Du Qian's news is very well-informed, and the estimate is correct, Han Bo took his wife and the engineering technology and construction personnel of SDIC Zhongcheng Group to arrive at Johannesburg Airport safely on the same day that Hao Yingliang was released on bail pending trial. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Like many foreigners who have only heard of the East China Sea but have not heard of BJ, when they think of South Africa, they will directly think of Mandela and Johannesburg, the black leaders who fought for freedom and equality, and think that Johannesburg is the capital of South Africa.

In fact, Johannesburg has a similar status in South Africa as the East China Sea in China, and is the most populous and economically developed largest city in South Africa, not the capital, and South Africa has more than one capital.

The administrative capital is in Pretoria, the seat of the central government of South Africa, with a population of 1.5 million;

Cape Town, the legislative capital, is the seat of the South African Parliament, the second largest city and an important port in South Africa, located at the southwest end, an important international maritime shipping route meeting point, with a population of 3 million, and the judicial capital of Bloemfontein, the seat of the South African judiciary, with a population of only 460,000.

The reason for taking a flight to Johannesburg is entirely because Pretoria, the administrative capital where the embassy is located, is not far from Johannesburg, only more than 50 kilometers, and it only takes half an hour to drive.

Johannesburg Airport is modern and beautiful, and like the vibrant South African economy, it represents the country's level of modernity, with extremely tight security that can compete with any developed country in Europe or the United States.

When it comes to diplomats, people think of diplomatic immunity, thinking that diplomats can enjoy a lot of privileges, but in fact, it is not so exaggerated, they have to be inspected when they enter the country, and even if they don't have to be inspected, Han Bo can't leave his fellow construction companies who came to South Africa on the same plane, and leave first with his wife.

"Counselor Han, Counselor Han, welcome to South Africa!"

A young man holding a pick-up sign was elated, more and more Chinese came to South Africa, especially on the flight from Hong Kong to Johannesburg, for fear of admitting his mistake, he looked sideways at the photo in the hand of a middle-aged man.

He was worried that he would recognize the wrong person, but Han Bo would not admit it, and he recognized him at a glance as his assistant in the next few years, the third secretary of the embassy to the soon-to-be-established police liaison group.

"Liu Mi, it's me, this is my lover Li Xiaolei. ”

"Hello Mrs. Han, I'm sorry, I patronized to see Counselor Han, I didn't see you, if I had noticed you earlier, I wouldn't be afraid to admit my mistake, you are so beautiful, it's too clear. ”

"Thank you, Mi Liu. ”

The first, second and third secretaries may sound like private secretaries at the head of government, or junior secretaries in the office of the general manager or chairman of a large company, so in some events, some hosts will arrange the first secretary or second secretary of the embassy who attends the event with the ambassador as the ambassador's personal entourage.

In fact, the "secretary" in the diplomat series is not the same as the secretary in the secretarial work, and in Japan, the first, second, and third secretaries in the diplomat series are called clerks, first class clerks, second class clerks, and third class clerks, which may be a better name, because it helps to avoid misunderstandings, and it emphasizes the status of officials at this level, and the person who holds this status goes to perform official business as a government official.

In fact, the secretary of the diplomat series is the same officer!

In large and medium-sized embassies, the first secretary is often responsible for important business affairs, or as the head of a certain office, handling some political or transactional negotiations. In small embassies, the first secretary sometimes has the status of second-in-command.

The third secretary is more of an official engaged in clerical work, engaged in specific business in a certain department, and has fewer opportunities to be involved in foreign affairs alone, which is an important step in the promotion and study of young diplomats. The second secretary is somewhere in between, and has more important tasks than the third secretary in his work, and has more frequent and more opportunities to handle various cases involving foreign affairs.

The embassy arranged for an assistant, apparently fearing that he was not familiar with South Africa, and wanted to get himself into the state as soon as possible.

The leader thought about it comprehensively, Han Bo was grateful, and was about to shake hands, when Liu Xincun suddenly turned around and introduced: "Counselor Han, this is Counselor Jiang of our embassy." ”

In the past two months, I have not practiced in vain, not only learned a lot of knowledge about international law enforcement cooperation, but also learned a lot of diplomatic etiquette.

is also a counselor, but he is older than himself, has more experience abroad than himself, and perhaps has a higher administrative level than himself, Han Bo hurriedly stretched out his right hand: "Counselor Jiang, I am fortunate to meet you, I am really flattered that you came to pick it up in person." ”

"Counselor Han, don't be so polite. ”

The comrades stationed abroad are relatively young, and Counselor Jiang was not surprised to see Han Bo in his early thirties, but smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I am here to pick you up and Comrade Xiaolei, and I am also here to pick up the comrades of Zhongcheng Group.

"I've been introduced, I've recognized. ”

It turned out that he didn't come to pick him up, he was a little self-inflicted, Han Bo subconsciously glanced back, and saw that the compatriots from the Chinese-funded institutions who arrived on the same plane had come out, the second time he was nodding and smiling with Counselor Jiang, and the technicians and construction workers who came the first time were looking around curiously.

The embassy rented a luxury bus, and after everyone finished greetings, they got into the car with Counselor Jiang and Liu Xincun, and their status was reflected, Han Bo and his family sat in the front, and the personnel of the Chinese-funded institution sat in the back.

"Counselor Han, Comrade Xiaolei, we have to wait a while before we can leave, Director Wei of the Political Department is communicating with the airport to take a drink for the chief's visit to South Africa next month. ”

Next month, the prime minister will visit Africa at the invitation of several African heads of state, and South Africa is one of the stops, and the special plane will also land in Johannesburg. Security must be coordinated in advance, and one can imagine how busy the several embassies and consulates involved are right now.

