Chapter 5 Chapter 1 Golden Time

A beautiful picture scroll, the beauty of its colors, the people in the picture are often unable to distinguish themselves.Regarding Chongqing, Chongqing people themselves seem to feel this way. The color painters of New Chongqing have been working hard for 10 years, and it has become a piece of history that is going on. When we look back, what we see in front of us is a golden time tunnel—— March 8, 2007 is a very important day for Chongqing Municipality today and in the future. On this day, the lights in the Chongqing Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing were extraordinarily bright, and the atmosphere was even more unusual.Municipal Party Secretary Wang Yang and Mayor Wang Hongju and other Chongqing leaders stood at the entrance of the hall, happily waiting for the historic moment: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Hu Jintao appeared in the Chongqing Hall with a smile on his face...

"Hello, General Secretary!" "Hello comrades!" Immediately, 63 deputies to the National People's Congress from Chongqing and Hu Jintao shook hands and greeted each other. In Beijing in March, the sun is shining brightly.The Chongqing Hall of the Great Hall of the People is full of spring.Without restraint or politeness, Hu Jintao cordially greeted the delegates to speak after he sat down. "General Secretary, let me talk first!" Representative Liu Zhonghui from Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County raised her hand first.Hu Jintao smiled and encouraged her.Therefore, Liu Zhonghui's eyes were shining brightly: In the past, our Shizhu Primary and Secondary Schools were "the houses of the Qing Dynasty, the desks of the Republic of China, and the children of the Communist Party." In 1998, classrooms collapsed eight times in the entire county. casualties. "Now, the most beautiful house in Shizhu is the teaching building. We have paid off the 'Pujiu' debt, and the number of students in primary and secondary schools has also doubled!" As the secretary, I saw him pay attention and listen sometimes, and sometimes take a pen to record.

Talking about the changes in Chongqing, the delegates rushed to speak one after another, for fear of missing the passion and joy overflowing in their hearts. The situation was just like the spring tide in March... "Comrades, I'm very glad to come to the Chongqing delegation to discuss with you..." The general secretary, who has a lot of opportunities, listened to the speeches of 10 representatives with a calm and serious look, and began a speech that lasted for tens of minutes.The loud, high-pitched, affectionate and expectant voice echoed inside and outside the Golden Great Hall for a long time: "This year marks the 10th anniversary of Chongqing's establishment as a municipality directly under the Central Government. After 10 years of construction, Chongqing has achieved remarkable development in various tasks. Practice has proved that the central The decision to establish a municipality directly under the Central Government in Chongqing is correct. At present, the development of Chongqing is standing at a new starting point. I hope that the comrades in Chongqing will adhere to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", fully implement the scientific development concept, and press Seize the precious opportunity of the country's in-depth implementation of the Western Development Strategy and the revitalization strategy of the old industrial base, further improve the thinking, work hard, and strive to accelerate the construction of Chongqing into an important growth pole in the western region, an economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and an urban-rural balance. The developing municipality will make unremitting efforts to take the lead in realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way in the western region!"

"Wow——" Applause, tears... Chongqing people are in an extremely excited mood this day. Many people stay up all night, immersed in the future that the General Secretary has drawn for them... So, at this moment, someone was surprised to find a historical coincidence: 90 years ago, in 1917, a great man also kept his sharp eyes on a mountain city in the upper reaches of China's first golden waterway, and it was precisely because of his Attention has since changed the fate of this city, and even changed the blueprint of China's future administrative divisions. This man was Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution.

Shanghai.No. 29, Morley Road (now No. 7, Xiangshan Road). Summer of 1917.In this garden house at No. 29 Morliet Road, a short and nimble middle-aged man, holding a magnifying glass, kneels on the wide carpet, almost lying on the ground... What is he doing?Oh, so he was looking at a map. The map is so big, there are 14 large and small.Take a closer look, oh, it turns out that it is the "Complete Map of China" that can be pieced together! Under the magnifying glass, looking at it, there was a strange light in his eyes. On that map, he saw bridges horizontally, railways vertically, and large ports in circles... Then he connected the vertical and horizontal lines and circles into a network, and this network covered the entire map. , the knots in the net are grain industry, clothing industry, housing industry, transportation industry, printing industry and iron ore, coal mine, oil mine and machinery manufacturing, port and wharf...

