The important facts that Beijing did in 1996 directly related to people’s lives.
1996 was the first year of implementing the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core, the municipal party committee and municipal government adhered to the guidance of Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s theory of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the party’s basic line, conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee, summed up experience, overcame difficulties, and continued to do a number of practical things for the masses.
The important facts closely related to people’s lives are summarized into 10 aspects, which are described as follows:
First, the number of state-owned designated vegetable shops has reached 285, with 1,300 chain stores for the convenience and benefit of the people.
More than 300 convenience chain stores and supermarkets have been newly developed, and the total number of chain stores with supermarkets and people’s chain stores as the main body has reached 1300, further improving the supply guarantee system for residents’ daily life.
Gradually established and improved the state-owned vegetable supply network with state-owned designated vegetable shops as the main body and distribution centers as the leader. There are 285 state-owned designated vegetable shops with 20-30 varieties, which have played a leading role in ensuring vegetable supply and stabilizing vegetable prices.
To speed up the construction of staple food kitchens, 18 industrialized staple food kitchens have been completed and put into operation, and the grain system has formed the processing and production capacity of various staple foods with a daily output of 200,000 kilograms and more than 20 varieties, which basically meets the needs of residents’ staple food consumption.
In order to ensure that citizens can eat "reassuring meat", the existing slaughtering enterprises have been re-examined for registration and acceptance, and 20 municipal-level designated slaughtering enterprises have been formally established, and more than 200 municipal-level designated slaughtering plants have been established in Chengba District.
Two, completed 8.12 million square meters of housing, investment of 500 million yuan to complete more than 400 projects to eliminate hidden dangers.
The completed residential area in the whole year was 8.12 million square meters, of which the completed residential area of real estate development was 4.42 million square meters. Ten new residential quarters were opened, and the cumulative number of residential buildings under construction reached 263. The renovation of dilapidated houses started and resumed with an area of 4.53 million square meters, and the completion was 10,000 square meters. Newly opened Debao Phase II, Dongguanying and other 10 rebuild communities, 2 of which were completed. There were 13,600 relocated residents throughout the year. The implementation of 600,000 square meters of housing projects can solve 11,000 households with housing difficulties below 4 square meters per capita.
The medium-pressure gas pipeline in Chang ‘an Street has been rebuilt for 6 kilometers, and 25,300 indoor gas pipelines that have been used for more than 15 years and have been seriously corroded have been replaced, and 3,500 gas inlets have been rebuilt. Built a 26-kilometer liquefied gas northern suburb double track. The reconstruction project of thermal agricultural exhibition line and hongxia extension line was completed and put into operation, and the central heating situation in the eastern part of the city and Wangfujing area was improved. Overhaul 80,000 liquefied gas cylinders, purchase 80,000 new cylinders and scrap 100,000 cylinders.
33 tap water pressure regulating projects were completed and 8853 meters of pipelines were laid, which solved the draught problem of more than 10,000 residents in Xizhimen and other areas. The water quality of the seventh water plant has been improved, and the drinking water quality of residents in the southwest of the city has been further improved. Invest 65 million yuan to bring Miyun Reservoir water to Mentougou Chengzi Waterworks, so that 200,000 local residents can eat clean water.
There were 87,000 new gas users, and the total number of gas users in the city reached 2.18 million, and the gasification rate of urban residents in cooking exceeded 90%; The newly developed central heating area is 2 million square meters, and the total area of central heating has exceeded 30 million square meters.
11.66 million meters of aging wires in urban houses were replaced, and the capacity was increased by 12,955 amps, benefiting 4.44 million households.
Invested more than 400 million yuan to complete the renovation and overhaul of a number of boilers, pumps and heating pipelines. Among them, 69 boilers, 95 pumps and 24,600 meters of external pipelines were updated, which ensured the warmth of urban residents in winter.
3. Revoke 46 markets that encroached on the road, and build and renovate 547 public toilets.
In view of the problems such as road market blocking traffic and affecting the city appearance, 46 main streets were abolished, 174 non-standard markets were rectified, more than 30,000 unlicensed vendors were banned, and more than 50,000 square meters of sidewalks were vacated, which moved the bazaars around universities and primary and secondary schools that hindered the teaching order, and the street order was obviously improved.
