Binh Duong needs to build up cadre contingent in line with development

Yesterday (April 19), Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and his delegation had a working session with Binh Duong provincial Party Committee. Nguyen Van Loi, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Head of provincial National Assembly Deputy Delegation together with members of provincial Party Standing Committee, leaders of a number of departments, sectors and localities.

Nguyen Xuan Thang (firth right), Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council witnesses the signing ceremony of cooperation program between the Central Theoretical Council and Binh Duong provincial Party Committee

Effectively carrying out political tasks

Reporting to the delegation on the local socio-economic development, national defense and security, Party building work and political system in 2021 and the first months of 2022, Nguyen Hoang Thao, Permanent Vice-Secretary of provincial Party Committee said that under the Politburo’s Directive No.01 dated March 9, 2021, the Central Propaganda-Education Commission’s Instruction No. 03 dated March 18, 2021, provincial Party Standing Committee issued the Plan No. 14 dated March 25, 2021 on leading the implementation of researching, studying, and propagandizing the Resolution of the 13^th Party Congress. Provincial Party Committee also promulgated 4 breakthrough programs while provincial Party Standing Committee issued 4 programs and 3 projects to implement 9 key tasks in the Resolution of the 11th provincial Party Congress, in association with the realization of the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council speaking at the working session

In parallel with the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th national Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th provincial Party Congress, provincial Party Standing Committee focused on directing the realization of the plan on synchronous and effective economic recovery and development, with the Covid-19 prevention and control program. In 2021, the province's GRDP increased by 2.62% (higher than the national average growth level and the highest in the southern key economic quadrangle); GRDP per capita was VND152 million per person per year. In Q1, 2022, the province attracted VND 36trillion in domestic capital and US$ 1.9 billion in FDI capital. The province’s State budget revenue in 2021 was more than VND 66.78 trillion, or 114% of the estimate assigned by the Prime Minister. In Q1, 2022, the figure was more than VND 16.82 trillion, or 28% of provincial People's Council’s estimate. The province’s total export turnover in 2021 was US$58 billion, up 17%; maintained a trade surplus of US$ 7 billion. In Q1, 2022, the province’s export turnover reached over US$ 16 billion. The province also paid more attention to activities on social welfare, culture, education and healthcare. Up to now, the province has spent VND 3.86 trillion from the local State budget on supporting 4.3 million people affected by the pandemic.

The province has also attached special importance to Party building. Since early this year, provincial Party Standing Committee has focused on leading the implementation of tasks and solutions on the work of building the Party and building the political system with focus on dissemination of plans implementing the conclusions and regulations of the 4th Plenum of the 13^th Party Central Committee; implementation of steps on personnel planning for the new tenure; effectively carrying out inspection and supervision; further directing the handling of backlog cases under the direction of the Government; preparing conditions to organize the workshop on "Following tradition, Binh Duong province with a quarter-century journey: Achievements and prospects". The province also coordinated with the Central Theoretical Council to prepare a review of the local development model in the national renewal process and a vision to 2050.

Pay attention to training, fostering political theory

Speaking at the working session, Mr.Thang highly appreciated the efforts by the province in implementing political tasks while saying that all documents of the 13^th national Party Congress, the conclusions and regulations of the 4th Plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Government's directives and the National Assembly's resolutions were implemented to grassroots very well.

According to Mr. Thang, in 2021, Binh Duong was one of the country’s localities heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was a break in economy, production chain, labor, social welfare... But, with its efforts, Binh Duong found solutions to proactively recover and promote economic development; quickly unleashed resources, maintaining development and becoming a locality with the highest GRDP in 2021 in the southern key economic quadrangle. This was a great effort by the province in the context of common difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition, in 2021 and early 2022, the province has paid special attention to mobilizing resources, especially domestic and foreign investment with VND 36 trillion in domestic capital and US$ 1.9 billion in FDI capital. But, the most important thing is that the province has established institutions in attracting strategic investors in line with the local development model on the basis of science and technology. Mr. Thang expressed his delight at the local development results over the past time while saying that Binh Duong is one of few localities that are not only determined in planning and renewing development thinking, but also summarizing and evaluating development models to define development orientations and visions in the future.

Mr. Thang emphasized that Binh Duong needs to well realize planning; promote digital transformation, building digital government, circular economy... for better development in the coming time.

He also asked for the province to evaluate and build human resources, not only including laborers, but also a contingent of leaders, managers, entrepreneurs and those are capable of working in an international environment right in our country in the fields of digital transformation, digital society. “If there are no qualified officers to shoulder this task, the story of digital transformation is just discussion on paper. In order to gather, attract and develop talents, leaders must have a forward thinking. They are the cadres at all levels", he emphasized.

Regarding the training and building of cadres as well as the organization of political theory training for cadres, Mr.Thang asked for provincial Party Committee to pay more attention in this work. In the immediate future, the province needs to set up a project on construction of the political school at standards under the Regulation No. 11 of the Secretariat in order to promptly meet the requirements of improving the quality of training and fostering political and administrative theories in the new period. He also said that the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics will also continue supporting the province in building teaching staff for the local School of Politics and related issues so that the school will soon reach the phase I standard in the coming years.

Reported by Tri Dung-Translated by Kim Tin