His gaze moved from the right to the left of the map along the river that crosses east and west...Suddenly, his gaze stopped at the Yichang-Chongqing section of the river, and he never moved away for a long time. "From Yichang up, into the gorge, about 100 miles to Sichuan, the rocky Shujiang River on both sides of this place is narrow and deep, with an average depth of six fathoms (36 feet), and the deepest is thirty fathoms. The rapids And beaches and rocks, all along the stream." The middle-aged man chanted words for a long time alone, and suddenly, he straightened up, walked to the table, and wrote such a passage with a pen: "To improve this upstream section, we should use The water from the sluice weir enables the boat to travel upstream and can be used for its hydraulic power. The beach rocks should be blasted and removed. Therefore, the waterway with a water depth of ten feet starts from Hankou and goes up to Chongqing. Water transportation can go from Chongqing to Beijing in the north, and to Guangdong in the south, and even to all navigable ports in the whole country. In this way, the transportation cost in the commercial center of western China can be reduced to 10%. How great it is to benefit the people, and how powerful it is to encourage commerce!"

Wonderful!When our giant ship along the golden waterway of the Yangtze River can one day "start from Hankou and go up to Chongqing", how can the economies of central and western China be forever poor and miserable?At that time, "how great are those who benefit the people"! "How powerful is the encouragement of commerce"! The middle-aged man couldn't help opening his arms, shouting over and over again!Cheers again and again! The one who raised his arms and shouted is our Mr. Sun Yat-sen.This year, he wrote the above words into his famous "Strategy for the Founding of a Country".Therefore, Sun Yat-sen became the first Chinese to propose building a dam at the Three Gorges, and he made it clear in his speech at the Guangzhou National Higher Normal School five years later: "The water power in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is even greater." "Take If this kind of electricity works for us, there will be a lot of production, and China will definitely become rich from poverty!"

It is said that the municipality of Chongqing was born because of the construction of the Three Gorges Project.And now we can know another deeper meaning: because in the eyes of great men, Chongqing after the construction of the Three Gorges Project will also become the center of China's western economy. Sun Yat-sen 90 years ago regarded the Chongqing area where the Three Gorges Dam was built as the "commercial center of western China". Today, 90 years later, Hu Jintao called for the municipality of Chongqing to be built into an "important growth pole in the western region" and an "economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River."

The gaze of a great man is always the same far-sighted, high-level view. Chongqing, you are the lucky one!Over the past hundred years, there have always been great men navigating and orienting your destiny. When tracing the history of Chongqing, I found that an auspicious "8" seems to be always connected with the fate of the city. For example, the listing time of Chongqing Municipality is June 18, 1997.In fact, it was Mao Zedong who first connected the number "8" with the fate of Chongqing. Mao Zedong's first visit to Chongqing was in August 1945.This "8" is the beginning of Mao Zedong's first relationship with Chongqing.

The "Chongqing Negotiations" have left a lot of strokes in the modern and contemporary history of China. Of course, Mao Zedong is the most brilliant in this historic stroke. In the first "close contact" between Mao Zedong and Chongqing, in addition to forcing Chiang Kai-shek to sign the peace agreement with his extraordinary statesman and strategist courage, the poet Mao Zedong also left a famous poem for Chongqing and Chinese history, This poem called "Qinyuanchun·Snow" spread all over the mountain city at that time, and became a good story for a while. In fact, who is the most suitable for the incomparable reputation that Mao Zedong wrote more than 60 years ago, "Counting the romantic people and looking at the present"?Think about it, there are only Chongqing people now!

