Riverside Police.

Chapter 1344: Low profile!

The Bingu Yangtze River Bridge is the largest and tallest of the dozens of bridges built on the Yangtze River in China in recent years, and it is also the one closest to the Yangtze River Estuary!
The river here is wide, with huge ships shuttling back and forth, so building a bridge is quite difficult.

The bridge is 32.4 kilometers long, of which the cross-river bridge is 8146 meters long and the main bridge has a span of 1088 meters, making it the world's largest cable-stayed bridge. It has set four world records for the deepest foundation, the highest bridge tower, the longest cable, and the largest main span, representing the highest level of bridge-building technology in the world.

This bridge, which is a source of pride for Chinese bridge builders, has been long awaiting a grand opening ceremony.

Take Jiangnan Province for example. When the Jiangcheng Yangtze River Bridge was completed forty years ago, the whole country celebrated and it was very lively. When the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge was completed, the then Secretary-General personally attended the opening ceremony. When the Runyang Bridge was completed and opened to traffic in Yangzhou, the state leaders also made a special trip to attend the opening ceremony.

Therefore, when this world-class bridge, larger than any other in history, stood at the mouth of the Yangtze River, everyone from the bridge builders to the local party and government officials on both sides of the bridge to the people on both sides of the river were looking forward to a grand opening ceremony and made careful preparations for it.

In fact, the bridge was completed in June last year and was basically completed by the end of the year.

From March to now, the media has been reporting on the upcoming grand opening ceremony. But by May, leaders at all levels were busy with earthquake relief in Xichuan, and the originally scheduled Olympic torch relay across the river had quietly arrived.

When the torchbearer ran across the bridge holding the Olympic torch, the people of Binjiang saw the panoramic view of the majestic bridge on TV for the first time. Before that, the transportation department had quietly removed the roadblocks and started the trial opening. The number of vehicles passing through the bridge every day has increased from more than 7,000 at the beginning of the trial opening to 26,000 at present.

Watching the leader's convoy leave under the guidance of a police car, Wu Guoqun felt mixed emotions.

He and his team have been preparing for this day for a whole year.

In the past year, he and his team members have come up with more than a dozen celebration plans and even prepared a grand evening party to celebrate the official opening of the bridge. However, all the previous preparations were not used.

The opening ceremony just ended was not a "ceremony", but a short "event". It was held at the north toll station of the bridge and took less than 20 minutes from start to finish. The leaders of the Ministry of Transport and the provincial leaders who attended the "event" did not even speak, but just cut the ribbon, and this world-renowned bridge was "officially opened to traffic"!

"Director Wu, the leaders have all left, and it's time for me to go back." Han Xiangning, who had been invited back to attend the road opening "event", came over to say goodbye.

Comrade Old Wu came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Director Han, it seems that the Bingu Yangtze River Bridge has set another record."

Han Xiangning subconsciously asked: "What record?"

"It has created the most simple record for the opening ceremony of a major project in Jiangnan Province and even in the whole country." Comrade Wu sighed and said with emotion: "But it also reflects the central and provincial and municipal leaders' efforts to be simple and economical in the context of earthquake relief."

Han Xiangning reacted and said with deep conviction: "If there hadn't been a major earthquake in Xichuan, the opening ceremony would have been a grand occasion."

"If I had known that a major earthquake would happen in Xichuan, why would I have bothered so much? I have worked for a whole year in vain. It makes me feel depressed just thinking about it."

"If we had known that there would be an earthquake in Xichuan, there wouldn't have been so many casualties."

"That's right, who knew a natural disaster would happen."

"Director Wu, please go ahead and do your work. I'll go say hello to Director Li and then leave."

"Leaving today?"

"Xianyu is so busy that he can't go home every other day. If I don't go back soon, who will watch over Hanhan's studies?"

"So how are you going to leave?"

"Take a bus. Most of the buses from here go to Donghai. It's very convenient."

Han Xiangning walked over, said hello to Deputy Director Li and other leaders, then got on a bus and left.

Comrade Old Wu watched Han Xiangning leave and realized that he should do something serious next. After all, he was not only the chief planner of the "event" of the bridge opening to traffic, but also the deputy inspector of the Changhang Public Security Bureau and the director of the Changhang Binjiang Branch.

He adjusted his mood and rushed to the bridge management office to discuss the transfer of the office space of the former bridge construction headquarters with the head of the management office. He then returned to the bureau and convened a party committee meeting to study and deploy the relocation plan.

In fact, no deliberate research is required.

All the leadership team members of the branch office have been to the headquarters office building. They have already discussed what each office will be used for in the future. The only thing to do is to determine the date of the move. At the same time, they need to contact the telecommunications department and the superior technical department to move the telephone lines and the public security intranet. In addition, they need to contact the media to issue an announcement to let the public know that the Changhang Branch has moved.

After discussing the relocation, Political Commissar Sheng Baocheng, who assisted Comrade Lao Wu in presiding over the daily work of the branch, talked about supporting the earthquake relief work in Xichuan.

"Director Wu, everyone, this morning, Lao Xu called me and said that their rescue mission has been completed and their superiors asked them to return early tomorrow morning. General Manager Xu also received the notice. Before the meeting, he called to ask if we should hold a welcoming ceremony for the comrades who participated in the rescue and disaster relief work after they return."

The Changhang Branch also participated in supporting earthquake relief efforts.

