Being happy is only possible if people's livelihoods continue to improve
People's Daily: The word "happiness" is being mentioned more and more often these days, and a number of cities have made it clear that they want to build happy cities. How should "happiness" be measured?
Wang Chunyan: The people's sense of well-being, from a material point of view, mainly comes from the social and personal levels. The social level, that is, the social and economic development, can create and provide good social security and service system for the people. At the individual level, the individual enjoys the development conditions created by society for him or her, such as the ability of children to go to school, better employment opportunities for himself or herself, good medical care and old-age protection for his or her parents, and the family living and working in peace and contentment. As a result, individuals can feel happy for the local economic and social development from the bottom of their hearts, and have confidence in the future.
As a county "parents", we must do our best to create happiness for the people, the people's sense of well-being continues to grow, is our greatest happiness.
People's Daily: As the old saying goes, "when the county is in control, the world is in peace", which shows the importance of the development and stability of the county for the country's long-term stability. But to make a county people generally have a sense of happiness, but it is not easy. Songming is how to do it?
Wang Chunyan: first of all, to accelerate the county's economic development as an important foundation for improving people's livelihood to consolidate. Songming established "ecological, rich people, strong county" the overall goal of the struggle, the formation of "a city" (Kunming Airport New City) and "four parks" (Yanglin Industrial Park, modern agricultural science and technology) The new pattern of coordinated development of industry of "one city" (Kunming Airport New City) and "four parks" (Yanglin Industrial Park, Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Park, International Eco-cultural Tourism and Vacation Park, and Vocational Education College Park). During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the county's GDP grew at an average annual rate of 14%, the disposable income per capita of urban residents grew at an average annual rate of 12.8%, and the net income per capita of farmers grew at an average annual rate of 11.4%, resulting in the formation of a new pattern of the county's economy that is based on agriculture, dominated by industry, and characterized by the rapid development of the service sector.
Secondly, the implementation of livelihood projects as a specific grasp to enhance the people's sense of well-being to coordinate. With the acceleration of urbanization and park construction, Songming also appeared many landless farmers. We rely on the park to solve the employment, only Yanglin Industrial Park can provide thousands of jobs a year.
In addition, Songming opened the medical expenses "reimbursement through train", farmers to see a doctor reimbursement ratio from the original 30% to 70% in 2012, "New Rural Cooperative" participation rate of 99%; comprehensively carry out the transformation of rural residential earthquake prevention and reinforcement and demolition and reconstruction work, for 10,000,000 people. and demolition and reconstruction work, for more than 10,000 rural residents opened a strong "earthquake umbrella"; public housing construction extended to industrial parks, put into use public housing for the enterprises to solve the accommodation problem of more than 1,000 workers.
People's interests are the core of happiness
People's Daily: located in the western region, Songming's financial income is not generous, how to resolve the financial pressure to protect people's livelihood?
Wang Chunyan: Although compared with the eastern developed areas, Songming development is still insufficient, but never because we are still insufficient development, on the reduction of investment in people's livelihood. The core of happiness is people, the goal of our development is for the benefit of the people. Across the development of the historical mission can not be thrown away, can not wait for economic development to a certain level to solve the problem of people's livelihood, but must allow the people to enjoy the fruits of development in tandem.
Songming always strengthen the livelihood project fund guarantee, the livelihood project supporting funds as the county financial must guarantee project, each year with the increase of financial strength, and constantly increase the financial budget arrangement, to ensure the implementation of key livelihood projects in place. Songming invested in education, health care, social security, re-employment and agriculture, forestry and water and other livelihood affairs expenditure accounted for more than half of the county's fiscal revenue.
For example, education investment, from 2007, Songming raise funds nearly 700 million yuan, complete 44 rural standardized school construction, new school buildings 287,000 square meters, the county per capita years of education reached 9.2 years. But Songming county party committee and county government is still in the 1970s built in the old building office.
"Poetic habitat" to improve the happiness index
People's Daily: Protecting the environment and developing the economy are difficult choices faced by many regions. We note that Songming, in determining the overall goal of the struggle, puts ecology in the most important position, even prioritized over enrichment. How is this considered?
Wang Chunyan: Nowadays, the quality of life of the masses has improved, food, clothing and warmth has long been not all the happiness, the masses are more and more important to a good living environment. If the ecological environment is destroyed, the health of the masses will be jeopardized, even if there is a good economy, more income, people will not feel happy.
Songming has a mild climate, mountains and water, a poetic habitat. Therefore, we in the development of the economy, investment, the first emphasis is on science and technology, environmental protection, even if the loss of some big projects at the moment, but also absolutely not on the high-polluting, high-energy-consuming industries, to leave this green mountains and green water for future generations.
At the same time, Songming comprehensively carried out the "Forest Songming" action plan, urban and rural landscaping, comprehensive environmental improvement and energy saving and emission reduction and other key work, Songming cumulative completion of afforestation 14,200 acres, closed forest 55,000 acres, started the abandoned railroads and highways along the green landscaping work; country parks, Riverside Park, Garden Park and the county sewage treatment plant have been built. Today, Songming per capita public **** green space area reached 12 square meters, the people both enjoy a high quality of urban life, and did not lose the pleasant idyllic scenery. Every day after dinner, in the city's major squares, walking, leisure, playing gyro citizens, that leisurely and cozy.
Respecting the wishes of the masses, the masses are more satisfied
People's Daily: In the social transition, many contradictions are concentrated, easily affecting the public's sense of well-being. How to alleviate these social contradictions?
Wang Chunyan: First, we must fully respect the will of the masses. While insisting on increasing the government's efforts to build livelihood projects, insist on relying on the masses, mobilizing the masses, the formation of "the masses say, to the satisfaction of the masses as the standard" of the benign mechanism of livelihood work. For example, in rural areas to implement the "one thing at a time" is a very good method.
Secondly, we need to consider the issue from the standpoint of the people, and make every effort to improve the people's living standards and enhance their sense of well-being. During the "Twelfth Five-Year" period, the county is striving for an average annual growth rate of 10% in per capita disposable income of urban residents, and an average annual growth rate of 12% in per capita net income of farmers. At the same time, increase support for livelihood projects, to ensure that the year completed the transfer of rural labor force employment of 14,000 people, to achieve transfer income of 150 million yuan; start 3241 sets of housing construction, to achieve the scientific development of Songming, harmonious development, leapfrog development to provide a strong guarantee.
Third, the masses satisfied as the ultimate standard, to serve the masses, improve people's livelihoods as the greatest responsibility, around the "change of style, service grass-roots level, promote the leap", the implementation of cadres direct contact with the masses system, to realize, maintain and develop the fundamental interests of the masses.
It must be emphasized that, in fact, there is no single and fixed standard of happiness, it is also with the economic and social development and constant change. Therefore, creating happiness for the people and making the masses' sense of happiness stronger and stronger is also never-ending. (Organized by Hu Hongjiang)