党建引领聚合力，乡企联建奔共富******
“有了进口商品城这个大平台，我们再也不愁今年的农产品没销路了！”近日，浙江丽水市青田县万山乡与侨乡进口商品城商会举行“乡企党建联建·携手并进奔共富”活动。活动中，侨乡进口商品城商会与青田县昌红农业发展有限公司签订了农产品意向采购协议，签约后公司负责人潘先雄乐开了花。
万山乡居于群山之巅，沿山峦设居，地理位置偏远。红米酒、蜂蜜、笋干、番薯粉等是万山的特色农产品。万山也曾是红十三军、红军挺进师游击活动浙南的重要根据地，红色旅游资源丰富。2019年开始，万山乡与侨乡进口商品城商会发挥各自优势，在党支部交流、农产品销售以及人才培育等各方面开展合作，助力革命老区发展、支持农村公益事业建设、促进农民增收。
青田县昌红农业发展有限公司作为万山乡的强村公司，是双方联建的合作重点，每年公司都会通过商品城平台销售蜂蜜、茶叶等农产品数十万元。“从去年开始，我们的合作越来越顺畅，一方面是在人才培育和营销模式的学习交流上，由企业选派优秀党员、技术能手、经营骨干来村里开展工作经验交流、传授职业技能知识；另一方面是他们拿出真金白银从我们这采购农产品、捐助困难群体以及支持基础设施建设，多角度助力我们的乡村振兴。”潘先雄说。
近年来，万山乡以昌红农业发展有限公司为媒介，通过与侨乡进口商品城、广发银行等单位合作，盘活村级现有资金、资产、资源，推动产业由单打独斗、各自为战向联动协同、集团作战转变，流转闲置土地1700余亩，建设稻鱼米基地500亩、覆盆子基地655亩，高标准梯田耕地提升700亩，发展万山红米酒、蜂蜜、笋干、番薯粉等特色产业。同时，用好“红色万山”品牌，做好全乡特色农产品的统一收购、包装和销售，完善农产品展销平台和营销体系，全乡实现农产品销售超300万元。
“我们商会成员每年的年货采购，还有送给客户的年货都会选择万山农产品，绿色纯天然无污染。”侨乡进口商品城商会会长周勇说。双方合作以来，不仅农产品畅销了，这几年随着万山红色旅游的兴起，优质的进口商品也渐渐“走”进乡村，万山乡以进口商品代销的方式帮助商品城一年销售达20余万元，实现了双赢。
除了在农产品、进口商品销售上的互帮互助，双方还发挥村企间组织与人员互融、资源与优势互补、利润与效益互惠的积极作用，择优党建工作硬、发展规模大、经济效益好的企业“一对一”“一对多”结对帮扶村，积极构造党建引领、支部带头、企业帮扶、群众参与的“四种利益联结体”，共建村企利益联结体，进一步将发展成果惠及到千家万户。截至目前，通过合作，万山各村的村集体经济已从每年的5万元增长至50多万元。（通讯员叶春笼 光明日报全媒体见习记者 刘习 记者 陆健）
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
