Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight of the storm
Not long after, all the city officials came to the conference room, including Mayor Wang Hongliang, Executive Vice Mayor Ma Muyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Lei Guangcheng, Propaganda Minister Liu Zhengfang, etc. Xu Yang knew all of these people, but they were not familiar with them.
They sat in the same conference room for a meeting, which was the first time for Xu Yang.↖,
Guo Shuqing didn't say too much nonsense. He explained the purpose of the meeting straight to the point, and then asked Xu Yang to introduce the relevant situation to everyone. Xu Yang was quite nervous in his heart, but he forced himself to be calm. He used Spring and Autumn style to describe the issues of the R project to
Everyone made an introduction, in which both positive and negative opinions were elaborated, but the appropriateness gave people a hint that the R project did have serious hidden dangers.
After Xu Yang finished speaking, he left. Guo Shuqing watched the director of the Municipal Party Committee close the door of the conference room, then cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, if the Blue Sky Organization hadn't done this kind of science popularization in Yiping City,
We didn't know that Daqin's R project had such a big risk. Now the people are talking about it and asking our city to express its attitude. Let's discuss it and see what should be done about this matter."
Guo Shuqing's words have actually shown a tendency. He directly claimed that there is a huge risk in r, rather than saying that there is a dispute. The effects of these two statements are obviously different. In this matter, Guo Shuqing and Xu Yang have a common understanding
There was a subtle tacit understanding. Guo Shuqing wanted to realize his vision of "de-industrialization" in Yiping through this kind of thing, while Xu Yang did it purely for the purpose of venting his anger. Xu Yang's words were still hesitant, but when it came to Guo Shuqing, it was
Tu Qiong dagger met.
Other officials in the city have different ideas from Guo Shuqing. They have done grassroots work for many years and are well aware of the importance of a large-scale project to local economic development. Everyone has always followed Guo Shuqing's idea of "deindustrialization" and praised it on the surface.
Guo Shuqing is an advanced thinker, but everyone is laughing at him behind his back. Before, Guo Shuqing only proposed a concept, and everyone was happy to deal with him. But this time, Guo Shuqing pointed his sword at the Daqin r project, and everyone could no longer do it.
Calmed down.
Ma Muyuan was the first official to negotiate with Daqin Group about the implementation of Project R. This large project with an investment of tens of billions once became an important political achievement of Ma Muyuan. After hearing Guo Shuqing's words, Ma Muyuan frowned and said: "Secretary Guo
, I think we still need to learn more about the situation, right? The propaganda organized by Blue Sky is somewhat exaggerated. The r project had undergone an environmental assessment before starting construction, and the appraisal results issued by the environmental protection department at that time did not
It shows that it has such a big risk, how can we think there is a problem with this project just by listening to the Blue Sky organization's words?"
"The environmental protection department is also motivated by performance considerations, and some evaluations are probably just a formality, right? Hasn't Mayor Ma heard of such a thing?" Guo Shu said calmly.
Ma Muyuan looked a little embarrassed, and he hesitated: "This project is really different..."
Mayor Wang Hongliang said: "I agree with Muyuan on this point. Maybe in some other projects, the Environmental Protection Bureau has had some flaws out of human considerations, but when it comes to the R project specifically, I think the Environmental Protection Bureau
The work is quite responsible. In particular, Daqin Group has always been very self-disciplined in environmental protection and is unlikely to relax its requirements on this project."
"Mayor Wang, you have to consider that our country's environmental protection standards are different from those in the West. Maybe according to our environmental protection standards, this project is qualified, but compared to Western standards, this project is not qualified. We can't forget
After learning the lessons from the pesticide factory in Bhopal, that project is illegal in the United States, but it is legal in India," Liu Zhengfang retorted.
The Bhopal pesticide factory leakage incident was the most famous environmental accident in the world in the mid-1980s. The youngest people here are 40 years old, and they are all deeply impressed by this incident. This pesticide factory is an American company.
The company's products are prohibited from being produced in the United States. Therefore, American companies moved them to third world countries with lower regulatory standards, causing a human tragedy.
Liu Zhengfang cited this example just to show that the safety standards of third world countries are far lower than those of European and American countries. Projects that are safe in third world countries may not be safe in developed countries. Blue Sky Organization is a representative
Developed countries, while China is a third world country. Thinking about it this way, the different opinions between the Blue Sky Organization and the Daqin Group can be explained.
