After Hebei closed the glass plank road in the scenic spot,

65438+ 10/day, on the first day of the National Day holiday, Hongya Valley Scenic Area in Pingshan County, Shijiazhuang, which is known as the "world's longest glass suspension bridge", did not open a glass suspension bridge.

At 5: 30 pm, two staff members of Pingshan County Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, who are "squatting" in the scenic spot, "get off work as usual". The county government asked them to continue to strengthen the supervision of suspension bridges during the National Day.

What makes Pingshan county government nervous is a rectification storm that began last year.

Since March last year, many departments in Hebei Province have frequently issued documents, demanding that the safety of "high-risk projects" of glass plank roads (including glass plank roads, glass suspension bridges, glass slideways, glass observation decks, etc.) be enhanced, and put forward "four unifications", that is, all new glass trestle bridge projects are stopped from being approved for filing; All projects under construction will be stopped; Unoperated projects will be suspended; All the projects that have been operated will be closed for rectification.

Affected by this, 32 glass plank road projects in 25 scenic spots in the province were all stopped.

The rectification storm has been going on for a year and a half, and the scenic spots of glass plank road facilities have suffered heavy losses and complained bitterly.

The reporter learned from many sources that behind the delay in finishing the rectification storm is the embarrassing reality that Hebei Province and even the whole country have "no construction standards, no acceptance basis and no regulatory subject" for the glass plank road project, while the regulatory standards and regulatory subjects at the national level are still unclear. Under the circumstances, the local government has chosen to "avoid it".

Many leaders of scenic spots, leaders of scenic spot associations and glass plank road construction enterprises all expressed the hope that the state could introduce relevant construction standards as soon as possible and clarify the subject of supervision.

"Long-term laissez-faire, no competent department, is not good for enterprises, but also a disregard for the safety of tourists." Wang, president of China Scenic Area Association, said.

The longest glass suspension bridge in the world

Hanging red cliff valley glass suspension bridge. Beijing News reporter Zhang Shengpo photo

20172017On February 24th, Hongya Valley Scenic Area opened a glass suspension bridge with a total length of 488m and a width of 4m, and the vertical drop between the bridge deck and the ground was about 218m. According to the introduction of the scenic spot, Hongya Valley Glass Suspension Bridge has set a new world record for Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, which is called "the longest and longest span in the world".

On September 26, the reporter saw at the scene that the glass bridge is located in a U-shaped valley. The bridge crosses the valley mouth from northwest to southeast and connects the ridges on both sides. The bridge deck is paved with thousands of 4 cm thick tempered laminated glass. The glass on both sides of the bridge deck is distributed in a ladder shape, and the middle section is paved with glass.

A person in charge of the scenic spot said: "The stairs are designed to let tourists look down actively when crossing the bridge and increase the excitement of tourists.

For a time, the scenery of Hongya Valley was the same. Many media reported the world record created by this ordinary tourist resort in northern China. The number of daily tourists in the scenic spot reached more than 5,000 at the peak. Previously, "due to the lack of tourism products that interest tourists, the number of daily tourists was only about 1000".

The scenic spot was developed and built by Hebei private enterprise Bailu Group. Yang Minghua, chairman of Bailu Group, told the reporter that on March 20th last year, Hongya Valley Scenic Area received a tour group, and one of the tourists took some photos of the people on the suspension bridge and uploaded them online. These photos were immediately dubbed by the online media as "pinch the sweat, 600 people walk together on the glass suspension bridge, do you dare to take a walk?" And other titles on the Internet.

"In fact, after our later verification, only 300 people boarded the bridge at that time." Yang Minghua said that she and other leaders of the scenic spot didn't notice these photos and net posts at first, and everyone thought it was "scenic spot publicity".

Yang Minghua said that what they didn't expect was that on March 24, four days later, Shijiazhuang Tourism Development Committee issued the "Emergency Notice on Carrying out Special Remediation of Safety Hazards in Tourist Attractions in the City"; The Tourism Leading Group of Hebei Province sent four working groups to Shijiazhuang, Chengde, Baoding and Handan to supervise and inspect the investigation and rectification of safety risks of the glass plank road project, and reported it to the provincial government before April 10.

