The custom of treating guests and giving gifts must be corrected.

A few days ago, a villager in Zenghua Village, Baitasi Township, Anyue County, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province reported to the supervision hotline of Huaxi Dushi Bao that villagers would invite them to dinner or give them red envelopes when they went to work in the village. A group leader of the village bluntly said that it has become a "custom" in the village to invite the "leaders" of the village and township to have dinner. The following are the articles I collected for you. Welcome to read!

Serving the people wholeheartedly is the fundamental purpose of our party. As a rural cadre, it is duty-bound and natural to do things for the people, and you should not ask for any remuneration. Therefore, the "custom" of villagers giving gifts to cadres is obviously an unhealthy name.

If this bad "custom" is allowed to breed and spread, it will cause endless harm. The most direct thing is to harm the interests of the masses, which is even worse for the people in need. Zhong Guangfu, a 63-year-old widowed old man in Zenghua Village, has no glass in his window, but in order to apply for subsidies, he spent more than 600 yuan to invite 1 1 rural cadres to dinner. The money was accumulated by selling it for three months and weaving baskets. Even if the guests pay, the subsidy has been delayed for a year and a half. If this "custom" is not rectified, it will also corrupt the party style and rural atmosphere, and ultimately it will be harmful to the cadres themselves. Although cadres are satisfied with the luck of eating delicious food for a while and getting benefits, they will be stabbed in the back by villagers and destroy the relationship between cadres and the masses. A few cadres have an increasing appetite and slide into the abyss of corruption.

In some rural areas, such as Zenghua Village and Baitasi Township, it is really related to customs that villagers treat guests and give gifts. China is a country of etiquette, and there is a custom of reciprocity among the people, but it should be confined to relatives and neighbors. Today, this custom should not continue between the people and party member cadres. Otherwise, it will turn into an unhealthy trend in the new situation. Another reason why treating guests and giving gifts is popular is that grassroots party member cadres lack the consciousness of being strict with themselves, and some even take it for granted. In this regard, the words of Yang Xiuguang, a village party secretary who has been invited many times, are quite typical: "Don't eat things that are sorry for others." In order to do things smoothly, the villagers had to spend money to treat them. After Li Hua's second child was born, in order to pay the fine and register, he invited the village cadres to dinner twice and spent more than 700 yuan. In this regard, he said quite helplessly: "In rural areas, it is often necessary to go through the hands of village cadres. It is easy to have money to eat and do things, but it is difficult to do things without money. " Another reason for the prevalence of treating guests and giving gifts is that the eight central regulations have not been implemented at the grassroots level. This is undoubtedly related to the lack of supervision at the city and county levels, that is, the tentacles of supervision have not really extended to the countryside.

Rural customs civilization is an important content of building a new socialist countryside. Treating guests and giving gifts not only exists in Zenghua Village and Baitasi Township, but also has certain universality in rural areas. To rectify the unhealthy trend, we need to make efforts in many aspects, including: strengthening the education of grassroots cadres to abide by the "eight regulations" and "two studies and one work" and improving their self-discipline and self-discipline ability; Party committees and disciplinary committees at the county and township levels strengthen supervision over grassroots cadres; Give play to the supervisory role of the masses; Through the formulation of rural rules and regulations, constraints and governance, and so on. As long as the rectification of "* * *" is always on the road, I believe this bad "custom" in rural areas will definitely change.

The wind of treating guests and giving gifts in rural areas

Wedding treat, having children treat, one-year-old treat, housewarming treat, entering a higher school treat, joining the army treat ... In recent years, the wind of treating guests and giving gifts is very rampant in the vast urban and rural areas, especially in rural areas.

"The central and local regulations are mainly aimed at national cadres, and there are no rigid requirements for ordinary people." Zhang Mingjun, a representative of the National People's Congress, listed a series of guests' names in the proposal submitted to the Third Session of the 12th Provincial People's Congress. "In the twelfth lunar month, several gifts are sent every day, ranging from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan." Zhang Mingjun learned that each farmer needs about 20,000-30,000 yuan in cash each year, accounting for 30%-50% of family income. For example, one day in the twelfth lunar month last year, a farmer gave gifts to 20 families, and three people in the family gave gifts respectively. The minimum gift is 100 yuan, and the maximum is 1000 yuan. The gift money on that day was as high as 7000 yuan.

Why is the trend of treating guests and giving gifts getting worse? Zhang Mingjun analysis, the main reasons include ostentation and extravagance; The second is to take the opportunity to collect money. Some "special people" seized the villagers' fear of offending others and took the opportunity to hold banquets to collect money. In addition, there is people's herd mentality. "When I see someone else hosting a banquet, I feel that I will suffer if I don't do it, and the gifts I send out will always be taken back. In the long run, it will become a vicious circle. "