Nurturing 'red seeds' in highland villages

Focus on expanding resources

Leading us around the tree-lined concrete roads of the village, Secretary of the "talking and doing" Party cell Luong Thi Xuan of Ke Bang village, Chau Hanh commune said: The village has 236 households, 998 people are Thai ethnic people, many of the workers in the village go to work far away, so mobilizing them to participate in movements and training work, creating sources for Party development is also difficult. However, in the past 3 years, every year the Party cell has developed Party members...".

Where does the source of training come from? “From students who have finished grade 12 or have graduated from college or university and returned to the locality, and first of all from members of mass organizations. To have the source, it is necessary to create exciting emulation movements for the masses to participate, thereby selecting factors for training and admission. In addition, the 64 party members in the party cell must uphold the pioneering and exemplary role in lifestyle, behavior as well as in the activities of the village so that people can see the role of the party cell and the role of party members, thereby having the motivation to strive to join the Party” - Secretary of the Ke Bang village party cell, Luong Thi Xuan, said.

Thanks to that, in 2020, Ke Bang village Party Cell admitted 2 party members; in 2021 admitted 1 party member; in 2022 introduced 3 outstanding people for the Party to consider and admit.

Secretary of Ke Bang village Party cell Luong Thi Xuan. Photo: KL

“Chau Hanh is a commune near the district center, surrounding Tan Lac town. The commune Party Committee has 16 subordinate Party cells, including 11 rural Party cells. In addition to the difficulty of many workers going to work far away, the issue related to educational level is also a limitation in creating sources of Party members in the area. Because after graduating, students or people with qualifications all go to work far away, there are still some good people, capable, with a sense of responsibility, who want to join the Party but have not graduated from junior high school, so they do not meet the standards,” said Chau Hanh Commune Party Committee Secretary Lang Van Hong.

Leaders of Quy Chau district visited and presented gifts to party member Vang Van Thich (70 years old in the Party) in Chau Thang commune. Photo: Ke Kien

Faced with that reality, the Chau Hanh Commune Party Committee has assigned and assigned responsibilities to the Party Committee members in charge of villages and hamlets to directly direct the work of Party development and resource expansion. If in 2020, the entire Party Committee only admitted 5 Party members, in 2021 admitted 7 Party members, then by September 2022, 31 outstanding masses were sent to attend the Party admission training class, admitted 14 Party members, and officially transferred the Party to 3 comrades. For 3 Party cells at risk of poor development such as Hanh Tien, Dinh Tien, and Ta Soi, 3 comrades of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee directly directed.

As a result, Dinh Tien Party Cell has admitted 1 party member and is training 2 outstanding people to join the Party; Hanh Tien Party Cell has just completed the admission file for 1 comrade, and Ta Soi Party Cell has 3 people studying for Party membership and is completing the files for 2 comrades.

A corner of Tan Lac Town (Quy Chau). Photo: Ke Kien

At the Tan Lac Town Party Committee, there are currently 402 Party members, almost every year reaching and exceeding the Party admission target. According to Secretary of the Town Party Committee Luong Thi Hanh: To ensure the quantity and quality of Party admission sources every year, the Tan Lac Town Party Committee issued Plan No. 10-KH/DU dated October 12, 2020 on developing Party members for the period 2020 - 2025. In which, the Party Committee and Party members must identify this as an important regular task, to proactively and effectively implement the annual plan to train Party sympathizers, creating a source of Party members in many fields such as residential blocks, cadres, civil servants, public employees, demobilized soldiers... In particular, priority is given to training and developing new Party members in Party cells with difficulties in developing Party members, Party cells in ethnic minority areas, Party cells with a high average age of Party members to avoid the situation of "old bamboo but young shoots have not yet grown". Every year, the entire Party Committee strives to admit 8-10 Party members, and 100% of the heads of mass organizations in the bloc are Party members.