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong was always thinking about Chongqing, and the most impressive time was 1954.That year Mao Zedong shed tears: 18.88 million people were affected by the catastrophic flood in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and more than 33,000 people were drowned alone.Wuhan, an important city in south-central China, was submerged by a flood several meters high for dozens of days due to the "Jingjiang" section of the Yangtze River breaking its embankment. After that flood, Mao Zedong often stared at the great river that crosses the east and west of the map of China and the cities and villages along the river in Zhongnanhai all night long. Among them, the time between Yichang and Chongqing was the longest and most. 1956 was an important year in the history of the People's Republic.At the beginning of this year, Khrushchev's secret report at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made Mao Zedong and the leadership of the Communist Party of China foresee an extraordinary political storm. After the "pen and ink lawsuit", Mao Zedong withdrew to visit the bank of the Yangtze River that frightened him again, and stopped in the important town of Wuhan-he wanted to complete another important event that was always on his mind. Perhaps it was because the tragic scene of the great flood in 1954 still remained in the heart of the national leader, which caused him a dull pain, or it might be because it was too late for Mao Zedong to come to Chongqing this time. , and has been staying in the East Lake Hotel in Wuchang. However, Mao Zedong's heart kept running, until he ran to Yichang and Chongqing.Those affectionate eyes caressed every detail of the Three Gorges section from time to time, and they were often full of thoughts. This day is "June 1st" International Children's Day. Mao Zedong swam for 124 minutes in one breath, with a distance of 13 kilometers, like a child celebrating a festival.Cool!Mao Zedong loved swimming all his life, especially fighting against strong winds and waves. One day later, Mao Zedong proposed to Wang Renzhong again that he wanted to swim the Yangtze River, and this time he changed the direction.At that time, Wuhan was building a bridge over the Yangtze River.Mao Zedong wanted to see the magnificent scene under construction, but he was afraid of affecting the construction of the workers, so he chose a wonderful action-swimming in the Yangtze River and crossing the bridge to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the construction.The Han River in summer is unruly and unruly, and the water regime at the mouth of the river is very complicated. However, Mao Zedong did not pay attention to the turbulent river water at all, and the journey is 14 kilometers. Mao Zedong loved the Yangtze River so much!After a few days of swimming in the waves, he was fascinated, his heart was surging, and his thoughts were surging.On this night, the lights in Mao Zedong's room were kept on all night.A pair of great men stared at the Yangtze River on the map, moving slowly from east to west, from Jingjiang to Yichang, Wanzhou, and finally to Chongqing.Then, I saw Mao Zedong waving a big pen... This song "Shui Tune Ge Tou" is magnificent and can be regarded as the best in the ci world. It records the extraordinary talent of an outstanding poet, and also shines with the exquisite refraction of an outstanding leader's economic construction strategy.Many years have passed, when those of us who are lucky enough to see the Three Gorges Dam standing on the dangerous Yangtze River as a "world-shocking" miracle, read this excellent work by the great man Mao Zedong, that The magnificent picture of "cutting off the clouds and rain in Wushan, and the high gorge out of the Pinghu Lake" is no longer the poet's imagination. Mao Zedong is a poet, but he is also a holy spirit for the benefit of the people.His "Shui Tuo Ge Tou" is actually a grand blueprint drawn with extraordinary wisdom and great mind, and it is specially given to Chongqing.Because Gaoxia and Pinghu, Goddess and Wushan are all in Chongqing. Don't Chongqing people feel that Mao Zedong loves you so much? If it is said that in 1917, Sun Yat-sen proposed for the first time that "building a dam" at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River was the great man's first concern for Chongqing in his "Strategy for the Founding of a Country"; Cutting off the clouds and rain in Wushan Mountain, and leaving the high gorge out of Pinghu Lake" is the beginning of strategic decision-making and implementation in the true sense of making Chongqing the fourth municipality directly under the central government in the future. In order to make further substantive progress in this great strategic decision to benefit Chongqing and benefit China, Mao Zedong once again chose an auspicious "8" number of days to visit Chongqing again.There are two "8" numbers in the coming date-March 28, 1958. This trip to Chongqing can be said to be Mao Zedong's trip to start the Three Gorges Project.We can draw such a conclusion from future historical materials, because Mao Zedong called Wang Renzhong and "Yangtze River King" Lin Yishan to his side again and again in the East Lake Hotel in Wuchang a few days later, and ordered