Schoolchildren Line Streets to Welcome Government Officials

Elementary schoolchildren in Gutian county of Fujian province line the street to welcome government officials attending a Buddhism seminar.

From NetEase, ifeng, & QQ:

200 Fujian province Gutian county primary school students stop class to welcome provincial leaders

November 23rd afternoon at 2 o’clock in Gutian county of Ningde city in Fujian province, in order to welcome provincial government leaders and the media, over 200 elementary school students temporarily suspended class, and stood in their school uniforms lining both sides of the county government courtyard path to await the government leaders arriving for a meeting. Photo is of the elementary school students standing in the county government courtyard waiting for the government leaders to arrive.

Primary schoolchildren in Gutian county of Fujian province line the street with flowers in hand to welcome government officials attending a Buddhism seminar.

At 3:30pm, the participating guests arrived and entered with a “warm welcome”. Afterward, the children left to return to school to continue class. Photo is of the primary school students holding fresh flowers lining the streets to welcome the government leaders.

Primary schoolchildren in Fujian province line the street with flowers in hand to welcome government officials attending a Buddhism seminar.

To celebrate the 133 anniversary of the birth of Master Yuan Ying [a Buddhist monk], Gutian county held a seminar on Buddhism, inviting provincial leaders and the media to participate. Photo is of the county government courtyard and the elementary school students awaiting the arrival of government leaders.

Primary schoolchildren in Gutian county of Fujian province line the street with flowers in hand to welcome government officials attending a Buddhism seminar.

Primary schoolchildren in Gutian county of Fujian province line the street with flowers in hand to welcome government officials attending a Buddhism seminar.

Photo is of Gutian county’s government compound.

Comments from QQ:

易梦缘:

These days they can only deceive the primary school students. Have the middle school students go and none of them will go.

腾讯佛山市网友 贵族:

Vehicles for public servants’ use cannot exceed 180,000! So that [rule] was fake?? A Toyota Highlander is at least 500,000-600,000!!

腾讯天津市网友 武松打赌:

A vicious cycle. When these children grow up and they become the leader of some department, they too will do this, because it is this kind of thinking that was instilled into them from when they were small. At that time, the people welcoming them will be the children and grandchildren of the current leaders!

腾讯滁州市网友 龙之吻:

So much official power; It would be best if this kind of leader doesn’t come often, otherwise the children will want to suspend class everyday;
From another perspective, the quality of this county’s officials, and how they normally behave and do things, we can all imagine.

腾讯淄博市网友 巫师:

This is all normal, no need to make a fuss, government leaders just love doing this kind of stuff, what can anyone do?!!!

腾讯厦门市网友 飞燕:

A government leader comes and this much is done. Look at government leaders in other countries, do they have this kind of welcome? Making official visits is a government official’s responsibility, otherwise are we supporting them to just eat and not do any actual work?

腾讯网友 米氏Paint(GR:

MLGBD, I was in the band when I was in elementary school and during class, the school principal and teachers would even have us go play for others’ retail grand openings.

Comments from ifeng:

凤凰网中国网友:zzhc:

Too disgusting! Extremely disgusting!

凤凰网四川省宜宾市网友:yibinboy:

In China, the power of the government leadership is too big, there simply aren’t any constraints.

凤凰网海南省网友:hao0000:

So this is the people’s civil servants? Students lining up streets to receive [guests] instead of attending class. So this is serving the people? What a helpless society!

凤凰网吉林省长春市网友:e119110120:

Whoever is a public servant is whoever is master?

凤凰网上海市宝山区网友:youli7155:

Resolutely demand this be investigated, who is trying to kiss ass? And who is having his ass kissed? Too disgusting, so this is what public servants are like?

凤凰网浙江省杭州市网友:三角平衡:

The whole country is the same, not just Gutian.

凤凰网浙江省温州市网友:chen3536:

China’s national circumstances have decided that this is necessary, that if you want a future, you have to learn from when you’re small how to kiss ass.

凤凰网安徽省网友:孤独遐:

To some extent it satisfies the government leaders’ vanity.

Comments from NetEase:

豬之Turbine [网易湖南省长沙市网友]:

This is the kind of education we receive, worshiping power from when we are small. When I think of how I also did this kind of thing when I was in primary school I really feel disgusted!

谁是贼 [网易北京市网友]:

They didn’t kneel in welcome?! Such indecency…

文明的野蛮 [网易江苏省苏州市网友]:

So this is education? To have children learn how to prostrate themselves before power?

仙芙 [网易四川省成都市网友]:

This is how patriotic youth and lackeys are trained.

谁是贼 [网易北京市网友]: (responding to above)

And amongst them, the 5 jiao are the elites…

kngtam0 [网易广西梧州市网友]:

Even a lowly fart of a government leader has such power and prestige!!!

谁是贼 [网易北京市网友]:

Keywords: Buddhism seminar, provincial government leaders, primary school students, line the streets in welcome…
I’m still in a state of bewilderment…

canadaart [网易加拿大网友]:

China’s schools teach children from when they are small that being a government official is a good profession, and have the students receive an education in servility.
No matter what, children realize from when they are small that those who are officials have a lot of special privileges.
Hope the editor won’t delete, the news is meant to disclose the truth!

