Party Development in Non-State Enterprises – Final Article: Promoting the role of enterprises, flexibly participating in solving difficulties

Building Party organizations and developing Party members in non-state enterprises is an important task when the country is promoting the construction and development of a socialist-oriented market economy, with many economic sectors operating together.

According to comrade Hoang Thi Thu Hien - Head of the Party Organization Committee of Nghe An Province's Enterprise Bloc: To overcome the difficulties in developing Party members in non-state enterprises at present, through the support and advocacy of grassroots Party committees, it is necessary to clarify to business owners the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State, the objective necessity and effects of establishing socio-political organizations, Party organizations, and developing Party members in each enterprise. At the same time, propaganda is needed so that workers can see their political rights and consciously strive to join the Party; pay attention to discovering, training and fostering Party members to introduce them to the Board of Directors and Board of Directors for consideration and appointment to leadership positions in the enterprise; especially, pay attention to the role of business owners when they join the Party. Because the work of developing party members in non-state enterprises will be much more favorable if the business owner is a party member, the "core" for workers to follow, learn from, raise awareness, and motivate to strive to join the Party; thereby, creating a common movement for the enterprise...

Công nhân làm việc tại nhà máy gạch của Công ty Cổ phần Thắng Lợi - đơn vị vừa thành lập Chi bộ vào ngày 15/6/2023. Ảnh: Tiến Đông
Workers at the brick factory of Thang Loi Joint Stock Company - the unit that just established a Party cell on June 15, 2023. Photo: Tien Dong

In addition, the Party Committee needs to be proactive, increase meetings, contacts, and dialogues with business owners, to promptly grasp the business situation, difficulties, and obstacles to make recommendations to the province, all levels, and sectors to remove and support business development. Strengthen and improve the capacity of Party organizations in enterprises, especially in coordinating leadership in performing production and business tasks, building corporate culture, technical innovation movements, and digital transformation. Organize meaningful and practical activities and movements for businesses such as connecting businesses, entrepreneurs, digital transformation, corporate culture, technical innovation initiatives, culture, arts, sports, policies for workers, etc. so that both business owners and workers clearly see the role and benefits of having a Party organization.

In addition, many opinions say that Party committees at all levels also need to innovate training and fostering work, improve the content and form of organizing training classes for Party admission, political theory training for new Party members, organize learning outside of working hours for business units to create conditions for the elite masses to participate in learning and not affect the production and business activities of the enterprise.

Lễ công bố quyết định thành lập chi bộ Đảng tại Công ty TNHH Kido Vinh. Ảnh tư liệu: ĐVCC
Ceremony to announce the decision to establish a Party cell at Kido Vinh Company Limited. Photo: DVCC

Comrade Nguyen Nhat Tuan - Head of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee also said: The Party Committee of the Bloc has actively innovated the implementation of the Party's resolutions, directives and regulations in many appropriate forms (inviting experienced experts from the Central and provincial levels to implement them for key cadres or combining both direct and online forms for all Party members); organizing classes to disseminate resolutions, train Party building skills, and train new Party members and Party members on Saturdays and Sundays to minimize the impact on the production and business activities of enterprises. In particular, based on the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department's instructions, classes to foster Party sentiments are opened at private enterprises with a large number of employees; coordinating with the Provincial Political School to open intermediate political theory classes for incumbent cadres, and reserve resources for enterprises to study on weekends...

At the working session with the Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee on the results of implementing the Resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels and the work of developing Party members in private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises in March 2023, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized the need to innovate the content, form and improve the quality of propaganda, political and ideological education, study and dissemination of the Party's guidelines and resolutions, policies and laws of the State in a direction suitable to the production and business activities of enterprises. Focus on building and developing Party organizations and Party members in the working class; educating workers in political ideology, ethics and healthy lifestyles, encouraging workers to participate in creative activities in production and business.

Tiết mục đồng diễn dân vũ đến từ 350 đoàn viên, người lao động thuộc thị xã Cửa Lò tham gia biểu diễn dân vũ tại Ngày hội công nhân năm 2023 do Liên đoàn Lao động tỉnh tổ chức. Ảnh tư liệu: Đình Tuyên
A folk dance performance by 350 union members and workers from Cua Lo town participated in a folk dance performance at the 2023 Workers' Festival organized by the Provincial Federation of Labor. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

From the reality in the area, Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Head of the Organization Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee also said that, in addition to mobilizing business owners to be aware of the role of the Party, the functions and tasks of Party organizations in enterprises to develop Party members and Party cells in enterprises, Party committees at all levels need to survey and grasp the quantity, status of organization and operation of enterprises, Party members working in enterprises, Party organizations in enterprises to consolidate, improve and improve the quality of operations.

At the same time, there are policies to create mechanisms to impact the interests of enterprises. Create favorable conditions for enterprises to operate; meet and dialogue with the government to find solutions to overcome difficulties and obstacles, improve production and business efficiency... From there, encourage and attach the responsibility of accompanying business owners and business collectives in building Party organizations and developing Party members.

Các quần chúng là cán bộ, công nhân, người lao động trong các doanh nghiệp trên địa bàn huyện Nghi Lộc tham gia lớp bồi dưỡng cảm tình đảng. Ảnh tư liệu: Quốc Lợi
The masses are cadres, workers, and laborers in enterprises in Nghi Loc district participating in the Party sympathy training class. Photo: Quoc Loi

In implementing the goals and tasks of building Party organizations and developing Party members in the enterprise sector in general and non-state enterprises in particular, the role of unions is very important. On June 12, 2021, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW "On innovation of organization and operation of Vietnam Trade Union in the new situation"; which clearly states: "Establishing Trade Union organizations, improving the effectiveness of Trade Union organizations to create a premise for establishing Party organizations and other unions" in non-state enterprises. This is a breakthrough orientation, clearly affirming the role and responsibility of Vietnam Trade Union in building Party organizations in non-state enterprises.