Lin Yishan to write a special He was worried about the report on the sedimentation problem in the reservoir area that may occur after the construction of the dam on the Three Gorges.Lin Yishan soon finished writing the report "Preliminary Exploration on Long-term Use of Reservoirs", which was delivered to Mao Zedong by Zhou Enlai. It is a pity that when this report was delivered to Mao Zedong, he had no time to study the Three Gorges issue, because Vietnam in the south was fighting bitterly with American soldiers, and the "Soviet revisionist" in the north was also constantly stationing troops on the border of the People's Republic of China. In March 1966, Mao Zedong put forward the policy of "preparing for war, preparing for famine, and serving the people", and made a decision of special significance to Chongqing: the construction of the third front. Mao Zedong's "three-line construction" instruction has benefited Chongqing a lot.It is a pity that when the "highest instruction" was issued, it was not connected with the auspicious number "8", so the "third-line construction" did not bring about a change in Chongqing's fate, but only lost some blood... However, Chongqing should never forget the kindness of Mao Zedong, because this great man has always had a poetic passion for Chongqing.His poems are the grand blueprint for the construction of Chongqing. The original brilliance of Chongqing has been submerged for many years. The sense of oppression of Chongqing people stems from Chongqing's original status as a major historical city.From the day in the 1880s when the ship "Guling" driven by the British businessman Liddler sailed from the Yangtze River estuary to the Jialing River, the opening of Chongqing meant that it served as the bridgehead of the gateway to Southwest China and opened a historic milestone. one page.However, the opening of Chongqing as a port has a strong smell of blood from the invaders of the great powers, and it is basically a symbol of shame in modern Chinese history. After the Revolution of 1911, a new round of adjustments in China's regional sphere of influence once again gave birth to Chongqing's rebirth. After 1929, Chongqing had a real urban concept.Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek gave Chongqing a chance to become a state-level "wartime capital" proudly, and Chongqing people showed great patriotic enthusiasm, which shocked the whole world.However, the price Chongqing paid was also very tragic. It endured five and a half years of indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese invaders... On November 30, 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek fled from Baishiyi Airport in a hurry, Chongqing was liberated under the gunfire of the Second Field Army of the People's Liberation Army led by Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng in less than 8 hours.However, following the needs of national liberation and construction, in April 1954, at the enlarged meeting held by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the central government focused on adapting to the national planned economic construction, strengthening the centralized leadership of the central government, and solving the difficulties of insufficient cadres at the central level. After consideration, it was decided to abolish the regional institutions, and the status of the municipality directly under the Central Government of Chongqing was reduced to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province. From the "accompanying capital", to a municipality directly under the central government, to a provincial city, in just a dozen years, the status of Chongqing has been "downgraded" three times in a row, which has repeatedly shocked the people of Chongqing psychologically.The topic of Chongqing people's dream of rising again and becoming a municipality directly under the Central Government once again has been discussed in private for several years, but it has never changed the reality. After Mao Zedong's death in 1976, the Chinese Communist Party smashed the "Gang of Four" counter-revolutionary clique and announced the end of the "Cultural Revolution".The era of China's reform and opening up started with the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party.In the years that followed, it was the second generation of Chinese Communist Party leaders with Deng Xiaoping at the core who were in charge of the country's destiny. Deng Xiaoping, a native of Sichuan who speaks little and only does practical things, seems to have a myriad of national affairs to deal with at this time.After rectifying the chaos, he first focused on the big discussion on the standard of truth, engaged in rural land contracting, and then proposed to take the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and then there were big discussions on what is socialism and what is capitalism one after another; This kind of discussion has not yet ended, and some people started bourgeois liberalization; the spring of science has just begun, and a series of problems in education reform are in front of us; The debate on selfishness was very lively again... At this time, another important matter was also placed in front of him, namely the return of Hong Kong and Macau and the Taiwan issue. For Deng