Chapter 13 13. Defend the APEC meeting

The venue of APEC meeting in 2001 is set in Shanghai, China.The holding of the APEC meeting in Shanghai has been endowed with special meaning, not because of the presence of Bush, Putin, Koizumi, etc., but because people are concerned about China's ability to protect the safety of these important people.While all countries focused their attention on Shanghai, they also left big question marks in their minds. People's worries are not superfluous.The dawn of the new century has not yet receded, and a few loud noises wiped out the towering New York World Trade Center.An undeclared war has been torn apart by terrorists.The "9.11" incident in the United States shocked the whole world.This special terrorist incident has changed people's long-standing concept of war and people's conventional thinking pattern, and put forward a new interpretation of the meaning and understanding of war.Globally, terrorism tops the list of man-made disasters in the world.As early as the 1960s, terrorist activities sounded the alarm for people. US President Kennedy was assassinated and terrorists challenged world peace.Since then, terror has never left the peace-loving people like a shadow. After the "9.11" incident, although the governments of various countries took a series of major measures to deal a heavy blow to the terrorists, the terrorists did not compromise on this. After a period of recovery and reconstruction, they carried out a series of new Terrorist attacks have caused headaches for governments of all countries.

The APEC meeting was held in Shanghai, China. Heads of state and political leaders from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Shanghai. The total number of foreign guests attending the meeting was more than 13,000. The whole meeting included nearly 20 meetings and activities, and more than 100 key protection targets. The APEC meeting is the first gathering of political leaders from various countries in the world after the "9.11" incident.Is Shanghai safe?Can these international dignitaries safely enter and leave the ancient land of the East? In extraordinary times, the world focuses on Shanghai, and the world focuses on safety.The security of this meeting involves all aspects, with high requirements and strict standards.It is not an easy thing to be foolproof.

Undoubtedly, the APEC meeting is the largest, highest-level and most influential event ever hosted by China.After careful consideration, the central government handed over the task to the public security and armed police forces.How to deal with the new situation? Today, when international terrorist activities are at their peak, it is a severe test for the Armed Police Force to ensure the safety and security of the APEC meeting.After receiving the task, the Party Committee of the Armed Police Force listened twice to the report of the Shanghai Corps on the security preparations for the APEC meeting. Commander Wu Shuangzhan and Political Commissar Xu Yongqing made important instructions for the security work.

On October 4th, the security preparations entered a critical moment. Commander Wu Shuangzhan visited the Shanghai Corps in person to conduct on-site inspections of the main venue, airport, and route checkpoints. The armed police force attaches great importance to the security work of this meeting.After the central government issued the task, the Party Committee of the Armed Police Headquarters immediately held a meeting to study possible situations. After the meeting, Deputy Commander Zhu Shuguang brought the working group to Shanghai.Deputy Commander Zhu Shuguang is very familiar with security work.He has served as the Minister of the General Political Security Department for a long time, participated in many large-scale security work, and has rich experience in security. But this time, his vigilance has always been tense. The central government decided to protect the APEC meeting. The task is given to the armed police.

At the press conference, a reporter asked Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi: "Is Shanghai safe?" Xu Kuangdi said: "Shanghai, China is the safest place in the world, and the safety of guests from all economies must be guaranteed." In the eyes of people all over the world, the APEC meeting is approaching day by day.It is not an exaggeration to describe the Shanghai Corps, which is responsible for security tasks, with emotions such as uneasiness and excitement.Captain Xin Jude and political commissar Li Junqian were busy day and night.The security work is meticulous, and there is no room for sloppy work. The security work is a battle without gunpowder. This APEC meeting is of great concern to all countries in the world.In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, under the leadership of the headquarters party committee, the corps party committee and all officers and soldiers started a reborn training.

In order to appear in front of international VIPs with a world-class image and to safeguard the social stability of Shanghai, the Armed Police Shanghai Corps formed an inspection team to conduct surprise inspections and assessments of the whole team, mainly to check the troops' ability to deal with emergencies and dispatch emergencies in various situations . Shanghai is an international metropolis with many big events every year.For security, the Armed Police Shanghai Corps has participated in a number of major activities over the years and has accumulated rich experience in security.But this time they couldn't relax at all. After all, this is the first world conference held in our country after the "9.11" incident in the United States.The international situation is turbulent, and if something goes wrong, it will not only affect the image of the Armed Police Force, but more importantly, affect the image of the country.

