Written by | Zou Chunxia Edited by | Zhang wei
"Originally from Dalian, born in Jilin, studying in Harbin, working in Shenyang, my name is Changchun —I am an authentic Kanto native."
In March this year, Li Changchun, a veteran member of the Standing Committee, published a new book focusing on Henan. Before this "Central Plains Land Endeavor Song", in 2014, there was also the publication of "Liaoshen Land Reform Tide".
As mentioned in the book, this authentic Kanto man has held important leadership positions in Liaoning, Henan, Guangdong and the central government, and has a wealth of work experience. One of the two books is aimed at Liaoning, a major industrial province in the 1980s. A film recalling henan, a large agricultural province in the 1990s.
[On August 5, 1990, Li Changchun went deep into the homes of farmers in Sanmenxia City to understand their production and living conditions]
Nearly twenty years later, the Political Knowledge Bureau (WeChat ID: bqzhengzhiju) found that Li Changchun's path to politics in the book is still clear, and the past is still alive.
Clarify that the wife is not the beloved daughter of the central leadership
At the end of 2014, Li Changchun's book "The Tide of Reform in the Land of Liaoshen" was jointly published and distributed by the People's Publishing House and the Liaoning People's Publishing House. This is the second book published by Li Changchun after his retirement after "The Road to a Cultural Power".
"The Tide of Reform in the Land of Liaoshen" was revised and approved by Li Changchun himself. The Political Knowledge Bureau (WeChat ID: bqzhengzhiju) noted that it also clarified a rumor: "After Li Changchun was not a famous and prestigious family, he was the son of an ordinary employee of the Jilin City Water Supply Company." Zhang Shurong is also not the beloved daughter of a rumored central leader, her father is a simple and generous cropper in Yitong County, Jilin Province. ”
The book contains the article "Li Changchun and His Family", which was originally published in the internal edition of "Half Moon Talk" magazine, No. 1, 1990. The article reads: "In 1966, 22-year-old Li Changchun graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology. Two years later, together with a few classmates, he carried a luggage roll to Shenyang, where he had no relatives, and worked for more than 20 years. Among the classmates who came to Shenyang with him, there was a virtuous and dignified girl who later became his partner in life. Her name is Zhang Shurong, and she is now a senior engineer at a design and research institute in Shenyang, and also serves as party secretary and vice president. ”
The daughter of the farmer, after her husband became the governor, held several positions as "the governor's cook, purchaser, and receptionist", and was even used as a "nanny" at a grain station near her home.
From the northeast to the central plains there was no mental preparation
"I came to Shenyang, Liaoning Province, after graduating from university, and in the past 22 years, the party organizations at all levels in Liaoning have nurtured me, it is the people of Liaoning who have nurtured me, it is a large number of old comrades in Liaoning who have established the party for the public to help me grow up, and it is the line formulated by the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party that has pushed me to a leading post."
In his 22 years in Liaoning, Li Changchun went from a technician in a switch factory in Shenyang to deputy manager and manager of the Municipal Electrical Appliance Company, to deputy director of the Municipal Mechanical and Electrical Industry Bureau, and then successively served as deputy secretary general and vice mayor of the municipal party committee. In the spring of 1983, when Li Changchun became mayor of Shenyang, he was the youngest mayor of a major city in the country; three years later, in the summer of 1986, at the age of 42, he became the acting governor of Liaoning Province, and became the youngest governor in the country.
[On May 9, 1988, Li Changchun accompanied Gu Mu, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to inspect the Dandong refrigerator factory]
Li Changchun wrote emotionally in the book, "On the train to the Central Plains, I have a thousand thoughts, and I am very nostalgic for Liaoning's cause of reform and opening up, nostalgia for Liaoning's old comrades, nostalgia for the working environment in which Liaoning supports each other and unites and struggles, nostalgia for the landscapes and rivers of Liaoning, and of course nostalgia for my beautiful hometown of Dalian, and I will turn these into a driving force for meeting new difficulties and undergoing new tests." "The Tide of Reform in the Land of Liaoshen" also contains a letter written by Li Changchun to the relevant leading comrades of Liaoning Province on the train to Henan. In June 1990, Li Changchun left Liaoshen and went to the Central Plains.
From Liaoning to Henan, this major change in Li Changchunshi's journey stemmed from the provincial decision of the central government in 1990 to exchange governors in Liaoning, Hebei and Henan provinces. At that time, Cheng Weigao, then governor of Henan Province, exchanged views in Hebei, and many years later recalled this appointment, still "can't figure it out", "Transferring a cadre from a leading post in one province to a leading post in another province without detailing the reasons for the transfer, without giving a clear explanation. ”
But Li Changchun was very calm about this transfer. At the third plenary meeting of the Henan Provincial Government held on September 4, 1990, he said: "As a person, I came to Henan according to the decision of the central cadre exchange, of course, I was not mentally prepared before coming, but the central government decided, and I still happily accepted. ”
"I also feel that the burden is very heavy and I can't do it."
