Recently, Jinpai Health No. 1 invited Mr. Ye Qing, former deputy director of Hubei Provincial Bureau of Statistics and professor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, to share his balanced life.
*In February 2023, Ye Qing officially retired
Health No. 1 Observer: You have been a deputy department-level cadre in the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Statistics for nearly 20 years, how did you think of proposing bus reform and "reforming your own life"?
Ye Qing: In 1998, I read a statistic that 1/3 of the use of government buses was for leaders' office affairs, 1/3 for private affairs, and 1/3 for drivers to do private affairs. After reading the report, I began to publicly call for bus reform. It wasn't until May 20, 2003 that I became the deputy director of the Bureau of Statistics, and the first person to report to my office was Master Zhang, who was arranged to be my driver. Later, I fired him, and the first request I made to our director's office was to give him a chance to reform the bus.
At that time, it was called "Ye's Car Reform", and after testing, each car could save 80,000 yuan per year. In 2004, I brought this suggestion to Beijing, that is, I was an official, and I was supposed to be a car, so I had a lot of influence all of a sudden. Finally, the bus reform was implemented in July 2014, and 2024 is the 10th anniversary of the bus reform, which can save 1000 billion a year, so ten years is 1 trillion, so I am very proud of this thing.
Observer No. 1: When you made this suggestion, did you have a lot of opposition around you, and did you worry about offending your colleagues?
Ye Qing: In 2004, when the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress were held, I got the nickname "China's most personalized official". Ordinary people say I'm different, and my colleagues think I'm even more different. They think, "You can be as silent as we are." But I said to myself, "Just be different to the end!" I was a history student, and people who study history have a hard bone.
For more than 30 years of work, I have actually been doing research and making suggestions, even if I put forward some sharp or very critical ones, so I often say that if I don't mention this suggestion, who else will mention it? This kind of suggestion that offends people is concentrated on me, let me do it, and let me offend people alone.
Health No. 1 Observer: How do you plan your life after retirement, and how do you plan your daily life now?
Ye Qing: I'll probably be busier after I retire. First of all, I will spend 3 hours doing my self-media, which is one of the things I must do every day, and I call it 9611. 9 means that I will read the electronic versions of 9 newspapers, 6 is to read 6 news public accounts, and the first 1 refers to writing these new ideas and new news into a column every day, that is, "Ye Qing looks at finance and economics". Since February 2017, I have been writing more than 2,600 articles, and the second one, which is to do a live broadcast for more than an hour every Sunday night, sharing what I think is important social news with netizens.
Health No. 1 Observer: Are you running Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin accounts, and what motivates you to insist on speaking out on new media?
Ye Qing: Steve Jobs's famous quote is that people live to change the world, and I found that I am also doing this. I feel that if I make a suggestion or convey an innovative idea to others, it may have an impact on the development of this society, and I am very happy. So after retirement, I will continue to contribute to this society, and spread good things on new media platforms through my analysis, if it is helpful for ordinary people to obtain information, then this is a good thing to do for the country.
Observer No. 1: In this era of "information explosion", many young people will be confused and do not know how to do their jobs well and how to succeed in society?
Ye Qing: In fact, balance is very important for human growth. For example, I think the most important point is that my professional research and my participation in politics should be organically balanced, then 1 + 1 is greater than 2, and how much research you have will have, then how influential it may be, so you don't want to split it, split it up, turn it into two things, then you feel very tired.
Then the second balance is to organically combine health and work. For example, if I have to go to a meeting at 9 o'clock in the morning, then I have breakfast, and I will choose to walk one kilometer to the meeting, then I will go to the meeting again, and at the same time I will be healthy, so I recommend that everyone should not take less than 10,000 steps a day. In addition to walking, I drink a little wine. Half a year ago, I started to try Jinpai's health No. 1, then I drank one or two before going to bed, the taste is very good, it will indeed relax the whole body, and it is also very helpful for sleep.
Jinpai Health No. 1 attaches great importance to the concept of balance, which is very consistent with my life experience, and I think that people's success is a balance. Balance is a kind of life wisdom, and so is health. Balance is the way, health No. 1.