Xiaoping, 1997 was his last year on earth.This year, he looks forward to his treasure island, Hong Kong, returning to the embrace of the motherland as scheduled; this year, he wants to go and have a look at Hong Kong, which has just returned to the embrace of the motherland.But in 1997, Deng Xiaoping, the "son of the Chinese people", did not live to see the five-star red flag flying high above Hong Kong, and left us forever... In fact, there was another event in 1997 that was directly related to Deng Xiaoping: the establishment of Chongqing Municipality, which he had been thinking about before his death, was also handed over to the National People's Congress for approval that year.Deng Xiaoping, with the same feeling for Hong Kong's return, looked forward to seeing the grand and enthusiastic vote in the Great Hall of the People, but the overworked elderly still regretted not being able to see this historical moment. Chongqing people should always remember this day: February 19, 1997 - Deng Xiaoping passed away. On February 19, 1997, the State Council of China quickly did a particularly important thing: it submitted Deng Xiaoping's last wish - the proposal to establish a municipality directly under the Central Government to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress... History is so coincidental and miraculous: the fate of Chongqing is closely linked with the life of Deng Xiaoping! In fact, Chongqing's special status has always remained in the heart of the chief architect of China's modernization, and he is waiting for the opportunity to reaffirm Chongqing's status.This opportunity is due to China's reform and opening up becoming more and more extensive and in-depth, China's rapid economic development and increasing national strength. Closely linked to the fate of Chongqing is the Three Gorges Project. In the spring of 1979, at the executive meeting of the State Council, it was decided that Lin Yishan, the "manager" in Wuhan, would preside over the site selection meeting for the Three Gorges Dam. Oral discussion enters the substantive decision-making stage.Less than a year later, Deng Xiaoping inspected the Three Gorges Dam site and summoned Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, Yao Yilin and others to Wuhan to study the Three Gorges Project.So far, under Deng Xiaoping's personal command and arrangement, the Three Gorges Project has fully started to operate within a controllable range... In October 1982, Vice Premier Wan Li led a delegation of 23 people including Du Xingyuan, Secretary-General of the State Council, Tian Jiyun, Deputy Secretary-General, Hu Qili, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Hao Jianxiu, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Electricity, and Li Peng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water and Electricity, to inspect the Three Gorges area.The large investigation group led by the State Council this time will determine the government's opinion on the future Three Gorges Project.At that time, Wan Li and others came up with two plans after field investigation: one is the high dam plan, that is, the Three Gorges Dam is 200 meters high, and the backwater reaches Chongqing; the Three Gorges will have a power generation capacity of 22 million kilowatts after completion; The Three Gorges Dam has an elevation of 165 meters and a normal water level of 150 meters. It has relocated 300,000 people and submerged only Wanxian County. In May 1983, at the Three Gorges Feasibility Report Review Meeting held in the name of the State Planning Commission, most people agreed to build the Three Gorges Project according to the low dam plan. "No! That would be a pity. We in Chongqing have sacrificed a lot of interests for the Three Gorges Project. If the water in the reservoir cannot allow 10,000-ton ships to reach our port in Chongqing, it will be a huge waste to play the role of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River. We don't want The water storage level is 150 meters. We hope that the central government will consider the development needs of Chongqing, whether it is appropriate to build a water storage level of 180 meters..." Chongqing people have raised objections to the low dam plan. The "medium plan" proposed by Chongqing people has been approved by most experts. They believe that this plan takes into account the interests of Chongqing. At the same time, they are optimistic about the comprehensive economic benefits that can be generated after the completion of the Three Gorges Project. Water can completely control the catastrophic flood disaster in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River that occurs once in a hundred years.And such a water storage capacity can increase the annual installed capacity of power generation to 20 million kilowatts. But the "middle plan" also has a downside: First, the number of immigrants will increase to more than 1 million, and all the counties from Wanxian to Yichang will be submerged, and two-thirds of the city of Fuling, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Chongqing, will be submerged. to drown.Second, the investment in the whole project has greatly increased. There are 3 plans, which one to choose, the right to "make the decision" rests with Deng Xiaoping.Chongqing