Countries around the world have set up special forces suitable for their own countries in response to possible accidents, such as the "National Intervention Team" in France, the "Blue Light Commando" in the US Department of Defense, the "Special Air Service" in the United Kingdom and the "Hood Commando" in Italy. Team". In order to strengthen the connection with international standards and adapt to the needs of the situation, in March 2001, my country established the first anti-terrorism research center. At the end of May, compared with the "National Intervention Team" of France, the "Blue Light Commando" of the US Department of Defense, the "Special Air Force" of the United Kingdom and the "Leather Hood Commando" of Italy, the Shanghai Corps aimed at the anti-terrorist operations under high-tech conditions. In order to explore the ways of "anti-terrorism" and "control terrorism", we set out to set up an "anti-terrorism" rapid response force with Chinese characteristics.

In order to keep up with the pace of international anti-terrorism as soon as possible, the anti-terrorism leading group selects members within the scope of the entire corps, and conducts strict assessments on thousands of armed police officers and soldiers who participated in the registration in strict accordance with the standards of political qualifications, military excellence, and physical health. Through careful selection, every fighter has excellent political quality, super military quality, healthy psychological quality and strong physical quality, so as to adapt to the anti-terrorist struggle that may occur at any time.

As the first "anti-terrorism" quick-response force of the Armed Police Force, its tasks are very different from those of conventional troops. The "anti-terrorism" quick-response force mainly deals with guns, explosives, and drugs that seriously endanger public security and the people. Terrorists with property safety shall be captured mobile and effectively; all terrorist activities such as armed hijacking of planes, ships, trains, hostages and financial robbery shall be dealt with in the fastest and most powerful way. While foreign countries were watching the whereabouts of this special force in China, another special force related to it also came into being.This team is refreshing when it debuts.

On the morning of June 18, the Women's Special Police Squad was formally established at the training base of the Shanghai Armed Police Corps. People first knew the women's special police force from the Hong Kong TV series "Bawanghua".All of them have extraordinary skills and special skills, and they play an irreplaceable role for male special police officers in carrying out special anti-terrorism tasks. The once-popular United States Military Academy at West Point is known for its strictness.The elimination rate of the students there is as high as nearly half.The elimination rate and training intensity of the female SWAT members trained here are no worse than those of the West Point Military Academy.