Colleagues are busy, but he, a police liaison officer who should deal with the South African police department, can't help, Han Bo feels very uncomfortable, and hurriedly says: "We don't matter, work is important, and getting down to business is important." ”

"Counselor Jiang, the things my sister-in-law brought you are in my bag, do you want to take it now or later?" As soon as Han Bo's voice fell, Wu Gong of Zhongcheng Group walked over from behind.

"Wait a minute, get it again at the construction site, thank you. ”

Counselor Jiang got up and thanked him, and then returned to his seat.

I talked to the engineers on the plane, and in fact it was arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come with them, and they did not come to South Africa for business, but to do construction, to be precise, to build a new embassy.

Counselor Jiang didn't know that Han Bo had a deep conversation with them, and explained with emotion: "Counselor Han, Comrade Xiaolei, we Chinese came to Africa for development in the last ten years, and in the eighties of the last century, Chinese people walked on the street in suits and leather shoes, and when they saw someone in the locality, they would call it Japanese, thinking they were Japanese.

At that time, few people would have thought that Chinese could go abroad and come to South Africa.

In the past few years since I arrived at the museum, more and more Chinese citizens have come to South Africa, and many tourist attractions and street signs are written in Chinese and English. So much so that the Japanese ambassador to South Africa often complained in front of our Ambassador Liu, saying that when Japanese tourists come to South Africa, South Africans call them Chinese when they see them, and treat them as Chinese!"

"This not only shows that we have a large number of Chinese, but also shows that our China's economic development is getting better and better." ”

"Yes, in the fifties and sixties of the last century, the trade volume between China and Africa went from only a few tens of millions of dollars to more than one billion dollars in the seventies and eighties, and by 2000 it had already exceeded $10 billion, reaching $10.6 billion! The responsibility for receiving domestic delegations, consular protection, etc., is also greater than in the past. ”

Counselor Jiang arrived at the embassy early and was deeply touched by this, and continued: "In the 80s and 90s of the last century, the consular department was staffed by one or two, and hundreds of visas were processed a year. By 2001, in addition to the Embassy in Pretoria, which had four or five staff members, including the Consular Counsellor, there were three Consulates General in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

The Consulate General generally has about 10 people, plus the Consular Section of the Embassy, which issues a large number of visas every year for South Africans to do business, visit or tourism in China. At present, we have 60 establishments in the South African Embassy, plus three consulates general, and almost 100 diplomats.

The construction of the embassy building has also undergone such a process of development, and our current building is indeed relatively old and can no longer meet the needs of modern diplomatic work. Wait a while to go to the construction site first, the location of the new hall is very good, on the south side of the Pretoria State Guesthouse, and when the new hall is completed and put into use, it can be called a scene on Pretoria Street. ”

In the end, it is engaged in infrastructure construction, and the three sentences do not leave the bank, and when they talk about it, they actually talk about the construction of the new museum.

Han Bo was quite interested in this and listened to it with relish.

Li Xiaolei, like the construction workers who came to South Africa for the first time, was curious about everything around her, and the high-rise buildings and green trees looked very good, not like the legendary sin capital.

Just when she thought Huang Qin's introduction was too exaggerated, two white men wearing sunglasses and carrying submachine guns, who looked neither like police nor soldiers, walked out of the car door from nowhere, and seemed to be on duty with their backs to the door.

"Mrs. Han, this is the security guard we invited, the airport is still relatively safe, mainly because there are many people and luggage today, please rest assured by a few security guards." The wife of the top boss was too beautiful, Liu Xincun couldn't help but take a few more looks, and found that she seemed to be a little urgent, so he hurriedly explained with reassuring mineral water.

"Please security outside, isn't there armed police in the embassy?" Li Xiaolei asked puzzled.

"We in China are different from the United States, the security of our Chinese embassies abroad is usually taken care of by the local security guards hired by the government or embassy of the host country, and only in countries with turbulent security situations can there be armed police, and it was only in 04 that the armed police began to be dispatched. ”

Liu Xincun smiled and added, "Even if it is the United States, their Marines are not casually stationed in their embassies abroad. You are a BJ person, you must have passed by the entrance of the US Embassy, did you see the US military on duty at the entrance of the embassy?"

I suddenly remembered that there were only armed police at the door, and there were no US troops. ”

"There may be US troops, but they can't wear military uniforms to be on duty at the door, let alone guns, which involves the sovereignty of our China and is a very serious matter. ”

The wife's whole 100,000 whys, after asking one question after another.

When the fellow saw the fellow, her eyes were full of tears, not to mention that she was a big beauty, Counselor Jiang and Liu Sanmi were happy to solve her doubts.

One afternoon before departure, the leader talked to him and asked half-jokingly: "Comrade Han Bo, it is estimated that you have done a lot of homework these days, and with the deepening of your understanding of the public security environment in South Africa, do you think that it is easy for this police liaison officer to make a living, but it is difficult to do something?"

When he was an instructor at the OUHK, he reported to the leader, and there were only two people in the office at that time, Han Bo admitted with a wry smile: "A little, if you have a choice, you would rather work in China, even if it is an ordinary criminal policeman." ”

The leader nodded slightly, and said meaningfully: "This is what I know about Han Zhen, but you should think about it the other way around, why did the superiors send you instead of sending other comrades?"

"I know it's the trust that the organization places in me. ”

"That's it, the ministry has only three requirements for you, which can be summed up as the words of Secretary Lin of your Provincial Political and Legal Committee, after taking office, you must 'find people, speak well, and get things done', as long as you do these three things, you are a competent police liaison officer!"