flow of people at different times and arrange "office buses." They have also set up a "window for handling foreign business" for social businesses such as telecommunications, banking, and education, and regularly coordinate local salesmen to go to the camp to handle them in a centralized manner......
With the experience of "inviting people to come in and do things", the party committee organs of the brigade have continued to exert their efforts to bring into play the effectiveness of "relying on the top to serve".
Not long ago, a certain type of training equipment developed by Qiao Pengcheng, a soldier of a certain company, was promoted throughout the brigade, and Qiao Pengcheng immediately found the chief of the training section and thanked him.
It turned out that when leading the inspection team to a certain company for inspection, Section Chief Lu found that Qiao Pengcheng was worried about a palm-sized instrument.
After inquiry, I learned that this instrument was a certain type of training equipment developed by Qiao Pengcheng, and it encountered a bottleneck because of the problem of writing programs. Section Chief Lu immediately contacted the technical cadres in the brigade who were proficient in programming to help solve the problem.
Drawing inferences from one case to another, Section Chief Lu thought a lot -- the purpose of inspection is to discover and solve problems, and if the organs cannot scientifically guide, help, and serve the grassroots, then the significance of the inspection will be lost.
At the suggestion of Section Chief Lu, the brigade changed the "inspection team" to the "inspection guidance group" and updated the corresponding authority and responsibilities - "problems that can be solved on the spot will not be reported" and "problems that can be reported must be accompanied by solutions......
The difference between the "two words" has brought about a "two-way rush" between the organs and the grassroots. Recently, the "inspection and guidance group" has also won praise from officers and men for solving problems such as "poor development of cultural activities" and "insufficient variety of barracks supermarkets" for the grassroots level.
Sharp viewpoint
Less "distance" from the grassroots
■Mao Yueting
President Xi pointed out that strengthening the grassroots construction of our army in the new era is the foundation and strength of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army. Building and strengthening grassroots units is inseparable from the leadership and overall planning role played by party committees and organs at all levels, but at present, the "sense of distance" between some party committee organs and grassroots officers and men still exists to varying degrees.
Listen to the voices of the grassroots. In carrying out work oriented to the grassroots, we must not "work behind closed doors," but should listen well to the real voices of the grassroots and rely on sufficient real-time data and the opinions of officers and men as the basis and support. To listen to the voices of the grassroots units, we must lower our posture, really go down to the front line of the grassroots units, share weal and woe with the officers and men, and feel the real ups and downs of the grassroots units in getting along with each other at close range; the channels should be unimpeded, and the channels for democratic feedback should be perfected, so that the opinions of the grassroots units can be directly communicated to the party committees and decision-making, so that the officers and men can speak their hearts "without worries"; they must have a correct mentality, dare to accept criticism, have the courage to admit their shortcomings, listen more and refute less, and even if they are "blushing and sweating," they must understand the heart of the fists in the words of the officers and men.
Respect the rights of the grassroots. In handling relations with grassroots units, it is necessary to respect the rights of grassroots units and give prominence to the status of officers and men as the main body. Party committees and organs should have a clear understanding of their duties and powers, strengthen the quality of their counterparts, and provide scientific guidance and high-quality services; they should be objective and pragmatic in their methods, learn to think from the other side, adhere to the work method of "coming from the masses and going to the masses," and take a clear-cut stand against "preconceived ideas" and "self-centeredness"; they should have an open and inclusive atmosphere, and they should view officers and men from the perspective of trust, appreciation, and development, see their creativity, be good at drawing work experience from the grassroots units, improve their work methods, and constantly discover "golden ideas."
Respond to grassroots concerns. It is necessary to strengthen the design of the system, rationally coordinate forces, meticulously draw up plans, establish a complete and clear mechanism for understanding difficulties and solving difficulties, strengthen the "two-way binding" between posts and responsibilities according to law, and let officers and men think of "relying on the organization to solve problems" as soon as possible; they must improve the quality of service, treat grassroots affairs with a sincere attitude, rapid speed, and great intensity, regard the vital interests of officers and men as a matter of top priority, and ensure that problems are not cleared and problems are not relaxed, and difficulties are not eliminated, so as to truly send warmth to the hearts of officers and men.
▲Published on April 24, the 5th edition of the People's Liberation Army Daily
Source丨People's Liberation Army Daily, Learning Corps (ID: xuexijuntuan)
Producer丨Ou Can, Hou Dawei, Editor丨Liu Jianwei, Yan Shan, Qian Zongyang, Editor丨Zhou Zhou