Chapter 1039: A Heavy Blow
Li Tianyi said in a deep voice: " Mayor Zhao, in my opinion, even if a high-pollution and high-risk project can bring more taxes and jobs to our Nanping City, it is not worth the pollution and risks it brings, if Mayor Zhao pays attention to the investment record of chemical products, you will find that more than ten years ago, a province and city in the south had planned to introduce the PX project, I believe that Mayor Zhao is no stranger to the PX project, and the benefits that this project can bring are much stronger than the project of Ichiro Inoino, but because the place is the strong opposition of the people, the local departments insist on going their own way, which eventually led to a sensational mass incident around the projectAfter a long standoff, the local government finally decided to put the project in another area for production. And the people in that area did not oppose the project, and even if they did, it did not cause much trouble in the end. β
What is the final result? The final result is that after the PX project was moved to another area, there were two dangerous goods explosions, which brought huge pollution to the local environment, brought serious disruption to the lives of the local people, and brought a huge threat to the health of the local people.
At this time, the people in the area that did not support the launch of the PX project at that time were all secretly happy. β
Zhao Zhijian stared at Li Tianyi coldly and said, "In this way, Comrade Li Tianyi, do you not agree with the launch of any chemical project?"
Li Tianyi shook his head and said: " Mayor Zhao, you misinterpret what I mean, chemical products are necessary materials in our national production, such projects should be launched, but if you can choose, I absolutely do not want such projects to be launched in the area I govern, because many chemical product projects are high-risk and high-pollution projects, especially the chemical projects in Japan and South Korea, the reason why they do not put such projects in their countries is because in their countries, the people are very vigilant about such projects, and they need to spend high environmental protection costs, soThey put such projects in our country and neighboring countries, because in these countries, due to the imperfect environmental protection laws and the people's lack of awareness of environmental protection, they can use very low environmental protection costs to produce high-profit and high-value-added products. β
Zhao Zhijian said coldly: "Comrade Li Tianyi, haven't you read the plan carefully, Inoue Ichiro's side attaches great importance to environmental protection in their plan, and has promised a series of environmental protection measures and environmental protection equipment, you can rest assured about pollution." β
A sneer of disdain appeared on the corner of Li Tianyi's mouth, and he said: " Mayor Zhao, if I am not mistaken, our Nanping City Changshan Chemical was your investment into the project, I have seen the relevant information, the investment plan at that time for environmental protection measures and environmental protection measures are written in great detail, but it is very regrettable that in the past three years, Changshan Chemical has occurred three large-scale pollution incidents in succession, although the relevant departments have covered up this matter, but Changshan Chemical has indeed brought great harm to the environment of our Nanping City.
No matter how well the environmental protection plan is written, it is ultimately up to people to implement and enforce it, and unfortunately, our environmental protection department in Nanping City has done a very poor job in this regard, so I think that instead of trying to make up for the environmental pressure caused by high-pollution projects, it is better to fundamentally refuse such projects to be put into production. β
Zhao Zhijian said coldly: "Comrade Li Tianyi, I am afraid that what you said is a bit overkill, you are choking on food, and people are worried, we have so many chemical projects in Nanping City, and we have not seen many large-scale environmental pollution incidents."
Hearing this, Li Tianyi couldn't help laughing and said: "Mayor Zhao, if you are not very forgetful, you should remember that every winter, the environmental pollution index of our Nanping City is always in the top ten of all cities in the country. Even often able to rank in the top five, isn't this caused by too many enterprises related to our heavy industry and chemical industry, don't tell me that the number of cars is too large, the car exhaust pollution is too serious, many southern provinces and cities have a lot of cars than we usually do, but people's environmental pollution index is much lower than ours.
The reason why many chemical companies in the southern region have begun to relocate to our northern region is very simple, that is, many leaders of the municipal party committee and municipal government in the southern region have realized the importance of the environment, and they have consciously controlled the introduction of chemical product projects when attracting investment. Because many of them know that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.
Nowadays, the environmental pollution of our Nanping City has reached a very serious level, and our Nanping City has also formulated a relevant economic development plan, in the planning plan, we have clearly pointed out that the industries with high pollution, high energy consumption and high risk must be strictly controlled, Mayor Zhao, don't you think what you are doing now seriously deviates from the development direction determined in our economic development plan?"
Zhao Zhijian said coldly: "Li Tianyi, the economic development plan was formulated by you, and I made it clear at the time that I had reservations about this plan. My current attitude is still the same, my Nanping city's economy is characterized by heavy industry, chemical industry and biopharmaceutical industry, and the introduction of such projects can only enhance the competitiveness of our Nanping economy. For such a large project, since we have signed a contract of intent with the other party, do we still want to push them out?
