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Xinjiang city of Kashgar in western China's most
The years 1997-2000, a period of impressive
January 15, 2000, Urumqi Tianshan Hotel
Hotel on the second floor conference room is being held a "farewell will be the first Yuanjiang cadres," a lively atmosphere, more than 200 from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, eight provinces and municipalities Yuanjiang cadres the meeting hall, wearing red flowers sat満; the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Party Committee, government, people's congresses, CPPCC Xinjiang and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps leaders seated on the rostrum.
11 am, the meeting officially began. The Moderator, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, deputy secretary of the Standing Committee Zhou Shengtao opening speech: "Today's grand send-off in the first batch of Yuan Jiang cadres returned to the Mainland, the first asked all to stand and work in Xinjiang comrades lost their lives during the silence!"
The venue a solemn, people's feelings a long time can not be calm.
Standing there, I am pondering over just the past three years, more than 1,000 days and nights away from home, away from their loved ones, suffer from loneliness and solitude, and are subject of "natural disasters" the dangers and hardships. Can be said that has withstood the test of life and death, the baptism of blood and fire!
Three years, has experienced more than a magnitude 6 earthquake 10 times more than magnitude 4 earthquake felt hundreds of times; three years, a very small number of ethnic separatism and religious extremists (in East Turkistan separatists master) in Xinjiang have created dozens of cases of violence and terrorism, which alone in the Kashi region is 30 times the incident created an explosion, poisoning, killing a dozen cases; this during the 1997 handover of Macao in 1999 Congress return to the cross-century in 2000, it was a time when the international situation is changing, they shouting out: "96 years of hands-on, 97 years, go all out, by the year 2000 Xinjiang independence," "Hong Kong, Macao, Xinjiang independence "...... It can be said, we are troubled times came to a contentious region!
Also in this three-year period, we travel between the Mainland and in Xinjiang, he would travel north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, with a total travel up to 60,000 kilometers; three years, came to Xinjiang, a vast desert, the Gobi desert, to see an iceberg and plateau; 3 years, became acquainted with the Uygur, Kazak, Tajik, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Xibe and other friends of various nationalities, experience local customs and habits of various ethnic groups ...... it should be said, the lifetime experience with these three-Yuan Jiang, life does not regret it!
Now, another three years pass. I have three years experience in this tidy, and the like Xinjiang and hope to travel in Xinjiang friends, to jointly aftertaste I think they are memorable, and little-known experience.
Time to return in 1996, in order to implement the western development strategy, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the Mainland and Xinjiang and accelerate the economic development of Xinjiang region, promote social stability in Xinjiang, the central authorities decided to send part of the Han cadres Mainland provinces and cities to work in Xinjiang. The first batch of selected cadres in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, eight provinces and cities, more than 200 cadres. Shandong and Tianjin counterparts to support them in Kashi Prefecture, Xinjiang, working hours for three years. The first Yuan Jiang, Shandong cadres and a total of 29, respectively, to the Kashgar area, and five counties and cities to direct departments, mainly engaged in party politics, education, health and agriculture, forestry, water and other aspects of the work. I was 29 in a cadre.
February 14, 1997 (eighth day the first lunar month), this day is Valentine's Day in the West, we have officially embarked on a journey of Fujiang, in parting with his family and friends when a tragic sense of desolation could not help but well up the heart! Xi Yishui Han Feng Xiaoxiao, Xi warrior no longer has a go! Away from the Xinjiang ago, we learned a lot about organizational learning situation in Xinjiang documents, including some at that time was still a secret-level documents, the situation in Xinjiang, especially the social stability of the situation to a certain extent, and thereby to a certain extent aware of this trip the arduous and dangerous.
In Jinan, farewell ceremony was very solemn. At that time Shandong Provincial Party Committee Secretary Zhao Zhihao, Li Chunting governor of the provinces of six bodies off himself, Chen Jianguo, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee (the current secretary of the Ningxia District) to send us to the airport, the road to the airport, enjoying the team's level of national leaders , along the warning, the way the green light, unimpeded, half an hour to the airport, took the opportunity to enjoy the exemption when treated directly to board the plane without security (baggage is also checked by the staff agency of the procedure).
Xinjiang Airlines aircraft was the main model - Figure 154, with no first class. Yuan Jiang cadres and provincial organization department, accompanied by the leadership of Provincial Personnel Department, and we party a total of 35 people, all sitting in front cabin and there are more than 50 other passengers. Check-in area when they received a notice of Xinjiang, arrived in Urumqi airport, Yuan Jiang cadres and the first not to move, and other passengers on board the plane later, the time, I thought, Xinjiang, might pursue a grand welcoming ceremony, right?
Did not expect that other passengers, is finished later, we line up in turn the plane, did not see a grand welcoming ceremony expected to meet the officer is not much the airport seemed deserted. Only two bus stops directly to the ramp side, notably the car in front of each bus, impressively stood two armed police carrying loaded guns! On the bus after the bus directly Chixiang urban areas, but also the way the green light, unimpeded, but, and Shandong, there are no grand, but appears to heavily guarded. Xinjiang's comrades on the road to tell us that we stay at the hotel was Bogda hotels, guest houses in Xinjiang Military District, three-star. Urumqi, although there are some four-star, five-star and other more upscale hotels, but the security point of view, the Corps chose the guesthouse.
Bogda Hotel is located in Urumqi, the bright road, when we arrived, the entire route has been martial law, armed soldiers standing on the road on both sides, three steps Gang Wu Buyi a whistle, no doubt adds to tensions. Later learned that, in order to meet our Yuan Jiang cadres from eight provinces and cities, Bogda hotel one week in advance all the rooms empty. The hotel front door, back door an establishment of three posts, a 24-hour armed police guard armed; we stay at each hotel after picking up sheet, "pass" any certificate are required to access, while our internal requirements, be unable to freely access.
Late at night, I was removed repeatedly can not sleep, get up and look out the window. Urumqi, the temperature was -28 degrees, ice and snow, I saw armed police standing guard outside, wearing a fur hat wearing a military overcoat standing in snow gun stamped. You can not help feeling something is about to greet us what is it?
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