On March 25th of that year, Hongya Valley Glass Suspension Bridge was "closed for rectification".

The glass suspension bridge project in Hongya Valley Scenic Area is closed. Beijing News reporter Zhang Shengpo photo

"Although the government requires us to rectify, there is no clear rectification opinion. We can only invite experts ourselves and explore rectification in combination with expert opinions. " Qi Li Hui, director of the former office of Hongya Valley Scenic Area, showed the reporter a "list of hidden dangers of accidents". In this list of 48 questions, the reporter saw that all the questions showed that the rectification had been completed.

"These problems, you say it is a problem, they have nothing to do with the safety and quality of suspension bridges; You said that this is not a problem and can be improved. " A person in charge of the scenic spot said that leaders often come to check during the rectification period, and everyone should point out some problems when they come. Some leaders also put forward opinions on the stickers on a wooden plank road leading to the suspension bridge, and thought that the colors of the stickers should be unified into one color, instead of three colors.

Qi Li Hui introduced that during the rectification, the scenic spot invited experts from China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute, China Architectural Design and Research Institute, China Railway Sixth Bureau and other units to track and inspect the suspension bridge, and made load tests, and invited third-party companies to issue six reports that can prove the safety of the suspension bridge, including safety assessment report, hidden danger rectification safety risk assessment report and maximum bearing capacity verification report.

Qi said that according to the provincial policy, after the rectification of scenic spots is completed, you can apply to the government for acceptance. After the acceptance, the glass suspension bridge project can be operated.

16 In July last year, the "Joint Verification and Acceptance Working Group of Shijiazhuang Glass Plank Road Tourism Project" led by Shijiazhuang Tourism Commission and composed of Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, Development and Reform Commission, Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau and other departments 1 1 entered Hongya Valley Scenic Area for joint verification of glass suspension bridges, and issued the "Joint Verification and Acceptance Working Group" on July 3 1.

Qi told reporters that things should have ended here, but soon, the province issued a notice again, asking the glass suspension bridge to "suspend business and continue safety inspection and rectification."

The glass plank road in the province was blocked.

Shortly after the closure of the glass suspension bridge in Hongya Valley Scenic Area, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hebei Province issued the "Special Renovation Plan for High-risk Projects of Glass Trestles in the Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), proposing "four unifications", that is, all new glass trestle projects stopped being approved for filing; All projects under construction will be stopped; Unoperated projects will be suspended; All the projects that have been operated will be closed for rectification.

2065438+On April 20th, 2008, Hebei Provincial Tourism Leading Group issued the Safety Risk Checklist of High-risk Tourism Projects of Glass Trestle in the Province. The glass plank road projects in 20 scenic spots in the province all have some problems in varying degrees, such as no safety assessment, no quality inspection, no geotechnical investigation report, unable to determine whether the anchoring depth is safe, and no effective control of the number of people on the bridge.

According to the decree, 32 glass plank road projects in 25 scenic spots in the province were all closed, and no one was spared.

In 20 14, Baishishan Scenic Area in Laiyuan County, Baoding City built the first glass plank road in the province between the mountains at an altitude of 1900 meters.

Similar to Hongya Valley, Baishi Mountain has also become a popular scenic spot on the glass plank road. "The expressway leading to Laiyuan County was once in a state of paralysis. Since the opening of Baishishan, so many people have not been received." Recalling the grand occasion when the glass plank road was just opened, Zhang Ming (a pseudonym), the person in charge of the scenic cableway, still can't hide his excitement.

Hanging Baishishan glass plank road. Beijing News reporter Zhang Shengpo photo

Zhang Ming recalled that during the rush hour, the ropeway in the scenic spot was still manned down at eleven o'clock in the evening, and some tourists were willing to queue up for four hours just to take the glass plank road once. After the peak of tourists in the peak season, the leaders of the scenic spot called all middle-level and above managers to meet and found that no one spoke. Upon inquiry, they realized that everyone was hoarse and speechless during work.

According to statistics, in 20 14, the number of tourists in Baishishan increased by nearly five times compared with the previous year, "becoming the leader of mountain scenic spots in Hebei". The following year, in order to disperse the passenger flow and respond to the market demand, Baishishan built a second glass plank road around the mountain on another tour route at an altitude of 1600 meters.

