More than ten minutes later, Zhang Yang's wife came back from outside and made a sumptuous dinner. After the wine and food were placed on, the three of them sat at the table, chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. The couple has been in the United States for several years and have a deep understanding of all aspects of American society. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Siyu also humbly asked for advice. ~

Zhang Yang's wife is also a senior intellectual and has a very knowledgeable knowledge. She added food to the two of them and said with a smile: "The United States is not a hell or a paradise. It is indeed very well-off. There are many things worth learning from in China, but there are also many unsatisfactory places, such as the huge gap between the rich and the poor. In order to ensure programmatic, the government is very inefficient. There are serious disputes between Washington and Congress. It is not very good in terms of social security, especially medical insurance, which makes the people very dissatisfied."

Zhang Yang focused on energy and environmental protection. Americans have reached an extremely fine level of environmental protection. Even hunting and fishing must distinguish between male and female. In order to protect the reproduction of fish, they even spend huge amounts of money to demolish the solid dam.

In addition, although the local area has extremely rich forest resources, it refuses to log it. Instead, it imports from Canada at a low price. In terms of energy, some strategic scarce resources have been sealed for a long time. What is even more admirable is that they actually imported a large amount of crude oil from the east and poured into the ground, completing a huge strategic oil reserve.

Wang Siyu sighed, put down his chopsticks, nodded and said, "The measures taken by the US government in this regard are indeed worth learning from. Although the country has begun to pay attention to environmental protection work, the phenomenon of chopping and logging in some places is still very serious. The phenomenon of secretly discharged wastewater and polluting rivers is endless. In order to pursue political achievements, officials from all over the world often turn a blind eye and do not seriously consider it. The development of sacrificing the environment is unsustainable and not worth the loss."

It seemed that the topic was a bit heavy. Zhang Yang's wife smiled and said: "What I feel most deeply about in the United States for so many years is that Americans have a strong sense of family. After work, they don't have much social engagements. Most of their time are with their family, shopping, exercise, or planting flowers and grass. Their lives are very comfortable. Unlike in China, where foot washing and massage KTVs are everywhere, Lao Zhang spent most of his time outside and rarely went home before 10 o'clock in the evening. ~"

Zhang Yang also smiled, picked up the wine glass, nodded and said, "I thought the United States was full of lights and wine, and was full of money. I didn't expect to be fooled. The most entertainment activities here are to start family patty, gather relatives and friends at home, and enhance friendship. They say that Americans are open, but in fact, this is very one-sided. I made a comparison and felt that Chinese people are conservative before marriage and open after marriage; Americans are just the opposite, open before marriage and conservative after marriage."

"Something is true." Wang Siyu smiled slightly, clinked Zhang Yang, and asked other questions. He didn't get up and say goodbye until it got dark outside. Zhang Yang sent him to the door and handed him another piece of material, sighing: "This is some research done in the United States, focusing on integrity, and may be of some help to you."

After a pause, he added with a smile: "American society is greatly influenced by Christianity. Therefore, they believe that people are selfish, greedy, and guilty. Once they have power or money, they will become bad. Therefore, they do not advocate autocracy, but decentralize power and supervise each other. They do a great job in clean government, and there is no difference between the results announced by Transparent International and it is worth learning from."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Zhang." Wang Siyu took the materials and felt a little complicated. He whispered: "The situation in China is very serious. The problem is not that it is just a government official's official's, but that this phenomenon exists in all industries in society. This is the most terrifying thing."

Zhang Yang sighed, held the door lintel with his hand, and said sadly: "Although I am abroad, I hope that the country can get better, but the key to the problem is still in the system. It is no exaggeration to say that if US officials exchange and send 500 officials to the other party, within five years, the 500 American officials will become corrupt officials; and the 500 corrupt officials in the country will become innocent officials. This is a problem that cannot be solved by two or three generations."

"No matter how difficult it is, we must try to solve it, not escape, nor to go with the flow." Wang Siyu looked at him, said this very seriously, then waved his hand and turned around and left.

Zhang Yang stroked his left hand and stood silently for a long time. He shook his head and said, "I have lost my reputation and have won the comfortable life I am now. I don't know if it's a profit or a loss."

Mrs. Zhang Yang walked over, held his arm, frowned and said, "You, here again, this is not a problem for anyone. You are at this point today, not because you have collected those three or five dou more, but because the backend is not strong enough. Are there many people who are ten times more greedy than you? They are still in glory now!"

"Maybe I'm old, I actually thought that the leaves fall and return to my roots. Unfortunately, I can never go back in my lifetime. ~" Zhang Yang sighed, turned around and entered the study, touched the wolf's brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote on the rice paper: "A journey of the mountain, a journey of water, and I walked towards the shore of Yuguan, and the lights of thousands of tents were late at night. The wind and the snow were up, and the dream of shattering the hometown heart could not be achieved, and there was no such sound in the hometown."

After finishing the pen, Zhang Yang stared at the words for a long time, and she burst into tears, sighed for a long time, then returned to the bedroom and rested early.

