30 Aug 21 - story 5

"More than 1.4 billion Chinese are twisted into a single strand and persevere on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics."

General Secretary Xi Jinping inspects Chengde, Hebei

Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Xiaosong Zhu Jichai People's Daily reporter Du Shangze Xu Yunping

"I came back to Chengde for the first time, and I have been longing for it. I want to know a lot of things here and take a look at it on the spot."

In northern Hebei, the autumn is high and fresh, and ten thousand mu of golden lotus blooms.

From August 23rd to 24th, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Chengde, Hebei, and went deep into the boundless sea of ​​green forests, praising the spiritual power of deserts turning into oasis; walked into the garden temples with long meaning, and felt the historical enlightenment of ethnic exchanges and exchanges; Go to the thriving rural communities and paint a beautiful picture of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

This piece of green, this kind of spirit

They have been stationed at Wanghailou on Moon Mountain in Saihanba for 13 years. The forest rangers Liu Jun and Wang Juan did not expect that General Secretary Xi Jinping would come here to visit them.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, General Secretary Xi Jinping's first stop came to the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm and drove up to the Moon Mountain at an altitude of 1,900 meters.

The bright autumn sun shines on this boundless green sea, and the mountains in the distance are undulating and picturesque. Half a century ago, Saihanba was still a vast wilderness with no birds inhabiting and yellow sand covering the sky. Now it is a world of flowers and a sea of ​​forests. Behind the vicissitudes of life is the hard work and selfless dedication of countless forest farmers like Liu Jun and Wang Juan.

"Hello, general secretary!" The couple greeted Wanghailou.

"Hello!" The general secretary greeted them while walking towards them.

How to be on duty, how to rest, how often can I go home, how often can I see the children... General Secretary Xi Jinping has a detailed understanding of their work and life.

Knowing that the two of them have been working and living in this three-story Wanghai Building for many years, they are on duty 24 hours a day, and watched every 15 minutes when it is critical. They spent more than 4,700 monotonous days and nights. General Secretary Xi Jinping Repeatedly said: "It's very hard!"

"Do you still have any difficulties?" the general secretary asked.

"No, everything is fine!" Liu Jun smiled shyly.

General Secretary Xi Jinping nodded and offered to "take a look inside the building."

The bedroom on the first floor, the dining room on the second floor, and the working room on the third floor were inspected by the general secretary. He was concerned about asking what to keep warm in winter and whether he could take a hot bath. He looked through the observation record book carefully to understand the work system and management regulations.

"It's not easy for you guys!" General Secretary Xi Jinping sighed sincerely, "This work is glorious and requires a strong sense of responsibility. There has not been a fire for so many years, it is not easy. Thank you! You guys for your hard work!"

Before leaving, the general secretary invited the couple to take a group photo.

There are long white clouds in the sky, and rolling green hills behind, the precious moments are frozen by the shutter.

Liu Jun said excitedly: "Thank you, General Secretary! We must take good care of this forest."

Leaving Moon Mountain, the convoy drove into the depths of the forest and stopped in front of a stone monument that read "The Source of Green". Here is the origin of millions of acres of green forests-Shanghai Memorial Forest.

Behind the name, there is a touching story:

At the beginning of the construction of the site, due to lack of experience, the survival rate of Saihanba afforestation for two consecutive years was less than 8%. Wang Shanghai, the first party secretary of the forest farm, did not believe in this evil. In the spring of 1964, he led the staff to start the "Afforestation War" here. For many consecutive days, he ate and lived on the mountain and planted 516 mu of larch, with a survival rate of 96% that year.

On the exhibition board in the Shanghai Memorial Forest, there is an old photo of Wang Shanghai squatting on the ground and studying afforestation technology with employees.

The general secretary stopped and stared and asked Comrade Wang Shanghai about the situation.

"He can't let go of this forest. After his death in 1989, his family followed his wishes and scattered his ashes here, and will always be with the plants and trees here," said the comrade in charge of the forest farm.

This is the spiritual power that changes heaven and earth.

