“the face of Zhanjiang over 700 million folks, finally put down the face of the East China Sea island relocation of villagers, a few years to pressure in the heart of the rock.” Mayor Wang C, Zhanjiang City, Zhanjiang steel Zhanjiang dream ” the beginning wrote. For this steel base, Zhanjiang City, before and after the investment in more than 10 billion yuan, involving the relocation of the 10 natural villages, over 10,000 villagers. This is the Zhanjiang history of the largest number of the largest of a demolition resettlement.

this moment in the project approved, over 700 million the Zhanjiang public feel, it is difficult to answer. However, for large projects at the expense of the villagers to move out of their homeland are worried about the livelihood of their own future, and those who love this piece of land is also worried about the future environmental issues. To be sure, the only people worried about the problem to solve, share the joy of Zhanjiang steel dream is not just those in power.

also live in temporary shelters Room

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“leadership, the firecrackers Pilibala sounded, six excavators moved into the village and town of East Jane Fan Chang villagers Yexiao Ju (a pseudonym) also remember that the iron and steel base in Zhanjiang land acquisition and demolition in March 2009 groundbreaking ceremony of the boisterous scene. At that time, a leader said, land acquisition and resettlement work for the iron and steel base introduced eight programs, give full consideration to the interests of the villagers and the future for the villagers – more than 60 years of age enjoy the old-age insurance; set aside 15% for the villagers plots for development; free for 16 to 45 year-old villager employment training.

Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2010 summary of the work outlined in the land to the relocation of villagers during the transition period to protect. First, the protection of life, four-year transition period, the relocation of villagers per person $ 300 per month living allowance, rental subsidy of 400 yuan. Second, pension protection, relocation of villagers took part in all the old-age insurance. Third, medical insurance, local finance to pay 20 yuan per person per year of medical insurance, relocation of villagers into urban and rural medical insurance system. Fourth, the employment security. 18 to 45 years of labor for the relocation of villages to provide free training, and recommend employment.

“At that time, we are thinking about this project can bring economic development, the village can go to the steel plant to go to work, let us live better.” Ye Xiaoju now in the demolition of the temporary placement of the room have been living for three years. Three years ago, she and many other villagers, full of anticipation for this project. But three years later, and her hope in a little passage of time.

the Ye Xiaoju where the residential placement is located opposite the Sungai district of the town of East Island East Jane. Second floor of the temporary replacement housing is uniform. “Only 12 square meters each space”, Ye Xiaoju said, with the reporter to visit. One door is the bedroom, in order to save space, put two double beds, Yexiao Ju and his wife a man a top layer to put things. Beyond that, go, is a kitchen.

Ye Xiaoju house in the village is also the second floor, but the area than this is much greater. “There are more than two hundred square meters,” she told reporters, before eight of them a people to live, “a people living in a very lively.”

but after the demolition of two sons and her points home. She was also very reluctant, but there is no way. “At that time the resettlement not cover up, only to temporary replacement housing, but too small, simply do not live to open so many people.” Her two sons live on the outside rent, but rent is not cheap, East Jane town rent, the rent per month from 500 yuan to 1000 yuan.

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resettlement houses built, Ye Xiaoju home can share a 300 square meters of housing. As for the need to spend money on, not sure. However, the villagers permanent resettlement broke ground at the end of April 2010, is still under construction.

reporter noted that almost all the elderly living in residential placement, because there is no one willing to let the house to the elderly. “I’m afraid our old people died there, bad luck!” Fan Cheong Village 70-year-old Wu Lan (a pseudonym) came over angrily.