547 public toilets were built and renovated, and 107 public toilet pipes were renovated. There were 313 public toilets above Class II and 1,138 public toilets above Class III in the city. The completion of Gaobeidian manure treatment plant has achieved zero breakthrough in the harmless treatment of manure in the city.
150 million square meters of housing safety survey was completed in the urban area, accounting for 84.1% of the houses to be inspected in the city. More than 6,000 dangerous houses have been overturned, and projects such as house overturning and overhaul, roof leakage patching and new sewers have been completed. For 10 years in a row, the flood control of urban houses has achieved "less house collapse, no death, and safe flood control".
Four, the completion of the Jing-Chang Expressway opened up and extended 53 bus lines.
Jingchang Expressway has a total length of 31.2 kilometers and six lanes in both directions. After opening to traffic, it has played an important role in alleviating the traffic congestion on the main road of Beijing North Gate.
It invested 2.22 billion yuan to implement 12 new highway reconstruction projects and 49 large and medium-sized repair projects. The new highway mileage is 273 kilometers, and the total highway mileage in the city reaches 12,084 kilometers (including 145 kilometers of expressways), and the highway density reaches 0.77 kilometers per square kilometer.
Strengthen the maintenance of urban road facilities. Twenty-five roads seriously damaged by water such as Jingyuan Road and Qingnian Road were repaired, 680,000 square meters of roads were repaired, reinforced and newly built, 59 kilometers of sewer trunk lines and branch lines were renovated and newly built, and 50,000 rainwater outlets were dug. The problem of water accumulation in a number of roads such as Lu Gu Road, Babaoshan South Road, Dene Street and Mianhua Hutong was solved.
18 new bus lines were opened and 37 extended lines were adjusted. The length of the city’s bus network reached 4,617 kilometers, an increase of 580 kilometers or 14% over the previous year.
Ten special tourist lines leading to Badaling, the Ming Tombs and other scenic spots have been opened, and the service modes of fixed time, fixed routes, fixed stops and fixed fares have been implemented. At the same time, the ticket prices of scenic spots have been re-examined and adjusted, and the "kickback" trend has been resolutely stopped, and the order of the tourist passenger transport market has been significantly improved.
Since June 18th, the business hours of 36 main bus lines in urban and suburban areas have been extended by an average of more than one hour, with a maximum of two and a half hours, which further facilitates citizens to travel at night.
Invested 150 million yuan, updated and purchased 618 buses, and scrapped 268 old cars, which greatly improved the quality and capacity of buses; 5 new bus stops and 8 renovations; 595 new waiting sheds were built, which improved the waiting conditions for the masses.
From October 12, the minimum interval between trains on the first line of the subway was shortened from 3: 30 to 3: 00, and the capacity was increased by 17.6%.
Five, the implementation of the minimum living security system for urban residents to arrange disaster relief funds of 52.7 million yuan.
Since July 1st, the minimum living security system for urban residents has been implemented for the first time in Beijing. In 1996, the minimum living security line was determined as the monthly per capita income of 170 yuan, and a total of 6.4 million yuan of living allowance was paid to 34,000 people.
Since December, the card system of grain and oil supply for urban low-income residents has been implemented. A poverty alleviation card has been issued to 9003 people. With this card, each person can go to the designated grain store to buy 20 yuan’s grain, oil and food once a month.
A total of 27.245 million yuan was borrowed for the living expenses of 72,000 employees in 372 enterprises that stopped production or stopped production.
For more than 3,000 disabled soldiers in rural areas, the pension will be increased each year in 84 yuan-1000 yuan; For orphans and disabled children and the "three noes" (no one to rely on, no source of livelihood first, no fixed occupation and income), the relief and subsidies will be increased in 40 yuan and 20 yuan respectively each month.
