Cheng Zhixing, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Commission, spoke next. Compared with Organization Department Head Qu Zhaochuan, his remarks offered a little something new, but not much.
He mainly gave high praise to Comrades Tian Zhengbing and Zhou Yi.
He praised Tian Zhengbing for his firm political convictions, his regard for the bigger picture, his familiarity with public security and political and legal affairs, his extensive experience, his skill at managing leadership teams and personnel, and his strong organizational and leadership abilities.
He also praised Zhou Yi for his high political caliber, strong Party consciousness and awareness of the bigger picture, clear thinking, sound strategic decision-making, calm and reliable approach, thorough and practical work style, willingness to shoulder responsibility, and courage to break new ground. He called him the best candidate for Executive Deputy Department Director.
Don't assume this was all boilerplate. Actually, it was...
But boilerplate or not, every word of those assessments perfectly matched Tian Zhengbing's and Zhou Yi's respective roles and professional strengths!
For example, "managing leadership teams and personnel, with strong leadership abilities" could only be used to assess the top man, the Public Security Department Director.
And all-purpose praise like "strong awareness of the bigger picture, clear thinking..." was just right for the equally all-purpose position of Executive Deputy Department Director.
By rights, Tian Zhengbing, newly promoted to Public Security Department Director, should have been the undisputed star of that day's appointment meeting. Yet Cheng Zhixing devoted more time to Zhou Yi, lavishly praising the outstanding contributions he had made since becoming Deputy Department Director, both in solving major criminal cases and in handling mass incidents, bringing honor and distinction to the Provincial Public Security Department.
The line "Comrade Zhou Yi is the best candidate for Executive Deputy Department Director"