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residents have to rely on shrimp before, banana and fishing for a living, times were still rich, but the relocation changed their way of life.

the Ye Xiaoju home that there are 10 acres of bananas, 3 acres. 10 acres of bananas each year to give them 10 million in revenue. 3 acres, can bring the income of 3,000 yuan. “We live in the ground are an old married couple dry, and sons to work.” Ye Xiaoju told reporters rely on them to an old married couple, the family income will be able to over 100,000. “In our village, our house is only a general, high income more than 20 million.”

they had originally thought that the steel project to go to work to the inside. However, outside the iron and steel base supporting the project Dragon Logistics pellet project was put into operation in 2009, but never move from the local extraordinary. “Never heard of who had participated in employment training, they are internal move, most of them foreigners, local to go in,” said Ye Xiaoju.

Today

, Ye Xiaoju home more than an acre fields, to plant some rice, peanuts and the like crop, annual income of less than 2,000 yuan. In addition, Ye Xiaoju one day nothing. She stay in the temporary placement of the room, unlike like any other old people like to play cards nine. So bored watching TV, and sometimes even sat one day, which makes her extremely miss the days before.

live in temporary shelters housing demolition villagers, every month you can pick up 300 yuan of living expenses and 400 yuan of rent subsidies to live in temporary shelters room rental subsidies, the month can only receive 300 yuan living expenses.

lost all the land of Wu Lan without any source of income to rely on the living expenses of $ 300 per month. Meal a day, it is to stay idle, waiting for getting old. “We was hard,” Wu Lan has been covered with wrinkled face full of frustration, a jar of liquefied petroleum gas will be 100 yuan, a little sick to spend dozens of blocks, each person $ 300 per month, not enough to spend we can only eat a little cheaper vegetables. “

and she is worried about the demolition contract will expire next year, when there are no monthly 300 yuan cost of living is still unknown.

guardian of the last acre of land

ZHU Chun Fat,

East Jane Town, Yuen Tsuen, never thought of themselves in this way to leave their homes, but did not think their village is fast disappearing in this way.

May 31, 2009, the reporter walked in the land of the North Yuen Village, full of houses demolished after the scene, only the local Earth Temple quietly standing on the roadside, in stark contrast with the desolation behind .

Not far away, in Section refinery project is in full swing to the construction of the Yuen Tsuen, North of the land will soon become the Division refining of industrial land. Zhanjiang municipal government’s planning, the iron and steel base in Zhanjiang Branch refinery project through the design of the industrial chain, public works, material transfer, environmental protection in four areas of “integration”, the establishment of steel, the share of petrochemical base supporting industries and circular economy park.

reporters at the beach to see the 54-year-old North Yuen Tsuen villagers ZHU Chun Fat, he was about to catch the sea. Catch the sea, fishing for some seafood at the beach. Some and sell them some of their own to eat. Home two houses were demolished, he erected a simple shack to live. Shack on the ride in his house, surrounded by the dumping of the walls and scattered tiles.

this shack and a few like ZHU Chun fortune. Their village many homeless people are here to take a shack of temporary accommodation. In a shack outside, swinging chickens, and the shack was written on the glare of a “demolition”. ZHU Chun-fat, live in a shack every day to walk a few miles to a nearby village to go boy. No electricity, the evening after dark to sleep.

ZHU Chun Fat said, their house a total of five people, that there are two houses, a total of more than five hundred square meters, and signed a consent form, he received more than 60 million in compensation payments. But the money he is not daring to move, to keep buying a house, prices now let him worry. Their village, there are 56 signatures, many signatures have been taken away by the local police station, which also appeared with the murder of government officials were killed. “

signed his name, ZHU Chun fortune per month per person you can pick up 700 yuan, 300 yuan of living expenses, the remaining $ 400 rent subsidies. ZHU Chun Fat’s wife with three children in the town rented a house to live him here to look at some land. Of acres planted in sweet potatoes, twenty days he has not been requisitioned is necessary to close, “I’m afraid this time to land acquisition.”

ZHU Chun-fat, the original three acres of land to plant some sweet potatoes, peanuts and the like of an annual income of more than three thousand yuan. But was requisitioned more than an acre, have not been compensated. “In fact, do not lose money I recognized, I am afraid the rest of my land expropriation, I will do for a living? Side of the coast, and, soon set up the project to, I can not go to catch the sea. later how to do? “comes to these, he can not help choking.

