CCTV News (Reporter Cao Zhen):Chongyi County is located in the southwest border of Jiangxi Province. In October 1517, Wang Yangming named it after the meaning of "advocating propriety and righteousness". In December last year, Chongyi County boarded the list of national demonstration cities and counties for ecological civilization construction. This makes Chongyi, which is known as the "Green Valley in the South of the Yangtze River", have an ecological business card of "National Brand" after the honorary titles of National Forest City and China Natural Oxygen Bar.

　　Junzi Valley Wild Fruit Reserve is a beautiful landscape in this ecological business card. Since its establishment in 1995, Junzi Valley has set up a wild fruit germplasm resource garden from the establishment of a wild fruit reserve; From the selection of wild fruit varieties, the ecological planting of selected strains began; From the study of ecological characteristics of varieties and plants to the deep processing of agricultural products. One, two, three industries take a multi-pronged approach, and in the field of ecological industrialization, we have embarked on a unique "gentleman’s valley model".

　　Junzi Valley Wild Fruit Reserve. Cao Wei/photo

　　Protecting wild fruit: from childhood feelings to great cause

　　"Our idea at that time was very simple. We just wanted to protect the wild fruits we had eaten and seen when we were young and not let them be ‘ Lianshan ’ And disappear from this world, retire and return to your hometown in the future, and you can still eat the familiar taste when you were a child. " Ms. Huang, the wife of Zhuang Xifu, the founder of Junzi Valley, told reporters.

　　The so-called "mountain refining" is a kind of forestry production mode to cut down the timber with commercial value on the mountain and put it in Yamakaji to clean up the forest land. Although this can make local villagers get some economic benefits in a short time, it will be devastating to the vegetation and ecological environment on the mountain.

　　Wild fruit Tian He taro planted in the wild fruit world of Junzi Valley. Cao Wei/photo

　　Unable to bear to see all kinds of wild fruits that I loved when I was a child burned down by the fire, Zhuang Xifu decided to quit his "iron rice bowl" and set about establishing a wild fruit reserve in Junzi Valley, purchasing and planting wild fruit trees on the mountain, and prohibiting farmers from cutting down fruit trees and hunting.

　　For this simple feeling, the road to entrepreneurship in Junzi Valley Wild Fruit Reserve is very bumpy. At first, local farmers thought this was not only stupid but also inhuman. Fortunately, Gentleman Valley got the support of the local government, so it can continue.

　　In order to gain farmers’ understanding, a "farmers’ school" has been set up in Junzigu Nature Reserve to train the knowledge of ecological protection and agricultural product development from time to time, and establish cooperation with local farmers to let them participate in the ecological planting of selected strains.

　　For more than 20 years, Zhuang Xifu organized a capable team, collected and protected a large number of wild fruit resources, and built a wild fruit resource garden in Junzi Valley base. There are all kinds of wild fruits in the south protected and collected in the resource garden, and the resources are complete. Only in the China wild thorn grape resource garden, more than 1,100 wild plants of wild thorn grapes have been collected.

　　Wild thorn grapes in China going international.

　　Huang Fangxiang, a farmer from Liangjie Village, Chongyi County. Cao Wei/photo

　　Huang Fangxiang is a local farmer who grows thorn grapes. Before 2008, 5 mu of land in his family was used to grow rice, with an annual income of about 10,000 yuan. In 2008, under the call of preferential policies, he began to try to grow some thorn grapes in a small scale in his family yard. "I don’t grow rice now. The courtyards in Otawa are planted with thorn grapes, and the annual income is about 30,000 yuan, which is three times higher than before. "Huang Fangxiang counted his own economic account with reporters.

　　Relying on the research and development of wild fruit in Junzi Valley for many years, Chongyi County actively promoted the combination of thorn grape industry and poverty alleviation work, guided poor households to plant thorn grapes, and subsidized and increased income attracted a large number of farmers to participate in planting.

　　After years of hard work, Junzi Valley has not only won the reputation of wild thorn wine in the world, but also developed a variety of ecological products such as non-added fruit drinks and wild fruit biscuits.

　　Immature wild thorn grapes. Cao Wei/photo

　　Good wine needs no bush. In the 5th Asian Wine Quality Competition in 2012 and the 6th Asian Wine Quality Competition in 2014, Junzi Valley wild thorn wine won the grand prize in succession, which was the first gold medal of China native wine in this international competition.

　　The protection, development and utilization of wild fruits in Junzi Valley have brought tangible "ecological dividends" to the villagers, but for the ecological industrial chain built by Junzi Valley, the longer-term value goes far beyond this. In the future, many innovative ideas, such as optimal strain planting, eco-tourism and agricultural product development, will be gradually implemented and deepened, and the sample of Junzi Valley of ecological industrialization will also bring more practical experience with reference value to Jiangxi and other provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

　　The Yellow River, which originated in Qinghai, flows through the territory of Sichuan Province, next to the Suokezang Temple in Tangke Town, ruoergai county, and forms the magnificent landscape of "the first bay of the Yellow River with nine bends" with a 180-degree turn. With the continuous strengthening of ecological protection and conservation in recent years, this beautiful scenery has become an important way and guarantee for local people to get rid of poverty and become rich.

　　Zoige is an important water conservation area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, an important part of the "China Water Tower", and occupies a decisive position in the overall situation of national ecological security. Zoige Wetland is the largest alpine peat swamp wetland in the world. It has the reputation of "reservoir" of the Yellow River and "kidney of the western plateau of China", and it is also the only place where the Yellow River flows through Sichuan. At the same time, however, Zoige is located in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which belongs to a fragile alpine region. Affected by natural factors such as global climate change and human interference, grassland desertification and wetland shrinkage were serious at one time.

