Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 136 1st Business Meeting

The reason is very simple. The State Taxation Bureau was just separated and directly reported to the State Administration of Taxation in the first half of this year (1994). Local governments have no room to intervene. Their personnel, finances and even work evaluations are all decided by the higher-ups.

Naturally, there is no need to be afraid of the leaders of local governments. No matter how powerful you, Qi Tongwei, are, you do not have the means to control national taxes. So even if they are bold, Qi Tongwei can tolerate it.

"Director Chen, please speak."

"District Head Qi, our State Taxation Bureau has its own policy documents, and we have no right to reduce or increase our fees.

Then I'd better leave this meeting."

Qi Tongwei was trying hard to suppress his anger and didn't give Gou Xi any face at all. Hu Si on the side was already glaring at Director Chen.

"Director Chen, don't be anxious. Sit down for a moment. Our meeting today is not just about the fee-charging items.

As for the service attitude of the enterprise, it’s worth listening to it.

Or is it that Director Chen is not a local and doesn’t even have any relatives or friends?

Listen patiently to these policies that benefit enterprises, and go back to tell your relatives and friends the good news.”

The last sentence is a threat. Qi Tongwei means that I can't control you officially, but you are a local and you must run a business.

If you don't give me this face today, it won't be difficult for the Public Security Bureau to find a reason to arrest a few people. Qi Tongwei has done this before.

In the past, when some people did not give Jin Xinkai face, Qi Tongwei directly arranged for the arrest of their close associates and arranged a summons for those involved in the case. If there was any illegal evidence, they would be detained.

Director Chen suddenly remembered Qi Tongwei's other identity. He was also the notorious Public Security Bureau chief in the past year. He was speechless for a moment and could only sit back in his seat in embarrassment.

Qi Tongwei looked around and looked at the nameplate on the table.

"Why didn't the Water Conservancy Bureau and the Port and Shipping Bureau come?"

At this time Lu Qiang came over to explain.

"District head, the Water Conservancy Bureau and the Port and Shipping Bureau are not business-related departments, so they were not called."

"How do they do things? How can the waterworks and dock enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Water Conservancy and Ports and Shipping be considered as business-related departments?

Never mind, I’ll add it next time.”

"Let's continue. After the fee items are reduced, no one is allowed to collect money from enterprises or self-employed individuals under these names.

If they are caught, they will be punished directly. Look at the back page of the document. The district disciplinary committee will supervise the whole process and be ready to intervene at any time. Don't give them the chance to catch you.

Of course, after each bureau reduces its charging items, the corresponding fiscal revenue will decrease, and our district’s finance department will make unified allocations for this.

For example, for the fire sponsorship of the fire brigade, after the actuary calculates the annual amount of 150,000 yuan, the district finance will make up the remaining 150,000 yuan and return it to each bureau.

There is another point mentioned above, please turn to the next page.

Intuitively speaking, all charging items of district-level units must be uniformly processed through the district’s financial accounts.

It is no longer possible to do as it was in the past where a person could just take a receipt, write a few words and think that they had received the money.

So is this money collected for individuals or units? Will there be any malicious increase in charges, or repeated charges to enrich themselves?

In order to eliminate this, all fines and fees must be paid by individuals or corporate entities to the district Construction Bank, and then the various bureaus will offset them according to the payment receipts.

Of course, the district will not take this money, but each bureau will take its own accounts to the district finance department for reimbursement.

Don’t say that the district takes your money, it just transfers your money through a formal channel.

There is no room for negotiation on this point and it must be implemented.

The Finance Bureau will send someone to provide guidance on how to proceed after the meeting.”

After Qi Tongwei finished speaking, he looked at the representatives from various departments below, who were whispering to each other and didn't even react to applaud him. He knew that these two measures were quite infringing on their personal interests.

However, personal interests cannot be brought to the table, and I don't think they dare not fail to implement it.

Qi Tongwei knocked on the microphone again.

"Calm down. Don't get excited. Just listen to me.

I know that in times of mismanagement, there are bound to be many people who take advantage of these loopholes to enrich themselves.

But I'm not the kind of person who likes to bring up the past, so what's past is past.

But in the future, our Jiangbei New District will usher in a period of great development, and it will definitely not be possible to continue to operate in a rudimentary manner as in the past.

Everything must be formalized. Although it was easy for everyone to cheat in the past, it was still illegal after all. You will not feel at ease taking this money.

So I made this suggestion to the district committee and government, and the district agreed.

In the first three years, you can freely allocate the money that the district has allocated for you to reduce illegal charges as bonuses.

I think everyone can feel at ease with this money.

Three years later, our district's finances will definitely reach a new level and everyone's salary will increase.

Of course, the fastest batch will be in mid-next year (1995), when the Finance Bureau will come up with a plan to increase wages in batches.

The wage level in our Jiangbei New District will be on par with that in Bailu District.

Three years later, it will surpass Bailu District.”

If we reduce their income items here, we have to find ways to make up for it there. This is the correct way to control our subordinates.

Instead of insisting on enforcement, you will likely end up with a lot of subordinates who pretend to obey but actually disobey, who appear polite on the surface but actually procrastinate and don't work behind the scenes.

Qi Tongwei continued to preside over the meeting.

"Everyone, don't rush to pack up and leave. Have you taken note of the matter? How will it be carried out? Give me the plan one by one after the meeting. What I want is for you to clearly list the charges for your department, how to deal with it, and the timetable. Everything must be clear.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. The first thing I will do after the New Year is to check this plan, and then everyone will have to implement it one by one. I am not as easy to talk to as District Chief Chen. Since this job falls on me, let's all work together to get things done.

If you plant a phoenix tree, it will attract a phoenix. A new lathe manufacturing company moved into the High-tech Zone last week. The China Merchants Group should know this very well. They moved here from the neighboring city, which is not friendly to companies like theirs. Even the social security there is not good. The raw materials of their company were stolen and the local police did not do anything about it.

Then he came to inspect our Jiangbei New District, and found that the social security there was several steps better than over there, so he moved here without wasting a single day.

Of course, I am not bragging when I say this, saying how well the Public Security Bureau is doing in managing public security and that other departments are not doing their job well enough.

What I hope is to improve our overall environment, truly attract foreign investment, and nurture the growth of local enterprises.

If the enterprise develops well, our wages will be high. Where can you all go to eat seafood in the evening? There will be someone to pay the bill, right?

Don't act so fierce and vicious, or you'll drive the company away and leave us alone."