At 8:30 in the evening, Wang Siyu took a hot shower, wrapped himself in a bath towel and came to the bedside. He picked up the research materials Zhang Yang made, looked at them attentively, and took notes from time to time.

Compared with China, the US government has a very strict property declaration system for public officials and their relatives. As early as 965, it promulgated the "Code of Ethical Conduct of Government Officials and Employees", which made detailed provisions on the property declaration of various senior officials, their spouses and children.

In 978, the US Congress promulgated the Government Conduct Ethics Act, which stipulates that a personal property declaration system is established within the federal government systems and provides detailed provisions on the professional behavior of government officials after leaving their posts.

The "Code of Ethics of Government Staff" issued in 1985 clearly stipulates that private transactions are not allowed in any form by public office. US law also stipulates that government officials who have left their posts shall not return to their original work department to engage in lobbying activities for others within one year after they leave their posts, and violators will be subject to criminal punishment.

In 989, the US government revised the law and promulgated the Government Ethics Reform Act, which expanded the scope of restrictions on the behavior of officials after leaving the office to members of Congress and senior congressional officials. It also revised the restrictions on the behavior of officials after leaving the office, and stipulated that lower-level officials also had to declare their personal and relatives' property.

In 1999, the Federal Government Ethics Administration promulgated the "Code of Moral Conduct for Employees in Administrative Departments", which made detailed provisions on gifts, conflicts of interest, abuse of power, part-time jobs, extra-service activities, etc., and was accompanied by a large number of examples. This is a cross-departmental law, which further refines and improves the first two laws, and collectively reflects the moral requirements and behavioral norms of politics.

In addition, the US government has an all-inclusive public system. Except for state secrets such as military, all documents and data from government departments are disclosed to the public, so that the public can keep abreast of the government's work.

The ubiquitous supervision network can effectively restrain government officials. In addition to party supervision, the public's supervision over the government and the media's supervision force should not be underestimated.

In the United States, media supervision can be said to be the fourth power besides legislative, judicial, and executive powers, the high freedom of the press, which makes them loyal watchdogs of American interests.

No matter what the government does, it will feel that behind them, there is a pair of eyes staring at them, and they dare not slackew. Otherwise, it will cause a series of criticism and doubts, which will make the officials anxious but helpless.

Zhang Yang gave an example in the material. Three years ago, a Vietnamese went to the city councillor to appeal because the immigration procedures were delayed for a long time. The councillor hinted that a certain brand of wine was good, so the Vietnamese bought one and gave it to them, and the procedures were approved immediately.

As a result, the media quickly learned about this and immediately reported it. The city government ordered the MP to either resign or wait for investigation and verification by the Ethics Committee and the police to be sentenced.

Finally, the MP was forced to resign due to a bribery of more than 200 US dollars. This shows how powerful the media supervision is and the strict legal system are.

In order to ensure the construction of clean government, there are also ethical officials in the US government agencies who work independently and generally rotate every two years. Their work is to provide specific education for public officials engaged in different jobs.

For example, the boundaries are clear, and those that can be collected, and those that cannot be collected during the period of work of government employees. If they do, what can be done and what cannot be done, they are not allowed to work without understanding the rules and regulations.

The civil servant training examination is conducted by taking, running classes, individual education, etc. The examination is not limited to the form and the methods are flexible and diverse. If the examination fails twice, the Ethics Committee will be responsible for the face-to-face training until it passes.

The first thing that all employees of government agencies, whether elected or appointed, whether high-level officials or low-level officials, when they enter the civil service is to receive training and education on the code of conduct.

In addition, they will be clearly informed of who the ethics officials in their department are, and who should contact us when encountering this problem. After the training is completed, they will also be asked to sign and archive.

Once a senior government official is elected or appointed, the training of his moral code will be carried out accordingly, and it is conducted one-on-one. The officials in charge of morality will conduct training and talk with him. The main content is: informing relevant regulations; being familiar with relevant laws and regulations; being able to do or not; which department personnel to consult if you have any questions, etc.

The Ethics Committee staff are quite a bit of energy dedicated to consulting and answering questions. The advantage of doing this is that the parties are clear about the laws and regulations, and only do it after asking clearly, and only do it after understanding it, and effectively prevent the occurrence of violations of discipline.

If a specific government agency encounters some difficult problems, you can consult the Ethics Department, because many people in the Ethics Department are lawyers and can answer them from a legal perspective. However, since each department has ethics officials, most of the problems can be solved by themselves. Their philosophy is to grasp pre-education, which will result twice as much with half the effort.

The United States attaches importance to strengthening people's self-discipline. Since kindergarten, it has consciously taught what can be done and what cannot be done. Elementary schools have behavior instructors. In various universities, integrity education courses are generally offered.

These measures have given American society a good atmosphere of integrity, from government employees to ordinary people, they have a strong sense of self-discipline. In addition, American society has formed the habit of only recognizing the law but not the human being. When habits become nature, they will become an unstoppable force.
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