　　In order to compete with desertification for a green home, the cadres and masses in Zoige County began to control desertification in the 1960s and 1970s. After more than 30 years of continuous research and innovation, they summed up the control technology suitable for the cold flowing sandy land, effectively curbed the trend of land desertification, reduced soil erosion, and achieved the effect of "planting trees to see the forest and planting grass to see the green".

　　The improvement of ecological environment has brought benefits to the local area. According to reports, the Yellow River Basin in Sichuan Province covers an area of 18,700 square kilometers, and Aba Prefecture involves ruoergai county, Aba County, Hongyuan County and Songpan County, with a basin area of 17,000 square kilometers, accounting for 91% of the Yellow River Basin in the province. Among them, the four counties involved in the Yellow River Basin all belong to concentrated contiguous poverty-stricken areas. In recent years, with the continuous strengthening of ecological governance, ruoergai county’s eco-economy has developed rapidly and achieved remarkable results in precision poverty alleviation.

　　It is understood that in 2018, the First Bay Scenic Spot of the Yellow River sold nearly 250,000 tickets and received nearly 2.95 million yuan in compensation for ecological livelihood, which greatly boosted the economic development of ruoergai county. Dozens of staff in the scenic spot were from poor households. In order to help get rid of poverty, this ecological livelihood compensation will also be distributed to villages. At present, there are 120 river managers in ruoergai county, all of whom are poor households in the county.

　　The improvement of the ecological environment is also promoting the development of services, handicrafts and other industries, and promoting the income of ordinary people. Baihe Community in Tangke Town, ruoergai county is composed of Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and Han ethnic residents, and has no collective economic income in the past. In 2017, with the support of the government and relevant departments, community villagers invested more than 1.6 million yuan to set up a professional cooperative for riding around the ruoergai county Sky Wetland, including a number of handmade products such as auspicious dolls, wishful sachets and diamond knots, which are organically combined with tourism. In less than four years, the initial investment of more than 1.6 million yuan by ordinary people has grown to 30 million yuan in fixed assets.

　　At present, ruoergai county employs more than 300 poverty-stricken households to patrol and manage wetland ecological resources, which not only realizes the full coverage of wetland resources management and protection in protected areas and increases the income of herders, but also basically puts an end to poaching, reclamation and other acts of destroying wetland resources.

　　After the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has adjusted the direction of real estate policy optimization, Beijing’s landing rules are expected to be accelerated.

　　On the evening of the 29th, the official WeChat official account of Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, "Anju Beijing", announced that it would strongly support and better meet the rigid and improved housing needs of residents and promote the stable and healthy development of Beijing’s real estate market.

　　On July 24th, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party pointed out that it is necessary to adapt to the new situation that the relationship between supply and demand in China’s real estate market has undergone major changes, adjust and optimize the real estate policy in a timely manner, and make good use of the policy toolbox to better meet the rigid and improved housing needs of residents and promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market.

　　Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development held an enterprise symposium. At the meeting, Ni Hong, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that it is necessary to continue to consolidate the stabilization and recovery of the real estate market, vigorously support the demand for rigid and improved housing, and further implement various policies and measures; Continue to do a good job in ensuring the delivery of buildings, speed up the delivery of project construction, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

　　The positive signal of the property market released in Beijing is based on the above two meetings. On the 29th, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced: "The Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will seriously study and understand the spirit of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, and in accordance with the requirements of Minister Ni Hong’s speech at the enterprise symposium, under the leadership of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, we will adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, and combine the actual situation of the Beijing real estate market with relevant departments to pay close attention to implementation."

　　According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in June, the sales price of new commercial housing in first-tier cities increased by 0.1% from the previous month to be flat, of which Beijing increased by 0.1% from the previous month, and the growth rate was narrower than that of the previous month; In the same month, the sales price of second-hand residential buildings in first-tier cities decreased by 0.7% month-on-month, which was 0.3 percentage points higher than that of last month, among which Beijing decreased by 0.7% month-on-month.

　　Beijing is a market dominated by second-hand houses. In 2022, the transaction area of second-hand houses in Beijing accounted for 62%, and new houses accounted for 38%. However, according to the data of Beijing Housing Construction Committee, since the second quarter, the transaction volume of second-hand houses in Beijing has dropped month by month. In June, the number of online signing of second-hand houses in Beijing was 11,607, down 10.6% from the previous month. In addition, according to market data, as of the end of June, the number of listed second-hand houses in Beijing has reached about 190,000 sets.

　　At the same time that the linkage of second-hand houses has declined, the "three limits" of Beijing’s property market (restricted purchases, loans and sales) have always been at the strictest level in the country.

　　As one of the few cities in China that has implemented the policy of "recognizing both houses and loans", Beijing’s current judgment standard for second-home loans is "there are loan records in the whole country (housing loans, including provident fund, and commercial purchases are not counted), including one record of settled and unsettled loans; There is no loan record in the country, and there is one house in Beijing. "

　　At present, the down payment ratio of the second home in Beijing is relatively high, with the lowest for ordinary houses being 60% and that for non-ordinary houses being 80%. At present, Beijing implements the standards for ordinary houses and non-ordinary houses issued in 2014, that is, the unit price within the Fifth Ring Road is less than 39,600 yuan/m2 or the total price is less than 4.68 million yuan/set, the unit price from the Fifth Ring Road to the Sixth Ring Road is less than 31,680 yuan/m2 or the total price is less than 3.744 million yuan/set, and the unit price outside the Sixth Ring Road is less than 23,760 yuan/m2 or the total price is less than 2.808 million yuan/set.

