"Oh, the hot potato was thrown into my hands." Fan Heng said to Zhang Mei with some complaints as soon as he got home.

Zhang Mei was training her little grandson to walk, but when she heard this, she was stunned, "What's wrong?"

That is, after the New Year's reception, the senior management held a special seminar and decided that the State Council would launch a new institutional reform work and conduct operations on some ministries and commissions, and this work was handed over to Fan Heng.

Fan Heng felt a little surprised, but soon heard that Fan Wubing had participated in the discussion on this topic at the New Year's party and also figured out his speech. It was obvious that although the senior management could not understand Fan Wubing's true tendencies, they could arrange this work to Fan Heng. Anyway, he is also a member of the Standing Committee and the Executive Vice Premier, so it is reasonable to preside over this work.

"This is an offensive thing. I suddenly handed it to my hands. It's very strange." Fan Heng said with a frown.

The consequences of the reformers are basically not optimistic. Fan Heng thought of Boss Zhu directly. Although he had done so many things, many people offended him. He only worked for one term in his position. He was about to retire as soon as the Two Sessions were held, and he could not even get a chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress in the routine, which is very touching.

Could it be that he has been brought out to serve as a victim now? Fan Heng was unable to confirm this for a while.

When Fan Wubing came back in the evening, Fan Heng called him into his house and then discussed the matter.

"Well, this is a problem." Fan Wubing scratched his head, but he didn't understand the key point for a while.

In early 1998, after the State Council’s institutional reform was launched, with the merger of some ministries and commissions, tens of thousands of civil servants who were diverted from the staff were sent to Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University and other universities in the form of a state paying for the study of graduate students and undergraduate courses related to EMBA.

Unexpectedly, five years later, the new round of institutional reform of the State Council is like an arrow, and some ministries, bureaus and institutions will face mergers. Obviously, more and more ministries and commission staff will participate in advanced course learning.

The difference is that a lot of these expenses for studying in the spare time are no longer paid by the state, but are proactive behaviors that are paid out of their own pocket.

"At the Two Sessions this year, the reform plan for establishing large ministries and commissions will be announced. At that time, the pace of merger of various ministries and commissions, or the pace of new ministries and commissions will be accelerated. According to the recommendations of the Research Group of the Administrative System Reform of the University of Political Science and Law, at least one-third of the existing State Council will be merged. If these suggestions are adopted, it means that another group of ministries and commission staff will face diversion." Fan Heng said to his son, "According to the practice of the State Council's institutional reform, the recent plan for reform of the large-scale ministries and commissions will be gradually implemented during the Two Sessions, after discussion and approval by the National People's Congress plenary session. Now I have to make an idea and come up with a final plan."

After hearing this, Fan Wubing felt very dissatisfied, "Since you have a slept with a sabbatical, then naturally someone should have been presided over. At this time, Isn't it meant to let you make a plan?"

"I can't say that, after all, I'm doing this job. When the new and old government teams alternate, I, as the executive vice premier, have to take more responsibilities." Although Fan Heng felt a little puzzled about this, he did not have much resistance.

As for my future career, I have been a member of the Standing Committee for two terms, what else can I be satisfied with? As for the role of an ordinary state-owned enterprise cadre, I should not have any other ideas. As for the next term, it is really not important.

However, Fan Wubing complained a lot about this, and his news is quite well-informed. After a little inquiry, you will know that the matter is currently being discussed in the capital.

There are two versions of the reform plan of the Ministry of Dependence System circulating in the capital. One is to establish a new mechanism relationship between decision-making, execution and supervision through the division between ministries and commissions, and the other is to establish this mechanism within ministries and commissions. But no matter which version it is, it is rumored that the number of ministries and commissions will be reduced by about ten.

As the rumored version is flying all over the sky, officials below the director of the ministries and commissions that are rumored to have major mergers or splits have now become particularly sensitive and are extremely cautious in every move.

Generally speaking, at this time, you should talk less, do more, and do good things. Try to avoid making irritating remarks in public to avoid adverse effects when spreading. Otherwise, it is likely to become the fuse for tomorrow's resignation.

Due to the high call for the establishment of the Ministry of Energy in the new round of reforms, the Energy Office under the National Development and Reform Commission has attracted much attention. The department was upgraded from the previous National Development and Reform Commission Energy Bureau. The Energy Office has a comprehensive group, a strategic planning group, a policy group and other departments. The group leaders are called directors.

According to industry analysts, if the Energy Office can be promoted to the Ministry of Energy, it will become an important component of the State Council and can participate in the decision-making and implementation of major energy strategies. Some department-level departments can also be officially listed, and the original identity of directors of each group leader can be more legitimate.

The mentality of employees in departments that are rumored to undergo major changes is similar. Active work and waiting for news is their almost unanimous statement when facing the media.

In fact, this is understandable. If the ministries and commissions merge, the main reduction will be the position of minister. The department level has some impact, and the impact below the department will not be too great. For example, if a large department is really established above and an executive bureau is established below, the executive bureau staff will not change in any specific content or anything. On the contrary, it is a good thing, because the policy implementation is smoother, so as not to be arguing like the current situation.

Even the unpopular ministries and commissions with less demands for demolition and merger are also very low-key. Although the institutional reform of these ministries may be several years later and will not be so fast, everyone is clear that it is just about sooner or later.

"This time the institutional reform was very strong. I read their draft. The former State Planning Commission, the Commission for the Reform Commission of the Economic and Trade Commission, the Bureau of Prices, and the former State Council Special Zone Office merged into the Development and Reform Commission. The State Council's Reform Commission was originally twelve directors, plus the six directors of the State Council Special Zone Office, and there were 18 directors in total. After the reform, there were only six bureaus. The original six directors of the State Council's Reform Commission, and only two remained when it was merged into the Development and Reform Commission. It can be seen that the division of departments involved all aspects of interests. Reform is quite difficult and people need to make sacrifices." Fan Heng said to Fan Wubing.