Leaders of the Organizing Committee of Quy Chau District Party Committee and leaders of Tan Lac Town Party Committee discussed with the Secretary of Block 4 Party Cell about the work of developing Party members. Photo: KL

Thanks to the close and drastic direction of Party committees at all levels, the number of Party members in Tan Lac town has reached and exceeded the assigned target every year. In 2021, the entire Party Committee admitted 10 Party members. In 2022, up to now, 10 Party members have been admitted, and the profile of 1 comrade is being prepared. Among them, there are Party cells that have maintained good Party member development work, including young, high-quality Party members.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy works with Quy Chau District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

A typical example is the Block 4 Party Cell, which has 77 party members, including 45 women. Currently, the block has been covered by heads and deputy heads of mass organizations who are party members, on average, the Party Cell admits 1 party member each year. In 2021, 1 party member was admitted who is a young student who has just graduated from school, in 2022, 1 outstanding mass person was sent to study the Party's target for admission, Quan Le Vy - a university graduate who returned to the locality, currently the Secretary of the Block 4 Youth Union, Deputy Secretary of the Tan Lac Town Youth Union. "For the young force, when we discover the source, we must focus on training them and assigning tasks in the block so that they have the opportunity to practice and mature...", said Mr. Lang Viet Phu - Secretary of Block 4 Party Cell.

Outstanding young party members of Quy Chau district at the forum "Party with youth, youth with Party". Photo: Luong Nga

Plan based on reality

According to the leader of the Organizing Committee of Quy Chau District Party Committee, the fact that the Party admission work in the area is on the decline (in the 2010-2015 term, the District Party Committee admitted 769/750 Party members = 102% of the plan, however, in the 2015-2020 term, only 629/750 = 83.8% of the plan were admitted). The number of block, village and block heads of mass organizations who are not Party members is still high.

Quy Chau organizes professional training for grassroots party cell secretaries. Photo: Ha Thao

Some commune and town party committees have not really paid attention to the work of developing party members, lacking in urging, checking, and reviewing to grasp the subjects. Some party cells have not paid attention to the work of developing the party. Meanwhile, the source of developing party members in Quy Chau district is still abundant. For example, according to annual statistics, there are over 70 young people in the area who have completed their military service and returned to their locality. These subjects attended a class to improve awareness of the party before joining the army, this is an important source for the grassroots party committee to develop party members.

Faced with that reality, on September 28, 2020, Quy Chau District Party Committee issued Plan No. 04 - KH/HU. In particular, it set an annual target of admitting 130-150 party members or more; striving for 100% of block and village heads to be party members by 2023, 80% of branch heads of block and village organizations to be party members; 90% of cadres and teachers to be party members. At the same time, assign specific tasks and consider this an important indicator to evaluate cadres and party committees. After only 1 year of implementing Plan 04-KH/HU, with the drastic direction of Party committees at all levels, Party development work in the area has changed. In 2021, the whole district admitted 152 party members (exceeding the set target), mainly cadres, civil servants and party members in rural areas.

The Party cell of Ke Mong village, Chau Binh commune discussed with the leaders of the Organizing Committee of Quy Chau District Party Committee and the Commune Party Committee about party development work. Photo: KL

In particular, according to Ms. Bui Thi Giang - Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of Quy Chau District Party Committee, before implementing Plan 04-KH/HU, in the district, 71/84 block and village leaders were party members (reaching 84.5%), then after 1 year of implementing the plan, 81/84 block and village leaders were party members, reaching 96.4% (achieving the target of the Congress Resolution) and up to now, 100% of block and village leaders have been party members.

The work of training and creating sources for recruiting new party members has made much progress, and the assignment of cadres and party members to participate in activities in rural party cells has brought about practical results. Thanks to the good work of creating sources, in recent times, party cells in villages and hamlets have introduced many outstanding people to the Party. As of September 2022, the entire party organization has recruited 137 party members.

Some Party Committees have made efforts to overcome difficulties to exceed annual targets, such as the Party Committee of Chau Binh Commune - the commune with the largest area and largest population in Quy Chau district with many difficult villages and hamlets, limited transportation system and technical infrastructure; large differences in people's educational level have significantly affected the work of creating sources for Party recruitment.