　　According to the 100-city price index of China’s real estate index system, in June 2023, the price of new houses in Beijing increased by about 40% compared with that in December 2014, with the average price exceeding 40,000 yuan/m2 and the average price of second-hand houses exceeding 60,000 yuan/m2. At the same time, in the first half of 2023, the average total price of new houses in Beijing from the Fourth Ring Road to the Fifth Ring Road, the Fifth Ring Road to the Sixth Ring Road and the Sixth Ring Road was 8.43 million yuan, 6.73 million yuan and 4.2 million yuan respectively, which were significantly higher than the standard line of ordinary houses.

　　From the perspective of mortgage interest rate, according to RealData data, the interest rate of the first home loan in Baicheng averaged 3.9% in July, down 45 bp； year-on-year; The average interest rate of the second home loan was 4.81%, down 25bp； year-on-year; However, the interest rates of the first and second home loans in first-tier cities are 4.50% and 5.03% respectively.

　　"In the most stable first-tier cities in the past, house prices began to lead the decline. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the demand side to bottom out. " Li Yujia, chief researcher of the Housing Policy Research Center of Guangdong Urban Planning Institute, said.

　　He believes that before this, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has clearly proposed ways to optimize the property market policy, such as reducing the down payment ratio and interest rate of the first suite, reducing the tax and fee for the purchase of improved housing, and "recognizing the house without repaying the loan" for personal housing loans. At present, hot cities just need to concentrate and the number of people changing houses is huge. If the above-mentioned measures such as "lowering interest rates, lowering down payment and lowering taxes" are implemented in time, expectations can be effectively improved and demand can be released.

　　In Li Yujia’s view, "targeted support for improved demand" should be the focus of property market policy optimization in hot cities. Specifically, on the financial side, the down payment ratio of the second suite (paid off loan) should be lowered; On the tax side, on the one hand, we can optimize and adjust the identification standard of non-ordinary houses, such as canceling the identification standard of total price; on the other hand, the exemption period of value-added tax can be returned from 5 years to 2 years to reduce the transaction cost of housing.

　　"However, when implementing the policy recommendations of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, all localities should implement policies according to the city, that is, they will not be implemented in a consistent manner and content, but will be implemented first and then, and the policy intensity will be greatly reduced." Li Yujia said.

　　Up to now, the North, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have not released a specific plan for optimizing the restrictive policies of real estate.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, May 18th, news background: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jizhi

　　On the 18th, at the online video ceremony held at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the ambassadors of Finland and Sweden to NATO formally submitted their applications for NATO membership to the Secretary-General of the organization, Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg said that NATO will evaluate the application for membership as soon as possible.

　　NATO is a military and political group established in 1949 by the United States to win over some European countries in order to contain the Soviet Union after World War II. Its purpose is to make joint efforts in collective defense and maintaining peace and security, promote democracy, rule of law and welfare in the Euro-Atlantic region through political and military means, and safeguard the freedom and security of member States.

　　During the Cold War, the opposite of NATO was the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact) formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries in 1955. At the beginning of NATO’s establishment, there were 12 member countries: the United States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. During the treaty against the Soviet Union and China, NATO expanded three times: in February 1952, Turkey and Greece joined; In May 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany joined; In May 1982, Spain joined.

　　In the last 20 years of the 20th century, with the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, NATO began to implement the "all-round crisis response strategy", and started the eastward expansion process by intervening in the crisis in the former Yugoslavia and implementing the "Peace Partnership Plan".

　　Since 1992, Poland and other eastern European countries have put forward requests to join NATO. In September, 1995, NATO officially released the report on its eastward expansion. In July 1997, the NATO Madrid Summit officially decided to admit Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to NATO. In March 1999, the three countries formally became new members of NATO, thus increasing the number of NATO members to 19.

　　In November 2002, at the Prague summit, NATO decided to invite Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria to join. In March 2004, the above seven countries formally joined NATO, increasing the number of NATO members to 26.

　　In April 2008, NATO leaders made a decision at the Bucharest summit to promote the western Balkan countries to join NATO. After a series of negotiations and corresponding procedures, Albania and Croatia joined NATO in April 2009. Montenegro became a member of NATO in June 2017. North Macedonia officially joined NATO in March 2020.

　　To apply for NATO membership, certain conditions must be met. According to Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, any European country capable of promoting the principles of the Treaty and contributing to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region can accept the invitation of NATO to become a member of the bloc. The decision to expand the membership must be unanimously agreed by all NATO members.

　　NATO’s expansion policy is not static, but constantly undergoing adjustment. The three expansions during the Cold War were mainly due to strategic considerations. After the cold war, NATO is faced with the puzzle of whether it should continue to expand. To this end, NATO conducted a special study and finally decided that countries applying for membership must meet certain political, economic and military standards to ensure that they are not only beneficiaries of the group, but also contributors.

　　According to NATO, these standards include: establishing an effective democratic political system based on market economy, treating ethnic minorities fairly, committing to peaceful settlement of conflicts, being willing and able to contribute to NATO military operations, and committing to maintaining democratic civil-military relations and institutional structures.

　　There is a complicated procedure for NATO to recruit new members, which consists of seven steps. The first step is to enter into the contract negotiations. Nato’s formal invitation to the applicant country for negotiation is regarded as the first step to open the accession procedure. The second step is to submit a letter of intent. The foreign ministers of the invited countries wrote to the Secretary-General of NATO in the form of a letter of intent, confirming their acceptance of the obligations of the member countries and fulfilling their commitments. At the same time, a timetable for completing the reform should be attached. The third step is to sign the protocol. NATO prepares a new protocol for each new member, and all NATO members have to sign the new protocol. The fourth step is to ratify the protocol. The governments of all NATO member countries should ratify the protocol according to their domestic requirements and procedures. The fifth step is to invite people into the contract. After all NATO members have ratified the Protocol and informed the US government, the NATO Secretary General will send an invitation to the invited countries to join NATO. The sixth step is to join the treaty. After receiving the invitation, the invited country will join the new treaty according to its own procedures. The last step is the formal entry into force.

