a mountain of paper work and a sea of meetings(wén shān huì hǎi)

a mountain of paper work and a sea of meetings

Wenshan Huihai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w é NSH ā nhu ì h I, which means there are too many document meetings. From people's daily.

The origin of Idioms

People's daily, November 26, 1988: "it should be a blessing for the cadres to get more time and energy after extricating themselves from Wenshan Huihai."

Idiom usage

Too many administrative affairs.

Related problems

Wenshan Huihai is a long-standing difficulty in formalism and bureaucracy. Some places have reduced the number of documents, but have increased various jobs, such as APP, WeChat official account, APP push and mass WeChat, etc. Many cadres have reflected that since 2019, the number of meetings has indeed decreased, but there are still many small meetings or face changes. It is the normal work of many cadres whether they are in a meeting or on their way to a meeting.

The dislocation of the view of political achievements is the root. In the context of accountability, some people worry that the spirit of their superiors is not conveyed in place and they will be held accountable. Therefore, some people regard the "insurance concept" of "retreat" as the only choice to carry out their work, which makes the "saving energy and safe" Wenshan Huihai more and more intense. Some of them are engaged in Wenshan Huihai for the purpose of "political achievements" and responsibility promotion, while others are incompetent. The evaluation and comparison of mark type inspection add fuel to the flames. It is difficult to be satisfied when we are both athletes and referees.

To deal with the chronic disease of Wenshan Huihai, we should pay attention to "constant" and "long" as well as correct hedonism and extravagance, combine the symptoms with the root causes, and fight a protracted war. We should start with the leading organs and firmly control the scale. On the basis of controlling the scale and setting the upper limit, we should also reduce the quantity. The key is to establish rules and regulations by establishing systems. For a long time, Wenshan Huihai's phenomenon of "getting better as soon as it's cured, and rebounding as soon as it's loosened" tells us that it's very important to prevent problems from rebounding. We must strengthen daily supervision and management, and work hard for a long time.

Chinese PinYin : wén shān huì hǎi