people and all those who are looking forward to the early start of the Three Gorges Project are waiting for the final decision of the chief designer. On January 19, 1985, this date has no special meaning, but it is of extraordinary significance to Chongqing people, because it was on this day that Deng Xiaoping officially said that he would separate Chongqing from Sichuan Province for the first time. Become a municipality directly under the Central Government. At 9:45 am on this day, Deng Xiaoping came to the Fujian Hall of the Great Hall of the People to attend the signing ceremony of the contract for the joint construction of my country's first nuclear power plant by Guangdong Nuclear Power Investment Corporation and Hong Kong Nuclear Power Investment Corporation.At that time, Li Peng, a rising political star and then Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the signing ceremony with his wife Zhu Lin. Thus, a historical topic began—— Deng Xiaoping: Today we will first talk about the construction of the Three Gorges. Tell us about how it was arranged. Vice Premier Li Peng, who was a hydropower expert, immediately replied: The Three Gorges Project needs 3 years of preparation, and the total construction period is 17 years. After 11 years, the first unit will be put into operation.At present, there are two main issues in the debate on the project: one is the problem of sediment deposition; the other is the problem of the height of the dam... Deng Xiaoping lit a cigarette and stared at Li Peng: How much will the immigration increase under the Zhongba plan? Li Peng: The middle dam plan is based on 180 meters of water storage, and the number of immigrants will increase to about 1 million, or maybe a little more. Deng Xiaoping: How do you consider resettling immigrants? Li Peng: In the past, resettlement resettlement was carried out, and farmers were moved to other places.Now we are planning to use the money from resettling immigrants to open factories and farms.Immigrants can grow cash crops, especially citrus, and Sichuan citrus varieties are very good.And use the money from immigrants to develop township enterprises, engage in commodity production, and increase income. Deng Xiaoping nodded: This method is right. There is also a way to resettle 1 million immigrants.You can develop township enterprises, you can also engage in the tertiary industry, you can engage in tourism!There are many things to do in this place of Three Gorges. After listening to Li Peng talk in detail about the investment and construction related to the "180-meter plan", Deng Xiaoping said slowly in strong Sichuan dialect: The Three Gorges Project is a huge engineering project. Consider long-term interests.In the past, people in Sichuan did not approve of raising the dam, but now the situation has changed. People in Sichuan, mainly in Chongqing, agree with the "180-meter plan".The low dam scheme is not good.The middle dam plan is a good plan, and preparations can start now.The middle dam can generate more power, and the 10,000-ton fleet can sail to Chongqing.In the future, we can consciously place major national industrial projects in the Three Gorges immigration area. Li Peng: The State Council is considering setting up a special administrative region for the Three Gorges, using the strength of this administrative region to support the construction of the Three Gorges Project, and do a good job in the resettlement and economic development of the submerged area. When Deng Xiaoping heard this, his squinted eyes seemed to widen: Sichuan could be divided into two provinces, one with Chongqing as its central city, and the other with Chengdu as its central city... Today's Chongqing people should always remember the special day of "January 19, 1985", because it was on this day that Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of the modernization of the People's Republic of China, proposed the transformation of Chongqing from the perspective of a great strategist. Sichuan Province was set aside as a separate municipality.It is precisely this historic decision that has led to such a rapid development in Chongqing today, a great new era that has almost completely changed the old destiny. July 21, 1989, was not a special day, but it meant a lot to the fate of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. On this day, Jiang Zemin, the new general secretary of the Communist Party of China, left Zhongnanhai in Beijing.This is also the first time he has left Beijing from the "top leader" of a municipality directly under the Central Government to the "top leader" of socialist China. At that time, some people speculated that his first time out of Beijing would be to return to Shanghai, and people can predict the intention of returning to Shanghai.Some people also speculate that he will visit abroad, such as to Europe or the Americas. If that is the case, the intention is very clear.But he didn't go to these places - Jiang Zemin made a wise decision as the leader of the Chinese people. General Secretary Jiang Zemin went to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.This surprised many observers of the situation. There is an inside story that we didn't know before: that year was when the Yangtze River flooded.One day, Jiang Zemin