　　After its establishment, NATO expanded eight times in total, and its member countries increased to 30. After the end of the Cold War, NATO, a military and political group, did not dissolve, but constantly expanded its geographical boundaries and scope of activities. Public opinion widely believes that this is because the United States needs to use NATO to continue to control European affairs and safeguard American global hegemony.

1905 movie network news Recently, a realistic film directed by Seimi Zhang, with Zhou Dongyu as the producer and starring Wang Qiang, released a "Secret Love Special". In the special edition, Yisa, the singer of the promotion song of the same name "On the Balcony", appeared fresh. Once this melodious song was released, it won the Top10 of QQ music new song list and hot song list. Under the moving melody, Yisa took the heart to tell the secret love experience and secret love mood of junior high school for the first time.

At the same time, the special edition flashed back to the picture of Wang Qiang’s secret love for Zhou Dongyu in the movie, and there were scenes in which two leading actors fought each other, while being cautious and brave for love, and told the story of a teenager’s secret love. The movie "On the Balcony" has landed in major theaters all over the country since March 15th. The special series of secret love released this time will bring you back to seed of love’s youth and remind people of the beauty of secret love.

　

Wang Qiang and Zhou Dongyu performed a secret crush on the throbbing hook and recalled that the two leading actors had a big fight and led to speculation

The movie On the Balcony tells the story that the hero Zhang Yingxiong (Wang Qiang) revenges his father, but gradually develops complex feelings for his enemy’s daughter (Zhou Dongyu) through voyeurism. The "Secret Love Special" recently released by the film focuses on the young man’s mind of "revenge becomes secret love". After ringing the doorbell, she dared not speak, peeped quietly and quickly looked away, and followed the hostess step by step, but never dared to approach. Although this "silent guardian" was a bit stupid and clumsy, it vividly explained the delicate mentality that everyone wanted to love but dared not say when he was young, and all echoed the secret love theme of "throbbing on the lips".

It is worth mentioning that the special edition not only shows the caution of unrequited love, but also shows the picture of "liking you makes me brave" In the special edition, Wang Qiang, who has been silently guarding Zhou Dongyu, suddenly fights with another star, interspersed with the fresh picture of Zhou Dongyu holding an umbrella and smiling back, which makes people wonder whether this secret love of one person is still a "three-person movie". And Wang Qiang’s change before and after also shows his secret love for this stupid and brave little thing.

　

Yisa, the singer of the promotion song, first talked about the secret love story in junior high school, and it was touching to tell the secret love mood.

In the newly exposed secret love special, it is always accompanied by the moving melody of the movie promotion song "Balcony" of the same name. Once released, this promotion song ranks in the forefront of new songs and hot songs such as QQ music and cool music, and the melody is melodious and touching. Surprisingly, Yisa, a singer with short hair and white clothes, appeared fresh. Facing the camera, he asked, "When you were young, did you have a secret crush on someone, or was secretly loved by someone?" This brought the audience’s thoughts back to the youthful time when the deer was bumping around but cautious. Later, Yisa bravely exposed his secret love experience, saying, "I also have that kind of small secret love. This story happened in my junior high school."

In addition, with the ethereal melody, Yisa also gently tells the beauty of unrequited love, saying that unrequited love will make a person feel sweet when remembering, which is a kind of throb when he was young. When she finished saying "When you are mature, you will think about what this person has become, or whether he is still not what I liked at that time", the music just sang "You are still the smiling one, but you can’t get close to him. I miss him alone, even if I close my eyes, it won’t evaporate", which makes people feel warm and moved.

In November 2014, Huang Chunpu, a villager from Sanhe Village, showed his deformed hand near the lead-zinc ore dressing plant in daxin county, Guangxi. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　The 74-year-old Huang Chunpu is sitting on the edge of the chariot. Whenever it is windy and rainy, his hand joints are painful. The first joints of his index finger and middle finger have been deformed and twisted into an acute angle with his thumb.

　　　　　　　　Karst landforms in southwest Guangxi are a paradise for tourists, but for people in Changtun, Sanhe Village, Wushan Township, daxin county, Guangxi, they are just stone mountains that are too barren to root eucalyptus.

　　　　　　　　A state-owned medium-sized lead-zinc mine built in the 1950s once brought prosperity to this small village on the Sino-Vietnamese border, but 50 years later, with the depletion of mineral resources, people who stayed in the village were constantly found with bone pain. On the eve of the bankruptcy of lead-zinc mine in 2001, a lawsuit between villagers and the mine revealed the secret of more than half a century of deep-buried soil-the waste water from sewage drains flooded farmland, which made the cadmium content in rice exceed the standard by 11.3 times.

　　　　　　　　In 2005, the environmental pollution incident of Daxin lead-zinc mine was instructed by Wen Jiabao, then Prime Minister of the State Council. The government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region organized experts to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the pollution sources and local water, soil and crops, and the Health Department organized medical departments to conduct physical examinations on the villagers. However, in the past nine years, soil remediation and cadmium removal treatment have come to a standstill, and the results of physical examination at that time were also kept secret. The villagers were poor and sick in the dilapidated buildings on the ground that had been emptied, and the people with bone pain insisted that they were victims of pollution. They frequently petitioned with reports of cadmium exceeding the standard in their own medical examinations.

　　　　　　　　Relevant persons from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control who organized the physical examination told The Paper that the report held by the villagers was not scientific, but as of press time, the hospital responded to The Paper’s interview request for obtaining the medical examination results on the grounds that the person in charge could not be contacted and that "the medical examination information may not be made public".