Today, two glass plank roads in Baishishan have been closed.

"Unexpectedly, it was very sudden." Jiang Jingchun, deputy general manager of Baishishan Scenic Area, said that he always thought that the glass plank road was only different from ordinary walking trails in building materials, which increased the sensory experience of tourists and did not pose a higher safety risk. Relevant government departments have never questioned the safety of the glass plank road.

Liu Wenquan, captain of the Baishishan glass plank road management team, told the reporter that in order to ensure the absolute safety of the glass plank road, the scenic spot will issue non-slip shoe covers for tourists to limit the passenger flow, and at the same time regularly organize special personnel to clean up the falling rocks on the mountain above the plank road.

Hanging glass viewing platform of Langya Mountain. Beijing News reporter Zhang Shengpo photo

"The first thing we do when we go to work every day is to check the plank road for loose screws or broken glass." Liu Wenquan said that as long as the glass plank road is not hit by a sharp object, it generally won't break. The scenic spot will regularly organize special personnel to clean up the mountain above the plank road to prevent falling rocks from breaking the glass.

"There are at most three or four times a year when falling rocks smash glass, but they are all repaired in time." He said that since the opening of the Baishishan glass plank road, there has not been a safety accident.

One day, it will be very popular.

In September last year, the Baoding Tourism Commission pointed out in its report to the provincial government that the closure of the glass plank road tourism project had a certain impact on the operation of the scenic spot, and tourists' complaints increased. Since the closure of the glass plank road in Baishishan Scenic Area in April, more than 600 tourism teams have cancelled their trips, and the number of tourists received has decreased by 40% year-on-year. The number of tourists received in Langya Mountain Scenic Area 1 quarter increased by 14.2% year-on-year, and then decreased month by month. The number of tourists received in August decreased by 34% year-on-year.

After the glass suspension bridge in Chibi Valley was closed, the suspension bridge management station, which originally had more than 20 staff members, now only has the stationmaster Wang Bing (a pseudonym), another staff member and two dogs.

Wang Bing said that in the past, a staff member kept order on the suspension bridge every 30 to 50 meters to ensure the safety of tourists. After the suspension bridge was closed, most of my colleagues dispersed and found another job. I also work the day shift now, take a day off, and my salary will be halved. The work content has changed from maintaining the order of tourists boarding the bridge to preventing tourists from secretly boarding the bridge.

Qi, director of the former office of Hongya Valley Scenic Area, said that the glass suspension bridge is the core product and lifeline of Hongya Valley Scenic Area to attract tourists. "Our scenic spot mainly relies on glass suspension bridges. After the closure, nearly half of the tourists arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot and heard that the suspension bridge was not open and left. " Qi Lihui said that the sudden decrease in the number of tourists directly led to the decrease in the income of scenic spots, and the wages of employees were often not paid on time. The scenic spot can only maintain its operation through continuous layoffs, and the number of employees has been reduced from more than 320 to more than 130.

A person in charge of Hongya Valley Scenic Area told the reporter that in August this year, several travel agencies that cooperated with the scenic area came here. Due to the pressure of survival, the scenic area was forced to open the glass suspension bridge to receive some tourists. However, this incident was quickly discovered by the provincial inspection team. Several cadres in the county were later punished for "poor supervision", and the scenic spot was fined more than100000 yuan, and the suspension bridge was immediately closed.

Subsequently, the Pingshan county government immediately asked the Cultural Tourism Bureau, the Market Supervision Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, the Emergency Management Bureau, the Housing and Construction Bureau and other departments to send two staff members every day to supervise the scenic spot in a "desperate way" and "completely put an end to the unauthorized removal of the closed facilities of the scenic spot".

On August 19, Hongya Valley Scenic Area sent a "pleading letter" to Hebei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism. The letter shows that since the glass suspension bridge was sealed, the scenic spot has owed employees wages for five months, totaling more than 4.5 million yuan; In addition, the company owes 654.38+500 million dollars to its partners and 654.38+700 million dollars to its suppliers.

