Chapter 213 Mayor's promotion and economic transformation
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is already the year 2002.
With the new year comes new hope, Luteng City has also ushered in new development opportunities.
Qi Tongwei was also officially promoted to a leading cadre at the department level. Before that, an election was still needed.
In fact, this election is just a show. Everyone who participates in the election understands that Qi Tongwei must be elected mayor.
If Qi Tongwei fails to be elected, his career path will certainly be cut off, but the same will be true for the entire Luteng City, which means that they have no provincial party committee above them.
Therefore, although Qi Tongwei offended many people, he was not worried at all that he would not be elected, as the unspoken rules of politics must still be followed.
Sure enough, on January 2002, 1, the People's Congress of Luteng City held a formal election and elected Qi Tongwei as the mayor of Luteng City.
After being elected mayor, Qi Tongwei began to perform his duties.
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On February 2, the fifth session of the 5th People's Congress of Luteng City was held.
Qi Tongwei delivered a work report on behalf of the Luteng Municipal People's Government.
He barely mentioned the work summary for 2001, and he had no interest in the economic growth rate achieved by real estate.
Instead, he gave a detailed explanation of your work plan for 2002.
He wanted this work report to serve as a signal to attract foreign investment.
The purpose is to tell everyone that Luteng City has changed its economic track. In the future, it will use high-tech and industrial industries as new economic growth points. We hope that everyone will come to invest.
At the meeting, Qi Tongwei emphasized that we must firmly establish the concept of putting people first and doing everything for the people, and take enriching the people and strengthening the city as the starting point and end point of all work.
He said that we should rely on Luteng's favorable geographical location, focus on information technology-driven and strategic adjustments to the industrial structure, and form advantageous industries and large enterprise groups represented by electronic information, precision machinery, fine chemicals, new materials, and high-end textiles and clothing.
Build a new high ground for industry, technology, brand and entrepreneurial environment, and strive to build Green Vine into an important modern manufacturing base in the Yangtze River Delta and an Asian Internet information center.
Qi Tongwei's speech was broadcast on Handong Provincial TV the next day, and many investors also began to focus their attention on Luteng, waiting for his move.
Qi Tongwei didn't make everyone wait long before he announced the 2002 Green Vine government investment promotion list and introduced various policies on real estate.
When they say they are going to put the brakes on the real estate market, they really are going to put the brakes on it.
Qi Tongwei demanded strict approval of real estate projects. Construction of those projects that were built without approval would be stopped. Violators would not only be fined but also have their projects demolished.
Projects under construction are also subject to strict review. Any projects that do not meet the quality standards will not be approved, and any projects with serious problems will be demolished and rebuilt.
Under Qi Tongwei's strong intervention, the real estate projects in Luteng City are declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Most importantly, he introduced a policy that real estate companies must advance more than half of the project when pre-selling it, and all formal procedures must be completed.
If they encounter an unfinished building, the public can refuse to pay the loan and the responsibility will be borne by the bank. Subjectively, it is a problem of bank review.
In the words of Qi Tongwei, since you have passed the review and dare to lend to the people, you should ensure that there will be no unfinished project.
If any problems arise, it is your bank's problem and the public does not need to be responsible.
This policy alone has made many banks afraid to lend indiscriminately.
In the past, when projects were unfinished, the people would suffer losses or the government would take the blame. Now Qi Tongwei has changed all of this, making them much more cautious when taking out loans.
Because of this policy, Qi Tongwei received a lot of praise from the middle class, but the farmers said it didn't matter because they couldn't afford it anyway.
The ones who are actually suffering the most are some real estate companies. They previously relied on bribing government officials to obtain land, and then used the land and bank loans to start pre-selling before the foundation was laid.
They started construction with the pre-sale money and dared to sell it when the progress was less than 30%. They made a lot of money with almost no cost.
Now it is no longer possible. Qi Tongwei broke their fantasy and made everything formal.
The most important thing is that Qi Tongwei's approach was known to the central media, who wrote articles to praise it, and even the big boss specifically talked about it at a provincial and ministerial level study meeting.
We ask everyone to learn from Qi Tongwei's approach and be wary of real estate traps.
In this way, those who want to target Qi Tongwei will only fail in their plan.
In fact, Qi Tongwei does not hate real estate. From his perspective of the future, Luteng’s urban construction is very backward and urban transformation is necessary.
Some urban villages and dilapidated houses must also be renovated, especially the city's sewers need to be redesigned, otherwise heavy rains will easily lead to urban flooding disasters.
He just needs to cool down the real estate market first, restore the residential attributes of construction, and then redesign it with a future perspective. He can't just build a little here and a little there, but must have an overall plan.
He didn't tell anyone about these things. He plans to start next year, and this year's focus will still be on adjusting the industrial structure.
At the same time, Qi Tongwei organized an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee of the Municipal Government to study and deploy the construction of the high-tech development zone.
At the meeting, Qi Tongwei proposed that the construction of a high-tech industrial park would require 5 million yuan in start-up capital, and the entire project would require 18 billion yuan.
"Mayor Qi, our city's financial resources are limited. We really can't come up with any extra money to build a high-tech industrial park!" Gao Yanjun, director of the Finance Bureau, looked at Qi Tongwei with a worried look on his face.
After hearing this, Qi Tongwei smiled slightly and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay. I have already found a solution to this problem. I have already discussed it with the Provincial Construction Bank. They will provide us with a loan. You can go to Jingzhou tomorrow and complete the formalities."
It turned out that Qi Tongwei reached an important agreement with the Provincial Construction Bank some time ago.
According to the agreement, the provincial Construction Bank will provide the Luteng Municipal Government with a huge loan of up to 8 million yuan. In exchange, Pei Qianqian needs to deposit 8 million yuan into the Construction Bank.
If it weren't for the fact that Pei Qianqian's personal loan was not appropriate, Qi Tongwei would not have turned to the bank for a loan.
Hearing this news, Gao Yanjun was overjoyed. His frown instantly relaxed and he quickly nodded and agreed, "Okay, Mayor Qi, I will definitely get this done as soon as possible!"
Qi Tongwei nodded, then turned his gaze to Deputy Mayor Hou Longtao: "Comrade Longtao, you will be in charge of this work, and it must be completed before August."
Qi Tongwei is planning to hold a grand and solemn investment promotion conference in August.
He knew that only by building a good platform first could he attract more phoenixes to come and roost.
He has high expectations for the high-tech industrial park and hopes that it can become a new engine for the economic development of Luteng City.
When Hou Longtao heard that Qi Tongwei was going to entrust such an important task to him, he excitedly agreed and said that he would do his best to complete the job.
Afterwards, Qi Tongwei made arrangements and deployments for various tasks including education and medical care.