Chapter 984 Responsibility
Liu Tao knew that this was not the end.
On the contrary, this is just the beginning.
China will face waves of severe tests.
This catastrophic flood is one of the basin-wide catastrophic floods that occurred in the 20th century, following the two floods in 1931 and 1954.
The Nen River and Songhua River floods were also the most serious floods in the entire basin in 150 years.
On June 1, various reservoirs across the country completed the task of vacating storage capacity under the guidance of local water conservancy bureaus and flood control headquarters.
Here, the loss of power generation is extremely staggering.
But important decisions were still made.
During the meeting, the leaders made important instructions: "Keep the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood! As long as the people are here, the hard-working and brave Chinese people will soon be able to rebuild their beautiful homes with their own hands."
While inspecting an important section of the Yangtze River, he delivered an important speech summarizing the great flood-fighting spirit of "united as one, united as one, not afraid of difficulties, fighting tenaciously, persevering and daring to win".
Liu Tao sighed lightly.
Fire and water are merciless!
In the face of such natural disasters, human beings appear vulnerable.
A total of 30 provinces across the country suffered from floods of varying degrees, with a disaster area of 318 million acres, a disaster area of 196 million acres, and a population of 223 million.
The country has mobilized all its forces to fight floods and provide disaster relief to protect people's lives and property.
The expected losses this time will exceed 150 billion yuan, and may even reach 200 billion yuan.
And this is in the past nearly two decades. A large number of water conservancy and hydropower projects have been built, which have played a great role in flood control. Otherwise, the losses would have been even greater.
Anhui Province, as a Yangtze River flood detention area, has evacuated tens of millions of people.
There are also tens of millions of people in Gan Province who have been organized to evacuate.
Many houses collapsed.
But the flood season has not passed yet, and it is expected that the entire flood disaster will not pass until September.
The entire flood fighting and disaster relief work has witnessed countless commendable deeds. People's soldiers did not hold guns and drive tanks and armored vehicles, but drove transport trucks, helicopters, and military transport planes. They held shovels and sandbags in their hands and carried sandbags to reinforce river embankments. and reservoirs, more than 2 million active-duty soldiers and 600,000 armed police troops have been involved in flood relief and disaster relief, and millions of railway construction workers have maintained railway transportation safety and repaired railways in a timely manner to ensure that railways can transport materials immediately.
Navy warships sailed into the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Pearl River, and Songhua River to participate in flood fighting and disaster relief.
And they will continue to fight. They use their actions to explain what it means to fight with the sky and have endless fun; to fight with the earth and have endless fun!
Liu Tao then looked at the news from Southeast Asia. Due to the large amount of rain during the flood season, the intensity of fighting in these areas suddenly dropped, but the casualties did not decrease. A large number of people died in the floods. The entire village was submerged, and no one went to fight at all. Flood relief.
The power of natural disasters is clearly demonstrated.
Entering September, the flood season gradually comes to an end, and river water levels have dropped.
According to preliminary statistics, more than 1,000 people died, 6.85 million houses collapsed, and direct economic losses reached 166.6 billion yuan.
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the four major hydropower stations on the Jinsha River, and a number of large reservoirs and hydropower stations have all withstood the test of floods.
Liu Tao took a special plane and inspected each reservoir and hydropower station, silently repairing some defects.
On September 15th, we returned to Beijing.
This time I returned to Beijing to participate in the enlarged meeting.
The theme of this expanded meeting is only one - post-disaster reconstruction!
Previously, the state urgently approved a special fund of 100 billion for flood control and disaster relief, which is simply not enough!
Hundreds of millions of people eat, drink, and have diarrhea. Even if the standard is 30 yuan a day, it is 4 to 5 billion yuan a day, and 400 to 500 billion yuan in 100 days over three months.
There is also helping the victims rebuild their homes, which also costs a lot of money!
Purchasing a large amount of food from overseas to ensure people's food needs also requires money.
"Comrade Liu Tao, how much funds can your Panshan Group withdraw?" the leader asked Liu Tao with difficulty.
Panshan Group has been competing against international hot money since last year. Last year, it paid a total tax of 420 billion yuan and turned in profits of 169 billion yuan. So far this year, the total tax payment has reached 300 billion yuan. Prior to this, Panshan Group mobilized a large amount of materials for flood fighting and disaster relief, and this year it has suffered a lot of losses in fighting against international hot money. Many funds cannot be allocated in Xiangjiang. Once allocated, This will have a great impact on Hong Kong.
Not to mention that the Panshan Group is under great pressure in Africa and Southeast Asia. Millions of people eat, drink, eat, drink, and have weapons and ammunition, and the numbers are astronomical every day.
During the flood this time, Panshan Group also invested a lot of money in repairing highways, railways, power towers, wires, etc.
The leaders know that Panshan Group is difficult, but now Panshan Group needs to contribute, and it also serves as an example.
The central government estimates that the total investment in post-disaster reconstruction work will reach 5 trillion yuan. Central special funds account for 60%, which means 3 trillion yuan, and local fiscal funds account for 40%, which means 2 trillion yuan!
Liu Tao looked at the gazes of the leaders and gritted his teeth and said: "This year the military will withhold tax for a while, and then next year and next year, we will hand over RMB 250 billion in profits in advance!"
"We at Panshan Group will once again call on everyone to donate to the disaster area." Liu Tao was under great pressure. "In addition, I suggest that the country issue special government bonds, and Hong Kong Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and others subscribe to 350 billion yuan of special government bonds!"
This is to solve the 600 billion yuan of funds, accounting for 20% of the central special funds!
There will definitely be no profit of 250 billion yuan this year, because Panshan Group has also been greatly affected.
This requires taking out the small treasury.
The leaders heard this and couldn't help showing relief, but at the same time they were quite shocked, shocked by the wealth of Panshan Group.
"Good! Good! Good!" The leader said happily: "On behalf of the Party and the country, thank you for taking this responsibility! You have lived up to the expectations of the people and the country!"
Liu Tao's eyes showed a firm look: "Leader, for those who dare to do shoddy projects, this is a crime against the people, and we must get to the bottom of it! We should take this opportunity to kill this evil trend!"
This time, in just three months, countless heroic deeds have emerged, but a number of shoddy projects have also appeared, resulting in serious losses.
Many people showed deep agreement, and some of the things that happened this time really made them unbearable.
In their opinion, it should be necessary to kill a group of people well, so as to kill chickens and scare monkeys, and warn everyone.
Some people are really black-hearted, and they dare to make money that will destroy their descendants.
It's okay in other countries, but not in China. This is contrary to China's universal values!
If you dare to break the law and discipline, you should pay the price. Only in this way will there not be so many people taking risks in the future.
The leader couldn't help but slam the table and said murderously: "It's time to settle the accounts. These bastards want to die, so let them do it!"