From the unemployment insurance fund, more than 10 million yuan was given to enterprises that set up the tertiary industry, created new jobs and resettled laid-off workers, and 13,000 laid-off workers were resettled.
Allocate 20 million yuan to relocate 4,500 households and 12,000 people in small and dangerous villages in mountainous areas; 2.5 million yuan was allocated to support remote mountainous areas, 4,000 hectares of orchards were newly developed, 1,300 hectares of economic ditches were developed, and 45 wells were drilled, thus solving the drinking water problem of 15,000 people and 3,000 large livestock. The per capita annual labor income of rural areas in remote mountainous areas increased by 263 yuan over the previous year, up by 16.4%.
Six, 10 aspects of environmental protection, comprehensive completion of the expansion of green space area of 671 hectares.
26 comprehensive environmental control projects in Shijingshan area were completed on schedule. Among them, the newly-upgraded dust removal equipment in Shougang Company’s transfer station, steelmaking plant, sintering plant and Yanshan Cement Plant and the newly-installed dust removal device in Gaofei Power Plant were put into operation, reducing the dust emission by 5,500 tons.
Complete the three-year planning and management task of oil depots and gas stations in urban groundwater source protection areas. 7333 hectares of water conservation forest were planted in the upper reaches of Miyun and Huairou reservoirs.
Completed the deadline treatment and relocation of 50 key industrial pollution sources, among which 15 factories and workshops with serious pollution nuisance, such as Wujian Component Factory and Daily Enamel Factory, have stopped production or moved; 36 enterprises with serious pollution such as papermaking, tanning, printing, bleaching and dyeing were banned, closed or stopped on schedule.
There are 1,863,200 trees planted, 1,962,500 square meters of grass planted, 1,010,000 perennial flowers planted and 1,045,800 hedges planted in the suburbs around the city. Expand the green area by 671 hectares and complete 25% of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
Longtan lake Park Wanliutang, Sangcui Park and other park scenic spots have been newly built and improved, with a total of 9 scenic spots. Among them, the newly-built Huangye Village Scenic Area in Beijing Botanical Garden reproduces the natural secluded and wild mountain village environment when Cao Xueqin wrote books in his later years.
The newly-built residential area has expanded the greening area by 86.26 hectares, and the original residential area has been afforested by 10.24 hectares; The greening and beautification of residential areas is gradually developing towards national forest.
Completed artificial afforestation of 16,900 hectares, aerial seeding afforestation of 23,000 hectares and closing hillsides for afforestation of 13,400 hectares; Harness 2600 hectares of sandy wasteland.
Around Miyun and Huairou reservoirs, 7,300 hectares of water source protection forests were artificially constructed, exceeding the plan by 11%. In Yongding River, Kangzhuang River, Chaobai River, Dasha River and other five sandstorm hazard areas, we will intensify the control of sand shortage and build 3500 hectares of windbreak and sand fixation forest. In order to solve the serious shortage of firewood or domestic fuel in some mountainous villages, 1,300 hectares of firewood forests were built.
Seven, the city’s total exchange capacity exceeded 4 million residential buildings, and the total number of postal services reached 26,452.
764,000 local telephone exchanges were connected to the Internet, and the total capacity of telephone exchanges in the city reached 4.42 million, of which the total capacity of public network exchanges reached 3.06 million, and the problem of "difficult installation" in some areas was obviously alleviated. The number of local telephone users actually increased by 452,000, and the total number of households reached 1.95 million. The telephone penetration rate in the whole city reached 29.8%, of which the telephone penetration rate in the suburbs around the city reached 43.6%.
16,000 public telephones were added, bringing the total number of public telephones in the city to 36,000; 128,000 mobile phones were added, and the total number of mobile phone users reached 289,000. 18,000 new long-distance telephone lines were opened, bringing the total number to 60,000. The international toll can be directly dialed to 244 countries and regions, and the domestic toll can be directly dialed to 2,293 cities and counties, an increase of 24 countries and regions and 237 cities and counties respectively over the previous year.
