The Standing Secretariat held an online meeting on the work of the first 6 months of 2023 with the Secretaries of the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees.

Comrade Truong Thi Mai - Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Committee chaired at the Central bridge. Delegates attending the conference at the Central bridge included Politburo members: General To Lam - Minister of Public Security; Nguyen Van Nen - Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee. Also attending were comrades: Le Minh Hung - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Tran Hong Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister;...

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired at the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee bridge. Also attending were comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Ho Le Ngoc - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee, along with leaders of Party Committees, the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee, and the Provincial Party Committee Office.

ORGANIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTIONS OF PARTY CONGRESSES AT ALL LEVELS EFFECTIVELY AND SUITABLE TO LOCAL PRACTICES

The conference listened to the report of the leaders of the Party Central Office on the assessment of the leadership, direction and implementation results of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress; Resolutions, Directives and Conclusions of the Party Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat of the 13th tenure; Resolutions of the Party Congresses of provinces and cities for the 2020-2025 term mid-term and the first 6 months of 2023.

The preliminary summary shows that in the first half of the 2020 - 2025 term, the provincial and municipal Party Committees have thoroughly grasped and consistently grasped the viewpoints, goals, tasks and solutions of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the resolutions of the provincial and municipal Party Congresses and the Resolutions, Directives and Conclusions of the 13th Party Central Committee to focus on leadership, direction and effective implementation, in accordance with the reality of each locality.

In leadership and direction, we have taken advantage of and promoted internal resources, mobilized the combined strength of the entire political system; clearly identified specific tasks at each time to concentrate resources to solve key, strategic tasks, urgent issues, difficult matters that have existed for many years.

Internal affairs, anti-corruption, anti-negativity, and judicial reform are focused on leadership and direction with the motto of prevention being the main focus, early detection, strict and lawful handling of cases and incidents.

In particular, localities have focused on leading and directing the work of disease control, promoting socio-economic development, improving people's lives, and strengthening national defense and security. The scale of GRDP has been expanded; the economic structure has continued to shift towards increasing the proportion of industry and services.

Attention is paid to the fields of culture, society, health, education, and social security. Local defense and military tasks are carried out synchronously; territorial sovereignty is maintained, political security, order, and social safety are stable.

Through the assessment of the 2020 - 2025 mid-term, the Central Committee acknowledged that Nghe An Provincial Party Committee is one of the provincial and municipal Party Committees that has proactively advised on summarizing and promulgating new resolutions of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of local development to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Nghe An is also assessed as one of the localities with an average GRDP growth rate in 2021 and 2022 higher than the national average; the agricultural sector has developed stably; the multidimensional poverty rate has decreased; the border area has been maintained in peace, friendship, stability, cooperation and good development, effectively promoting the people's foreign affairs work of the Front, unions and mass organizations;...

In the first 6 months of 2023, local Party committees will continue to focus on leading and directing the study, dissemination and implementation of Central Resolutions and documents comprehensively in all fields.

At the conference, secretaries of several provincial and municipal Party Committees gave further comments and information on Party building, socio-economic development, national defense and security, Party building, and foreign affairs activities in the first half of the 2020-2025 term and the first 6 months of 2023; acknowledged shortcomings and limitations, drew lessons from experience, and made some recommendations to the Central Committee.

FOCUS ON BUILDING A GRASSROOTS POLITICAL SYSTEM

Concluding the conference, Comrade Truong Thi Mai - Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Commission, requested that the provincial and municipal Party Secretaries and heads of local Party Committees across the country focus on leading and directing the implementation of the tasks in the Politburo's conclusion for the last 6 months of 2023 in conjunction with key tasks, mainly in the mid-term review report.

In particular, the Standing Member of the Secretariat emphasized the need to have solutions to overcome difficulties and challenges; strengthen inspection, supervision, and promptly handle arising issues to complete the highest level of goals, targets, and tasks in 2023; and promptly make recommendations to the Central Government to remove and handle issues beyond the authority of the provincial level.

The Government prepares resources to implement Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW dated May 21, 2018, the 7th Conference of the 12th Party Central Committee on reforming salary policy for cadres, civil servants, public employees, armed forces and employees in enterprises.

Comrade Truong Thi Mai also asked the provincial and municipal Party Secretaries to pay attention and participate in preparing well for the 8th Conference of the 13th Central Executive Committee in October 2023.

This is the conference that will present to the Central Executive Committee for discussion and approval of a number of very important resolutions related to the strategy of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation, great national unity, building a contingent of intellectuals; at the same time, carry out the work of planning personnel for the 14th Central Executive Committee;...

The Standing Member of the Secretariat also requested that provincial and municipal Party Secretaries focus on comprehensively implementing all aspects of Party building, especially building the political system at the grassroots level, including grassroots Party organizations; and prepare for a vote of confidence.

For localities with disciplined officials, the Standing Secretariat requests arrangements according to Conclusion Notice No. 20-TB/TW, dated September 8, 2022 of the Politburo on the policy of work arrangement for officials under the management of the Politburo and Secretariat after being disciplined; not to prolong the situation, affecting the prestige of the Party.

At the same time, each locality must proactively overcome the situation of officials being afraid of and avoiding responsibility; proactively grasp and promptly and effectively resolve complicated issues of political security and social order and safety right at the grassroots level.

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