Rebirth of Minister Qi

At this time, the regimental director stood in front of Qi Tongwei, sweating profusely. He could not imagine that the so-called foreign capital would be so shameless, surrounding the factory windows with iron bars in order to prevent the workers inside from coming out.

Qi Tongwei grabbed the iron railing and shook it, but it didn't move at all. This means that if a fire broke out, it would be impossible for the people inside to use the window as an escape route.

"Have you ever checked this company?"

Qi Tongwei pointed his finger at the fire chief and asked. The director of the Municipal Fire Department next to him was also a little frightened.

"Hurry up and answer Director Qi's question!"

“I haven’t been in to see this.”

"Didn't the staff officers below go in for routine inspections?

In this situation, let alone fire safety, there is no way to talk about fire safety at all. What kind of Christmas toy is this?

The entire fire escape was completely blocked, there was no way out at all, and every worker was confined to his workstation!

Are they some kind of machines?"

Qi Tongwei walked into the factory and found that there was no place to stand. In order to speed up production, everything was piled together. The whole workshop seemed depressing and the air was very smelly. The window was slightly opened, but the outside was blocked by iron bars.

"Director Chen, please come in and see if this is a place where people can work.

The provincial detention center I'm in charge of is a hundred times more humane than this place. Look at the population density. There are five or six hundred people crammed into a factory building of less than 2,000 square meters.

These glues are also flammable items, and they are piled up all over the place. Is there no management system at all?

What a crappy foreign-funded enterprise! Calling it a sweatshop is an understatement! The environment in jail is better than here!

Are you just going to take me to see these foreign-funded enterprises?"

Qi Tongwei became angrier and angrier as he spoke. You wouldn't know until you see it. It was shocking, or to put it mildly, although those small private enterprises in Dong'ou City were a bit chaotic, they were still somewhat disciplined. If the workers felt that the environment was bad or the treatment was bad, they would immediately change jobs because there were too many start-up companies and plenty of jobs.

Under the balance of power between workers, factories and government regulatory agencies, private enterprises in Dongou City still abide by the rules. If a factory goes too far, workers will even go to the complaint window of the administrative approval center to report it.

But the environment in Jingzhou City is completely different. There are a large number of laid-off workers, but not so many enterprises. These so-called Hong Kong and Taiwan-funded enterprises are pitifully small in scale and have terrible management, but they are treated as guests of honor by the local government. The workers do not have so many job choices, and even if they are exploited and the environment is bad, they have no channels to report.

Apart from anything else, even Qi Tongwei, the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, a powerful man, was blocked by people from the local government even if he wanted to inspect these rotten companies. The workers were in an absolutely weak position, and the government regulatory departments acted like grandchildren in front of the companies. Naturally, the factories would try every means to exploit the workers, and anything that increased costs, such as providing workers with labor protection supplies, was ignored by them.

The biggest reason for this is that the local government is too useless. It would have been better if Qi Tongwei hadn't seen it. He couldn't imagine the situation here. Once he saw the real situation, he was so angry that he wanted to shoot all these people in one breath.

Economic development must never be like them, making unlimited concessions to capital. No wonder people like Chen Yanshi are unhappy with everything they see.

After the inspection, Qi Tongwei stood outside the factory, with the heads of other departments standing in front, especially Director Chen of the Municipal Fire Department, who stood with his head down.

"Fire Department, listen carefully. Organize personnel immediately to check all enterprises in Mulan District, especially those claiming to be foreign-funded. Fire safety hazards must be eliminated.

The local police station will send personnel to accompany us throughout the process, and any guard who refuses to let law enforcement agencies in will be arrested immediately."

Then there are several other departments, but Qi Tongwei cannot be so harsh with them. He can be directly harsh with the director of the Fire Bureau because the Fire Bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Public Security Bureau and is a formal subordinate.

However, other business-related departments such as the Safety Supervision Bureau and the Labor Protection Bureau are not under Qi Tongwei's jurisdiction. After all, he is not yet a part-time deputy mayor and cannot directly scold them like this.

“Comrades from the Labor Bureau and the Safety Supervision Bureau, please also cooperate with the Fire Bureau in conducting inspections at the company.

I don't want to say any other empty words or big talk because I'm not the leader in charge of you.

In a situation like this, if something goes wrong, all of our departments will be in trouble. Comrades, please contact Director Chen of the Municipal Fire Department for the details of how to cooperate. "

The director of the Jingzhou City Fire Department is named Chen Shaokang, a deputy division-level cadre who also serves as deputy chief of the Provincial Fire Brigade. The rank and location of the unit are difficult to calculate, but in terms of administrative affiliation, the Fire Department is a second-level bureau of the Public Security Bureau, so Qi Tongwei can criticize whenever he wants.

After saying that, Qi Tongwei left angrily. The situation in this first company was so bad. If he saw a few more, he might even get angry and have high blood pressure.

However, Qi Tongwei's goal should have been achieved. He hoped to save the fire as early as possible before it happened. It would be better if his memory could be clearer.

One of the main reasons for the heavy casualties in that fire was the same as in this factory. Because of the rush to complete production before Christmas, the fire escape was blocked, and the workers had no way to escape.

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Qi Tongwei still underestimated the shamelessness of local officials.

"Luliang, have you issued the supervision order to Mulan District? Is the report ready?"

The reason why I issued the supervision and notification was to absolve Qi Tongwei of his own responsibility. I went to inspect, but the situation was very bad. I did not cover it up and directly issued a document to criticize it. This is not my responsibility.

To put it bluntly, if these fire hazards are widespread in the factory area of ​​Mulan District, the probability of a serious fire occurring is almost inevitable due to the long-term absence of regulatory authorities.

We were lucky that no fire happened this year, but there will be fires next year. Most of the normal small fires were put out by workers and did not develop into large fires.

If fire safety education and training were carried out normally, Dongou City would at least report many early-stage fires that were extinguished every year. Everyone would have experience, and as long as they responded properly and the passages were unobstructed, there would basically be no problems.

However, the situation in Mulan District yesterday really scared Qi Tongwei. What if they caught fire when he returned? Would he be held responsible? So, Qi Tongwei, in a very unpolitical manner, issued an order to supervise the matter.

The reason why I don't follow political rules is because...

"Director Qi, I explained to you yesterday that this is a period of pain for development, and we need to give the grassroots governments some time.

What does it mean that your Public Security Bureau issued a notice to supervise and criticize? "