However, thanks to the attention and close direction of the Party Committee and the participation of the political system, in 2021, the commune Party Committee sent 11 outstanding masses to training courses to admit to the Party, admitted 20 new Party members, and officially transferred 9 comrades to the Party. In the first 6 months of 2022, it sent 17 outstanding masses to training courses to admit to the Party, admitted 5 new Party members, and officially transferred 18 comrades to the Party, bringing the total number of Party members of the entire Party Committee to 360 comrades.

These are the "red seeds" discovered, nurtured and trained by organizations and unions; they are typical and exemplary people in economic development, pioneers in all activities, trusted and loved by the people. Many comrades, after being admitted to the Party, have constantly strived to train and strive in their work, becoming locomotives in economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and becoming key cadres at the grassroots level. A typical example is young party member Truong Thi Trang (born in 1990), Tho ethnic group - Secretary of Chau Binh Commune Youth Union, who was honored to be one of 6 outstanding young party members recognized by Nghe An Provincial Youth Union in 2022.

Outstanding young Party member, Secretary of Chau Binh Commune Youth Union Truong Thi Trang. Photo: Luong Nga

After graduating from the Trade Union University, Trang returned with the desire to contribute to her homeland. During 6 years as the leader of the Commune Youth Union, with her dynamism, enthusiasm and creativity, the young girl, together with the Youth Union staff, has always brought Chau Binh Commune Youth Union to the top of the district's Youth Union and youth movements. Trang herself was honored to receive many Certificates of Merit and Merit from all levels. Outstanding achievements include the title of Outstanding Young Party Member in 2019; First Prize at the District-level Excellent Reporter and Propagandist Competition; Consolation Prize at the Nghe An Province Excellent Reporter and Propagandist Competition in 2021, and Emulation Fighter at the District level in 2021.

Mr. Kim Van Duyen - Secretary of Chau Binh Commune Party Committee said: In order to create a source for Party development, the Commune Party Committee has assigned comrades in the Commune Party Executive Committee to be in charge of, monitor and attend meetings with the Party cell. Based on the assessment and analysis of the actual situation at the grassroots level, those comrades have the task of discussing with the Party cell collective solutions to create a source for recruiting new Party members each year. At the same time, the Party cell is assigned to direct mass organizations to promote the movement of economic development, cultural exchange, arts, physical education and sports, creating a healthy playground, in order to attract, gather and select outstanding people to train and recruit into the Party. First of all, strive to cover the heads and deputy heads of mass organizations who are Party members.

Thanks to that, in some Party cells after many years of difficulties in Party development work, there are now "red seeds". Typically, the Quynh 1 Party Cell, after 6 consecutive years of not being able to admit Party members, admitted 2 comrades in 2021 and 1 comrade in 2022. The Ke Mong Party Cell, after 2 years of not being able to admit Party members, admitted 2 female Party members in 2022, who are village health workers and the Deputy of the Farmers' Association.

“For rural Party cells, developing Party members, especially young Party members, is very important to supplement the Party's strength. Because these are the important "nuclei" to bring the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State to the people, at the same time, promoting pioneering and exemplary role in poverty reduction and new rural construction at the grassroots level…”, Mr. Lang Van Hoe - Secretary of Ke Mong Village Party Cell, Chau Binh Commune affirmed.

Taking care of economic development is also a solution to retain workers, create a source of training and recruit Party members that the Ke Mong village Party cell, Chau Binh commune is interested in. Photo: KL

To continue effectively implementing Plan No. 04-KH/HU on developing party members for the 2020-2025 period in conjunction with improving the quality of party members, Quy Chau District Party Committee requires Party committees at all levels to be proactive in discovering and training sources, promoting the combined strength of the entire political system, the core role of political and social organizations in training and introducing outstanding masses to participate in Party sympathy training classes. However, it is necessary to pay attention to quality, not chasing quantity, so that each outstanding mass after joining the Party's ranks truly becomes a "red seed", a high-quality human resource for movements and activities at the grassroots level, especially in remote villages and hamlets.