Qiannan Prefecture: Determined to Call Back the Sunshine (9)

On September 22, 2011, Guizhou Province held a work conference on the construction of the “Sunshine Project”, and clarified that community-based detox and rehab work shall be incorporated into the priority works and promoted throughout the province. Qiannan Prefecture immediately established a leadership teamed headed by Xiang Hongqiong, deputy secretary of the Prefecture Party Committee and governor; sub-headed by Wang Jiangwu, member of the Standing Committee, secretary of the Politics and Law committee, and director of the Public Security Bureau; and participated in by the main staff of the Prefecture Narcotics Control Commission. The General Office of the People’s Government of the Prefecture issued the Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of Qiannan Prefecture on Deepening the Construction of the “Sunshine Project” for Community-Based Rehab Works and clearly required various counties (cities) to complete the construction of a total of 14 “Sunshine Enterprises” and provide job placement for 680 drug rehab persons by the end of June 2012.

At the “two Conferences” of Qiannan Prefecture in 2012, the representatives were surprised to find that the prefecture government incorporated the construction of the “Sunshine Project” into the Report on the Work of the Government and the top priority tasks in 2012. The Prefecture Politics and Law Committee incorporated the construction of the project into the key contents for assessment on comprehensive management of social security in 2012.

On February 8, 2012, Qiannan Prefecture convened a prefecture-level meeting on anti-drug work. Wang Jianwu, member of the Standing Committee of the Prefecture Party Committee, secretary of the Politics and Law Committee, and director of the Prefecture Public Security Bureau clearly stated: “the ‘Sunshine Project’ shall be incorporated into the key tasks for the Prefecture Public Security Bureau and the Prefecture Narcotics Control Commission, subject to the one-vote veto mechanism.

May 22, the Standing Committee of Qiannan Prefecture Party Committee held a special meeting on the construction of the “Sunshine Project” and decided to implement “three incorporations”: the construction of the “Sunshine Project” shall be incorporated into the report subject in routine conferences of secretary of County (City) Party Committee and head of county (Mayor of city); incorporated into the annual objectives assessment carried out by the Prefecture Party Committee on counties (cities); and incorporated into the supervision led by the Standing Committee of the Prefecture Party Committee.