Experience of 'reducing weakness' in Tuong Duong Party Committee

(Baonghean) - Along with the attention to implementing "reduction of weakness" in Party cells in the spirit of Project No. 01-DA/TU dated August 10, 2016 of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Tuong Duong district has also had many practical ways to consolidate and further improve the quality of new Party member admission and Party cell activities throughout the Party Committee.

Efforts to "weaken"

According to statistics from the Organizing Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee, by the end of 2016, the entire district Party Committee had 5,028 party members, of which 3,682 were ethnic minority members, with an average age of 40.1.

Chart of the structure of the number of party members in Xiangyang (as of the end of 2016). Graphics: Thu Giang

For many years, Tuong Duong has made many efforts and succeeded in "erasing" its Party cells. However, according to the request of the Provincial Party Committee's Organizing Committee to survey and assess places at risk of no longer having Party cells in the area, as of January 6, 2017, Tuong Duong still has 3 units that, if not closely monitored and made efforts, will be on the verge of "erasing": Xoong Con village (Tam Thai commune), Tham Tham village and Huoi Man village (Nhon Mai commune).

These are party cells that currently have less than 5 party members living on-site, not including party members who are commune-level civil servants who come to participate in common activities at the party cell and have had difficulty recruiting new party members in recent years.

Voting to elect the Party Cell Secretary for the new term in Xoong Con village, Tam Thai commune (Tuong Duong). Photo: Thu Giang

For example, in Xoong Con village, in addition to 2 party members who are civil servants of Tam Thai commune who were promoted to participate in general activities, the party cell only has 4 local party members. The main reason is that the village has few households and few people. Before 1992, the Xoong Con village party cell organized activities together with the Khoi village party cell in the neighboring area, and currently according to statistics, Xoong Con village has only 47 households and 185 people, of which the Thai ethnic group makes up the majority.

Besides, there are other reasons leading to the current "thin" human resource situation in Xoong Con village Party cell, for example, many people do not clearly realize the importance and meaning of joining the Party.

Party cell secretary Luong Van Tang worried: “The Party cell has few party members, partly leading to a state of being respectful, and the struggle for criticism and self-criticism is not strong. Besides, the movements and collective activities of the Party cell are also really exciting and attractive if placed in relation to other Party cells of the Commune Party Committee.”

Implementing Project No. 01-DA/TU dated August 10, 2016 of the Provincial Party Committee on "building Party cells, developing Party members in blocks, hamlets, and villages without Party cells, without Party members, and blocks, hamlets, and villages at risk of no longer having Party cells in the period 2016-2020", Tuong Duong District Party Committee has made a list to request the Provincial Party Committee to support funding to implement Project No. 01-DA/TU dated August 10, 2016 in communes with Party cells at risk of no longer having Party cells, 3 times the minimum salary/Party cell/year.

The Standing Committee of the District Party Committee has also specified the district's party member development plan, in which it assigned political and social organizations to include it in the program of activities of each organization; assigned committee members to direct the work of developing party members, focusing on gradually improving the quality of party development work; the grassroots party committee assigned each committee member to be responsible for discovering and introducing outstanding people to train and recruit into the party...

Thanks to that, in the past time, all 3 Party cells under the Project in Tuong Duong district have had positive changes, in which 3/3 Party cells have admitted new Party members, increasing the total number of local Party members of the Party cells.

Notably, some party members also enthusiastically participated in production movements and built effective economic models such as Va Ba Ca, Va Ba Gia, Moong Van Son,... in the Tham Tham village party cell (Nhon Mai).

Quantity and quality go hand in hand

Not only do party cells at risk of "whitewashing" actively promote party development work, but also units that have been strong for many years also focus on the quality of new party members and innovate activities in party cells.

Among the grassroots party organizations assigned the highest recruitment target in 2017, the Tam Quang Commune Party Committee has the highest target of 16 new party members. Among the grassroots party cells that have done a good job of developing party members, the Tung Huong village party cell stands out.

As a border village party cell, the people's lives still face many difficulties, but thanks to the timely attention, direction, and close supervision of superiors, demonstrated through regularly sending cadres to attend party cell meetings, emphasizing the work of party development in the border, raising awareness, helping people understand that poverty reduction also needs to be associated with party member development, especially training and recruiting young party members with exemplary style, economic acumen, and being typical examples for the masses to follow.

Thanks to that, the Tung Huong village Party cell has made remarkable progress, from 9 party members in 2012 to 27 party members in 2016, contributing to strengthening the political system in the border area.

People in Na Tong village, Tam Thai commune, Tuong Duong district grow clean vegetables. Photo: Thu Giang

In addition, the Tam Quang Commune Party Committee also focuses on improving the quality of Party cell meetings, aiming to make the meetings more and more organized, with practical and attractive content for Party members. Depending on actual conditions, grassroots Party cells maintain regular and flexible meetings from the 28th of this month to the 3rd of the following month.

100% of party members participating in the activities must have a notebook, fully reflecting the content of the meeting, comments and suggestions as well as the direction and tasks set for each party member in the coming time. Secretaries, deputy secretaries and cell committee members of the party cells under the commune Party Committee also participated in training to improve their professional skills in Party building work, on that basis, flexibly apply them in practice, and improve their skills in managing party cell meetings.

Similarly, in Tam Thai commune - the grassroots party organization completed 100% of the admission target in 2016 and was assigned to admit 12 new party members in 2017.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Vang Van Hung commune shared his experience: From the plan to develop party members, the Party Committee assigned specific targets to the Party cells, and at the same time assigned the organizations to mobilize members to participate in Party sympathy training classes. Each term, the Party Committee opens 2 Party sympathy training classes, attracting outstanding people who wish to contribute to the Party.

With current efforts, it can be expected that in the coming time, Tuong Duong will continue to have positive changes, develop the scale of grassroots party organizations, contributing to firmly consolidating the political system of localities.

Thu Giang