Guo Shuqing took over Liu Zhengfang's words and said: "Minister Liu's words are worth pondering. It is true that our country is a third world country. But we cannot demand ourselves according to the environmental protection standards of third world countries, even if the country has
Difficulties of one kind or another have to temporarily accept lower standards. For us, now that we know the advanced international standards, we should consciously use these advanced standards to demand ourselves. We firmly adhere to the old path of pollution first and then treatment.
Don’t leave. The lives of Chinese people are not inferior to those of foreigners. Why should we accept things that are unacceptable abroad?”
The words were so powerful that Wang Hongliang, Ma Muyuan and others could not find a reason to refute. When the economy is underdeveloped, it is an unspoken rule to sacrifice some environmental and safety interests in order to develop the economy.
Officials do this, and Yiping City has done this in the past. But after all, this kind of thing cannot be said on the table, otherwise once it is recorded, when an environmental accident occurs in the future, the person who said this will be punished.
Take responsibility. Therefore, Guo Shuqing sang this in a high-profile manner, and Wang Hongliang and others found that they could not say anything more.
"So, Secretary Guo, what's your opinion?" Wang Hongliang simply kicked the ball back to Guo Shuqing, allowing Guo Shuqing to express his opinion.
Guo Shuqing waved his hand and said: "Negotiate with Daqin Group to stop the construction of Project R."
"This is impossible!" Ma Muyuan couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out.
"Why is it impossible?" Guo Shuqing asked.
Ma Muyuan said: "The construction of Daqin's r project is nearing completion, and tens of billions of investments have been invested. How can they accept if we ask them to stop construction at this time?"
Guo Shuqing said: "They can move. They can move to any place that is willing to accept it."
Ma Muyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Secretary Guo, this is really not something that can be done by just touching the upper lip to the lower lip. 30% of the construction investment of chemical companies is civil construction investment. It is impossible to move away. There are still nearly 40
% of the equipment investment is non-detachable. Those large tank towers and a large number of pipelines can be disassembled. If they are moved, 70% of the investment will be wasted. This is nearly 7 billion yuan of capital.
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"Is there such a big loss?" Guo Shuqing was also a little dumbfounded. He originally planned to propose financial compensation for Daqin Group's losses, but now that he heard that the loss may be as high as 7 billion, he still dared to speak.
Ma Muyuan said: "This is only an obvious loss. Daqin's R project was originally scheduled to be put into operation next year. If they are required to relocate now and they move to other cities to restart construction, it will be delayed for at least three years.
The value, for Daqin Group, is at least 10 billion."
"Yiping should not be responsible for this kind of loss." Deputy Secretary Lei Guangcheng interjected, "Daqin Group did not consider safety issues when building this project, and built the project only more than 20 kilometers away from the city. This in itself
It is a violation of international regulations. I heard people say that foreign R projects must be at least 100 kilometers away from urban areas. Daqin Group is engaged in chemical industry, don’t they understand this too?”
"That's right, I've also heard about this rule." Liu Zhengfang agreed.
"If this is the case, then the responsibility does not lie with Yiping." Guo Shuqing said, "It was the Daqin Group that violated the regulations first, and we are just correcting this mistake. They ignored the safety of the people of Yiping and built construction so close to the city.
For such a high-risk project, it is already good that we did not hold them accountable. As for any losses that will result, that is entirely their own responsibility."
"The r project will be 100 kilometers away from the city. I have also heard this statement." Ma Muyuan said, "However, it seems that the source of all these statements is from the Blue Sky Organization. We have not heard of such a statement in the past.
According to regulations, does this need to be verified?”
"Okay, let the Science and Technology Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau find out about it after the meeting." Guo Shuqing said, "Now let's vote first. If there are indeed violations of the Daqin R project, should we stop it immediately?"
Wang Hongliang and Ma Muyuan looked at each other and were about to say something when they suddenly heard a commotion outside the window. The municipal party committee meeting room is on the 7th floor of the office building, and the entrance to the municipal party committee compound can be seen through the glass window.
Everyone turned and looked down, and saw that thousands of citizens had gathered outside the gate of the municipal party committee compound. The crowd held large banners, and some people held placards in their hands and were surrounding them.
Slogans were shouted excitedly at the gate.
Before Guo Shuqing could ask anyone to find out, the secretary hurriedly opened the door and came in. He walked to Guo Shuqing's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in Guo Shuqing's ear. Guo Shuqing's face suddenly changed, he raised his head and said to everyone:
"Comrades, the development of things is beyond our control now. I'm afraid we don't have time to argue anymore. The people outside the door are here to ask the municipal committee to stop the R project immediately. If we can't make a decisive decision, it is very likely to cause trouble.
It’s a serious case of adultery!” (To be continued…)
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