More than half a century has passed, and the young saplings that year have covered the sky, with an average height of more than 20 meters and a diameter of 30 cm at breast height.

"Walking into the woods, it really feels different, the air is very good." Along the wooden plank road, the general secretary stepped into the woods. In front of a larch tree, the general secretary also measured it with his hands: "It grows very well and the trunk is very straight."

Even the trees become forests, and the ecological environment under the forests is getting better.

"It turns out that there is sand under our feet, and now the humus soil is 20 to 30 cm thick. These small larch trees grow naturally when their seeds fall. Black grouses and roe deer are often found here, and they have been discovered over the years. Wolf." The person in charge of the forest farm is as precious as every family.

General Secretary Xi Jinping is very concerned about forest fire prevention work and repeatedly urged to pay attention to fire prevention safety during the inspection process.

"Special attention should be paid to man-made fire hazards, and the relationship between fire prevention and tourism must be handled. The responsibility of fire prevention is heavier than Mount Tai, and tourism revenue should not be regarded as higher than fire prevention. That is the painstaking effort of several generations! 60 years of tree planting and afforestation. The loss is material and spiritual."

"You haven't had a fire in 60 years. This is not easy. The experience is worth summarizing and continuing to improve, but you can't relax. We build this forest, and its ecological barrier function will continue to be used forever."

When leaving the memorial forest, General Secretary Xi Jinping cordially met with representatives of the three generations of employees of the forest farm.

"Old comrade, you're the one to accept the award internationally, right?"

Among the crowd, the general secretary recognized Chen Yanxian, the first-generation retired employee representative with silver hair, at a glance. In 2017, she received back the "Guardian of the Earth Award" issued by the United Nations Environment Programme on behalf of the forest farm staff.

"When did you arrive?"

"I came to Saihanba after graduating from high school in 1964. I responded to the party's call and came to Saihanba." The story of "Six Women on the Dam" is well-known. Back then, Chen Yanxian and other 6 people came here without hesitation and wrote a song on the desert. The song of regret of youth.

Nowadays, Qingsi has become gray-haired and barren mountains have become green mountains. The Saihanba spirit of keeping in mind the mission, hard work and green development has been passed down from generation to generation.

Standing next to Chen Yanxian, there are both fire-prevention dispatchers and "forest doctors" prevention and quarantine personnel; there are researchers from the forestry research institute who graduated with a master's degree, and there are also college technicians who have just graduated...

Seeing that the team of forest guards grows stronger and stronger, General Secretary Xi Jinping is very pleased: "In 2017, I gave a comment on your touching deeds and proposed the Saihanba spirit, which has become the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communist Party. Component. Not only you need to continue to carry forward the Saihanba spirit, but the whole party and the people of the whole country must also study and promote, and work together to build our country, develop a green economy, and build an ecological civilization!"

Inspiring words echoed in the green mountains.

The mark of history, the enlightenment of history

Chengde, one of the first national historical and cultural cities.

In the Qing Dynasty, because it was located in the transition zone between the capital of the capital and the northern part of Saibei, the farming culture of the Central Plains and the nomadic culture of the grassland, it witnessed the formation of a unified multi-ethnic nation in China, leaving a section of ethnic groups that "combined the hearts of the inside and the outside to become a consolidated industry" A good story of unity, the golden bottle lottery system for the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism was also established here.

On the morning of the 24th, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Chengde Mountain Resort, Puning Temple, and Chengde Museum successively to inspect cultural heritage protection and ethnic and religious work.

A mountain villa, half of Qing history.

Chengde Mountain Resort and its surrounding temples were built in the Qing Dynasty to unite ethnic minorities in the border areas and consolidate unity.

General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Danbo Jingcheng Hall, Sizhi Bookstore, and Yanbozhishuang Hall in turn to learn more about the history of the villa and the protection of cultural relics.

“I have learned a lot of information and learned a lot of knowledge.” The general secretary pointed out that Chengde Mountain Resort has a profound background and has an important history in ethnic exchanges and exchanges, the adaptation of religions and society, the protection and inheritance of traditional culture, and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Value and significance of the times.

