[Well-off China] The biggest shanty town in Central China "transformed"
【Explanation】Qingshan District of Wuhan City was prospered by Wuhan Iron and Steel.
In February 1955, the zone was established with the construction of WISCO, a key national project during the “First Five-Year Plan” period. 100,000 construction troops from all over the country “produce first and live later” built simple sheds and settled down to support WISCO's construction.
Time flies, these low and simple bungalows are gradually getting old like their owners, becoming the largest shanty towns in Wuhan and even in Central China.
[Explanation] There used to be 13,700 households with more than 40,000 residents.
On April 26, 2007, the transformation of the shanty town in the Qingshan Old Industrial Zone was officially launched. The first phase was from 2007 to the end of 2013, involving 11,142 shantytown residents, accounting for 81.3% of the total; the second phase was implemented in September 2014, involving shanty households There are 2,518 households in the district, accounting for 18.7% of the total.
[Explanation] In the new era pavilion of the Red Steel City, the 73-year-old Hu Sheng told reporters about the earth-shaking changes in the shanty towns. The roads in the shanty towns were crooked and narrow, and the houses were low and dilapidated and dark and wet, without independence. The kitchen and bathroom, there is no fire protection and basic supporting facilities.
[Concurrent] Resident Hu Sheng
Its toilet is outside, and hundreds of people share a bathroom. Think about that situation.
(We) don't have a kitchen and eat a big canteen.
[Explanation] Nowadays, the renovated shantytown is full of tall buildings, complete facilities and convenient transportation.
The newly relocated house has three-layer external wall insulation, sufficient light, transparent north-south, reasonable design, convenient natural gas and tap water, which completely changed the living environment of the original shantytown residents and greatly improved their living standards.
[Concurrent] Resident Hu Sheng
I have been here for 65 years. From the 1950s, to the reform and opening up, to the new world of ecological civilization, what we are now pursuing is not just a well-off life with adequate food and clothing. Our next step is to pursue a better life.
[Explanation] Wu Chuanfa, an old man who lives in Qingheju Community, Qingshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, went from a family of six squeezed into an 18-square-meter hut to live in a spacious and bright two-bedroom, one-living new house. Wu Chuanfa bluntly said that he has caught up with the good times.
Recently, in conjunction with the transformation of shanty towns, Wu Chuanfa composed a small song and sang it in the way of "Hubei Adagio".
[Live] Wu Chuanfa, a resident of Qingheju Community, Qingshan District, Wuhan
Daddy, listen to me in your family. The Workers’ Village in the past was like a big broken kiln. The largest shanty town in Central China was filled with hairy people.
Mosquitoes and flies fly all over the sky, mice run around, muddy on rainy days, and the tide returns on sunny days. A large family lives in a single room and it is a mess.
My good mother-in-law, don't be impatient, the party and the government are the people, so thoughtful.
The state paid for the construction of high-rise buildings and renovated shanty towns.
Today's Workers' Village has a beautiful environment, with green hills and clear waters reflecting the blue sky, red flowers and green grass.
Fiber optic cable is connected to households, natural gas is really environmentally friendly, there are many high-definition TV programs, and the channels are adjusted by you.
Moved to a new home happily, firecrackers rushed into the sky.
[Explanation] Qingheju Community Secretary Gui Xiaomei introduced to reporters that by July 2016, 5 resettlement housing communities, namely Linjiang Harbor, Qingyiju, Qingkangju, Qingheju, and Qingxinju, will be built. 16,959 units, 1,108,100 square meters, all the shed reform residents moved back to their new homes, a step spanning 60 years.
[Concurrent] Resident Hu Sheng
We have prepared the phoenix tree. We welcome more golden phoenixes to our green hills. The future of our green hills is bright. We are going to the next goal, people's pursuit of a better life.
Reporter Zheng Ziyan and Wan Shuyan from Wuhan, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]