The fire brigade and Binjiang Port Enterprise Fire Brigade have rich rescue experience. On the second day after the earthquake, the branch followed the unified deployment of the Ministry of Public Security and the Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Transport and asked the fire brigade chief Lao Xu to lead the Binjiang Port Enterprise Fire Brigade to carry various demolition and life-saving equipment, and rush to Xichuan for rescue together with the officers and soldiers of the Binjiang Fire Brigade of the Armed Police.

The comrades have been there for nearly a month, and all those who could be rescued have been rescued. Those who could not be rescued had little chance of survival, and there was no point in searching among the rubble that had collapsed in the earthquake.

Comrade Lao Wu felt particularly heavy-hearted when he thought of the series of casualties. He was silent for a long time before he looked up and asked, "Where is the Linghai Reserve Battalion? Is there any news about the Linghai Reserve Battalion?"

"I called to ask," Sheng Baocheng lit a cigarette and reported, "The mission of the Linghai Reserve Battalion ended yesterday afternoon, and the reserve officers and soldiers who participated in the operation returned yesterday afternoon. Xu Guan and General Manager Zhang will lead the comrades of the rescue company to return early tomorrow morning, but General Manager Sun and the employees of Linghai Road and Bridge Company will not return."

"Why don't you come back?"

"The roads and bridges they had repaired previously had many safety hazards. Next, they have to reinforce the roads and bridges leading to the disaster area. In addition, the superiors asked Binjiang to support the reconstruction of the disaster area. Since reconstruction is necessary, a construction team is needed. Linghai Road and Bridge Company is very familiar with the situation in the disaster area and has so many construction machinery, so of course it has to stay and participate in the reconstruction."

Old Dong put out his cigarette and added, "Director Wu, I contacted Director Qin this morning. Director Qin said that the municipal party committee decided to let him stay in the disaster area and take full charge of the subsequent support and reconstruction work. Director Qin also said that Ge Diao has returned and handed over all the unspent donations of more than 5 million yuan to him before he came back."

Donations from other units are all donated to the Red Cross and other organizations.

The "shareholders" of Linghai Reserve Battalion, such as Changhang Branch, Binjiang Maritime Safety Administration, Binjiang Customs, and Binjiang Port Group, remitted all the donations from cadres and employees to Linghai Reserve Battalion. It's not that they don't trust charitable organizations such as the Red Cross, but the main consideration is that Linghai Reserve Battalion is on the front line of rescue work, and remitting money to Linghai Reserve Battalion can put everyone's donations to good use.

Because of this, the Linghai Reserve Battalion was very "generous" in the rescue operation in Xichuan this time, and did not have to worry about the funds at all. Although the money was spent like water in the past month, there was still more than 5 million left in the account when the mission was completed.

But what we need to consider now is not the unspent charity funds.

Comrade Lao Wu thought for a moment and asked, "Have you called the city? Do you know what the city's plan is? After all, it was not just our Changhang Branch that went to Xichuan this time. The city bureau's special police also went, and later sent a medical team to the disaster area."

"I called the Municipal Party Committee Office," Sheng Baocheng said quickly, "Yang Ke from the Municipal Party Committee Office said that the city leaders haven't figured out how to welcome the comrades who have returned from disaster relief efforts."

The city leaders were busy studying how to better support the rescue work in Xichuan some time ago, and have been busy with the "activity" of the opening of the Yangtze River Bridge these days. It is conceivable that they will have to study how to support the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas next. It is normal that they have no time to study any way to welcome the return of the hard-working rescue workers.

Thinking about the fact that today's opening ceremony was so simple that it took less than 20 minutes, and the leaders of the ministry and the province did not even speak, Comrade Wu weighed the pros and cons and said, "The earthquake caused so many deaths, and it is a time of national mourning. It is inappropriate for us to hang up lights and decorations and beat gongs and drums to welcome the comrades back."

"But we can't not show some sign, otherwise our comrades will definitely have some ideas."

"In the past month, we have only seen some reports about casualties in the news. We, who are in the rear, cannot even imagine what they have seen and experienced on the front line of rescue operations. I believe that our comrades do not care about that."

Comrade Lao Wu paused, then continued, "Besides, it's not appropriate to hold a grand ceremony, but we can hold a small welcoming ceremony internally. No publicity, no reports, and no gongs or drums. Comrades will definitely understand."

"Keep a low profile and do it internally?"

"Well, you can discuss the specifics with Mr. Xu. I only have one suggestion. When holding the welcoming ceremony, everyone should stand up and observe a moment of silence for our compatriots who died in the earthquake."

"Yes."

"By the way, our old employee Zhu Baogen also went there. We can't stop treating him as one of our own just because he's retired."

"Don't worry, Director Wu. I will invite Lao Zhu to participate when the time comes."

As he was speaking, Sheng Baocheng's cell phone rang.

He looked at the caller ID, said it was from customs, and pressed the call button to answer.

Unexpectedly, several leaders of the customs were also asking about how to welcome Xu Mingyuan and other comrades who participated in the rescue. After weighing the pros and cons, Wu Guoqun simply proposed to contact the leaders of Linghai City and Binjiang Maritime Bureau, and suggested that several units on the river should organize it together. Anyway, there were not many people going to Xichuan for rescue and relief this time.

The main force of rescue and relief work in Linghai returned to the site and will participate in the reconstruction. The "main force" will not be able to return for a while. Secretary Qian of Linghai thought that Comrade Lao Wu's suggestion was feasible. He not only agreed to several companies working together, but also paid for the expenses of the small welcoming ceremony.

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