For young people, some people suspect that Zhou Senfeng may have a background; Because of being young, some people question whether the selection procedure is illegal; Because of his youth, some people are worried about whether Zhou Senfeng can be the mayor. According to the organization department of Xiangfan Municipal Committee, in 2004, Zhou Senfeng graduated from Tsinghua University, majoring in management science and engineering. In the same year, he worked in Xiangfan for one year as a high-quality professional introduced from Xiangfan.
In April 2009, the main leaders of Yicheng Municipal Committee made adjustments one after another, and the post of mayor was vacant. Xiangfan Municipal Committee repeatedly solicited opinions on the mayor candidates and recommended them democratically, and Zhou Senfeng was among the best. In May, Xiangfan Municipal Committee formally nominated Zhou Senfeng as the mayor candidate of Xiangfan City. On June 2 1 day, he was unanimously elected as the new mayor of Yicheng.
After being elected, Zhou Senfeng said in an interview with reporters: "I am encouraged by this election. In the face of the delegates' voting, I deeply feel the importance of job responsibilities and the arduousness of the mission. This stage is vast. I have to keep my mission in mind, perform my duties, and take every step of a young cadre's growth with the spirit of self-discipline and self-vigilance. "A 29-year-old young man was elected mayor, which touched people's habitual thinking. Immediately after the news came out, some people questioned whether Zhou Senfeng had a "background".
In this regard, the Organization Department of Xiangfan Municipal Committee introduced that Zhou Senfeng was born in a farmer's family in Shenhou Town, Yuzhou City, Henan Province, and his parents were farmers without any special background. Zhou Senfeng told reporters in an interview that there are no leading cadres at or above the division level among his relatives.
Director Li, who is in charge of the introduction, said that Xiangfan and Tsinghua University have signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement on talents and science and technology. "In 2004, we brought in three people from Tsinghua University, and Zhou Senfeng was one of them. All of them are in short supply of local development. Zhou Senfeng studied urban management planning, which is very suitable for Xiangfan. " He repeatedly explained that Zhou Senfeng had no background, his hometown was in the countryside, and he didn't know him before.
Zhou Senfeng and his wife Huo Yan are high school classmates, both from Yuzhou. Huo Yan is the sister of Huo Xinfeng, a classmate of Zhou Senfeng. Huo Yan's study is not very good. After one year's repetition, she was admitted to the Third Law Department of Chongqing Southwest University of Political Science and Law on September 1999 to study law. After graduating from university, they were admitted to Tsinghua University to study for a master's degree. On 20th11April14th, the Organization Department of Hubei Provincial Party Committee held a special briefing to introduce the background and process of the proposed exchange and promotion of Zhou Senfeng. According to Yang Hanjun, Secretary General of the Organization Department of Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Zhou Senfeng's promotion and appointment originated from the "Young Cadre Growth Project" implemented in Hubei Province this year. On February 14, the inspection team of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee held a cadre meeting in Xiangyang. After a secret ballot of 170 cadres, Zhou Senfeng won 1 15. According to relevant regulations, the investigation team conducted individual talks with 80 people recommended, and 72 people recommended Zhou Senfeng. Zhou Senfeng ranked first in two rounds of recommendation.
In Yicheng 126 people's democratic evaluation, Zhou Senfeng won 124 excellent votes, and 124 people agreed to his promotion. During the inspection, 69 people who participated in individual conversations agreed that he should be promoted to his post. In the publicity link before Zhou Senfeng took office, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee solicited the opinions of all provincial party committee members and alternate members, and unanimously agreed to Zhou Senfeng's promotion and exchange. In addition, during Zhou Senfeng's work in Yicheng, Yicheng County continuously advanced 17 in the ranking of county economic indicators in the province. Wang Yukai, a professor at the Department of Public Administration and Research of the National School of Administration, believes that this incident has aroused such a strong response. To a certain extent, the root cause lies in the fact that the current official selection mechanism in China is not open and transparent enough. At the same time, a small number of on-the-job officials are on the stage and off the stage, which makes people's trust in officials decrease, and the trust in the fairness and rationality of the official selection mechanism needs to be improved.
Wang Yukai said that when selecting cadres, especially real leaders, we should strengthen the participation of ordinary people and listen to their voices, so as to implement "democratic elections" and eliminate the public's abnormal doubts about normal selection. At the same time, he also said that the 29-year-old elected mayor is a "case" after all, which is not of universal significance compared with the vast number of young cadres, and there is no need for the media to speculate too much.