Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, went on an inspection tour to Xuzhou recently to extend festive greetings to the disadvantaged people, veteran CPC members, ex-servicemen and nursing home elders.
Lou emphasized that the fundamental purpose of development is to continuously improve the lives of the people, adding that Party committees at all levels must always put the safety of the people in their hearts and minds, do good things for the people, and care for the lives of the disadvantaged groups and let them have a happy and peaceful holiday life.
When visiting the nursing home of Shuanggou town, Suining County, which is home to more than 70 elders, Lou Qinjian extended his festive greetings to the elders and wishes them a happy spring festival.
Lou required relevant departments of cities and counties to further improve the standardization of rural old-age services, starting with details such as heating, medicines and food preservation, and improving functions such as life care, rehabilitation care, and emergency assistance.
He emphasized that respecting the elderly is not only the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, but also the responsibility and mission of the party and the government. In promoting high-quality development, we must attach great importance to the extension of rural basic public services and focus on tackling the weaknesses and try to make every elder spend their later years in comfort, he said.
The CPC Provincial Chief visited a resettlement quarter in Shuanggou town and was pleased to see the improvement of the living conditions.
The relocation of farmers into resettlement quarters is an effective way to win the battle against poverty alleviation, which further strengthens our determination to accelerate the improvement of rural housing conditions in northern Jiangsu, he said.
Lou stressed that it is necessary to pay special attention to the people who have been poor and return to poverty due to the cause of illness, and further improve the mechanism of ensuring the bottom-line social security, help them overcome difficulties, tide over difficulties, and regain their good old days.
Lou Qinjian demanded that in the process of improving the housing conditions of the farmers, local authorities should adhere to the four synchronizations, attach great importance to and promote the industrial development in the wake of the relocation of farmers into resettlement quarters to ensure that everyone is employed and their income grows through the joint efforts of social security policies and labor market.
During his visit to a village in Yaoji town, the CPC Provincial chief extended his greetings to an ex-serviceman and veteran CPC members.
He stressed that it is necessary to care for the veterans and veteran party members who have been reduced to poverty due to varied reasons, help them solve practical difficulties, and get rid of poverty as soon as possible.
He inspected the silk quilt workshop run by an ex-serviceman Wang Zili and his wife in the village, and asked in detail about the production and sales of silk quilts.
The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy has provided a broad stage for farmers' entrepreneurial innovation, making it all the more important to attract migrant workers, veterans, college students and other groups to be committed to rural entrepreneurship development, and to thrive in industrial prosperity, said the CPC Provincial chief.
Wang Dun’ai, a 94-year-old old party member, lost his left arm during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Lou was pleased to see that the veteran soldier was in good spirit, adding that this year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and the party and the government will not forget his contribution.
Lou Qinjian stressed that it is necessary to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition and good style of the veteran party members, and constantly improve the cohesiveness, combat effectiveness and ability to serve the people.
When night fell, Lou went on to visit the community service center, the library and the maker space and watched the demonstration of the intelligent rural management system.
He hoped that the grassroots party organizations in the village would further strengthen the collective economy, develop specialty industries, improve public services, strengthen social governance, and strive to explore new ways of sustainable development and write a good article in the process of rural revitalization.
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