Surveillance cameras on the Red Cliff Valley glass bridge. Beijing News reporter Zhang Shengpo photo

"Many shops are closed when tourists are scarce. We used to do some poverty alleviation work, but now it is difficult for us to protect ourselves. " Qi Li would say.

When will the closure notice last, and how can the scenic spot be rectified before it can pass the acceptance? These questions have not been answered so far. Jiang Jingchun, deputy general manager of Baishishan Scenic Area, said that he went to the office of the Provincial Security Committee several times to ask about relevant matters, but the staff did not give a clear answer. "Let's not pay too much attention to this little money (referring to the loss caused by the closure of the plank road leading to the scenic spot), go back and wait for the notice."

Province standard of dystocia

A number of scenic spot leaders told reporters that after the glass plank road was closed, at first, everyone didn't feel how serious the matter was, and even had the confidence to complete the rectification quickly.

Shortly after the release of the Emergency Notice to close the glass plank road, the Hebei Provincial Tourism Leading Group issued the Work Plan for Safety Special Investigation and Remediation of High-risk Tourism Projects of the Glass Trestle Bridge in the Province, requiring all localities to guide enterprises to improve relevant construction filing, quality inspection and safety assessment procedures, and organize re-inspection and acceptance. "Local governments should quickly organize the acceptance of applications submitted by enterprises, without delay, and inaction and slowness are strictly prohibited."

"At that time, we were told that as long as the acceptance passed, we could resume business." A person in charge of the Langya Mountain Scenic Area said that in May last year, the county government did organize relevant departments and experts to accept the Langya Mountain glass observation deck. After the acceptance, the observation deck was opened for some time. But it was quickly stopped.

On July 9, Hebei Tourism Commission, Safety Supervision Bureau, Development and Reform Commission and other eight departments jointly issued a document saying that for the glass plank road project with complete procedures, the relevant government should organize relevant departments to organize acceptance according to Hebei Province's "Technical Standards for Pedestrian Glass Suspension Bridges and Glass Plank Roads in Scenic Spots", and they can only be put into use after passing the acceptance.

According to the information of official website, Hebei Provincial Government, the standard clearly regulates the building materials, design, construction, acceptance, inspection and evaluation, and operational safety management of pedestrian glass suspension bridges and glass plank roads in scenic spots. "This is the first local standard in China that specifically regulates the construction and management of pedestrian glass suspension bridges and glass plank roads in scenic spots, which indicates that the design, construction and management of pedestrian glass suspension bridges and glass plank roads in scenic spots in Hebei Province have been well-founded."

Liu Qiqi, the head of Hongya Valley Scenic Area, participated in the whole process of standard formulation as a representative of the scenic area. According to him, in the process of standard formulation, relevant experts, glass plank road construction companies and scenic spots have different opinions on the load mass production of glass plank road. Experts believe that the load standard of glass plank road should meet the requirements of highway bridges; The construction company and the scenic spot believe that the glass plank road in the scenic spot does not need to be built according to the standards of highway bridges on the basis of ensuring safety, otherwise it will only increase the construction cost and reduce the tourist experience.

"The government finally adopted the opinions of experts and asked the existing glass plank road to further control the number of people boarding the bridge according to the operation situation." Liu Qiqi said.

2065438+August, 2008 1 day, the Technical Standard for Pedestrian Glass Suspension Bridges and Glass Plank Roads in Scenic Spots jointly organized by Hebei Provincial Housing and Construction Department, Quality Supervision Bureau, HKTB and Safety Supervision Bureau was officially released.

"After the introduction of the standard, we immediately organized the survey, design, construction, supervision, quality inspection and other departments to conduct self-inspection on the glass plank road according to the standard." Jiang Jingchun said, but soon, when he went to the province to ask about the acceptance, he was told that the standard should be suspended.

On September 29 of that year, the four departments that organized the formulation of standards jointly issued a notice again, saying that some experts proposed to revise the standards, and the editor-in-chief unit would be organized to "partially revise" the standards according to the experts' suggestions, and the original standards would be suspended.

