"If you have money, you are welcome to come home for the Spring Festival." Liang Gaowu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Head of Sangzhi County, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, recently publicly called for migrant workers to come home for the Spring Festival, and won numerous praises. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit comes early, and now it is only a month away from the Spring Festival. At the end of the year, it is the most homesick and homesick time for the wandering people. At this time of year, many people will ask early: "Can you go home this year?" People are eager for a definite reply, which can not only meet their expectations, but also schedule their return early and set foot on the road home. Sangzhi County gave a clear and affirmative response, which comforted the hearts of local migrant workers.

In the letter to the incoming (returning) personnel, the local people mentioned that "you can go home at ease" after just winning a war of epidemic prevention, control and annihilation, but because the surrounding epidemic situation is severe and complex, the prevention and control cannot be relaxed; Remind the returning personnel to report in advance, do a good job of personal protection on the way, and actively cooperate with the inspection when arriving in mulberry. These arrangements not only clearly express the hometown's attitude of welcoming tourists home, but also sincerely explain the hometown's prevention and control situation and the obligations of returnees. They have a sense of friendship and trust, demonstrating the image of a local government with human feelings and a sense of responsibility. The so-called "the moon is the hometown bright, people are hometown relatives" is not said, but done; It is not only reflected in the need for a traveler at home, but also reflected in the need for a traveler at home.

Sangzhi County's statement of "Welcome Home for the Spring Festival" also sends a signal to the society: it is possible to let the wandering people return to their hometown for the Spring Festival in many places, and it is worth the local government to make every effort to create conditions and meet the needs of the masses.

Recently, some places have begun to advocate "not returning home unless necessary", suggesting that migrant workers "celebrate the New Year on the spot". In contrast, Sangzhi County shows more responsibility and warmth. To be fair, whether it is "welcome home" or "unnecessary not to return home" still needs to be considered from the perspective of local prevention and control situation, which cannot be generalized. However, it cannot be denied that today, we need to reconsider the standard and scope of "unnecessary". The local government should be responsible for epidemic prevention and should also be aware of people's demands. Some outdated and excessive practices need to be changed according to the situation. People should not be persuaded to go home by "unnecessary" means for the convenience of epidemic prevention and management.

Since the epidemic, the general public has actively cooperated with and supported various epidemic prevention policies, made great sacrifices and concessions, and effectively implemented various "unnecessary" initiatives. In a specific period, it is understandable to ask the people to make some sacrifices and concessions, but we should not forget that the starting point and goal of epidemic prevention is "people first". This requires that we not only do our best to protect the people's life safety and health, but also try our best to meet the people's happiness expectations of having a good life and promising future. Many netizens said that they had not returned home for the Spring Festival for two or three consecutive years. In this context, if it is "unnecessary" to go home for the Spring Festival, what is "necessary"?

What resonates with this call is that with the weakening of the pathogenicity of Omicron virus, the popularization of vaccination, and the accumulation of prevention and control experience, China's epidemic prevention and control is facing new situations and tasks. In recent days, many places across the country have successively introduced optimized epidemic prevention and control policies, "taking small steps without stopping", to further reduce the interference of prevention and control on the normal production and life of the people. After these optimization policies are implemented in big cities, they need to be further "sunk" to reach urban and rural areas. In this sense, welcoming people back home for the New Year is also a necessary action and important content for the local government to implement the new tasks of prevention and control under the new situation.

I hope to see more places follow Sangzhi's practice, and I also hope that all Chinese people can have a happy New Year this year.