The transfer of "no ideological preparation" brought many challenges to Li Changchun.
In 1990, proceeding from the overall situation, the central authorities readjusted the main leaders of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee. At a meeting three months after his arrival, Li Changchun said: "Secretary Hou Zongbin and Deputy Secretary Wu Jichuan, several of us did not know each other when we came to Henan, nor did we bring a single person. We rely on everyone's support. ”
The arrival of the concentration of new high-ranking officials has caused a slight turmoil in the hearts of the Henan officials, and Li Changchun has also paid attention to this problem. Some time ago, some comrades reflected that the thinking of the cadres of our organs was not very stable, and they felt that the provincial leadership and the central authorities had been readjusted, and whether they should carry out large-scale adjustments at all levels. On June 30, Secretary Hou Zongbin already expounded the principle at the meeting of cadres, called 'basic stability, individual adjustment, improvement of structure, and improvement of quality'. Li Changchun also said in particular that when the provincial party committee studied this issue, it also tried to narrow the adjustment area to the smallest extent.
[On November 26, 1991, Li Changchun participated in the spring river control work in Huangchuan County, Xinyang District, and used the noon meal time to talk cordially with migrant workers]
In 1992, Li Changchun was promoted to provincial party secretary. At the meeting of leading cadres of the organs directly under henan province held at the end of that year, Li Changchun said bluntly: "I also feel that the burden is very heavy and I am unable to do so. Henan has a large population, a thin foundation, and a poor foundation, and now the whole country is also competing with thousands of sails and hundreds of boats, and the pressure is too great. ”
Being elected to the Politburo was "unexpected"
"When Comrade Hou Zongbin was the secretary, I could still be an assistant under a big tree to cool off, but now I have no one to rely on, and I feel that the burden is heavy. In addition, I have limited ability myself, although I have also done party work in large cities, but for a long time I have been doing government work, administrative work, and presiding over the work of a provincial party. ”
[In November 1992, Li Changchun participated in labor at the water conservancy construction site of the Yellow Irrigation Canal in SanyiZhai, Lankao County]
On September 2, 1997, a letter to a friend revealed Li Changchun's voice: "In a flash, it has been 8 years since I came to Henan (the 8th summer has just passed, and I came to Henan in June 1990). It is really not easy to unite everyone, adjust their ideological concepts, and do something. ”
In the letter, Li Changchun also said, "Now I am pleased to see that the ideas put forward by me and a group of people from the provincial party committee at the beginning have been realized one by one, and there is indeed a kind of happiness in harvesting."
The Central Committee also quickly affirmed its work. At the First Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee, Li Changchun was elected to the Politburo.
In a letter to The High-speed Railway, former vice president of Harbin Institute of Technology, Li Changchun said of this: "At this meeting, I was honorably elected as a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee, which surprised me. Shortly after his election to the Politburo, on February 21, 1998, the Central Committee made new arrangements for Li Changchun.
To continue south, the new direction is Guangdong.
Collect a bottle of "happiness water" for the new book to return to the poor village
In Li Changchun's eyes, "not working in a province like Henan is not an understanding of China's national conditions." He believes that Henan's position in China is actually a microcosm of China in the world, and the situation is very similar.
The Political Knowledge Bureau (WeChat ID: bqzhengzhiju) found that the preface to the "Central Plains Land Endeavor Song" introduced that during the 8 years in Henan, Li Changchun and a group of people from the provincial party committee went deep into the grass-roots level for an average of more than 110 days a year, and traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Henan.
[On November 18, 1996, Li Changchun visited the people in need during his investigation in Weihui City]
Huang Shuyuan, president of the People's Publishing House, revealed a detail in an interview:
In December 1991, Li Changchun saw the bottom of a nearly dry well in Linghou Village, Beiye Township, Xin'an County, a poor mountainous area, and saw the old lady using a scale to divide 1 pound and 2 pairs of muddy muddy water for each of the villagers in line as domestic water, which made him cry at that time, and decided to allocate 190,000 yuan to drill a well on the spot. On the fourteenth day of the lunar month in 1992, the well fell to the bottom and saw water, and the problem of draft difficulties for many years was solved. Soon after, Li Changchun came here again, ate the qingshui dumplings brought by the villagers, and waved an inscription: "Happiness Well".
Last year, during the consultation period of the manuscript, Li Changchun led the manuscript team to visit the villagers in Linghou Village. The elderly people in the village surrounded him with tears in their eyes and asked long questions and short questions, and thanked him from the bottom of their hearts. When he was parting, the villagers spontaneously sent him local souvenirs, and he only accepted a bottle of well water from the "Happiness Well".
After writing about Liaoshen and Zhongyuan, Guangdong may be the theme of his next book.
Information | Xinhua Daily Telegraph, Xinhua Net, People's Net, "Liaoshen Land Reform Tide", "Central Plains Land Endeavor Song" and so on