Red berets swayed in front of people on the uncovered, empty playground where steam was rising from the ground. This is the women's special police team of the Shanghai Armed Police Corps training on the spot. Wearing a camouflage uniform and a red beret, a 1.75-meter-tall female armed police major is issuing passwords to the 12 team members who are lined up in front of them. Zhang Ye is an excellent female instructor and a "sharp shooter". Whether it is a submachine gun, a pistol, standing or kneeling, as long as the trigger is pulled, there will be no misses. He once won the national public security system shooting competition championship.She is just 30 years old, but she has 15 years of military service.Not long ago, she accepted a glorious and arduous task, to intensively train 11 Shanghai girls and 1 Shandong girl to become qualified special police members, that is to say, to make these 12 girls go through a short period of time. Assault training, not only must everyone be able to become a shooting expert like her, but also be able to fight like a male anti-riot team member, climb high-rise buildings, possess special skills, and be able to competently perform anti-riot tasks alone like the girl from the Sichuan Armed Police in the TV series. female SWAT team. On the first training day, Zhang Ye took the team members on a 5km cross-country run. As a result, the team members were completely defeated. Even Huang Ying, who had won the 800-meter championship in the middle school sports meeting, finished the run out of breath. 5 km.The subject in the morning was the training of catching the enemy. Standing opposite each other on the playground were burly male soldiers. The formation was spread out, and the male soldiers mercilessly threw them to pieces. In the afternoon, it was even more difficult to climb. For training, one has to climb dizzying high-rises one by one; after a little rest at night, one has to watch expansion packs, and all of them are complaining in pain at the end of the day, lying on the bed and not wanting to move. On the third and fourth days, the training became more and more difficult.A big split is more uncomfortable than being on a tiger bench; the internal organs are displaced when the crotch is inserted and the fall is carried;There were more and more injuries on the body, and many people had purple and bruised patches on their bodies, but they managed to survive through gritting their teeth. When they walked into the dining hall, their arms were numb, and they squeezed the chopsticks with the strength of the trigger, but for training, they had to eat big mouthfuls, and they had to eat well.Walking back to the dormitory, their knees were stiff, and they had to walk up the stairs backwards; when they slept at night, their abdominal muscles hurt, and they yelled and fell down in unison. The high-volume, high-intensity training is hard enough and tiring enough, but the girls are still not satisfied.One by one, they hid "secret weapons" under the bed: tensioners, dumbbells, and bricks.In the evening, they have to communicate with each other and promote each other, and then each cook a "small stove" for themselves, which they jokingly call "sweet supper". The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.Just two months of intensive training has passed, and they have been completely reborn. Among the 12 team members, 8 were originally telephone operators and 4 were originally medical soldiers.However, "the body is not as good as a man, but the heart is stronger than a man".They originally had a masculinity who didn't like red makeup and preferred armed forces. Their original intention of becoming an armed police officer was to fight like male soldiers, to test their skills, "to compete with men".A female soldier is named Jin Yemin. In terms of age, she is the oldest among the 12 girls in the special police team. She is 24 years old this year. She is not tall, with a graceful figure and a delicate appearance. She is a typical Shanghai girl, and she is excellent in dancing and singing.She was supposed to be a doctor after military school.But she didn't want to live that kind of step-by-step life. She liked to lead soldiers and the training atmosphere on the training ground. Later, when she heard that the SWAT team was recruiting, she signed up.It really coincides with each other. The leaders of the hospital and the training department of the corps have already thought of her. She is a general, and she should be put in a suitable position in the SWAT team.At that time, after a political review, she was admitted.She said to herself, the opportunity to exercise has come.Sure enough, she passed the test and was successfully shortlisted, and became the leader, and became the captain of the SWAT team. The Shanghai Women's Special Police Team is another women's journey in the national armed police force after the Sichuan Women's Special Police Team.In addition to training, female special police officers have another task to learn foreign languages.The team hired a foreign language teacher to teach these female players every day.The squad not only represents themselves, but also the armed police force. Their image directly affects the reputation of the country.Such intense training and study is too much for many people.At that time, there was an unwritten rule that if the training was not good and the English was not good enough, they would not be allowed to go to the sentry.After more than a month of study and training, the leaders of the Security Bureau and the city came to inspect and were very satisfied. The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is located in Century Square in Pudong, Shanghai.The light gray granite exterior walls, towering columns, wide glass walls and a huge glass ball in the center of the building form a huge Kunpeng figure, which is about to spread its wings and take off under the blue sky and white clouds.It integrates nature, humanities, and science and technology, and contains the ideal of the Chinese nation "Heaven is vigorous, and a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement".This is the main venue of the APEC meeting. After the start of the APEC meeting, according to the needs, the women's team lived in the International Conference Center, with food and lodging there. It took nearly three months before and after. The main task of the team was to be in charge of security checks.The security check is the last line of defense leading to the conference center. If there is no prison at this pass, once terrorists sneak in, the consequences will be disastrous.Due to the small number of people, one person has to be on duty for nearly 8 hours a day. Many people don’t speak up when they are sick, and they still go to the sentry as usual. They know very well that in the small team, one person has one post. If you are sick, someone else has to take your place. , As soon as the shift was