■ environmental worries

seafood can eat?

Zhanjiang steel project, the EIA report that “the project may bring the waters near aquaculture and marine biological resources and other environmental factors is limited.” but there is still a lot of Zhanjiang people expressed concern about the environment of the east island.

now living in Guangzhou, Zhanjiang Chen heard the news of the Zhanjiang steel project approved, worry told reporters: “In the past, when in Zhanjiang, the friends one went out to play, the preferred place is the East Island. in Guangzhou, a friend asked me to recommend Zhanjiang, the most beautiful place I still say that the East Island. However, the East China Sea on the island to build such a heavy industrial project, I can do something for it? “

June 2, 2009, Sunday, the sky dragon in the East China Sea on the island’s most famous beach, visitors in a cheerful way with the sea close. Not far away, “China’s first Long Beach stone quiet standing.

this beach in East Island provincial tourist spots in the 28 km long, second only to Australia’s Gold Coast, is China’s first Long Beach, the world’s second Long Beach. According to local media reports, here are striving for national 4A level scenic spots.

“I have heard that steel mills from here in less than ten kilometers, if the pollution of this beach, I have no business to do.” Liu aunt near the beach selling jackfruit is also a little worried, she was here every day selling jackfruit can also be making one or two hundred.

For this steel project, the the Zhangjiang local taxi driver old Liu has very mixed feelings. He hoped that the iron and steel projects put into operation as soon as possible, because the Zhanjiang Economic and do a good job to people, he can Dora point off to make more money the. However, he was afraid of these heavy industrial projects in the East China Sea, the island will pollute local waters, so that he often ate seafood quality. The characteristics of the local prawn and called the trouble of Fisheries is his favorite food two delicious, if you eat less than these, he would rather less pull a few guests.

Fan Cheong village in 70-year-old

that leaves the ball to worry about the quality of seafood. His family was originally 30 acres of shrimp ponds, but the iron and steel projects expropriated 19 acres, the remaining 11 acres. His shrimp ponds in waters within the steel project in Zhanjiang. The past two years, he found their own shrimp ponds where the shrimp increasingly difficult to raise, the mortality rate is higher than before. As the preliminary work of the steel project in Zhanjiang Dragon Logistics pellet project has long been put into operation, he suspected that this project has contaminated the nearby waters.

was also optimistic about the future development here.

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Zhanjiang City Xin Sha Beach Resort Co., Ltd. has just contracted with a beach, do the motorcycle, offshore powerboat project. They are contracting the beach not far from a four star hotel belonging to their company’s ongoing interior decoration.

beach career vice president Wu Yunteng introduced, they just business less than a month, will also introduce a lot of new projects. He thought, economic development here, there will be more people to the island to travel.

, according to the staff of the tourist area, the boss of Xinhai Beach Resort Co., Ltd. Shanxi, rely on coal fortune, he bought a piece of beach to spend more than ten million. The staff told reporters that the boss may be to account for the plots of land, “and other East Island development, the land is worthless.”

Guangdong Ocean University, SEM an unnamed professor, East China Sea island of iron and steel projects, academia has been controversial. “Now, major cities across the country does not lack is this heavy industrial projects, and most lack is the same as Zhanjiang beautiful environment, but now we have to bring the most precious things in exchange for other cities, the most common things. “He believes that East Island most suitable for the development of tourism,” as Gulangyu in Xiamen, the environment is our most advantage of the resources. “

he also acknowledged that the local government to develop economic impulse is irresistible. Lagging behind in Zhanjiang easy to wait until such a big project, how could you not be tempted? “He told reporters, now the only way to expect that the Government be able to like what you said, the development of circular economy, strict control of pollution. “In this way, the project in Zhanjiang, considered a good thing.” Reporter Zhou Chao (Source: The Peninsula – Peninsula Metropolis Daily) [edit: Lin Yongli]