Chapter 15 Primer

There is one thing in life, like a silent order, like the beating of war drums and the sailing whistle, when you see it, you will feel a sense of tension and urgency in your heart.That is the "countdown" card invented by someone unknown. The great Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River, from Sun Yat-sen's original vision, to the question of whether it can be improved or not, has been debated for nearly half a century, and then technical issues have been discussed for another 10 to 20 years. When the Three Gorges Project was decided, The People's Congress voted to give this great project a construction time of 17 years.

The 17-year project time can be listed as "extremely long construction period".But if you really understand the whole process of the implementation of the Three Gorges Project, you will find that 17 years is just a snap of the fingers for the specific project executors. 17 years is long enough, and Chinese people do not want to wait longer for the long-awaited moment of "Gaoxia out of Pinghu". Our third-generation leaders also hope to see the majestic The "world's first warehouse" was built. Therefore, the 17-year "countdown" of the Three Gorges Project, from the day the National People's Congress passed the resolution, is like the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all the Three Gorges builders.

And what is the concept of millions of Three Gorges immigrants at this time?That's the whip that drives the horse, that's the arrow that shoots the bow— According to the engineering design, the Three Gorges Reservoir must be completed before 2009. Before that, the construction of the Three Gorges Project had several major stages: the official construction in 1994, the closure of the river in 1997, the first water storage, the first power generation and the permanent construction in 2003. The ship lock was opened, the dam was completed in 2009, and the generator sets were all installed and fully powered.This is the schedule of engineering technology.One million immigrants is another project that is closely related to it, and it is a completely different human project at the same time.For any reservoir, water diversion is its ultimate goal.The immigration project is different. Although it must have a timetable, it cannot have an ultimate goal.The reason why immigration is called a "world-class problem" lies in its fundamental meaning.

The timetable of resettlement must follow the timetable of engineering construction, but it must have its own more advanced concept of time.How many lessons in history have made policy makers suffer from "water driving people away".A successful water conservancy project and a successful immigration cause must be left far behind by people. But the 17-year Three Gorges Project did not leave much time for millions of immigrants to work. At the beginning of 1992, the resolution of the National People's Congress had just been passed, and the applause in the Great Hall of the People was still echoing across the land of China. At the end of the year, the people in Sandouping suddenly saw the endless construction army coming from their door...

Immigrants move out, families move out, it is a matter of one night. The people in the reservoir area were a little caught off guard, at least not psychologically prepared.What's more, there are still many things that I haven't figured out. Should I choose the day of marriage before or after immigration?Should I choose to have a baby before moving or after immigrating?That's what young people think.The old man thinks more: Is the son's marriage settled early, or should we wait until the new home is settled?After death, should we be buried in our native land or cremated in our new hometown?

However, at the front gate of the village, there is a "countdown" sign for immigrants from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River telling everyone: the time is running out day by day, you have to leave if you think about it, and you have to leave if you don't.Three Gorges construction, national decision-making, all people must obey!She Xiaojia, Gu everyone, it is an honor to be an immigrant!Those sounds like slogans, but for the millions of immigrants in the reservoir area, they are actually mobilization orders for combat and a time-limited order to move away from home. You can't go.It's not okay to leave late.It's even worse to wait and drag.

No, let me think about it!Why do you ask me to think about it?Because I still have many, many things that I can't figure out, and many, many things that I want to discuss with the government and calculate. The reasons and ideas put forward by immigrants are ten times and a hundred times more than those considered and planned by policymakers and experts. "Countdown" does not take these issues and factors into account. It still walks at its own pace quickly every day. All tasks and problems are left to our cadres and immigrants. So the "countdown" of the Three Gorges Project has such complex, rich, and colorful content and substance——