Hanoi, Shanghai share experiences in people’s council operations

The Hanoi People’s Council and the People’s Congress of Shanghai (China) discussed ways to attract talents and uphold the role of people’s council deputies during a seminar in Hanoi on October 22.
Hanoi, Shanghai share experiences in people’s council operations ảnh 1At the seminar (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi People’s Council and the People’s Congress ofShanghai (China) discussed ways to attract talents and uphold the role of people’scouncil deputies during a seminar in Hanoi on October 22.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s CouncilNguyen Ngoc Tuan said Hanoi and Shanghai share many similarities, includingfacing challenges in traffic congestion and environmental pollution, and hopedthat both sides will continue strengthening mutually-beneficial cooperation andsharing experience in their operations. 

For his part, Vice Chairman of the StandingBoard of the Shanghai People’s Congress Xu Zezhou said Shanghai is acentrally-run city with an area of nearly 6,400sq.km and a population of over24 million people. As one of the economic hubs of China, Shanghai posts anaverage growth rate of nearly 7 percent each year. 

Under the national development strategy,Shanghai is set to become an economic, financial, trade, transportation, and science-innovationcentre, he said, adding that the visit aims to foster bilateral friendship andseek ways to address common issues. 

Fu Ai Ming, Vice Chairman of the Deputies’ WorkCommittee under the Standing Committee of the Shanghai People’s Congress, saidthat the congress has over 13,000 deputies at communal, town, regional, andmunicipal levels, including more than 860 at the municipal level, 65 of whomare full-time deputies. 

He expressed his wish to learn from Hanoi’sexperiences in meeting with constituents. 

Nguyen Hoai Nam, head of the Hanoi People’s Council’sDepartment of Legal Affairs, said that the operation model of the Hanoi People’sCouncil is similar to that of the Shanghai People’s Congress.

Namsaid the Hanoi People’s Council has set up city-level deputy groups inresidential areas to directly collect the opinions of voters.

The proposals and requests of voters are reported to the municipal People’sCouncil through meetings with voters and various groups, whereby the municipalauthorities conduct programmes, issue plans, and make regular, relevantinspections.

TheShanghai delegation was interested in the works undergone to try and attracttalents to the city.

Zhou Jingtai, Deputy Director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, and Health under the ShanghaiPeople’s Congress, shared that, like many big cities aroundthe world, Shanghai is meeting with difficulties in attracting and retainingtalents, expressing the hope that the Hanoi People’s Council will share itsexperiences in this field.

Headof the social and cultural department ofthe Hanoi People’s Council Tran The Cuong said that aside from building asustainable city and improving the living, studying, and working conditions, Hanoihas developed high-quality human resources through training talents andattracting those from various localities to work in Hanoi.

Accordingto Cuong, Hanoi has also implemented programmes to encourage and nurture talents,such as honouring students who have achieved top results in university andcollege graduate exams around Hanoi and recruiting them to work in the city’sagencies; organising training courses for personnel working in the city’sagencies; and inviting experts to help Hanoi develop high-tech centres andsmart cities.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuanaffirmed that attracting talents and promoting the role of the People’s Councildeputies is one of the top priorities for building a modern and sustainablecity, stressing that Hanoi has always attached great importance to cooperatingand learning from the experiences of other cities around the world, includingShanghai.

He expressed hope that Hanoi and Shanghai will boostexchanges in many fields, thus promoting the traditional friendship andcontributing to the building of rich and beautiful cities, bringing prosperityto both Vietnam and China.–VNA

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