Chapter 43 42. Wu Renbao - Concerned about Huaxi and worrying about the world

Wu Renbao, male, Han nationality, from Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, a member of the Communist Party of China. Born in 1928, he is currently the vice chairman and deputy general manager of Jiangyin Huaxi Group Company in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, and the former party secretary of Huaxi Village. Wu Renbao has always firmly believed in the correct belief, kept in mind that development is the last word, worked hard, pioneered and innovated, led the cadres and masses in West China, and unswervingly followed the path of common prosperity.In the 1960s, he took risks and started township enterprises.After the reform and opening up, he vigorously promoted the comprehensive reform of the countryside, actively promoted institutional innovations such as the enterprise cooperative system, constantly adjusted the economic structure, implemented the comprehensive development of agricultural and sideline industries, and established the largest village-level township enterprise group in Jiangsu in Huaxi Village.While developing the economy, he paid attention to the construction of the ecological environment, focused on improving the spiritual civilization of the villagers, personally wrote "village songs", etc., and carried out the "six loves" education of "love the party, love the country, love Huaxi, love love, love yourself".His heart is in Huaxi, he is worried about the world, and he helps the central and western regions to build "Huaxi Village outside the province".In recent years, 16 surrounding economically weak villages have been included in the common development of Greater China.He is indifferent to fame and wealth, willing to contribute, does not live in the best house in the village, does not get the highest salary in the village, and does not get the highest bonus in the village.The 130 million yuan bonus given to him by the organization was all reserved for the collective.Under his leadership, the Huaxi people created the miracle of "the first village in the world". Own at least one car, and the per capita deposit exceeds one million yuan.He is a representative of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and was awarded honorary titles such as the National Model Worker.

"The first few years when the brigade was established was the most difficult period in Huaxi." Wu Renbao said. At that time, the village's 845 mu of land was divided into more than 1,300 irregular small fields, and 667 people lived scatteredly in 12 small natural villages.Wu Renbao, who is only in his 30s, led the villagers to formulate a 15-year plan for Huaxi Village, leveling the land and digging ditches. In 1972, the grain yield of Huaxi Village exceeded one ton per mu, making it a model village of "Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture".Wu Renbao "become famous in the first battle", but he is not satisfied with these. "To develop agriculture is to fill the stomach, and the common people have no money."

As early as the era of "food as the key link", Wu Renbao began to look for ways to get rich.With the advent of reform and opening up, the path choice for industrial revitalization of the village has finally surfaced openly.When most Chinese rural areas were still arguing over whether to set up factories, Huaxi Village already had 1 million yuan in fixed assets and 1 million yuan in bank deposits. "In the 1980s, I really came to my senses, not arguing, and working hard. In fact, this is still a common problem today." Wu Renbao said, "Since the people in Huaxi trust me, I will help them get rich and let them happiness."

100 million, 300 million, 1 billion, 5 billion, 10 billion yuan... Over the next ten years, the total output value of West China has grown exponentially. Wu Renbao's role is not so much a village official as an entrepreneur .In running a business, his consistent pragmatism can be seen everywhere.In West China, the three pillar industries of metallurgy, textiles and tourism each form a complete circular chain.Taking metallurgy as an example, the water slag produced by Huaxi Iron and Steel Plant is supplied to Huaxi Cement Plant, and the steelmaking dust is washed into sludge by water. A sludge pellet plant was specially built for this purpose, and the pellets and mineral powder are added to the cement plant. At the same time, it has become the raw material for steelmaking.Every kind of resource is used economically, even the lake is no exception. The good soil dug out is burned for bricks, and the bad soil is used for building roads. The lake can be used to store water for industrial production. It is also a new highlight in tourism, killing four birds with one stone.

An old-fashioned wooden bed, the quilts are old, the two single sofas outside look like the style of the 1980s, the leather on the armrests has been worn out, and a dial-up telephone is placed on the coffee table. The outer skin is almost peeling off.The house Wu Renbao lived in was built in the 1970s. It is the oldest "third-generation villa" in Huaxi Village. It is in stark contrast to the rows of spacious and bright Chinese-style villas and European-style villas in the village.From the 1960s to the present, the photos taken with national leaders in almost every period recorded Wu Renbao's 40 years of political history.

Wu Renbao never left Huaxi Village or the land.Even during his tenure as secretary of the county party committee, he did not give up his position as branch secretary of Huaxi Village. "Be the big secretary during the day and the junior secretary at night." Zhao Maomei, the deputy director of the village committee at the time, remembered that Wu Renbao often called village committee meetings in the middle of the night.In the county, the governing method he adopted is also the Huaxi model rooted in the land.In order to change the bureaucratic habits, he implemented the "three-three system" in the county government-"one-third of the cadres went to the countryside, one-third of the cadres did research, and one-third of the cadres stayed in the government." Li Dehe's most frequent job at that time was Accompanying Wu Renbao to go to the countryside for research: "The transportation is inconvenient, so I can only rely on walking. Sometimes I live in the village where I go, and then walk the next day." The rubber shoes rubbed his feet, so he simply took off his feet and walked barefoot, "Barefoot Secretary" This is where the name comes from.

After retiring, Wu Renbao took on a new title——director of the Party, Village, and Enterprise Office of Huaxi Village. The status of the village leader has not been weakened with the handover of duties. "Since everyone trusts me, I will serve everyone, and my life will not stop, and my work will continue." Compared with his own small family, he is more like a big patriarch in Huaxi.