Farmer Song Shifeng’s "Change of Body"

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There are more than 2,000 pigs to feed in the farm, and Song Shifeng, a farmer in Shijing Town, Huxian County, Xi ‘an, is not idle for a moment. It was not until he got a call from Xi ‘an Organization Department that he put down his work and ran to the city.

On December 24th last year, 29-year-old Song Shifeng received the admission notice from Xi ‘an Organization Department. Through the recruitment, he changed from a farmer to a civil servant-a member of the Shijing Town Government. There were 457 workers and peasants who were employed as civil servants with him. Song Shifeng said: "After being a farmer for so many years, I didn’t expect to have a chance."

"Can’t stay" and "can’t get in" coexist, the cadre structure is unreasonable, and there is a shortage of township civil servants.

After graduating from college, Song Shifeng also made a foray in big cities, and later returned to his hometown of Shijing Town, Huxian County to set up a farm. As a major in animal husbandry, he has great brains and skills, and the number of pigs in the farm has grown from 400 to 2,000. "My family is rich, but the small farmers around me are still poor." He wants to drive more villagers to get rich together, but due to his status, a lot of work is not easy to carry out. Until one day in May 2013, he saw a news on his mobile phone: from the first half of 2013, the Organization Department of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and other departments decided to organize and implement the recruitment of civil servants from outstanding workers and peasants in 2013.

"First-line work experience of 5 years, outstanding recognition above town level, under 30 years old, college or above …" After carefully reading the recruitment announcement, he went to the county personnel bureau for consultation. Looking at it one by one, my own conditions are all met. After preparing the information, Song Shifeng successfully signed up.

"I feel that the conditions are still quite harsh." Song Shifeng said. Even so, many people still passed the registration. In fact, the recruitment of outstanding workers and peasants like Song Shifeng into the civil service is driven by both practical factors and the long-term plan of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee.

At present, the source of cadres in Shaanxi Province is relatively single and the structure is not reasonable. There is a serious shortage of civil servants in towns and villages in many places, especially in some remote towns and villages, and there is a problem of "unable to recruit and unable to stay".

After graduating from Song Shifeng University, he also took some civil service exams. Because of his excellent professional skills, the County Animal Husbandry Bureau also wanted him very much. It’s just that he "can’t do it a little" on the test and application of the civil service exam, and he failed the written test.

On the one hand, the new college civil servants can’t stay, and on the other hand, excellent farmers can’t get in. How to improve the civil service structure has become a difficult problem.

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward: "Pay attention to training and selecting cadres from the grassroots level and broaden the channels for outstanding social talents to enter the ranks of party and government cadres." This provides guidance for solving this contradiction.

According to the recruitment announcement, the recruitment is limited to students from this city or county. Newly selected civil servants continue to work in familiar places, and they are willing to stay. Moreover, the hired personnel must sign a five-year service contract with the competent department of civil servants in the county where they are located, and they cannot be transferred during the service period. Emotional factors and institutional guarantees enable outstanding talents to "recruit and stay".

Without scope and reference books, the written interview pays more attention to practical accumulation.

"After the successful registration, did it take a long time to prepare for the exam?" The reporter asked.

Song Shifeng smiled: "I didn’t prepare, so I took the exam."

On June 30th last year, Song Shifeng took a written test in Xi ‘an Vocational and Technical College. Agricultural policies, laws and regulations, how much is the pension for the 60-year-old … Two and a half hours, Song Shifeng easily answered the questions. In the interview on August 30, he also easily answered questions such as agricultural planning and the explanation of agricultural proverbs in Huxian County. The results were announced on the spot, and he was the first in the interview.

"There is no scope, no reference books. This exam focuses on daily accumulation, and many things can’t be prepared. " Song Shifeng said that this exam is different from the "national exam" and "provincial exam".

Indeed, usually "national examination" and "provincial examination" test the comprehensive quality through "line test" and "application theory"; And from the written examination of excellent workers and peasants to recruit civil servants, a subject is set up, which mainly tests public basic knowledge and knowledge related to grassroots practical work such as agricultural development, rural policy, enterprise management and community construction.

Song Shifeng said: "There are many things in the farm. There are many things to do every day. It is impossible to read reference books and do simulation questions every day like students."

As soon as he entered the interview examination room, Song Shifeng got a little confused. There are ten examiners sitting in front. What he didn’t know was that, in order to ensure fairness and justice, the provincial civil servant authorities selected and exchanged seven examiners from other cities or provincial authorities, and the municipal civil servant authorities selected three social representatives, which enjoyed the same scoring rights as the seven general examiners. After the interview, score on the spot. Moreover, the recruitment process of the examination and the personnel to be hired are all published online, and the whole process is supervised by the discipline inspection and supervision departments, the masses and the media.

The interview is over, but the inspection is not over. According to the regulations, the written test and interview scores each account for 40%, and the quantitative evaluation scores account for 20%. On October 10th last year, the staff of the Municipal People’s Social Security Bureau, the Organization Department and the Commission for Discipline Inspection visited Song Shifeng in Shijing Town. Understand Song Shifeng’s usual neighborhood relations, how to behave, whether to honor parents, etc. According to the regulations, 20 people are required to participate in the discussion. After hearing the news, more than 30 people, including cadres of the two village committees, members of the town party Committee and villagers’ representatives, participated in the discussion.

Every year, the province allocates 15% places to recruit civil servants from workers and peasants.

"After all, the education level of workers and peasants is low. Will this reduce the quality of civil servants?" From the beginning, some people have some doubts about this recruitment method.

As for Song Shifeng, despite all the tests, his task is not over. Since November 25th last year, Song Shifeng and other 456 newly recruited civil servants have been receiving pre-job training at the Party School of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee.

Tian Xiaodong, deputy director of the Organization Department of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, said: "In order to make up for the lack of knowledge structure, the Organization Department will select and recommend 100 comrades from newly hired village (community) cadres and model workers from the front-line personnel from the spring of 2014 to attend junior college education at Northwest A&F University."

There are 457 newly recruited civil servants in Shaanxi province, accounting for 15% of the total number of civil servants recruited in this year’s examination.

"We must continue to adhere to this system. From this year onwards, we will take out 15% of the total number of civil servants recruited every year to recruit civil servants from workers and peasants, and strive to make the province’s civil servants recruited from outstanding workers and peasants occupy a certain proportion in the ranks of grassroots cadres after five years or even longer efforts." On November 25th, last year, Zhao Zhengyong, secretary of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, said at the "Symposium of Civil Servant Representatives from Excellent Workers and Peasants".

Get the notice, Song Shifeng didn’t stop back to Huxian for a moment. He has gradually handed over the work of the farm to others. The government’s work is more challenging and can do something better for the villagers. "I always feel that people in my hometown are more cordial." He pointed out the window and said with a smile, "Look, the sky in Shijing Town is bluer than that in the city."

 

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Comments:Applaud the recruitment of workers and peasants for civil servants

Shaanxi will recruit 15% of civil servants this year and reserve them for workers and peasants.

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