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Xie Lifang, in her twenties, is the youngest delegate of the 16th CPC National Congress members from south China's Fujian Province. Although she looks gentle and shy, Xie has been part of the residence community committee for 6 years.
Over 30 honorary certificates hang on the walls of the Zhenwei Residence Community Committee office on Liedong Street, Meilie District of Sanming City. They include the Advanced Unit of National Spiritual Civilization Construction, Demonstration of National Civilized City and National Model Residence Community Committee among others. Xie says that the tributes belonging to her predecessors inspire her while she is sitting in the office.
Xie Lifang has now become a well-known person in Sanming City, and throughout Fujian Province. She was once awarded with the National Woman Pace-setter, Model of National Community Ideological and Political Works. Local media call her the "Community Premier", and community residents regard her as their bosom friend. Xie said that the director of the residence community is not a government official, but a person that serves the people and helps to solve any difficulties they may have with the government.
Xie comes up a lot of ideas in order to better serve the residents. For example, in order to solve the inconvenience of residents living in the area, she made a questionnaire, "What Kind of Service Can You Offer and What Do You Want?" She established a mutual community help corner, publicized resident's areas of expertise and their telephone numbers; organized laid-off workers and helped them overcome their difficulties, assisted the unemployed find work and brought other conveniences to the residents.
"The honor belongs not only to me, but to the whole community. It has become an incentive that I use to encourage myself to finish work of a higher quality," said Xie when talking about her election. She noted that nowadays the most important job is to improve the community's civilization, instead of just working toward improved social order and environment, as was the case in the past. Therefore, the Zhenwei Residence Community Committee organized "characteristic family", and "happy community" square cultural activities. Currently, Xie together with her colleagues are busy carrying out door-to-door investigations among employed, mobile and retired party members.
(China.org.cn by Tang Fuchun on November 14, 2002)
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