called Prime Minister Li Peng: You are an expert in water conservancy. I am very worried about what you think of the flood in the Yangtze River.Li Peng then said: "Thousands of miles of the Yangtze River, the danger lies in the Jingjiang River."You might as well suggest that you go to Hubei to take a look and inspect the Three Gorges Project yourself.Well, I am also very concerned about the Three Gorges Project.Jiang Zemin said. Jiang Zemin has a basis for saying this.As early as 1980, as the then deputy director and secretary-general of the State Import and Export Management Committee, he participated in the reception headed by Freeman, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Administration, Lieutenant General Morris of the Army Corps of Engineers, and Xi Jinsheng, director of the Bureau of Reclamation The Three Gorges Expedition Group. In March and April of 1989, when Jiang Zemin was still the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, he again studied the Three Gorges issue in more depth.Because in March of this year, Comrade Wang Renzhong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and one of the four persons in charge of coordinating the demonstration of the Three Gorges Project designated by the Central Committee, came to Shanghai and gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the Three Gorges Project to Jiang Zemin and the comrades of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. .Jiang Zemin obtained a lot of information about the reality and history of the Three Gorges Project from Wang Renzhong. It's time to get on the horse, the great dream of several generations should become a reality in the hands of our generation!The people of the Three Gorges should have a real hope! After 4 days of on-the-spot investigation, General Secretary Jiang Zemin said such a very firm statement. In the spring of 1990, the "two sessions" were held in Beijing as usual.At this meeting, General Secretary Jiang Zemin received a proposal jointly signed by several members of the CPPCC, which was forwarded by Comrade Wang Renzhong, then vice chairman of the CPPCC.Wang Renzhong suggested to the general secretary in the attached letter that he hoped that "the Standing Committee of the Central Committee can spare a few half-days to listen to reports on the Three Gorges Project." General Secretary Jiang Zemin quickly issued instructions on this.Substantive work began in the subsequent "State Council Three Gorges Project Demonstration Reporting Meeting", and the State Council Three Gorges Project Review Committee was established with State Councilor Zou Jiahua as the director and three other State Councilors Wang Bingqian, Song Jian, and Chen Junsheng as deputy directors. .The latter three are still the Minister of Finance, the Director of the State Science and Technology Commission, and the Secretary-General of the State Council, which shows the importance of the Three Gorges Project! February 20, 1992.Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall.The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee is held here.There was only one topic: the bill to discuss the construction of the Three Gorges Project was submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation. The meeting lasted for two days.In the end, the members of the Standing Committee unanimously agreed to submit the proposal of the State Council to launch the Three Gorges Project to the deputies of the National People's Congress for discussion.In summing up, Jiang Zemin said in very dignified and resounding terms that the Standing Committee formally decided that the central government was very cautious in approving the plan to build the Three Gorges Project. On March 6, Jiang Zemin called Li Peng: Comrade Xiaoping suggested that projects such as the Three Gorges should be handled by special personnel. Li Peng replied: I can't run away, and someone from the State Council will arrest me. Jiang Zemin agreed.The next day, Li Peng received a call from Jiang Zemin again, saying that he would ask Comrade Li Peng to read his speech to party members and cadres at the "Two Sessions", which was mainly about mobilizing support for the Three Gorges Project.Jiang Zemin also said that Comrade Deng Xiaoping was very concerned about the Three Gorges Project and asked to do something during the "Eighth Five-Year Plan". "Therefore, I suggest that the Three Gorges Project should be led by your prime minister, with assistance from Tian Jiyun, Chen Junsheng, Xiao Yang and Li Boning." Li Peng agreed.Tian Jiyun is the vice premier, Chen Junsheng is the secretary-general of the State Council, Xiao Yang is the governor of Sichuan Province, and there is a special character Li Boning. Li Boning, a native of Hebei, was born in the "Old Balu", a "stubborn old man" with a special personality.Originally, he did a good job in the position of deputy minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, but because of the Three Gorges Project, he was "forced" into a "pit of fire"-it is said that anyone who has anything to do with the Three Gorges Project will be praised or criticized with the development of history due to complicated incidents Pass. In 1985, due to the preparations for the Three Gorges Project, the State Council formally appointed