Li Yunsheng, the main drafter of the standard and a professor at shijiazhuang tiedao university Institute of Civil Engineering, told the reporter that the standard was compiled in a hurry at that time, and there was no ready-made reference standard for glass bridges at home and abroad. Considering that the glass plank road in the scenic area is closed, it was compiled and promulgated after being reviewed by experts in the province.

"Later, I want to hold a national expert meeting and report it to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development for approval. This takes a cycle. " Li Yunsheng said that last June+10, the standard was reviewed and revised by national experts, and submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development for approval and filing at the end of the year, and it was improved according to the opinions of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

"After the standard was suspended, it has not been restored. "Fang Bin, director of the Standardization Management Office of Hebei Province, who participated in the formulation of standards, told the reporter that the Standards Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has completed the review of the" mandatory clauses "involved in the standards, and Hebei Province has also completed the revision according to relevant opinions.

"As a standard preparation management unit, we have basically completed the standard formulation work." Fang Bin said that before deciding when to reissue the standards, "it depends on the opinions of relevant departments and institutions in the province, and the opinions of provincial leaders must be sought".

"There is no clear direction yet."

National standards need to be promulgated urgently.

The glass plank road projects in Hebei province are all closed, and the projects under construction are all frozen, which is the embarrassing reality that such projects have no construction standards, no acceptance basis and no supervision subject at the provincial and national levels.

According to the statistics of Beijing News reporters, 3 1 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions (except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) have glass plank road projects.

"As far as we know, no province is clear about which department should be responsible for the design, construction, completion acceptance and post-operation management of the glass plank road." Wang, president of China Scenic Area Association, told reporters that the glass plank road is a new thing. Because it is deeply loved by tourists and has market demand, it has blossomed everywhere in scenic spots in recent years.

However, the glass plank road project has been in an awkward position at the administrative level. Due to the uncertainty, the quality supervision department in charge of amusement equipment, the urban construction and transportation department in charge of highways and bridges, and the housing and construction department in charge of general buildings are all "far away from the glass plank road project".

"The status quo of administrative management is that no one wants to take care of risky things." Wang said to him.

A person in charge of the Langya Mountain Scenic Area remembers that before the official opening of the 20 16 Langya Mountain glass observation deck, the scenic spot had found the county cultural tourism bureau, the safety supervision bureau, the housing and construction bureau, the quality supervision bureau and other departments, hoping that they would issue acceptance opinions to the observation deck, but no department was willing to come forward. Finally, the leaders of the scenic spot management committee had to "match" the heads of the above departments and experts to hold a "review meeting" in the scenic spot, and the experts issued "demonstration opinions" to prove that "the glass observation deck and plank road project are safe and reliable and can be used normally". The person in charge of the above departments only signed the "sign-in form for the review meeting".

The construction enterprises undertaking the glass plank road project also hope that the state can introduce construction standards as soon as possible and clarify the competent departments. Hou, the person in charge of a glass plank road engineering construction enterprise, believes that the primary safety problem of this kind of engineering lies in geotechnical engineering investigation, but the state has not clearly stipulated which specifications should be based on.

"(The government) needs to have a clear regulation to tell everyone which standard is based on." Hou said to him.

Hou said that the current "chaos" in the glass plank road construction market is very serious, and various construction companies are full of it. "Qualified and unqualified companies have entered the market." According to him, about 40% of the companies in China have relevant building qualifications, which can't fully meet the current demand for such projects in scenic spots. Some scenic spots "go to the hospital in a hurry", and may find companies that "make up the number" to undertake construction business.

From 2065438 to March 2008, the General Office of the State Council pointed out in the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of Global Tourism that with the advent of the era of mass tourism, the problems of insufficient effective supply of tourism, irregular market order and imperfect institutional mechanisms in China have become increasingly prominent, and it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of facilities and equipment such as passenger ropeways, large-scale amusement facilities and glass plank roads.

In August this year, China Association of Scenic Spots set up a professional committee for the plank road. At present, the main task is to formulate the construction standards for the glass plank road project as soon as possible.

"Although we can only formulate group standards and have no legal effect, it is better than nothing." Wang said that after the standards are formulated, they will be provided to the relevant state departments for reference, so as to promote the country to issue relevant standards as soon as possible.