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1、TheChangeOneManCanMakeWHENIaskedZhangYuzhenwhethershemissedherlatehusband,the84-yearoldpausedforsometimebeforeansweringmyquestionwithacurt“no.”Havingexpectedhereyestomistoverandhervoicetocrack,Iwasquitetakenaback.Later,however,aswechattedintheirsmallcourtyarditbecam
2、eclearthatYangShanzhou’scareerasaregionalofficialanddedicationtoafforestationinhisretirementmeantthathehadspentlittletimewithhisfamily.DespitetheirlongseparationYangShanzhouwasaffectionatetowardshiswife,publiclyconfessingthatheowedmuchtoher.Suchsentimentsaccompanied
3、himtohisdeathbed,whereherequestedthathebeinterredonthemountainbehindtheirvillageinYunnanProvincesothathecouldbewithhereveryday.Agrassrootsherorecognizedposthumously,YangShanzhouembodiedalmosteveryqualitythatmakesagoodpublicservant,includinghonesty,humbleness,10commi
4、tmentandself-sacrifice.Sincehisstorywasmadepublic,hehasbecomeaninspirationnotonlytohispeersinlocalgovernmentbuttoanybodyaspiringtochangesocietyforthebetter.FromMagistratetoRangerAnativeofYunnanProvince’sBaoshan,whichwasformerlyaprefecturebeforebecomingacity,YangShan
5、zhouworkedinthedistrictandcountygovernments.Later,heascendedtothepositionoftheprefecture’sPartysecretary.Hisdedicationwasexemplaryanddidnotgounnoticed.Ononeoccasion,YangwascalledinwhenthenCPCGen-eralSecretaryHuYaobanginspectedBaoshanwhilehewastoilinginthefieldswithl
6、ocalfarmers,transplantingriceseedlingsunderthescorchingsun.HuwastakenabackwhenhesawYang’ssoakingpantsandmud-smearedface.“Fewcadresworkthewayyoudo,”hesaid.Onretiringfromhispostin1988,YangShanzhouvoluntarilygaveupthecomfortsandamenitiesoflivinginthecity,andmovedbackto
7、thevillagewherehegrewup.Thecommunitynestled10atthefootoftheDaliangMountain,whichatthetimewassegmentedintosmallplotsandrentedtolocalhouseholds,who,cashstrappedduetodireshortageoffarmland,felledtreestogrowcrops.Thethinlayerofearthleftbehindcouldnotsustainheavycultivat
8、ion,andbeforelongthemountainlostitsabilitytosupporttreelife.Alarmedbythemismanagementoftheenvironment,theeffectsofwhichhurtthelocaleconomy