Li Boning as the leader of the Three Gorges Provincial Preparatory Team at the suggestion of Li Peng.After New China was peacefully liberated from Tibet, the central government has never adjusted the administrative divisions of provinces or municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the birth of a new province or municipality directly under the Central Government is no small matter.The great Three Gorges Project prompted a major movement, and this movement first came from the pressure of the resettlement work on the central decision-makers.Later, the central government decided to revise the height of the Three Gorges Dam, changing from the "low dam plan" to the "medium dam plan". exposed.Therefore, on May 4, 1986, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council officially issued a document to abolish the preparatory group for the Three Gorges Province. On April 3, the vote on the construction of the Three Gorges Project, which has been debated for nearly 40 years, was held in the Great Hall of the People, the site of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Seventh National People's Congress. When the words "Voting on the Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River" were displayed on the huge fluorescent screens on both sides of the rostrum, Comrade Wan Li, who was then chairman of the National People's Congress, stood up and announced: Vote now, please press the voting device. Soon, thunderous applause erupted in the conference hall—the "Resolution on the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River" was passed with 1,767 votes in favor, 177 votes against, 664 abstentions, and 25 people failed to press the button! That scene was so unforgettable and exciting.Whether on the rostrum or the ordinary seats in the hall, many people clapped each other to celebrate, some hugged each other tightly, and some were wiping tears excitedly... Among the cheering representatives, the representatives from Chongqing may be the most enthusiastic and excited, because they all know that the launch of the Three Gorges Project means that Chongqing's status will be accelerated! The Three Gorges Project and resettlement work are closely related to the construction of Chongqing.People often say: without the Three Gorges immigrants, there would be no municipality directly under the Central Government in Chongqing. Ordinary people in other places may not be very clear about this truth, but Chongqing people must be very clear.Because the central government attaches great importance to the Three Gorges Project, especially the millions of Three Gorges immigrants, some problems and disputes in this area will bring variables to the process of establishing Chongqing Municipality.The high-level central government has also spent a lot of effort on this. By 1997, all the matters related to the establishment of Chongqing Municipality had been fully prepared, and now it only owed the approval of the highest authority of the country! On February 19, the day when Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the son of the Chinese people and the chief architect of China's four modernizations, passed away, Premier Li Peng asked his secretary to deliver the "Proposal on the Establishment of Chongqing Municipality" submitted by the State Council to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People. Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In early March, the world-renowned "two sessions" were held. On the afternoon of March 14, at the closing ceremony of the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress, the "Decision on the Establishment of Chongqing Municipality" was submitted to the delegates for voting.The result was: 2,720 representatives attended, 2,403 votes in favor, 148 votes against, 133 abstentions, and 36 people who did not press the voting device. The chairman announced: "Passed!" There was thunderous applause in the Great Hall of the People, especially the deputies to the National People's Congress in Chongqing, who all stood up from their seats. They couldn't suppress their excitement and cheered.Especially the hands of Zhang Delin and Pu Haiqing were tightly held together. On the rostrum, Jiang Zemin smiled and winked at Premier Li Peng who was sitting on the side, then turned his head easily, and applauded with all the representatives at the venue, applauding for a long time... This is a historic moment worth recording! The National People’s Congress voted at 3:55 p.m., and at 4:00 p.m., firecrackers were already going off in Chongqing, and 20 elderly Yangko team members from the city’s Wanxia Yangko Team became the first cheering team to take to the street... Chongqing was boiling up! At this historical turning point, the 30.02 million people in the mountain city were all rejoicing and telling each other. On June 18, 1997, all walks of life in Chongqing held a grand unveiling ceremony in the Great Hall of the People. The mountain city is echoing.Dajiang is echoing.The sky and the earth are trembling.Chongqing people sang "Ode to the Motherland" with tears in their eyes, and sang "red plum blossoms bloom, and each blossom shines..." The history of the fourth municipality directly under the Central Government of the Republic has since opened——