　　　　　　　　On November 19th, two villagers, Wu Shimin and Huang Guiqiang, sent a public application for medical examination information to Guangxi Health and Family Planning Commission.

Cadmium in cultivated land exceeded the standard by nearly 30 times.

　　　　　　　　It is 143 kilometers westbound from Nanning to Daxin County, and then turns to the northeast. The provincial road changes to the county road for 21.7 kilometers, and the Changtun lead-zinc mine area is surrounded by mountains.

　　　　　　　　According to public records, after the founding of New China, Guangxi 437 Geological Team discovered lead-zinc deposits in Changtun, with a cumulative proven lead-zinc reserve of nearly 270,000 tons, which is a medium-sized deposit. In 1954, Daxin lead-zinc mine was built. At first, it was a state-owned enterprise under the former Ministry of Metallurgy, and then it was placed under the direct management of Guangxi Metallurgical Department.

On November 16th, 2014, in daxin county, Guangxi, Wu Zhengyang, who retired from Daxin Lead-Zinc Mine, and his wife Huang Qiuying still lived in the family building of the mining area, and most of the miners moved out of the mining area. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　Nowadays, the prosperity is like a bubble. Facing the empty and decaying playground and the bombed-out cinema, the miner’s wife, Huang Qiuying, 52, often feels disorganized in time and space: in those days, the crowd was bustling, and villagers in Wushan Township, 10 miles away, often watched the movie "White-haired Girl" with flashlights after dinner. Free tickets were the privilege of miners, and villagers who tried to evade tickets were pulled down by the doorman as soon as they climbed onto the windowsill.

　　　　　　　　Changtun is located in the southeast and downstream of the lead-zinc mine area, which is divided into four concentrated residential blocks, of which the nearest fourth production team is only a hundred meters away from the mineral processing workshop, facing each other across the cultivated land.

　　　　　　　　Cadmium exists in lead-zinc mine, but when Daxin lead-zinc mine is mined, only two metals, lead and zinc, are recovered, and the rest symbiotic metals are discarded in tailings, which makes the cadmium content in tailings much higher than its grade in ore.

　　　　　　　　There are three drainage ditches in the production area of the mining area, one of which is a closed culvert leading from the mineral processing workshop to discharge toxic sewage. The sewage in this ditch is directly discharged into the tailings reservoir of the mining area, and there is an open ditch on the right side of the tailings reservoir to discharge the overflow sewage in the reservoir. Due to the serious dissolution of rocks around the reservoir bank, the reservoir water leaks sideways in a wide range and in many directions. Another sewage ditch introduces the "Naming Canal" used by villagers to irrigate farmland.

　　　　　　　　Heavy metals carried by sewage accumulate silently in farmland until the "magic" attacks.

　　　　　　　　Wu Shimin, 65, remembers that in the 1960s or so, villagers discovered that the rice harvest was not good, and "it died when it grew to a piece." However, during the period when the industry was "on the move", the villagers’ resistance mostly ended in compensation from a few people in the mine.

　　　　　　　　When the minerals are on the verge of exhaustion and the benefits are declining, everything becomes inadequate. The contradiction finally broke out after a large-scale rice harvest in the 1990s.

　　　　　　　　"The seedlings are all dead. Let them look at the zinc mine. They ignored it. Later, they found the county environmental protection department and the leaders ignored it. They said that it was our own interception of the sewage ditch and the introduction of sewage irrigation. " Wu Shimin was the leader of the fourth production team in Changtun at that time. He remembered that someone in the mine "warned" him to "make trouble with the public security to arrest you again".

In 1999, villagers such as Wu Shimin sued Daxin lead-zinc mine to Nanning Intermediate People’s Court.

　　　　　　　　"I really can’t swallow this tone, then go to court." In 1999, Wu Shimin summoned 200 villagers from the Fourth Production Team, each of whom raised funds for 280 yuan, and sued Daxin Lead-Zinc Mine to the Nanning Intermediate People’s Court.

　　　　　　　　The secret sealed in the soil for half a century was uncovered. In 2000, Guangxi Institute of Environmental Geology was entrusted by the court to investigate the polluted farmland in Changtun. The report showed that 34 mu of cultivated land (part of the fourth production team in Changtun) had been polluted, and the main pollutants were lead, zinc, cadmium and mercury. According to the then-implemented Water Quality Standard for Farmland Irrigation (GB5084-92), the cadmium content in the first-class water for farmland irrigation should be less than 0.005mg/l, while the cadmium content in the irrigation water sample is 0.087 mg/l, which means that it exceeds the standard by 17.4 times. However, the highest cadmium content in the soil samples exceeded the standard by 29.1 times. It is worth mentioning that the appraisal agency refers to the third-class soil standards. If the cadmium content in the soil samples is less than 0.6mg/kg, the highest cadmium content in the soil samples exceeds the standard by 48.5 times.

　　　　　　　　Since then, the court’s judgment shows that, after testing, the cadmium content of rice in the polluted area is 11.3 times higher than the national standard.

　　　　　　　　The villagers’ rights protection experiment ended in success. In September, 2001, the Higher People’s Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region awarded Daxin Lead-zinc Mine more than 320,000 yuan in economic compensation and land improvement fees for the fourth production team in Changtun, and limited daxin county Lead-zinc Mine to control the sewage facilities according to the national sewage standards within three months.

　　　　　　　　The above economic compensation was implemented in that year. However, at the end of 2001, Daxin lead-zinc mine was approved by the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for bankruptcy due to the exhaustion of its mineral resources. This state-owned mine was lost on the eve of the collapse, leaving an unfinished mess.