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  1. This is a one time only incident…

    going to let U choose

    Song of the Article

    五毛党

  2. One can’t be corrupt without having learned it at a young age.

    As per an example: do those kids get to keep those flowers?

    • Note to Fauna:
      Cool tip on tragic story of father burning 3 year-old baby alive because the abused mother wanted to divorce. with pics.
      http://news.qq.com/a/20111126/000137.htm#p=1

      • It seems we need someone who is trusted to make life’s most difficult decisions.
        I am talking about an individual/group with the authority to end that child’s life.
        I may be wrong, but I believe death is the best, most merciful option available. Wouldn’t most of us agree that his/her life is effectively over? If continues to live, isn’t just a continuation of the torment, pain, and misery ?
        Euthanasia.
        Same with the little girl, YoYo. What good did it serve her for her to languish in the hospital 10 days before succumbing to the inevitable?

  3. This is all about the Chinese drossy culture of having face, showing off and corruption. Chinese officials perform them in an extraordinary way, no wonder they are the elites of China.

  4. Kind of an antiquated custom from the Mao days

    I get it if it was the president or premier, but c’mon, who cares about this

  5. Bryan from USA number1

    Japanese Car, surprised they did not cover that up.

  6. This stuff happens all the time. I used to teach at a primary school and whenever government officials would come all the teachers would where uniforms and put on a big show of things. They actually looked pretty classy. The male teachers wore matching suits. They looked pretty pimp.

    It is really interesting to see how hated the government is these days through the netizens’ comments. I’m just glad to see they are having an event to recognize a Buddhist. Props to that. Get that culture back.

  7. What a stupid hold over from the old days. There’s a reason why people laugh at North Korea when they do this kind of crap.

  8. Makes you wonder which side in this event are the *real* “Little Emperors”….

  9. A cornerstone of China’s education: train them to become little sycophants from a young age.

  10. No problem. This activity teaches respect for leaders (debate that if you want) and the leaders enjoy the treatment. When it’s budget time, which schools get the most money?

    I participated in similar activities when I was young; a very long time ago – when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

  11. I imagine the leader will be taking some of the elementary school girls to lunch to drink and then take a few of them up to the local motel- and then they’ll line the streets again later that afternoon, when he departs.
    Oh, the glory of our wise leadership!

  12. Save the effort, time and money and just get the student body president, student press club, principal and anyone else who wants to meet the officials (they’re here to learn whats wrong , not here to be praised – they’re just doing their job, whats to praise so much about?) at most.

    It’s not like the Emperor’s rank 100 concubine was visiting. Also whats with the TOYOTA car? Government functionaries should buy local brand cars instead of importing at cost with shipping if they’re patriotic.

    If their complaint is that Chinese cars are not beefy enough (consumption not low enough), then by all means redesign something suitable to what the local officials would like to drive – appropriate to their position – or even include them in the design process instead of buying Toyotas. Frankly the current local limousines available for example need a larger form :

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/variants.jpg

    Finally this teaches obeisance and obsequiousness, makes conquest of a nation that much easier. We need individualistic citizens not ‘Flower Children’ displaying themselves for Gigeresque pedarasts ala Dune (1984 David Lynch).

    There are ‘Emperors’ and there are Emperors. The local councillor or local MP sure as hell is not to be treated as such. The corsages are potentially involved in crony benefiting expenditures that tax payers could well do without. The rot is setting in CCP ! Wakey wakey!

  13. its a school for Gate Keeper

    so no big deal just there daily training….

    makes me think about revolution times in china, the same People who standing in line and follow there leader are the same who burn his house in the end…

  14. Has anyone else noticed that most Chinese comments recently have been very negative regarding the government? I wonder if this is related to which comments are selected, or if public opinion has really shifted recently.

  15. For music I was gonna go with
    1. hit me with your rythm stick – Ian Dury and the blockheads
    2. I think I gonna fall in love – Supercharge
    3. Anything by TISM
    4. After suck comes blow – Gaye Bikers On Acid

    A marilon manthion thong would be authpithous but.

  16. The kids are begging for safe school buses, secure school grounds and uncontaminated food.
    The officials are checking out their next mistresses,

  17. I wonder what that “Seminar on Buddhism” includes since China is strictly atheist and government officials aren’t allowed to participate in any kind of religious activities. Weird.

    • Good point. I hope they have nothing to do with the Llama (aka CIA agent) somehow. If you cannot see a pattern here. Every time that geezer turns up or gets involved, India and China end up quarreling.

  18. A bit of a let-down, all in all.

    Next time do it right! Make the kids lay down in the street and have the provincial leaders drive over them.

    This will teach the kids their place in Chinese society and as a bonus, the brand-new Toyota will keep its tyres clean.

    That’s what you call a Win-Win situation.

  19. I don’t see what the big stink is about.

  20. Let’s see how pissed I am.
    1. They abused the children of my home province.
    2. They are low enough to have children welcome them.
    3.They stopped school just to welcome some censoring government officials.
    4. They wasted all that money on flowers. What a shame, it would’ve brought a textbook or two or be given to someone worthy of the honor.
    5. This happens all over China.

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