Before the "Full Picture of Mountain Resort", the general secretary stopped for a long time and looked carefully.

This long picture drawn by a painter in the Qing Dynasty presents the full picture of the villa during its heyday. The villa covers an area of ​​more than 8,000 acres, with mountains in the northwest and water in the southeast. The terrain is like a microcosm of China's natural landforms, with pavilions, pavilions, mountains and rivers interdependent, and natural scenery and humanities and history complement each other.

"The Summer Resort has a profound culture and beautifully conceived architecture. It is an important cultural heritage of our country." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "Garden culture is a treasure of Chinese culture for thousands of years. There are our Chinese excellent traditional cultural genes."

From time to time, tourists enthusiastically greet the general secretary. General Secretary Xi Jinping waved to them and talked cordially with them.

I heard that some people are from Chengde, and the general secretary instructed them to bring their children to visit frequently, so that they "have to know this place since they were young and love their hometown."

Puning Temple is one of the eight temples outside the Summer Resort. The first half of the building is of Han style, and the second half is of Tibetan style. The combination of Han and Tibetan is organically integrated, which means "home in peace, enjoyment, and Yongyong Puning" within the four seas.

General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Heavenly King Hall, Daxiong Hall and other buildings successively.

The Puning Temple has the Puning Temple Stele, the Stele of Leming Yili after the Restoration of Junggar, and the Stele of Leming Yili after the Restoration of Junggar. The four sides are engraved in Han, Man, Mongolia, and Tibetan. General Secretary Xi Jinping carefully inspected the inscriptions and learned about relevant historical facts.

At the Chengde Museum, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the exhibition "Inside and Outside of the Great Wall of Hope-Records of National Unity in Qing Dynasty and Prosperity".

During the visit, a schematic diagram showing the Turgut tribe from the Volga grassland, surpassing difficulties and returning to the east, attracted the attention of the General Secretary. It was in Chengde that Qianlong enthusiastically received the returnee hero Wubaxi.

General Secretary Xi Jinping sighed: "The Turhu Special Department has been there for more than 100 years, but in the end it has no hesitation to return to the motherland. This truly reflects the influence and centripetal force of our Chinese nation."

A museum is a big school.

Walking out of the museum, General Secretary Xi Jinping told everyone that history is alive, with both general and specialized history, and all aspects must be thoroughly studied. It is necessary to carry out research and interpretation according to local conditions, and do a good job in the study of history around the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

During the inspection of Chengde, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized that Chengde has witnessed some important historical moments in the historical development of our country. The exchanges and exchanges of various ethnic groups in China, including Han, Tibetan, Manchus, and Mongolia, have left many historical marks here. We need to understand in depth what political wisdom our ancestors have and what they have done in the process of the progress of the Chinese nation and the development of civilization.

Learning from the past and knowing the future, General Secretary Xi Jinping is full of confidence: "Under the leadership of the party, our 56 ethnic groups and more than 1.4 billion people live in harmony and stand firm among the nations of the world."

The towns are better, the villages are better too

"Everywhere I go, I have to look at the countryside. The countryside is a reflection of the most basic living conditions of our people."

At the end of 2012, Xi Jinping, who had just served as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, went to Fuping County, Hebei Province, in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, braving the severe cold of minus ten degrees Celsius, in order to "see the real poverty."

Time flies, and the original intention remains unchanged.

After a lapse of more than 8 years, the battle against poverty has been fully victorious. On the afternoon of the 24th, the General Secretary once again came to the rural areas of Hebei to investigate and comprehensively promote rural revitalization.

Daguikou Village, Pianqiaozi Town, Shuangluan District, Chengde City, is located in the remnant of Yanshan Mountain. The scenery of Lianhua Mountain is beautiful and the water of Luan River flows around the village, attracting many tourists. With the development of rural tourism, leisure picking, homestays, etc. have also emerged. Villagers sold local products and scenery at their doorsteps, and their pockets gradually bulged.