12 new post and telecommunications sub-offices were built and 10 were rebuilt and expanded. There are 45 new post offices, with a total of 589. The matching rate of post offices in residential areas increased from 50% in 1995 to 57%. 1100 new residential buildings were mailed, 1.67 times that of the previous year, and the total number of residential buildings in the city reached 26452.
The investment rate of sending ordinary letters to each other in urban areas reached 96% the next day, an increase of 1 percentage point over the previous year; The direct delivery rate of express mail in the city reached 100%.
Eight, the municipal performing arts groups to strengthen the quality consciousness to create 26 new plays, more than 4000 performances.
The newly produced children’s drama Snow Boy, musical drama Longxugou, drama Sugar-Coated Berry and Peking Opera Legend of the White Snake have been well received by the masses. Organize 260 special cultural performances on weekends. The Beijing Symphony Orchestra holds a free concert for students on weekends every month. 60 cinemas in the city sell tickets at half price every Saturday morning, which is very popular among the masses.
Mass cultural activities take festivals as the leader and seasons as the stage, which are continuous all year round, and the number of people participating in them reaches 20 million. For the first time, the "Flowers in May" was staged in the whole city, with 41,000 programs compiled by all districts, counties and industries, including more than 7,500 programs praising hometown and reflecting new changes in reform and new things, with 424,000 performances and 3.42 million people. In summer, the Cultural Square takes advantage of the community, taking the square, hutong, campus, construction site and countryside as the stage, and holds tens of thousands of cultural performances, open-air movies, open-air dances, oil painting of traditional Chinese opera and yangko flowers in more than 900 venues, attracting tens of millions of people, an increase of more than 3 million over the previous year.
Carry out cultural activities in the countryside. Donated tens of thousands of books to Yanqing, Mentougou and other counties, and donated more than 1,800 books to the old revolutionary base areas. Organized more than 300 performances in the countryside, including more than 300 performances in 60 remote towns and villages. 32 copies of feature films and 40 copies of science and education films were presented to 10 suburban counties.
Nine, strengthen the construction of schools with weak foundations and complete the construction of teachers’ houses of 10,000 square meters.
Efforts have been made to solve the problem of high fees for students who choose schools, and containment measures have been formulated to clear the high fees of 18 million yuan, which has basically curbed the problem of high fees for students who choose schools.
Established the system that the city’s main leaders contact schools with weak foundations, and signed a responsibility letter to change schools with weak foundations. The investment of 100 million yuan (more than the sum of the investment in the previous three years) has improved the running conditions of a number of schools.
10 million yuan was allocated to install earth heating for 36 primary schools and 53 middle schools in 7 mountain counties.
Completed the construction of 430,000 square meters of residential buildings for general and adult teachers. Among them, 310 million yuan was invested to build 320,000 square meters of the first phase project of "Yuxin Garden", a residential area for college teachers, and 3,500 teachers moved into new homes.
Ten, the "strike hard" struggle has achieved remarkable results, and the social security order has further improved.
With the "strike hard" struggle, the situation of poor public security in some places has obviously improved, and the upward trend of criminal cases has been effectively curbed. In the whole year, 11,000 major cases were cracked, more than 1,400 fugitives were arrested, and more than 1,400 criminal gangs were destroyed. The incidence rate of major cases decreased by 10.2% compared with the previous year. In particular, three major bank robberies were cracked, which shocked criminals.
Intensify the rectification of public security order, focus on rectifying a number of public security chaos, and focus on rectifying the public security order around universities and Shougang, so that the public security order in these areas has obviously improved.
Taking the opportunity of implementing the Gun Control Law, we will vigorously carry out the work of collecting illegal guns and cleaning up and rectifying them. A total of more than 15,000 illegal guns, more than 29,000 bullets and more than 31,000 controlled knives were collected. 25,000 civilian guns were recovered, with a recovery rate of 99.7%. It took the lead in comprehensively completing the task of cleaning up and rectifying guns in the country.
In 1996, people’s governments at all levels did a lot of work directly related to people’s lives, but there were still some unsatisfactory things. In the new year, we should unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core, unite as one, make great efforts, do solid work, and continue to do more practical things for the people.