The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council supervises the implementation of socio-economic targets in Dien Chau district.

27/32 socio-economic targets are forecast to reach and exceed the plan.

On the morning of May 9, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial People's Council had a working session with the People's Committee of Dien Chau district according to the plan to supervise the implementation of socio-economic goals and targets in Resolution No. 18, dated December 13, 2020 of the Provincial People's Council on the 5-year socio-economic development plan (2021 - 2025) of Nghe An province.

Comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Also attending were Standing Committee members and leaders of several Provincial People's Council committees and leaders of Dien Chau district.

According to the report of the People's Committee of Dien Chau district, the district's socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period was built with a total of 32 economic, cultural-social, environmental, defense-security targets.

After more than 3 years of implementing the plan, 27/32 forecast targets were achieved and exceeded; of which, 9/10 economic targets. Notably, the growth rate of production value in the period of 2021 - 2023 is estimated at about 12.3%; the economic structure shifted in the right direction, the proportion of industry, construction and services increased to more than 80%, the proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery decreased to about more than 19%.

Dien Chau completed the district's goal of meeting new rural standards by 2023 and is currently continuing to build advanced new rural areas with 8 communes meeting advanced new rural standards and Dien Chau town meeting civilized urban standards.

In the cultural and social field, 13/14 targets are expected to be achieved by the end of the period. As for the national standard school target, the target of 100% of schools meeting the standards was set, in 2023 it reached 98.2% and in 2024 it is expected to reach 99.1%.

The rate of communes and towns with standard cultural and sports facilities has reached 100% so far. The average number of workers with jobs per year in the 2021-2023 period is 4,200 - 5,230/plan of 4,000 - 5,000 workers. The coverage rate of health insurance and social insurance is expected to reach the target...

Environmental indicators have 5/6 forecasted targets achieved; national defense and security indicators are expected to have 2/2 targets achieved.

Besides the "bright spots", at the meeting, members of the monitoring delegation of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee also raised concerns and requested Dien Chau district to evaluate and deeply analyze the causes to propose drastic solutions, striving to achieve at the highest level the 5 forecasted targets that are difficult to achieve.

Including average income per capita; number of hospital beds per 10,000 people; birth rate of third child or more; rate of urban population with access to clean water; rate of production, business and service establishments meeting environmental standards.

Along with the difficult targets, the members of the monitoring delegation of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee also paid attention to a number of issues related to the practical agricultural production according to the value chain in the area; the production linkage relationship between enterprises and farmers; the difficulties and shortcomings in implementing policies to support investment in agricultural development... Planning work, preparing conditions and factors towards building Dien Chau town into a type IV urban area and developing into a town-level urban area by 2030...

Efforts to achieve more substantial targets

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi highly appreciated the efforts in leadership and management of the Party Committee, government and the entire political system at all levels in Dien Chau district. Compared to the general level of the province, Dien Chau district has many important economic indicators achieved high, including economic growth rate; increasing the proportion of industry, small-scale industry and services; implementing many key projects and works in the area...

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also raised some concerns, besides the positive aspects of industrial and handicraft development, the limitation is that environmental protection has not met expectations. "Somewhere there are still difficulties for businesses and people and the implementation of some policies, mechanisms and strategies has not met requirements; the problem comes from the team of cadres and civil servants from the district to the grassroots level who are not truly responsible, dedicated and persistent", the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council frankly said.

Based on the orientation and suggestions for a number of issues that need to be focused on, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested Dien Chau district to pay attention to coordinating with provincial departments and branches to proactively develop a plan for the development of Dien Chau town until 2030 according to Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo on the development and construction of Nghe An province.

In the orientation and development of the socio-economy, building new rural areas needs to focus on depth and substance. Pioneering research in digital transformation so that people and businesses can access policies and solve problems, especially administrative procedures, in the most convenient and effective way.

The district also needs to proactively research from practice to propose to the Provincial People's Council to amend, supplement and promulgate policies related to the development of marine economy, small-scale industry and agriculture...