According to comrade Kha Van Tam - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Chairman of Nghe An Labor Federation: After Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW, dated June 12, 2021 of the Politburo was issued, the Provincial Labor Federation has proactively advised the Party Committee in leading and directing the implementation of the Resolution. In particular, directing trade unions at all levels to focus on innovating methods and organizing activities in a scientific, creative, grassroots-oriented direction, suitable for each group of union members and workers. Thereby, contributing to building harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations in enterprises.

Liên đoàn Lao động tỉnh trao tặng 7 nhà
The Provincial Labor Federation presented 7 "Union Shelters" to union members in difficult circumstances. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

In addition, in order to consolidate and develop grassroots Party organizations, develop Party members, grassroots trade unions, and union members at enterprises in the Southeast Economic Zone and industrial parks in the province, in 2021, the Provincial Federation of Labor signed a coordination program with the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board and the Provincial Enterprise Bloc Party Committee. Accordingly, the three units will coordinate to propagate and mobilize enterprises to perform production and business tasks in accordance with the law and regulations of the province; direct and guide the improvement of the quality of Party building work and trade union organization building at affiliated enterprises; propagate, mobilize, and persuade business owners to pay attention to creating conditions and support for the establishment of Party organizations and unions in enterprises.

On the local side, according to comrade Nguyen Trong Anh - Head of the Organization Board of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee: To improve the effectiveness of Party development work in non-state enterprises, Party committees at all levels need to continue to pay attention to leadership and direction to create an environment to attract factories, companies and enterprises to the area to use local labor resources, create jobs for local workers, in order to increase the source of training and recruiting new Party members. In addition, the District Labor Federation and District Youth Union also need to actively coordinate with private enterprises located in the area that do not have a Youth Union organization to establish a Youth Union organization in these units; considering this an important premise to carry out the task of recruiting Party members and establishing Party organizations in private enterprises.

“In places where there are organizations and unions, we should strengthen coordination with businesses to organize practical playgrounds and emulation movements for workers and laborers, to attract young people and workers to participate in associations in businesses, thereby discovering factors to foster and recruit new party members,” added comrade Nguyen Trong Anh.

Lãnh đạo Đảng ủy Khối Doanh nghiệp tỉnh Nghệ An trao Quyết định và tặng hoa chúc mừng Chi bộ Công ty cổ phần thương mại Kính Việt Đức. Ảnh tư liệu: Hoàng Hiền
Leaders of the Party Committee of Nghe An Province's Business Bloc presented the Decision and flowers to congratulate the Party Cell of Viet Duc Glass Trading Joint Stock Company. Photo: Hoang Hien

Through discussion, some Party committees said that "what cadre, what movement", therefore, it is necessary to build and improve the quality of the cadre team doing Party and mass organization work, do a good job of training and fostering cadres; pay attention to the regime and policies for cadres doing Party and mass organization work in enterprises, implement the Party work allowance regime according to regulations; promote the role and responsibility of Party committees, heads of Party committees, the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members, making business owners see the role and necessity of Party and mass organization in business activities, contributing to promoting production and business development.

In Report No. 291-BC/TU dated April 13, 2023 on the work of developing Party members in non-state enterprises, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee also emphasized the need to promote the role of associations such as the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, the Association of Outstanding Enterprises, the Association of Veteran Enterprises, the Association of Young Entrepreneurs, the Association of Women Entrepreneurs, etc.; attaching the responsibility of enterprise directors, especially directors who are Party members, in building and developing political and social organizations and Party organizations in private enterprises. At the same time, all levels and sectors must create an open business environment, promote administrative reform, promptly resolve difficulties and obstacles, create conditions for enterprises to develop sustainably, thereby promoting the development of Party organizations and Party members. Nghe An Provincial Party Committee also requested the Standing Committees of Party Committees at all levels to assign Party Committee members in charge of the grassroots level, and local leaders where enterprises are located to directly mobilize business owners to establish Party organizations; Direct, inspect and urge the party development work of assigned units.

Phó Bí thư Tỉnh ủy Hoàng Nghĩa Hiếu làm việc với Bệnh viện Đa khoa Minh An (Quỳnh Lưu). Ảnh tư liệu: Thành Cường
Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu works with Minh An General Hospital (Quynh Luu). Photo: Thanh Cuong

Also in the above Report, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee recommended that the Central Committee should have a specialized resolution on strengthening and developing Party organizations and Party members in non-state enterprises, in order to affirm the significance and role of Party organizations in enterprises; improve the quantity and quality of Party members who are workers and the proportion of the working class in the Party in accordance with the period of promoting industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration. At the same time, there should be policies and regimes to support Party organizations, political and social organizations and cadres working in Party, political and social organizations in non-state enterprises. Vinh City Party Committee also recommended issuing a directive document on implementing a special regime of Party work in non-state enterprises.

And most importantly, as Comrade Truong Thi Mai - Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Committee spoke at the Workshop on Party member development in non-state enterprises in the Central Highlands - Central region, held on May 19, 2023: "Our country is in the development stage, the issue of the Party and the State at all levels is to create all conditions for enterprises to develop, to join the flow of the country, of the Party; and every worker must be truly proud to become a Party member, every enterprise must see the benefits of joining the Party, only then will Party development work bring the most practical results".

Một góc thành phố Vinh. Ảnh tư liệu: Đức Anh
A corner of Vinh city. Photo: Duc Anh