replaced, the whole arrangement was disrupted. During the APEC meeting, there was an episode.President Bush Jr. had a tall female bodyguard. She was about to enter the conference center. The female soldiers in the small team asked her to go through the security check. She had a gun on her body, so she would definitely not be able to pass through the security check.At that time, the security check was very strict, and the inspection was very detailed. The camera had to press the shutter to expose once, the pen had to write for inspection, the mobile phone had to be in standby mode, and it was only allowed to make a phone call. Everything has to be pulled out.The bodyguard didn't understand very much. She said that you have a red card on your body, and I also have a red card on my body. Why can't I enter?There are three colors of certificates, and red is logically allowed to enter, but you must pass the security check.The security inspection machine is very sensitive. If there is a little bit of metal, the machine will make a sound, so people don't even think about passing it.Bush's female bodyguards were carrying guns, so it would be difficult for her to pass. As a bodyguard, she couldn't take out the guns and hand them over to them. Seeing that the women's team had no room to discuss with her, she left.It was later found out through relevant departments that the Americans specially sent us to test us.After this time, the Americans said that China's security checks are in place, and they can enter the venue with confidence. Judging from the training intensity of the small unit and the actual situation of emergency needs, it is true that not everyone can join the anti-terrorist team. Those who come here must be all-round fighters with all qualities. Not only must they be politically qualified, military excellent, but also Have a stable and excellent psychological quality. In order to prevent accidents, when there is nothing to do, the women's special police team organizes small teams to familiarize themselves with the environment.The conference center has a total of eight floors, and they are extremely familiar with the buildings, passages, and elevators on each floor.After the meeting started, the women's team received an order from the Ministry of National Security. According to relevant intelligence, several terrorists had entered our country. The superior asked the women's team to stop them and not allow them to enter the venue.The purpose of these people is not very clear, after they got off the plane, people from the National Security Bureau took their photos.They gave the photos to the women's team to let them recognize that these terrorists were Indonesians, and the Indonesians all had beards on their faces, which was hard to recognize.The Security Bureau has a POS, which is a special instrument for checking people's height.In order to ensure no accidents, the women's team and the security bureau have processed the various data of these Indonesians in a special way. When ordinary people pass by this machine, the machine's display is green. data processing, they will be displayed in red as they pass by.The security check was in charge of the women's squad. In order to ensure that this information was passed on to the public security personnel, they agreed on several plans.That night, several people in the small team did not fall asleep until midnight. At around 9 o'clock the next morning, Huang Ying found the people in the photo as soon as he was on duty.These few people came in as journalists. According to the regulations, the host country has no reason not to allow journalists with credentials to enter the venue.After Huang Ying found them, while conducting a security check on them, she accurately conveyed the arrival of these people to Zhang Ye who was on duty and leading the team with her eyes.After Zhang Ye received the information, he quickly reported the situation to the plainclothes police with his eyes.After these people entered the hall, plain clothes dressed as reporters also followed them into the venue.After entering the venue, the other reporters were looking for a suitable shooting location. These people came to the back and sat for a while before leaving. Later, they learned that these people came to the front station. They found that the security check here is very strict. No chance. It was reported on TV that the United States began to conduct security checks on people who boarded the plane by taking off their socks and shoes on May 1, 2002.After many demonstrations, scientists have proved that this method has a very good preventive effect on terrorist activities.But no one would have thought that this was the content of the security check created by the women's team during the APEC meeting. If it is a silent battle between the women's squad and the terrorists, then the "anti-terrorism" force and the criminals are a real contest.At the successful conclusion of the APEC meeting, others only saw a peaceful atmosphere, and no one would have thought of the price paid by the heroes behind the scenes in this tranquility. On September 1, more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force entered the venue and began closed training.At this moment, Li Qingming, the deputy detachment leader, suddenly learned that his mother was in a car accident and her life was dying.In front of the Science and Technology Museum, Li Mingqing finished his duties and went to check the conditions of the posts. He didn't go back to visit his mother until the APEC meeting was over. On October 15, Guan Yifei, a sentinel outside the Science and Technology Museum, suddenly noticed a man 40 meters away on a bicycle rushing towards the intersection where he was standing.With quick hands and eyes, Guan Yifei pulled him out of the car. "Please show your ID!" The man couldn't produce his ID, and suddenly fell to his knees, saying that he had come to surrender himself.The public security police arrived in time and found a bottle of medicine from the man's pocket.With his medical knowledge, Guan Yifei recognized the drug as a drug for treating mental illness, and the suspicious man was taken away from the scene.During the meeting, a gangster entered and robbed a room with a dagger. After learning about it, the anti-terrorist forces acted urgently. The "anti-terrorism" troops came to the location of the gangster, broke in through a window, and subdued the gangster in less than five minutes. Although the "anti-terrorism" commando has not taken over a real anti-terrorism mission so far, and has not yet "brightly recruited", they have already made all preparations ideologically, spiritually and materially.As for when this "steel knife" will be sharpened, we have to ask our enemies. Suddenly, a rapid sound of the alarm bell broke the silence, and more than 60 members of the "anti-terrorism" force, who were heavily armed, rushed straight to the meeting place like arrows