In the exhibition hall of the Village Valley Market, the local produce pumpkins, eggplants, grapes, peaches and other special vegetables and fruits are colorful and dazzling.

"I ate the shaguo produced here yesterday, and it tastes very good. This is the fruit we ate when we were young, and it is really rare in other places." The general secretary said with a smile.

Hao Tianjiao, the first secretary of the village, told the general secretary that there are now 303 agricultural greenhouses in the village, of which 230 are strawberry greenhouses. "We went to Shandong to learn strawberry planting technology, and a greenhouse can earn 60,000 to 70,000 yuan a year."

Villager Hawking lives by the small river in the village. He opens the door to see the mountains and the water. A large two-story house with an apricot tree planted in the yard.

The family enthusiastically invited the general secretary to be a guest at home. This is a big family of 11 people in three generations. During the summer vacation, Hawking's five grandsons are all at home.

"Look at this family, people are prosperous!" Looking at the lovely children, the general secretary said happily.

Lao Huo and his wife grow greenhouses at home, and their two sons are working outside. In the first half of this year, their family income exceeded 100,000 yuan.

Lao Huo was a little excited in the living room: "Our country has changed so much in the past few years. The people are subsidized by the farming government. People who are ill are covered by medical insurance, and there is assistance for serious illnesses. The people are really happy with the leadership of the general secretary!"

"We are the servants of the people. This sentence is not a slogan. We are doing things for the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping responded.

At the door of Hawking's house, the villagers who came to greet the general secretary one after another.

"We have built a well-off society in an all-round way, and our next goal in the countryside is to revitalize the countryside. Not only do cities and towns, but also villages, and villages and towns are as good as they are. This can only be achieved under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and our socialist system."

The words of the general secretary aroused warm applause.

From the countryside to the community, people’s livelihood and well-being are nothing trivial, and every branch is always a matter of concern.

After leaving Daguikou Village, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to Binhe Community of Chengde High-tech Zone to inspect the community home care service center.

The center was established in 2018. Through government procurement of services, business operations, and social participation, it solves the needs of the elderly for health care, spiritual comfort, and life care. The scope of services has radiated from the community to the surrounding area, benefiting about 1,700 people.

Walking into the center, the operation of the intelligent information platform for the elderly at home was displayed on the big screen. The staff randomly retrieved the health file of an elderly person, and the contact information, living habits, service needs, illness and medication status were all clear at a glance.

The staff told the general secretary that the old man suffered from the sequelae of cerebral infarction and had an introverted personality.

"Are these services fixed?" the general secretary asked.

"It's fixed. If there are other needs, you will be there on call."

"How many people are there on this platform?"

"A total of 12 people."

"Does the government spend a lot of money this year?" The general secretary asked the responsible comrade of the local government again.

"With 1.2 million a year, the government purchases services."

"The files are very detailed." General Secretary Xi Jinping nodded, "These all require the investment of manpower and funds."

The establishment of a volunteer service team and the creation of a "time bank" encourage everyone to "serve others today and enjoy free services tomorrow". This is an innovative measure for this community to carry out home care services.

At the community home care service center, General Secretary Xi Jinping met with some volunteers.

"Being a volunteer is to be able to do something old and to be able to play a little bit of residual heat." Everyone told the general secretary that there are currently 48 volunteers in the community, mainly composed of retired employees and veterans who are in good health. They come to the door with the staff every day. service.

"What you said was very good, and it was very enlightening to me. While you are exploring how to be a good old man, you also raised the question of how to be a good old man."

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to combine the benefits of the elderly with the support of the elderly, study and improve policies and measures, encourage the elderly to continue to shine, give full play to the role of the younger elderly, and promote volunteers to improve in community governance. Do more.

When he left the community, the general secretary bid farewell to the reluctant people. He pointed out: "We are already on a new journey to achieve the goal of the second centenary. As long as our party keeps in mind the original mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenating the Chinese nation, more than 1.4 billion Chinese people will be twisted into one strand. If we persevere on the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we will surely be able to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

(Xinhua News Agency, Chengde, August 26)