The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee gave opinions on the first draft of the political report to be submitted to the Provincial Party Congress.

On the morning of February 29, at the regular February meeting, the Provincial Party Standing Committee listened to and commented on the first draft of the 18th Provincial Party Executive Committee to be submitted to the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades representing leaders of a number of Central Party Committees; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and leaders of a number of relevant departments and branches. Photo: Thanh Duy

3 BREAKTHROUGHS FOR THE 2020 - 2025 TERM

The first draft of the Political Report basically followed the approved Outline, consisting of two main parts, including: The first part assesses the situation of 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress. The second part is the direction, goals, tasks and solutions for the period 2020 - 2025.

In part two, the draft inherited the orientation of Resolution 26 - NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo and the Resolution of the Provincial Party Congress of the previous term, while also approaching the viewpoints and development orientations according to the Conclusions of the 10th and 11th Central Conferences (term XII) and applying them to the specific conditions of the province.

At the meeting, the Provincial Party Standing Committee gave opinions on the following contents: Congress theme; assessment of the 5-year implementation of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress; orientation, development perspectives, and general goals of the 2020-2025 term; specific targets (average gross domestic product (GRDP) growth rate for the 2021-2025 period...); key tasks, development breakthroughs; and the capacity of the draft report.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council gave comments on the first draft of the political report. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council gave his opinion on the contents such as: building the congress theme, development viewpoints, targets... In particular, he said that it is necessary to study, the average growth rate of the next term must at least achieve the target set by the Politburo for Nghe An in Resolution 26 and Notice 55, but still ensure the province's progress.

Therefore, it is necessary to calculate and ask for opinions from the Provincial Party Standing Committee and the Provincial Party Executive Committee to integrate option two (average growth of 9.5%/year) and option three (average growth of 10.5%/year) in the draft in the direction of building this indicator with a lower and upper limit.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also agreed with the three breakthroughs that the draft built, including: Continuing to perfect institutions, focusing on innovating development mechanisms and policies, creating strong changes in administrative reform, and improving the efficiency of investment attraction.

Continue to develop human resources, especially high-quality human resources, associated with fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training; associated with promoting traditional values, arousing aspirations and strong will to rise up, be dynamic, creative and innovate for development; promote the application of science and technology in management, direction and development of all fields.

Continue to develop the infrastructure system, focusing on transport infrastructure, information technology infrastructure, industrial park infrastructure, education and healthcare infrastructure, creating a foundation to improve productivity, quality and efficiency of the economy, develop the digital economy and digital governance.

However, according to comrade Nguyen Xuan Son, for the second breakthrough, it is necessary to study and add the element of "promoting cultural values".

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee gave comments on the first draft of the political report. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the criteria for national standard schools, some opinions of the Standing Committee members of the Provincial Party Committee suggested discussion, careful research, and reasonable construction.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee suggested that we should consider the national standard school quota reasonably and carefully in the direction of balancing in detail, specifically and feasibly the number of national standard schools and the number of teachers in schools;... Therefore, the education sector and localities need to clarify this issue to have specific decisions.

THE CONGRESS THEME MUST SHOW SPIRIT AND DETERMINATIONOF THE PROVINCIAL PARTY COMMITTEE

Concluding the Congress's theme, affirming that this is an extremely important content, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that it must reflect the spirit and determination of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term.

Therefore, the Document Subcommittee and the Working Group received discussion opinions related to the Central Government's major orientation for the whole country; at the same time, related to the core issues of Nghe An land and people such as: solidarity spirit, revolutionary tradition, studiousness, diligence, culture... to build a concise and succinct document.

"These issues must be raised and defined in the Congress's theme," said comrade Thai Thanh Quy, at the same time suggesting that it is necessary to base on the goals, targets, tasks, and breakthrough solutions of the new term.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded the discussion and comments on the first draft of the political report. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the assessment of the 5-year implementation of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, the draft document needs to further clarify the summary of practices and improve theory to have appropriate theories, philosophies, and development directions for Nghe An.

Regarding the direction, goals, and tasks, including the average growth rate for the 2021-2025 period, the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that it is necessary to build in a direction that demonstrates high political determination and great efforts; gradually narrowing the gap between Nghe An and the whole country; but at the same time, it must be feasible, not arbitrary, nor forced or unrealistic.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy agreed with the three breakthroughs that the draft built, but it is necessary to pay attention to adding the elements of cultural traditions, land and people of Nghe An. Regarding the national standard school criteria, including it in the draft as a criterion for the Congress to discuss is correct, however, in the face of reality, the education sector and relevant localities and sectors need to consider, weigh, and ensure that the criteria are close to reality.

At the regular meeting in February, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee discussed many other important contents such as: giving opinions on the policy of converting the purpose of using rice fields to invest in the Southwest Urban Area project in Vinh Tan ward and Hung Chinh commune, Vinh city; discussing the personnel plan and schedule for implementing personnel work for the 19th Provincial Party Congress; the plan for allocating delegates to attend the 19th Provincial Party Congress;...