The Provincial Party Standing Committee approved the Congress of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party 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 Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; leaders of departments and branches. Photo: Thanh Duy

NEED TO CONSIDER THE GOAL OF BECOMING A BETTER DISTRICT IN THE WEST

Over 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 30th Party Congress, the Party Committee and people of Thanh Chuong have united, united, joined forces, and strived to achieve comprehensive victories in all fields.

The economy continues to grow well, with an average growth rate of 7.89% in the 2016-2020 period. The economic structure has shifted in the right direction, with the proportion of industry and construction increasing to 25.32%, and the proportion of agriculture and forestry decreasing to 34.61%.

Budget revenue in the district in 2019 reached 235 billion VND, of which the district-level revenue reached 195 billion VND (1 year ahead of the congress resolution target). Estimated budget revenue in 2020 reached 250 billion VND, of which the district-level revenue reached 200 billion VND.

In 2020, average income per capita is estimated at 44 million VND, an increase of 15.3 million VND compared to 2015; the poverty rate is estimated to decrease to 3%.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, internal strength has been strongly mobilized, the new rural construction movement has spread widely throughout the district. The whole district has 18 communes and 14 hamlets recognized as meeting new rural standards.

It is estimated that by the end of 2020, the district will have 2 more communes recognized as meeting the standards, bringing the number of communes meeting the new rural standards in the district to 20, reaching a rate of 51.3%. The average number of criteria in the whole district at the end of 2020 is estimated to reach 16.48 criteria/commune, an increase of 3.78 criteria/commune compared to the beginning of the term.

Party building work has been focused on and promoted; the political system has been consolidated, united, unified, and operated synchronously and effectively; the great national solidarity bloc has been strengthened. Notably, the District Party Committee has been ranked as “Strong” for two consecutive years (2016-2017).

One of the general goals of the 2020 - 2025 term that Thanh Chuong sets is to "strive to develop into a well-off district of Western Nghe An".

Regarding this common goal, placed in the overall comparison of the entire Western region, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong said that the district should consider replacing it with the goal of "becoming a fairly comprehensive district of Nghe An" on the basis of promoting human strengths, semi-mountainous terrain... to be able to create harmonious and balanced development.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Sharing the same view, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung clearly analyzed: Thanh Chuong's area and population are ranked 5th out of 21 district-level localities of the province; its economic scale is ranked 9th out of 21 districts, cities and towns.

However, compared to other localities in the Western region, the economic scale calculated by production value of the district is at the top. The average income per capita of the district is also at the average level of the province.

Therefore, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that the district reconsider its goal of striving to develop into a well-off district in Western Nghe An; at the same time, it suggested that it should strive towards the goal of becoming a well-off district of the province associated with promoting the strengths of Thanh Chuong, especially in the agricultural sector.

Thanh Chuong is the district with the largest agricultural production land area in the province and has 7 products recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as achieving 3 to 4 OCOP stars; thereby the district can develop its strong agricultural products, creating key commodities of the province.

Agreeing with 2/3 of Thanh Chuong's development breakthroughs related to administrative reform; promoting internal resources, attracting external resources to continue investing in infrastructure construction, however, regarding the third breakthrough related to land accumulation and crop conversion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that the district should consider replacing it with a breakthrough in promoting the human factor of Thanh Chuong inside and outside the district to best promote the tradition of a land of learning.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, some opinions also said that Thanh Chuong should carefully evaluate and combine solutions to improve the effectiveness of State management in the area. In particular, according to comrade Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee, the district needs to carefully evaluate and have solutions for land management and construction planning management.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department said that in the new term, the district needs to have solutions to strengthen legal education for cadres, party members and people; fight against false and hostile arguments; along with that, enhance the responsibility of cadres, party members, union members and association members in the process of participating in providing and orienting information; promote the role and responsibility of setting an example, especially of cadres, party members and leaders.

In addition, at the meeting, opinions were given on a number of contents regarding the title and a number of targets in the work of Party building and the political system; arrangement and assignment of surplus commune cadres; pointing out the reasons for targets that have not been achieved;...

BUILDING HIGHLY EFFICIENT AGRICULTURE

Concluding this content, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy acknowledged the direction of the grassroots congress in Thanh Chuong and the preparation of documents for the District Party Congress.

Going into specific content, regarding the title, for the element: "Improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization; being resolute in direction and management", the Provincial Party Secretary assessed that by identifying this content, the district has recognized the need to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of State management, however, it needs to be rephrased to more clearly demonstrate the most focused point.

Regarding the element: "Building Thanh Chuong to develop into a well-off district of Western Nghe An", the district should have a more appropriate way of thinking in accordance with local realities and conditions, such as: striving to become an agricultural district with high technology content, large raw material areas, goods;...

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee delivered a concluding speech on the content of document preparation work of Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

For the construction of the Political Report, the capacity needs to be more concise and general; the layout between the sections needs to be more balanced, especially the section on limitations and causes of limitations and shortcomings needs to be given adequate capacity for thorough analysis.

Referring to the orientation and strategy of Thanh Chuong in the coming time, the Provincial Party Secretary agreed with the district's determination to still focus on agriculture - forestry - fishery. However, although there are models in the district, they are still small-scale, not highly connected, not yet forming product chains and developing into commodity scale, while the district has enough conditions in terms of infrastructure, land... to implement.

"Comrades, please pay attention to organizing surveys and assessments, organizing seminars, and conducting thorough research to have a comprehensive agricultural development strategy" - The Provincial Party Secretary emphasized the task for the Standing Committee of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee and suggested that the district needs to select key seedlings and specialties to plan according to production areas.

On the other hand, Thanh Chuong needs to find a new direction for tourism, especially eco-tourism and resorts. Because the district has potential products such as tea islands; belonging to the Western biosphere reserve and favorable traffic and infrastructure conditions, especially in the future, the Hanoi - Vientiane highway will have a route passing through the district.

However, the Provincial Party Secretary noted that in order to fully exploit tourism potential, Thanh Chuong needs to prepare well mentally and have a long-term vision to prepare infrastructure conditions and land planning.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Another strength that Thanh Chuong needs to promote more effectively is the human resources of Thanh Chuong, including those who are far from home in the country and abroad. This is an advantage for the district to have more resources and connections to contribute to the development of the district.

In particular, the head of the Provincial Party Committee noted that Thanh Chuong needs to pay close attention to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of State management in the area, in conjunction with improving the efficiency of the political system and the role of the leader. The province expects that in the new term, the district will have changes in this work.

As a district sharing a border with Laos, Thanh Chuong also needs to continue paying attention to foreign affairs of the Party, government, and people, and ensuring border security.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee agreed on the time to hold the Thanh Chuong District Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term on August 11 and 12, 2020.

Duc Chuyen - Thanh Duy