　　　　　　　　Until 13 years later, Zhao Shaolin, deputy director of daxin county Environmental Protection Bureau, admitted to The Paper that due to the limited financial resources at the county level, the underground sewage of the mine, the heavy metal pollution source of Changtun cultivated land, has not been blocked so far. This year, the central government just approved a special fund for mine treatment of 20 million yuan, but the project is still in the early stage of feasibility study and environmental assessment.

In daxin county, Guangxi, red and yellow marks can be seen on the bare hillside. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　The Paper goes upstream along the irrigation water source of Changtun, and the water near the tailings pond is turbid red and yellow, and the hillside is washed out with yellow marks by the waste ore wrapped in heavy rain. The cultivated land of Huang Guiqiang’s family is less than half a meter from the horizontal distance of this irrigation canal.

　　　　　　　　Chen Nengchang, a researcher at Guangdong Institute of Ecological Environment and Soil, has long been concerned about cadmium. In his view, this heavy metal is special and difficult-it is highly mobile, and it is easy to enter the soil, be enriched by plants and then enter the human body through the food chain.

The highest urinary cadmium of "patients with bone pain" exceeded the standard by nearly 5 times.

　　　　　　　　Since 2000, Huang Guiqiang has been entangled in a "strange disease" and lost his ability to work: the joints of his hands and feet are swollen and painful, and he can’t move when he is sick. Nowadays, his hands protrude from the wrist to the back of his hand, and his palms are deformed and cannot be held normally.

　　　　　　　　At about the same time, his second brother, Huang Fuqiang, also suffered from this disease, and they often relied on painkillers to get through the onset. His eldest brother Huang Jinqiang died in 2013 after 10 years of paralysis.

On November 21st, 2014, 60-year-old Huang Fuqiang fell ill and suffered from unbearable physical pain. He was lying on the couch with a sad face. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　The Paper got an inspection report from Guangxi Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control on 46 villagers in Changtun in March, 2001. Huang Guiqiang’s urine cadmium index was 24 micrograms per liter, while the critical value of urine cadmium was set at 5 micrograms per liter in Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment Principles of Occupational Cadmium Poisoning GB7803-1987. According to this standard, urine cadmium usually exceeds this value when chronic cadmium poisoning occurs. According to the report, the urinary cadmium index in Huang Fuqiang is 4.29 micrograms per liter, while that in Huang Jinqiang is 11.25 micrograms per liter.

　　　　　　　　According to the statistics of the above-mentioned 46-person inspection report in The Paper, 20 people (about 43.48%) have urine cadmium content above 5μg/L, and the overall average urine cadmium content is 4.95μg/L, which is close to the upper limit of 5 μ g/L.. However, it is not clear whether the sample of this test is statistically significant.

　　　　　　　　In the humid southern countryside, backache and leg pain are considered to be caused by the weather and labor. Wu Jinjie, who started to be a village doctor in 1969, said that the patients who saw him the most were those with bone pain, and they often asked Wu Kai to take several plasters to deal with the pain.

　　　　　　　　In 1987, when Huang Guiqiang was the young and strong deputy director of the village committee in Changtun, Nanning Regional Metallurgical Bureau, regional epidemic prevention stations and county epidemic prevention stations and other relevant personnel went to Changtun to take water, soil samples and blood and urine samples from some elderly people in the village.

　　　　　　　　His mother participated in the sampling inspection. After the test, a group of elderly women in the village were asked to go to the mine workers’ hospital for infusion in batches, "for more than ten days". It was not until many years later that Huang Guiqiang knew that it was "cadmium drive treatment", and the villagers knew nothing about the results of that test.

　　　　　　　　Huang Guiqiang couldn’t expect that after more than 20 years, bone pain also broke out in his hands and feet, and now he is trapped in a body identified as "second-degree disability".

　　　　　　　　In 2013, a professor from a university in Guangxi took students to randomly select 15 villagers of different ages (6 males and 9 females) in Changtun to investigate and analyze the health effects of cadmium pollution on residents. The results showed that 4 people had hyperosteogeny (osteoarthropathy), 11 people had symptoms of bone pain, 10 people found obvious brown rings around their eyeballs, and 4 people had swollen joints. However, the professor reminded The Paper that "the sample size of this survey is small and can only be used for reference."

　　　　　　　　According to the diagnostic criteria of "painful disease" in Japan, it is generally believed that osteoporosis and osteomalacia are typical manifestations of severe cadmium poisoning, but the relationship between osteoarthropathy and cadmium poisoning remains to be studied. A paper published in 2013 by Li Jimeng, deputy chief physician of Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, holds that long-term exposure to low-concentration cadmium can lead to increased calcium excretion, which leads to increased bone load and aggravation of hyperosteogeny.

　　　　　　　　According to Hao Fengtong, chief physician of the Department of Occupational Diseases and Poisoning Medicine of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, the "painful disease" is related to the background of malnutrition and calcium deficiency in Japan after the war. "The present manifestations of cadmium poisoning may not be like that at that time", but he also believes that it is not appropriate to regard bone hyperplasia as the inevitable manifestation of cadmium poisoning.

The 81-year-old Huang Min is shallow, her hands and feet are deformed, and her spine is bent. It is inconvenient for her to walk. She has to take a rest when she walks with her legs in her hands. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　The Paper interviewed 18 villagers who claimed to have symptoms of bone pain in Changtun. Most of their pain parts were from the waist down to the thigh, the joint of the calf to the sole of the foot, or the lower arm to the palm of the hand, and they were swollen and deformed to varying degrees from the outside.

