On November 19th, a bidding announcement for a billion-dollar investment sparked widespread discussion within society. According to the announcement, the Tibet Autonomous Region government plans to invest 10.686 billion Chinese yuan to construct a retirement base for senior cadres in Chengdu, Sichuan. Despite the Central Communist Party of China allocating around 90% of the funds, in reality, all construction costs will be borne by the national treasury. Once this information was exposed, it triggered an angry public outcry.
According to a bidding announcement published on the Sichuan Province Public Resource Trading Information Network, the design/segment bidding for the retirement base for senior cadres from the Tibet Autonomous Region in Chengdu has been publicly opened. The project has been approved for construction by the Tibet Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, with the project owner being the Tibet Autonomous Region Government Office.
The announcement indicates that the construction site for the project is located in the Shuangliu District of the Tianfu New Area in Sichuan, on the west side of Xiehe Avenue, south side of Wenjiashan Road, both north and south sides of Muhua Road, north side of Heyun North Road, and east side of Rongfu Second Road.
According to the feasibility study approval, the total land area for the project is 649.7 acres, with a planned total construction area of 1.4509 million square meters. This includes an above-ground construction area of 1.0309 million square meters and an underground construction area of 420,000 square meters. The first phase has a planned construction area of 592,800 square meters, while the second phase has a planned construction area of 858,100 square meters.
Notably, the project’s construction investment is approximately 10.686 billion yuan (excluding land costs), with the construction funding coming from national investment-government investment, with a contribution ratio of 100%. The bidder for this segment is Chengdu Urban Construction Investment Management Group Co., Ltd.
It is reported that the project’s design cycle is planned to be 120 calendar days, with the construction plan preparation period set to 30 calendar days, initial design document preparation period of 30 calendar days, and construction drawing preparation period of 60 calendar days (including various review times).
The announcement specifies that those interested in participating in this bidding segment should download the bidding documents (bidding documents and related information) from the Chengdu Public Resource Electronic Trading Cloud Platform starting from November 16, 2024, to obtain the “Project Inquiry Receipt.” The deadline for submitting bidding documents is 10:30 a.m. on December 6, 2024.
In a report on the execution of the Tibet Autonomous Region’s 2022 budget and the draft 2023 budget on January 31, 2023, it was revealed that funds amounting to 1.2 billion yuan were allocated to support the construction of the Chengdu Tibet Senior Cadre Retirement Base. This also included support for furnishing cadre apartments in Tibet. In September of the same year, the leadership team for the Tibet Chengdu Senior Cadre Retirement Base held a discussion meeting in Chengdu to solicit opinions and suggestions.
According to the announcement, in this investment exceeding billions, approximately 90% of the funds come from the Central Communist Party’s financial allocation. In reality, all construction costs will be borne by the national treasury.
According to previous reports by the “Tibet Daily,” the Central Communist Party granted financial subsidies amounting to 253.7 billion yuan to the Tibet government last year, while the general public budget expenditure of the Tibet government was 280.91 billion yuan, indicating a perennial financial deficit in the local government.
After various mainland media outlets reported on the above information, it sparked discussions among netizens.
Sulen智: My elderly parents and most rural elders only receive a monthly pension of just over 100 yuan, which isn’t even enough for meals. They are struggling to survive while officials spend hundreds of billions on a retirement base for a district cadre. Outrageous!
深紫的薰衣草: They receive tens of thousands in retirement pension, yet they still demand care services. After passing away, their families will also receive several times more in compensation than ordinary citizens. It’s a world of stark contrasts.
錢_若愚: Ridiculous! Those who receive high retirement pensions still demand more, how are people surviving on basic benefits supposed to live?
低調發財123321: Not satisfied with just salaries, they also want high retirement pensions, free medical care, and now this. Can’t they just act like honest individuals – finish work, settle payments, receive retirement pensions?
Yiso9999: Elders in our village receive just over 180 yuan monthly, despite having to pay 400 yuan annually for cooperative medical fees. They are content, saying the money is enough for basic necessities.
我_楊笠_美如畫: As long as they are not starving, they won’t revolt, willing to endure any form of exploitation.
沄瀟56: Willingly neglecting subsidies for the common people while generously providing benefits for senior cadres.
斯坦福蘭: It’s not about what they are constructing, but how the money is finding its way into (officials’) pockets.
大明1905: Spending money like water. Has the national treasury’s funds been utilized in the right places?
LZL更生: 10.6 billion excluding land costs, constructing 6,110 household ministerial-level and above cadre residences, with the government investing 2 million per household! All I can say is – they truly have no shame! No more pretense, just come clean!
Investor老何: Owners have nothing! Servants are building a retirement center. Pay attention not to their words, but their actions. Could they change the name to not sound like servants?
遠方的家-7: 1. What is the economy? The economy is baking a cake. 2. What is politics? Politics is dividing the cake. 3. What is the system? The system determines who gets more or less cake, and in what order. A good system: Those who divide the cake get it last. Bad system: Those who divide the cake get it first, take more, and without letting others know how much they took. 4. What is propaganda? Propaganda is making the cake-makers grateful to the cake-dividers.
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