In my opinion, on this project, we should still focus on the Standing Committee's statement.
Because the eyes of the masses are bright. If you agree with the passage of this item, please raise your hand. β
As he spoke, Zhao Zhijian was the first to raise his hand.
Immediately afterwards, Huang Donggui, deputy mayor of the Standing Committee, also raised his hand without hesitation.
Li Tianyi never expected that Zhao Zhijian had already prepared for today's Standing Committee, and as the other Standing Committee members raised their hands one by one, the number of members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee supporting Zhao Zhijian in the conference room had reached six, and with Zhao Zhijian's vote, there were already seven votes. There are only 11 members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of Nanping City.
All eyes were on Zhao Guangming, and everyone knew that Zhao Guangming's attitude towards today's vote by the Standing Committee was very important. If Zhao Guangming is on Li Tianyi's side, although Zhao Zhijian already has seven votes in support, Zhao Guangming can also veto it with one vote.
The expression on Zhao Guangming's face was a little solemn, his brows were slightly furrowed, his eyes were a little wandering, and he had been thinking about this question.
Although he supports Li Tianyi's views on many things, this does not mean that he supports all of Li Tianyi's views.
On this investment project involving Inoue Ichiro, although he understands Li Tianyi's concerns very much, he agrees with Zhao Zhijian's point of view.
Any chemical project is risky, and Japanese companies are often relatively good at the risk of chemical projects. Especially for such an enterprise with an investment of billions, how can the other party ignore the safety production aspect. Because once such an accident occurs, it is definitely not only Nanping City that suffers losses, but also the enterprises themselves to suffer huge losses.
Especially in Nanping City, the chemical industry and biopharmaceuticals were originally the pillar industries of Nanping City, and there are still many similar chemical enterprises in Nanping City, if this Japanese company can be introduced, it will be beneficial to enhance the reputation and status of Nanping City in the province and even the national chemical field.
In Zhao Guangming's view, there are two sides to everything, and Li Tianyi only sees the pollution side, but he does not see the introduction of such enterprises to ease the employment pressure and increase tax revenue in Nanping City.
Therefore, this time he did not agree with Li Tianyi's point of view.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Guangming said in a deep voice: "Since there are seven people who support Comrade Zhao Zhijian's opinion, then I will reserve my opinion, and take everyone's opinion as the standard, and Comrade Zhao Zhijian will take the lead in the introduction of this chemical enterprise." β
Li Tianyi has been paying attention to Zhao Guangming's statement, and when he listened to Zhao Guangming's words, his face showed deep disappointment, he didn't expect that Zhao Guangming, who had always supported him, did not support him this time.
However, he also knows that as the secretary of the municipal party committee and the leader of Nanping City, Zhao Zhijian cannot take his own opinions on everything, he must have his own ideas.
Li Tianyi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: " Since so many comrades agree with Comrade Zhao Zhijian's opinion, my point of view has lost its value, but here, I still want to emphasize, or remind Mayor Zhao, now that the people's awareness of environmental protection has awakened, for this kind of high-risk and high-pollution chemical enterprises, it is likely to cause a lot of opposition from the masses, so I hope that if such an enterprise really wants to start, Mayor Zhao and the responsible comrades must do a good job in persuading the people, and must do it in a down-to-earth manner, otherwise once such a thing triggers a mass incident, the consequences are very seriousγ β
Zhao Zhijian smiled slightly and said: "Comrade Li Tianyi, don't worry, I have not been in charge of investment promotion for a year or two, and I still have experience in this area."
I believe that in two years' time, once this chemical company enters the normal operation stage, it will bring great and rich returns to our Nanping City. β
Next, Zhao Zhijian's projects were brought to the Standing Committee for discussion one by one, and because Zhao Guangming took a neutral attitude towards Zhao Zhijian's projects, all the projects introduced by Zhao Zhijian were approved. Although Li Tianyi knew that his opposition was invalid, as long as Zhao Zhijian's project did not conform to the planning direction of Nanping City's economic development in Li Tianyi's view, and would bring major pollution and risks, Li Tianyi would express his resolute opposition.
After the meeting ended, Li Tianyi walked out of the conference room with a heavy heart.
This was the first time he felt a deep sense of frustration since he arrived in Nanping City. At this moment, he suddenly felt that although he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of Nanping City, his strength was too weak, and the relationship between himself and Zhao Guangming had to be repositioned.