　　　　　　　　For example, 82-year-old Huang Minshan’s big toe joint is swollen, and his toes curl inward and deform. She once participated in the physical examination in 2001, and the urinary cadmium index was 16.95 μ g/L; In this list of 46 people, two people have passed away so far. Besides Huang Jinqiang, there is also an old man named Wu Minquan whose urine cadmium value is 7.8 μ g/L. Her family told The Paper that Wu died in about 2004, and they couldn’t explain the cause of Wu’s death. "One day I was still herding cattle, and the next day I suddenly died"; In this list, the youngest one was born in 1991, and now he has moved to other places. His neighbors in the village recalled that the child had symptoms of foot pain when he was 5 to 6 years old. "He cramped with pain, cried when he was in pain, and heard his crying when he slept at night." The aforementioned tests showed that his urinary cadmium index was 7.44 μ g/L.

　　　　　　　　Cadmium exposure is divided into occupational cadmium exposure and environmental cadmium exposure. The Paper learned from his visit that Huang Minshan and Wu Minshan are both villagers, who make a living by farming. There is no possibility that cadmium in their bodies comes from occupational cadmium exposure.

　　　　　　　　However, Hao Fengtong told The Paper that excessive cadmium in urine is not a single indicator to judge cadmium poisoning, and the target organ of cadmium is the kidney, which needs to be comprehensively judged by combining whether there is renal damage such as renal tubular reabsorption dysfunction and clinical symptoms such as low back and limb pain.

　"Cadmium Exposure Physical Examination Results" has not been made public for 9 years.

　　　　　　　　Guangxi Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control is a qualified institution for cadmium poisoning identification in this area. The above-mentioned inspection report in 2001 came from this hospital, and the villagers spontaneously conducted tests at their own expense. However, the sample of the list is small, and there is only a single indicator of urinary cadmium. It is impossible to establish the association of cadmium poisoning only by this report.

　　　　　　　　In fact, there is another test report with more complete samples and data issued at the end of 2005, which records the health status of cadmium exposure of villagers in Changtun in detail. Now it is dusty in the reference room of relevant departments.

　　　　　　　　This report originated from a visit to Beijing by four villagers’ representatives from Changtun in 2005. Huang Tuanbao, one of the four petitioners, told The Paper that the motive of the petition was that "the historical problem has not been solved, and private companies have come in to plan to open mines again".

　　　　　　　　A report published in "Chongzuo News" in 2004 said that Nanning Jin Tao Tendering Co., Ltd. obtained the prospecting license of Changtun Lead-zinc Mine in 2004, and when it carried out the exploration work on August 17 of that year, "it was blocked by some villagers in Changtun … Since August 20 this year, the people in this village have dug 14 mines blocked by the county government according to law for indiscriminate excavation."

　　　　　　　　Wu Shimin told The Paper that the villagers did engage in private mining. They believed that the prospecting company was mining in the name of prospecting. "Before the pollution problem was solved, we started digging again. Since you are mining, we will also mine.".

　　　　　　　　The problems reflected by the petition of four villagers were instructed by Wen Jiabao, then Prime Minister of the State Council. A summary of the meeting of the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zheng Gui Yue [2005] No.110) obtained by The Paper shows that, in order to implement the spirit of Wen Jiabao’s instructions, on November 14th, 2005, Lu Bing, then chairman of the autonomous region, led the heads of relevant departments of the autonomous region to Daxin to investigate the environmental pollution of lead-zinc mines, and held a special meeting in Chongzuo on November 16th to study how to further investigate and deal with the environmental pollution of lead-zinc mines in Daxin.

　　　　　　　　This meeting proposed to stop the prospecting activities of Nanning Jin Tao Tendering Company; Organize relevant experts to conduct in-depth investigations on pollution sources and local water, soil and crops; The Health Department organizes medical departments to conduct free physical examination on whether pollution affects the health of the people in Changtun, and study and put forward treatment measures; And the civil affairs department gives some relief to the villagers who have lost their ability to work because of the pollution of mining and beneficiation.

　　　　　　　　The Paper confirmed from many departments that at the end of 2005, it was the Guangxi Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control that led a team to Changtun to have a physical examination for the villagers. The Paper contacted a doctor who participated in the physical examination. He refused to disclose the results of the physical examination in that year, but only stressed that "the physical examination results were not as serious as the villagers described".

　　　　　　　　The Paper consulted a paper entitled "Investigation on the Health Status of Residents Exposed to Cadmium in a Lead-zinc Mine in Guangxi" written by doctors of Guangxi Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control and published in China Public Health in 2010. The subject, time and samples of the investigation were consistent with the physical examination of the villagers in Changtun in 2005. The paper disclosed some survey data: among the 361 permanent residents tested, 195 people had urinary cadmium exceeding the limit of 5 micrograms per creatinine, and the highest value was detected. The investigation shows that renal tubular reabsorption dysfunction increases in cases where urinary cadmium exceeds 5 micrograms per creatinine.

　　　　　　　　However, the author of this paper refused to check with The Paper about the relationship between the article and the physical examination report of Changtun in 2005. The reporter tried to contact Guangxi Provincial Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control to obtain the above-mentioned medical report information, but as of press time, he did not get a reply from the other party.

　"Cadmium Poisoning": An Unspeakable Secret

　　　　　　　　For the protagonist of this "public case", the villagers in Changtun, daxin county, this is the most helpless dilemma-physical examination information is not only the basis for them to know their own health status and symptomatic treatment, but also the evidence for litigation and claims. Now, the self-inspection report they are holding is not "recognized", but there is no way to know the "real situation".

　　　　　　　　According to Wang Zhenyu, deputy director of the Public Decision Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, both the Guangxi Health Department (now the Guangxi Health and Family Planning Commission) which organized the physical examination and the Guangxi Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment Institute which carried out the physical examination have the obligation to inform the villagers of the physical examination information.

　　　　　　　　"The medical examination hospital has concluded a civil legal relationship with the villagers and should inform the villagers of the testing information; The government not only has the administrative obligation to disclose the test results, but also should issue treatment opinions according to the situation. " He said to The Paper.

