[EpochTimesDecember092021]Zhang Shuofu, Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Wen Guohui, the mayor of Guangzhou, were both replaced recently, drawing public attention. As for the reasons for the two’s resignation, there are currently various theories, some of which are related to the cutting of banyan trees, some of which are related to Evergrande, and some of them may have deeper reasons behind them.
The Chinese Communist Party announced on December 3 that Lin Keqing, the executive vice governor of Guangdong Province, succeeded Zhang Shuofu as secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhang “has another appointment”; Guangdong Deputy Governor Guo Yonghang succeeded Mayor Wen Guohui as the deputy mayor and acting city of Guangzhou. long.
As a vice-provincial city, Guangzhou’s No. 1 and No. 2 leaders were replaced on the same day, arousing public concern.
First of all, the Hong Kong media “Sing Tao Daily” reported that the two people’s replacement was related to the removal of a large number of old banyan trees in Guangzhou since the end of last year, which caused public dissatisfaction. He also said that the incident was reported to the central government, which aroused the attention of the highest level, and ordered a thorough investigation and ordered officials to take responsibility.
In May of this year, Lin Daoping, the former deputy mayor of Guangzhou, who was in charge of urban construction and ecological protection, was transferred to the secretary of the Yangjiang Municipal Party Committee, but was dismissed after only half a year in office, saying that “other arrangements were made.”
The Hong Kong “Ming Pao” commentary on December 9 stated that it is said that it is mainly Lin Daoping’s responsibility to cut trees. It is reported that this incident was triggered by a retired senior official from Guangdong filing a complaint to the senior officials in Beijing. It is said that the top leader’s instructions were 12 words, “unscrupulous, reckless, and extremely stupid” and the tone was extremely harsh.
However, the article believes that according to the official practice of the Chinese Communist Party, even if a mistake is made in cutting the tree, the deputy mayor in charge will at best take the blame, and will not tie the secretary to the mayor. If the above-mentioned instructions from the highest level are true, it is not as simple as dismissal.
The article stated that the notification of Zhang Shuofu’s removal was called “central approval”, meaning that the decision was led by Guangdong Province, and that Zhang’s provincial party committee member was not removed at the same time, meaning that he would not be transferred out of Guangdong Province. Long before Zhang and Wen left their posts, Chen Xiangxin, the executive deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Military-civilian Integration Commission, suddenly landed in Guangzhou as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and became the third in command in Guangzhou. Lin Keqing and Guo Yonghang are the current vice governors. Therefore, the shift of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee is more like the provincial government’s “takeover” of Guangzhou, and it is also a sign that Ma Xingrui will succeed Li Xi in charge of Guangdong next year.
The well-known self-media “Cold Eyes of Finance” also analyzed in the 685th issue of YouTube that the two were replaced not because of corruption, which is indeed extraordinary. But in order to cut down the banyan tree and remove the two people at the same time, this is not in line with the rules of the Chinese Communist Party’s political system. The only explanation is that there are other reasons behind it. “Unless something big happened, negligence of duty or joint and several liability, otherwise it will not be replaced at the same time.”
According to the analysis of “financial cold eye”, this replacement incident should be related to the recent Evergrande incident, which caused dissatisfaction among the top CCP officials. He believes that the debt crisis of Evergrande and the role played by the Guangzhou government may irritate Xi Jinping, so he quickly adopted replacement measures.
He said that Xu Jiayin had spread the mess too much, and he would not be able to do it without the protection of political power. The officials of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, and the central government should have allocated a lot of money, and they can’t get rid of the relationship.
He believes that Xu Jiayin’s use of Evergrande to threaten the CCP is the same as the pattern of issuing a distress letter in 2020. Now the CCP is trying to introduce foreign capital to cut “foreign leeks.” Evergrande’s breach of appointment will affect the CCP’s reputation system, with serious consequences. The whole world should be sanctioned, and Xu Jiayin cannot afford it. The CCP rescued Evergrande last year. Now Evergrande has threatened the CCP repeatedly and the CCP’s senior officials are also on fire. That’s why the senior officials in Guangzhou were removed.
Editor in charge: Xu Menger
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