"Well, this is certain. Now there are many officials studying in universities in Beijing. It seems that everyone is a little worried and is going to prepare for the future." Fan Wubing nodded in agreement.

Generally speaking, under this situation, officials who have worked for 30 years can retire early, and those who are diverted from other positions can go to prestigious universities for further study, and the tuition fee will be paid by the state. After these people graduate from colleges and universities in a few years, if some people who are older in the staff will retire and have some positions vacant. They can re-enter the staff and be appointed.

Of course, there are many people who have different choices, such as after further study, they have a new place to go, some go to industry associations, some go to enterprises, and some go to public institutions, it depends on what everyone chooses.

There are also precedents to follow this point. During the institutional reform in 1998, the State Council transferred more than 10,000 people, and almost half of them were laid off. The General Office of the State Council forwarded the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Education on the implementation plan for the diversion of personnel in various departments of the State Council, stipulating that all diversion personnel with high school graduation and above can be registered, admitted without examination, and participated in targeted professional training organized by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Education, pursuing master's degree, postgraduate course training classes, and postgraduate academic education. The training time is two to two and a half years, and the training capacity is about 13,000 people.

At that time, Peking University, Renmin University, Tsinghua and other schools organized targeted professional training to pursue undergraduate degree and master's degree. Among them, in the national master's and doctoral degree enrollment plan in 1999, the country set a separate plan for diversion personnel, and about 2,000 people implemented schools and majors.

In addition, various ministries and commissions also provide bachelor's degree education for diversion personnel, postgraduate education for majors other than the annexes, and job and vocational skills training in various forms, based on the needs of industry management and career development of their departments and systems, which has improved the quality of some civil servants.

This kind of increasing number of civil servants is also common in Tsinghua's advanced management training courses and some EMBA course classes at Peking University. The senior personnel training classes jointly organized by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and other departments and Tsinghua University are also full of staff. Most of the students are officials and corporate leaders from the central and local state-owned assets systems. They are very motivated to learn and have high levels. There are few department-level officials, most of them are above the department level.

In fact, these students are not worried about future prospects. The reason is that they can attack and retreat after learning. If the department can be broken down and merged, high education will be conducive to individual promotion and promotion in the changes. If they are diverted, they can also go to the company with academic qualifications like EMBA and make great achievements in the market.

"In fact, if you want to properly solve this matter, I will still say what I said. First, you must solve the problem of administrative approval." Fan Wubing thought about it again and again, and suggested that his father Fan Heng start from this aspect.

In fact, the people have long had great opinions. Is it okay for the government to take less control?

There are many government ministries and commissions. Obviously, it is not what the government wants. In fact, the government has clearly expressed this demand after several years.

There is no more reasonable explanation, and everyone can only think that the government has to manage too many things. If these departments are not established, the government will not be able to manage it.

Therefore, the following characteristics were developed: high degree of specialization, detailed division of labor, and many functions, thus downplaying the government's public service functions.

Some ministries and commissions have concentrated too much decision-making power and combined with executive power, which not only reduces government administrative efficiency, but also strengthens departmental interests, which is easy to become one of the factors that cause mechanism corruption.

Some scholars have long proposed that the correct order of government system reform should be to first change the administrative management model, and the government returns power to market entities and to society, greatly reducing the unnecessary power exercised by the government.

After the government adjusts its functions, it is natural to abolish, reorganize, and merge ministries.

However, this reasonable sequence process is difficult and slow under the obstruction of department, group and individual interests.

"One of the central government's work priorities is to reduce government intervention in the economy," Fan Wubing said to his father Fan Heng. "For example, the cancellation of some administrative approval projects of enterprises will smash some rules and regulations under the planned economic system that should have been cancelled long ago."

"If you do it according to your opinion, you will encounter greater resistance." Fan Heng replied.

Fan Heng is very clear about the current situation. There have been examples of this point. For example, many of the central government’s proposals, such as strengthening environmental protection and expanding social services, have been difficult to implement due to conflicts between the central and local departments and conflicts between departments with different work priorities.

Although this institutional reform is sharpened, the cadres who are slaughtered are basically those who are not strong in the back office. The officials who are truly deeply entrenched in central ministries and commissions can be said with certainty that they will not be affected.

But no matter what, this is a job that offends people.

If you do what Fan Wubing said, you will offend the entire bureaucratic class, because Fan Wubing will directly take away part of the power in their hands, which is something that everyone cannot tolerate, and is far more difficult than offending a small number of people. Therefore, Fan Heng reacted like this.

However, Fan Wubing obviously had his own considerations about this. He said to his father Fan Heng confidently, "The difference seems to offend more people, but it is still what I said. Because there are too many lice and not bite people, you will not offend specific people. But I believe that such a change is what is most needed in the country and the people are most calling. As long as you put forward this plan, countless grassroots people will immediately support it. No matter what the result is, you already have a broad mass base and the so-called people's hearts. Of course, at present, this plan will probably be delayed for various reasons, but you can stick to your own principles and not do this unless you reform according to your own opinions."

After hearing this, Fan Heng understood his son's intention. He wanted to use the method of directly pointing to the root of the problem, to advance as a retreat, and to put the offending matter on the ground.

Since you all want to be good people, I also have my own way. In short, if a crow falls on the pig's back, no one should think of anyone as bad.

After figuring this out, Fan Heng thought he could give it a try. After all, the cumbersome repetition of administrative approval is indeed the most criticized disadvantage of the world. He can propose this plan with confidence.
Chapter completed!