leaving the string.Led by the sniper, in the blink of an eye, a three-way horizontal team was formed.All of them wore light bulletproof helmets, and from more than 60 black and rosy faces, it can be seen that they are full of responsibility and confidence.The average age of this team is only 20. Their slogan is: "Use me in the first match, use me to win." Since the establishment of the "anti-terrorism" rapid response force, such actual combat exercises have been carried out almost every day.The purpose is to sum up experience in actual combat.After speaking, we arrived at the residential area where the exercise was conducted.I saw team members wearing brown, white, and black camouflage uniforms flashing between residential corridors, wall corners, and hidden objects.The hypothetical terrorist hijacked hostages in a high-rise building. Under the cover of the police negotiator, the "anti-terrorist" team members used the appendages of the high-rise building to quietly climb to the top of the building.The other way was in the blind spot of the gangster's vision, and he quickly climbed to the bottom of the windowsill.The team members on the roof used ropes to descend, and the team members hiding under the windows attacked the gangsters at the same time.The gangsters didn't know what was going on, but the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at them. Then, close combat depends on the individual combat ability of the team members.On the training ground, the fighting king Li Wei only needs to dodge his hips and twist his body, shake his back, and the gangster will be 100% lying on the ground.He is also the beat and catch coach of the whole squadron.One of his words is this: "Stable, accurate, and ruthless are what must be done when fighting the enemy." Yu Ke is the youngest fighter in the team. He is from Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. He was only 18 years old.Although he has won the shooting competition of the whole team many times, he still concentrates on practicing the timing and power of shooting. Here is a set of data: Sharpshooter: All team members can make a 100-meter first hit; Wall-climbing tiger: within 10 seconds, it can use the appendages of the building to climb to the top of a six-storey building with a height of 18 meters; Off-road deer: pass 400 meters of obstacles within 1 minute and 40 seconds; Fighting master: able to control the enemy with one move, etc. This set of numbers may have exceeded the limit for ordinary people, but for members of the "anti-terrorism" force, this is only the standard for entering the threshold of the "anti-terrorism" force. Zhang Jie from Shanghai is one of the few Shanghai soldiers in the team. As a member of the "anti-terrorism" force, he feels honored to defend the safety of his city.At the same time, he clearly knows that as a member of the "anti-terrorism" team, responsibility is the most important thing, and danger can be put in the second place for them. The loyal guardian of the people is their eternal pursuit. Beating, shooting, climbing, learning... The members of the first "anti-terrorism" unit of the Chinese Armed Police devoted most of their time to these unbearable training for ordinary people. Responsibility.For terrorists, they are a sharp sword; for the people and the country, they are the most loyal guards. Pudong Airport suddenly became the focus of world attention.This is the first time world leaders have gathered since the "9.11" terrorist attacks. On the evening of the 19th, the leaders of 11 economies, including US President Bush, Russian President Putin, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, arrived in 12 special planes. test.Throughout the whole night, none of the officers and soldiers blinked an eye.The whole world is paying attention to this meeting in Shanghai and the airport. Ding Ding is on duty at the No. 1 checkpoint of the air port A of the Air Force, and there are 360 ​​checkpoints behind him. God seems to be testing this army on purpose. On the 18th and 19th, the ground wind speed at the airport exceeded level 8, and the security personnel at the airport could hardly keep their eyes open.But none of them went under the wings to take shelter from the wind, and they were always stuck on the tarmac like steel nails, maintaining the upright posture and good fighting style of the Chinese armed police.During the day, the airport is scorching hot. Although sunglasses are issued, the strong reflection of the apron is dazzling. After a few days, people feel as if they have been steamed.At night, the temperature is low, mosquito bites, poor vision, high concentration, and great physical exertion. On the morning of the 19th, the hoods of several planes were blown off by the wind, and Ding Ding saw that he immediately contacted the special agent of the special plane in English to avoid the disaster caused by the windy day.The U.S. military commander who served as the escort said: This is the best soldier I have ever seen. On the evening of October 20th, the main venue of APEC was brightly lit with fire trees and silver flowers on the Huangpu River.The whole of Shanghai is immersed in the ocean of joy, and some people may never see such a beautiful scenery in their entire lives.Some people don't hesitate to travel thousands of miles to witness the beautiful scenery.Under this beautiful scenery, there are more than 7,000 armed police officers and soldiers on duty, responsible for handling emergencies.Some had their backs to the view, which they could see if they just turned around, but none of them did. On October 23, 2001, when Canadian Prime Minister Chrétien's Airbus A310 plane took off at Shanghai Airport and flew into the sky, the security work for the APEC meeting was successfully concluded. During the APEC meeting, the Armed Police Shanghai Corps dispatched 55,000 troops and 6,000 vehicles in accordance with the unified deployment of the Party Committee of the Headquarters, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, and successfully completed the resident security, plane security, conference venue security, fireworks display site security, and main tasks. The safety inspection of the meeting place, the check of card checks at city border crossings and emergency maneuvers, etc., have been ensured to be foolproof, and have made important contributions to the successful holding of the APEC meeting. The officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Corps made careful arrangements for the security and protection of the APEC meeting, went all out, and were loyal to their duties, and successfully completed the meeting security tasks assigned by their superiors. It has been fully affirmed by General Secretary Jiang, the head of the headquarters, and the leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Mexico's senior official Truss highly praised Shanghai's defense work: "Excellent, like an accurate clock running."