Recently, the public’s attention was drawn to the public announcement of a relatively low-level cadre.
On February 2nd, the Organization Department of Xingan County, Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province, released a pre-appointment announcement: Yang Wen, female, Han ethnicity, born in July 1982, non-partisan, graduated from the Central Party School, currently the deputy director of the County Administrative审批局, is proposed to be appointed as the administrative head of a county-level unit. However, careful netizens found that the public information of the Administrative审批局 on the official website of the Xingan County government showed: Yang Wen was born in February 1978, and is a member of the Communist Party of China.
On the evening of February 4th, Xingan County released the investigation results: Recently, after the pre-appointment announcement of Comrade Yang Wen was released, some netizens questioned the inconsistency with the government information of the unit. Our county attaches great importance to this and has established a joint investigation team composed of relevant departments such as the organization and discipline inspection to carefully verify Comrade Yang Wen’s personnel files. After verification, Comrade Yang Wen’s birth year is July 1982, non-partisan, and the pre-appointment announcement information is correct. According to the investigation, when the unit released government information, it did not strictly implement the review system, leading to the error in information entry. We have corrected the erroneous information and will hold the responsible personnel accountable.
We must give Xingan County a thumbs up for responding to public opinion in a timely manner.
In contrast, the age issue of Wu Qianqian, the executive deputy county magistrate of Wannian County, also in Jiangxi, has attracted public attention for more than a year, and the local government promised to report the results to the public, but has not yet fulfilled its promise.
In July 2024, many media outlets, including Xiaoxiang Morning News, Southern Metropolis Daily, and Jimu News, reported that Wu Qianqian, the executive deputy county magistrate of Wannian County, started working before the age of 16. In response, Wu Qianqian himself said there was no problem. However, Wu Qianqian, who claimed there was no problem, immediately deleted his official resume, only telling the public that he was born in 1980, and no longer detailing when he studied in secondary technical school, when he started working, or when he held any position.
Everyone is very curious, since Wu Qianqian believes that his age is not a problem, why did he delete and modify his resume?
What’s particularly interesting is that on the Wannian County government website, there are a total of 10 government leaders, but only Wu Qianqian deleted his resume. The county magistrate and other deputy county magistrates and researchers did not delete their resumes, making Wu Qianqian stand out.
The resume of County Magistrate Xie Jun on the Wannian County government website is particularly detailed and clear.
On August 1, 2024, Southern Metropolis Daily reported, “A staff member of the Propaganda Department of Wannian County stated to a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily that they have noticed the incident and will release a notice on the relevant situation, subject to the official notice.”
Lu Zhong Morning News reprinted the report from Southern Metropolis Daily.
The local government’s statement that it will “release a notice on the relevant situation” was reported by many media outlets, but more than a year has passed, and the local government has not yet announced the matter.
Regarding the issue of the official promise of the notice being unfinished, I wrote an article recently to express my concern, feeling that the local government should keep its promises made to the public through the media and not be untrustworthy.
On the afternoon of the day my article was published, Xinhua News Agency’s “Xinhua Viewpoint” published a commentary article titled “Don’t Let ‘Unfinished’ Notices Erode Public Trust.” The article begins by saying: Reporters found that some places often stated in the initial notice that they would “seriously handle” and “conduct in-depth investigations,” but as public opinion cooled down, the promised investigations were left unfinished and became “unfinished projects.” This kind of “unfinished” notice not only fails to meet public expectations, but also erodes public trust and undermines credibility.
The article also pointed out: The root cause of the proliferation of “unfinished” notices is the misplacement of the concept of political achievements and the lack of a sense of the masses. Some leading cadres even have a fluke mentality, feeling that “once public opinion cools down, supervision will withdraw.” The lack of a closed loop of supervision and accountability has also, to a certain extent, contributed to the “unfinished notice.”
I personally think that Xinhua News Agency’s analysis is very insightful. Local governments lack supervision, so they are untrustworthy. Some people write articles to supervise, and they then go around trying to delete the articles.
I think Wannian County should learn from Xingan County, face the problems pointed out by public opinion, truthfully announce the investigation results, and actively respond to the concerns of netizens. Covering up will not solve the problem. If you don’t respond, this problem will definitely be brought up again in the future. How many years has Deputy County Magistrate Wu been in charge? If he is transferred in the future, public opinion will definitely bring up the old story.
The end of Xingan County’s notice particularly emphasized, “Thank you to the vast number of netizens for their supervision of the construction of our county’s cadre team,” which is really much more clever than Wannian County.
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