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szdaily -> Important news -> 
SZ TOP LEADER PAYS UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO CITY’S ‘DARK SIDE’
    2019-07-09  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

SHENZHEN Party chief Wang Weizhong paid an unannounced visit to three districts last week to get firsthand information about progress and problems in polluted river treatment and urban village renovation, local Chinese media reported yesterday.

Before setting off for the surprise visit Thursday, Wang said he would prefer if district authorities weren’t informed of his trip because he wanted to see “the dirtiest, worst, stinkiest and darkest places” in the city.

Wang went to two rivers in Bao’an — the Shajing and Longjinchong rivers — and the Guanlan River in Longhua, which are being treated for pollution.

River pollution is the biggest stain and sore point for Shenzhen in spite of all the glamor of the city, and is the aspect most complained about by local residents, the Chinese reports said.

The city vowed last year to wipe out black and smelly rivers from across the 2,000-square-kilometer city by the end of the year.

Wang, who assumed office as Shenzhen’s top leader in April 2017, has frequently inspected river treatment sites.

Wang made his first stop at the section of the Shajing River near Daxing Road 1 in Shajing Subdistrict, where he was updated about the treatment progress. He made an appointment with staffers at the site to revisit the river in August after being told that the treatment work would be completed at that time.

He then rushed to the Longjinchong River near Shajing Boulevard, which is home to a large number of historical sites. The area features narrow alleys that don’t have separate rain water and sewage systems, which makes river pollution treatment difficult. Wang urged local authorities to learn from Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States to address the drainage system problem.

During a trip to the Guanlan River in Longhua, he heard complaints from Qinghuxincun residents about a gap in a dike on the river near their homes that led to the discharge of sewage water and disgusting odor.

Wang questioned staffers at the site and gave them advice on how to address the problem as soon as possible.

His last stop was Changfaxincun, an urban village in Bantian Subdistrict, Longgang District. Wang talked with vendors, store owners, restaurant employees and security guards, and checked sewage pipelines and safety hazards in the village.

Urban villages are a unique phenomenon that formed as part of China’s urbanization efforts, especially in South China. Shenzhen has 437 urban villages housing a total of 4.42 million people. Urban villages are often associated with squalor, overcrowding and social problems.

“We should not be complacent about what we have achieved in the past 40 years of reform and opening up,” Wang told the accompanying officials at the end of his visit. “We should identify the gaps between Shenzhen and first-class cities around the globe.”(Li Jing)

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