Recently, several reports and news indicate that the problem of illegal villa construction in Qinling Mountains, which has been highly concerned by the media and public opinion for several years, has entered a period of comprehensive and thorough rectification.

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in the Circular on the Serious Violation of Political Discipline by the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Xi'an Municipal Party Committee on Illegal Villas in Xi'an at the North Foot of the Qinling Mountains and the Special Rectification of Illegal Villas, characterized the illegal construction of Qinling Villas as a typical case of serious violation of political discipline. In recent days, Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, Xi'an Municipal Party Committee and others have successively held a special democratic life meeting on the special rectification of illegal villas in Qinling Mountains, which clearly proposed a comprehensive, firm and thorough investigation and rectification. No matter what units and people involved, they should be held accountable and dealt with seriously.

A rectification storm of thorough demolition of illegal villas and thorough investigation of officials' violations of laws and disciplines is sweeping the local officialdom in Shaanxi.

As stated on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources, this rectification has "high attention, strong accountability, strong deterrent effect and wide scope of influence. It is highly targeted and instructive to the ecological environment system, and has historic and symbolic significance to the ecological environment protection".

No matter how big Shaanxi is, it is only a province in China; Although Qinling is high, it is only one of the thousands of mountains in the motherland. A local illegal building in a small area has gone through several years of rectification but failed to catch up. Only after the central leaders paid attention to it personally and made six instructions, did they usher in a thorough rectification action.

This is obviously no longer a simple problem of illegal construction and destruction of the ecological environment.

Political discipline is a rigid constraint that the whole party must abide by in terms of political direction, political position, political speech and political action. The central government has identified the illegal construction of villas in Qinling Mountains as a typical case of serious violation of political discipline. It has clearly shown that what it touches is a fundamental problem, a problem of principle, and a problem of direction. Therefore, it is extremely serious in nature and has taught a profound lesson.

Although it happened in Shaanxi, it actually sounded the alarm bell for all parts and departments of the country. Local governments and departments at all levels should use it as a mirror for careful reflection, profound analysis, drawing inferences from one instance and thorough reform.

For Party organizations at all levels and the majority of Party members, the most important thing to observe political discipline is to adhere to the leadership of the Party, be absolutely loyal to the Party, maintain a high degree of consistency with the Central Committee, consciously safeguard the authority of the Central Committee, and resolutely implement the central decree. It is the red line of political discipline to ensure that the central government's decrees are unblocked, that there are orders that must be followed, and that orders and prohibitions are enforced.

It is time to review the places and departments that are half hearted and perfunctory in dealing with the central government's decrees, and those who are careless, muddle things, and go their own way. It is time to change.

We are in a critical period of comprehensively deepening reform and overcoming difficulties. The policies and measures of the central government for various reforms have been introduced intensively, and it is urgent for all local departments to unite their efforts to implement them. For this reason, the central leadership has repeatedly stressed that "one deployment, nine implementation".

However, in some places, the strange phenomenon of dealing with the decisions and deployment of the central government is not uncommon: documents are implemented by documents, meetings are implemented by meetings, and deployment is implemented by deployment. Only shout slogans, not talk about problems; Only study spirit, not action; Only implement, not implement.

In serious cases, they even act in defiance, saying what they want to do, doing what you want to say, and doing what I want to do. Even in their own land, they are lawless, have no bottom line, and have no fear.

As for the illegal construction of Qinling Villa, which has not been banned for many times, there was a media comment that it is difficult to thoroughly clean up the illegal villa when the power is not constrained and the fear is not known. In the final analysis, the abuse of power is the biggest violation. In this regard, we must have a clear understanding. Only when the officials who abuse their power are controlled and the red line of political discipline is maintained, the chaos like Qinling Villa will be eliminated.

At the same time, the illegal villas in Qinling Mountains have been "standing still" for a long time, which reflects a certain dilemma of local government governance, and also needs to arouse the vigilance of relevant departments.

In some places, the deployment and decrees of the Central Committee are implemented if they are good, put aside if they are bad, and refuse to implement if they are bad, or implement them openly or oppose them secretly. The advantages and disadvantages here are completely based on the interests of local departments or even the personal interests of individual leading cadres.

Therefore, the first thing to see a place's governance capacity and level is the implementation of the central spirit of the central decree in this place. We should not only listen to how much leaders have said, stressed how much spirit and expressed how much attitude, but more importantly, we should see how they have implemented it. In other words, we should listen to what is said and watch what is done.

To learn from the lesson of illegal villa construction in Qinling Mountains, relevant parties need to strengthen the education and guidance of the majority of party members and cadres, so that they can improve their political position, clarify the major issues of right and wrong, and ensure the unity of knowledge and practice.

On the other hand, it is more necessary to slap and bang those officials who are still in a muddle headed state, so that they can fully wake up, return to the right path, and become politically sensible and honest people.

People have noticed that since November 9, Tianjin, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Anhui, Shandong and other places have held meetings to convey and warn after the issuance of the notice of the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Many of these meetings mentioned the same content - self inspection and self correction, and "looking back".

From the political height of firmly establishing the "Four Consciousness" and strengthening the "Two Maintenance", all local departments should have a deep understanding of the seriousness and harmfulness of the problem of illegal villa construction in Qinling Mountains, and through "looking back" and self inspection and self correction, they should effectively unify their thoughts and actions to the requirements of the central government. With the clearest political stance, the most conscientious responsibility, and the most resolute practical action, we will faithfully implement the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee, truly make discipline and rules strict, and promote the comprehensive and in-depth development of strict Party governance.

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