On July 8, the 14th Provincial People’s Council of Quang Ninh province for the term 2021–2026 convened its 19th meeting (the mid-year regular meeting of 2024). The meeting is expected to last for two and a half days, from July 8 to July 10, 2024.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ky, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, delivered the opening speech, emphasizing that at this meeting, the People’s Council will consider 20 work reports from related agencies, discuss the presentations and draft resolutions of the Provincial People’s Committee, and is expected to pass 25 resolutions within its authority as prescribed by laws.
The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee suggested some key issues to focus on.
First, the socio-economic situation, the results of the state budget estimate, national defense and security in the first six months of the year, and the tasks for the last six months of 2024. Despite certain favorable conditions, there were also difficulties, challenges, and pressures. The Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee continued to innovate their leadership and governance methods, closely following practical situations and Resolution No. 20-NQ/TU dated November 27, 2023, of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Board, with the theme of the year 2024: “Improving the quality of economic growth; developing culture and people with the rich identity of Quang Ninh.”
The team of officials, party members, civil servants, employees, workers, armed forces, and people of all ethnic groups in the province has been self-reliant, proactive, creative, and determined to overcome difficulties, striving tirelessly to achieve very comprehensive and outstanding results in various fields…
Along with the achievements, there are still some limitations, difficulties, and obstacles in certain areas and sectors that need to be identified and promptly addressed.
To comprehensively accomplish the goals, targets, and tasks for the whole year of 2024, with a sincere and frank spirit, the Secretary of Quang Ninh province suggested that the delegates discuss and profoundly evaluate the common efforts of the authorities and sectors, the work that has been done, and the results achieved.
At the same time, they should clarify the reasons for the existing shortcomings, limitations, and weaknesses, especially in the execution and implementation stages. They should also forecast opportunities, challenges, and difficulties, conduct in-depth analysis, and propose solutions; further promote a dynamic and creative spirit, and a daring and innovative attitude; and continue to innovate, be self-reliant, and strive to advance so that Quang Ninh can develop even more strongly and comprehensively for the happiness of the people.
Second, regarding the expected Public Investment Plan for 2025, the adjustment and supplementation of the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2021–2025 with provincial budget capital, and the approval of investment policies for some public investment projects, it is necessary to comply with the Law on Public Investment, adhere to the order of priority, conditions, and principles of capital allocation;
Continue to restructure in conjunction with improving the efficiency of public investment and the management and economical use of the state budget capital;
Prioritize capital allocation to basically complete unfinished projects and constructions that have been approved and are in the process of implementation during the 2021–2025 period, without creating new arrears;
Restructure regular expenditures, focusing resources on investment in development for social security, narrowing regional gaps, and investing in projects with dynamic and widespread effects.
In addition, the Provincial People’s Council will adjust the allocation of the provincial budget estimate for 2024 to ensure the effective use of capital sources, allocate estimates correctly according to regulations, comply with principles, criteria, conditions, and norms for allocating local budget expenditures for the period of 2021–2025 as prescribed by law and the resolutions issued by the Provincial People’s Council;
Ensure that the allocation is in line with the actual needs and disbursement capacity, and is conducted in a transparent, objective, economical, and efficient manner, preventing wastefulness, corruption, negativity, and “interest groups” during the process of estimate allocation.
Third, the Provincial People’s Council will consider approving the supplementary staffing of public education and preschool education establishments for 2024, and decide on the number of labor contracts in public establishments that are guaranteed regular expenditure by the state in the field of education for all levels of education in Quang Ninh province in 2024;
Amend and supplement some contents of Resolution No. 310/2020/NQ-HĐND dated December 9, 2020, of the Provincial People’s Council on issuing policies to support vocational training within the list of encouraged training occupations and support cultural study fees for junior high school graduates who continue to study at intermediate and college levels in Quang Ninh province during the period of 2021–2025.
This is a step to continue effectively implementing the breakthrough contents that have been identified in the Resolution of the 15th Provincial Party Congress on developing high-quality human resources, skilled, knowledgeable, experienced, and creative workers, along with increasing the scale and quality of the population.
The Provincial People’s Council will consider passing the regulations on awarding the title of “Outstanding Quang Ninh Citizen” to concretize Resolution No. 17-NQ/TU dated October 30, 2023, of the Provincial Party Committee “on building and promoting the value of culture and the strength of Quang Ninh people to become an endogenous force and a driving force for rapid and sustainable development”.
Fourth, on June 25, Quang Ninh province (Vietnam) coordinated with the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) to organize the official opening ceremony of the Hoanh Mo (Vietnam) – Dong Trung (China) international border gate, including the North Phong Sinh (Vietnam) – Li Huo (China) border gate, which has created great opportunities for the development of border localities in particular and Quang Ninh province in general.
At this meeting, the Provincial People’s Council will pass the task of master planning the construction of the North Phong Sinh Border Gate Economic Zone in Quang Ninh province towards 2045 to continue to concretize the goal of sustainable development based on economic, social, environmental, security, and foreign affairs aspects, promote socio-economic development, narrow regional gaps, and bring happiness to the people; contribute to building a prosperous, civilized, peaceful, friendly, stable, and cooperative border area.
At the same time, the Provincial People’s Council considered and agreed on the policy of rearranging administrative units at the commune level in Quang Ninh province for the period of 2023–2025 (in Ha Long, Cam Pha, Mong Cai, Dong Trieu, and Ba Che). Accordingly, the number of commune-level administrative units will be reduced from 177 to 171 as a basis for submission to the Government and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for issuance in accordance with regulations.
Fifth, at this meeting, the Provincial People’s Council will pass a resolution regulating the criteria for the establishment and the number of members of the Security and Order Protection Team, as well as the level of support, allowances, purchase, and repair of equipment to ensure the conditions for the operation of the force participating in security and order protection in Quang Ninh province, in order to promote the proper role of this force in ensuring security and order in the new situation, especially in strengthening security at the grassroots level, with the direction of focusing on the grassroots level as the key area for crime prevention and combat measures, along with enhancing national security.
Sixth, the Provincial People’s Council will discuss and decide on some other important contents, such as issuing the Regulation on Secrecy Protection of the Provincial People’s Council, which stipulates the responsibilities and authority of agencies, organizations, units, and individuals in protecting state secrets of the Provincial People’s Council.
The resolution regulates the areas within the inner city of cities, towns, and townships, and residential areas where livestock breeding is not allowed in Quang Ninh province; the resolution amends and supplements Resolution No. 337/2021/NQ-HĐND dated April 23, 2021, of the Provincial People’s Council on issuing some specific policies to encourage the sustainable development of forestry in Quang Ninh province, with regulations on support policies, objects, conditions, methods of support, and funding sources for large-scale wood planting; support for production under the forest canopy in Quang Ninh province, aiming to improve the quality of planting, caring, managing, protecting, and sustainably developing forests; approving the list of projects for land use purpose conversion and land recovery in Quang Ninh province; deciding on the policy of converting forest land use purpose to other purposes in Quang Ninh province to implement projects and constructions in the second phase of 2024…
The Provincial People’s Council will also listen to the report of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee on building government in the first six months of 2024 and the opinions and recommendations of voters sent to the meeting…