　　　　　　　　The responsible person of the Propaganda Department of daxin county Government explained to The Paper that the information on heavy metal pollution could not be made public "because of social stability".

　　　　　　　　It is worth mentioning that in April, 2014, the first soil pollution survey bulletin in China announced that cadmium pollution was the largest among the eight heavy metal pollution, and the over-standard point reached 7%. At the same time, the cadmium content has generally increased throughout the country, with an increase of more than 50% in the southwest and coastal areas.

　　　　　　　　However, the impact of such "universal and increasing cadmium pollution" on human health is still an unspeakable "secret".

　　　　　　　　Many cadmium pollution researchers interviewed also told The Paper that this was a "minefield", and even when they were writing their papers, they often hid the relevant data, or treated them vaguely or anonymously.

　　　　　　　　The "painful disease" incident in Japan is recognized as a classic case of studying cadmium pollution and cadmium poisoning. Chen Nengchang told The Paper that the level of cadmium pollution in some areas of China was comparable to that of Japan in that year, and there were also cases of suspected "painful disease" in unofficial data, but the "painful disease" has not been confirmed by the government, and the cases of suspected "death from cadmium poisoning" have not been confirmed.

　　　　　　　　However, Shang Qi, a researcher at China CDC, once pointed out in an interview with Caixin reporter that China did not observe that "painful disease" was related to the relatively low background value of cadmium content in China soil and the large number of young people leaving the village to enter the city; In addition, the outbreak of "painful disease" in Japan was when the people were malnourished after the war, and when the cadmium damage in China was serious, people did not worry about food and clothing after the reform and opening up.

Replanting vegetables on poisonous land

The local government banned villagers from planting crops, and there was no vegetable market near the village, so they had to open a wasteland at the door of the house, lay a layer of soil and grow vegetables for their families to eat. The Paper reporter Quan Yitu

　　　　　　　　Times have changed. After the petition in 2005, only the following things have been changed in Changtun: since 2006, polluted fields have been banned from farming; The daxin county Municipal Government will distribute rations at a rate of 30 kg/m per capita every month for 8 months a year; There are fewer and fewer people to support in this land. Young people, including middle-aged people who are still able to work, go out to work, leaving only the old and the young who are getting sick and sick.

　　　　　　　　For example, at Huang Guiqiang’s home, only he and his octogenarian old menstruation stay behind, and his wife in her fifties goes to Shenzhen to work with her son, and can come back about once a year during the Spring Festival.

　　　　　　　　Hao Fengtong said that the half-life of cadmium is about 15 to 20 years, and its natural excretion from the body is very slow. At present, there is no ideal drug to drive cadmium, but symptomatic treatment is often taken in clinic to improve the quality of life of patients. This treatment needs to last for about 3 to 5 years.

　　　　　　　　For this poor and sick village, such treatment is almost extravagant. Some villagers interviewed have been taking cheap hormone drugs for a long time to stop the pain, while others who are slightly ill have picked up herbs or put on some plasters to deal with it.

　　　　　　　　The Paper interviewed the leaders of daxin county Municipal Government, County CDC and County People’s Hospital to ask about the medical treatment of villagers in the cadmium-polluted area in Changtun after 2005. They all replied that they had not received any arrangement or implemented such free projects from their superiors.

　　　　　　　　What is even more worrying is that the source of cadmium pollution has not been blocked, and waste mineral water containing cadmium is still polluting cultivated land, although these cultivated lands are required to be banned from planting. However, when The Paper visited, he saw that some villagers planted vegetables, cassava and corn in their own fields. "If you don’t plant it, where will those (distributed) rations be enough to eat?" They explained that it was the old way to pick some new soil from the outside and cover it.

　　　　　　　　This means that "old wounds have not healed, and new wounds have been added", and cadmium metal may accumulate in the human body along the original path-food chain. The above-mentioned health department confirmed that there was no new physical examination on the health status of villagers exposed to cadmium in 9 years.

　　　　　　　　In 2009, Wu Shimin was told by the township government to move out of his old house in the village. Because of mining, 19 houses in Changtun have been mined out and become dangerous houses. He had to stay in the workers’ dormitory in the mining area-besides him, there lived a couple of weak miners, an old man who was paralyzed all the year round and a middle-aged man who lived alone, and other miners all made their own living separately.

　　　　　　　　Suspicion and fear of cadmium poisoning, anger and powerlessness of poverty and illness are intertwined in Changtun village. Most villagers think that the cost and risk of litigation are too great, and they are unwilling to spend money to fight another lawsuit; Some villagers pinned their hopes on petitioning, such as Huang Guiqiang. The last time they went to Chongzuo to petition was in April this year, but the petition letter was as heavy as a stone; "What’s the use? Petition in Beijing in 2005 can’t solve the problem. Other villagers said that they thought it would be more affordable to change the travel expenses and accommodation fees for petitioning to a few bottles of hormone drugs.

　　　　　　　　In 2014, the daxin county Municipal Government’s work report mentioned that "accelerating the treatment of heavy metal pollution in Daxin lead-zinc mine area". However, when The Paper went to the daxin county Municipal Government for an interview on November 21, the relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department was somewhat unfamiliar with this topic. "Daxin lead-zinc mine, wasn’t it a long time ago?" He said to himself, "the leaders of health and environmental protection bureau don’t know how many dials have been changed."

　　　　　　　　On November 23rd, when most of China was covered by winter, the temperature in Daxin, southwest Guangxi was still 18 to 21 degrees Celsius. The rural life surrounded by green hills and heard of by chickens and dogs must satisfy the imagination of urbanites on pastoral songs, but this is only the appearance. You will soon notice that the weeds in the banned cultivated land have turned yellow.