The disaster of Daxing Jiugongnan Xiaojie Garment Factory

"One size fits all" was questioned

After the "4·25" fire, the Daxing District Government believed that the illegal leasing and illegal operation of illegal buildings were the underlying causes of the disaster. On May 3, Daxing District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Committee, Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Health Bureau, Public Security Bureau, Work Safety Bureau and Jiugong Town Government formed a joint law enforcement team to conduct a safety inspection on Nanxiao Street, Jiugong Town, Daxing District.

According to the deployment, all unlicensed factories in Nanxiao Street, Jiugong Town were shut down. At the same time, the law enforcement team listed rental houses as special management items, focusing on illegal construction and illegal leasing. As of the work target date of May 20, 400,000 garment industry workers in Nanxiaojie must move out, and all residential buildings must be affixed with government-approved "rent-free" signs.

On May 25, the Nanxiao Street in front of the reporter was quiet and orderly. There were few pedestrians walking on the street. The front houses were basically closed and locked. "Discount Sale" slogans could be seen everywhere, and law enforcement vehicles flashed police lights. Lights are everywhere.

The owner of a garment factory told reporters on the phone: It is impossible not to move. We have now found a new factory building in Langfang. "It's just that there are too many bosses coming to Langfang to look for factories, and the rent has doubled compared to before." The boss's factory is an unlicensed operation in Daxing South Street, and he rents houses from local villagers.

In contrast, there are only about 10 factories in Nanxiaojie that have all the necessary documents. Although they have not moved out, they have received a two-month notice of suspension of operations. "Moving is a matter of time." The person in charge of a garment factory surnamed Hao told reporters.

Local villagers revealed that the government has stated that all houses cannot be rented to outsiders, and if one is found, a fine of 10,000 yuan will be imposed. As compensation, the government's subsidy for rental housing is 500 yuan per person per month.

Obviously, this does not satisfy local people who rely on rental income. "There are hidden dangers that need to be rectified without going too far, but we can't treat them all just because of fires." A local resident told reporters privately.

In Nan Xiaojie, it is an open secret that villagers privately built multi-story buildings on the basis of original small bungalows. According to relevant policy statements, legal bungalows can be rented. “One size fits all is obviously not in line with the government’s spirit of cracking down on illegal buildings,” said the above-mentioned villager.

Wu Changhua, a Hubei national who was interviewed by reporters when the "4·25" fire broke out, also confirmed on the phone: "Nan Xiaojie no longer allows housing, and even if it does, there will be no jobs." More than 100 fellow villagers are now They all went to Fengtai to rent houses and find jobs.

In this regard, Mao Shoulong, executive vice president of the Public Policy Research Institute of Renmin University of China, said in an interview with reporters that under the accountability system, the government will inevitably take extreme measures. "The government should actively participate in and guide interested parties in advance, rather than resorting to crude methods to solve problems after the fact."

Debts owed by investment promotion

"Local governments should reflect on The root cause of the chaos in Nanxiaojie, said a local Zhejiang boss engaged in garment processing, "Should the government bear some responsibility?"

This Zhejiang boss's garment factory has all legal licenses. He believes that when reflecting on fires, we should look at them from a historical perspective. Simply banning or suspending operations is not a good way to solve the problem. After all, many investments are attracted by local governments.

The owner of a clothing factory told reporters that before 2001, he was engaged in clothing OEM production in Muxiyuan. Due to industrial upgrading, he was forced to move out. He just happened to come here when the Jiugong Town Government was inviting investment. "At that time, the industrial park here was desolate. It was only because of the arrival of several garment factories here that it gradually changed."

From this, the industrial cluster effect began to ferment. Most of the latecomers are workshop-style processing plants, which can be run by renting a residential house without going through any operating procedures. In fact, the local government has been "happy to accept" unlicensed workshops for many years.

As of the April 25 fire, Nanxiaojie had become the largest garment processing base in Beijing, with as many as 400,000 migrant workers engaged in garment processing.

Compared with the 22,000 locals in Jiugong Town, the 400,000 employees quickly drove the local economic prosperity.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the surge in demand for house rentals, and villagers' private construction has disrupted the construction style.

It is understood that the area of ??houses used for rent by local villagers is generally designed to be 8 to 10 square meters. The price of 200 yuan per month meets the needs of migrant workers and at the same time obtains generous rents. income.

The Jiugong Town Government is also a beneficiary. Local villagers told reporters that the government charges 60 yuan per house every year. After charging a fee, the Jiugong Town Government hung a "Legal Rental House" license plate on the door of the villagers' residence.

Restaurants, supermarkets, schools and other private supporting businesses emerged, and the industrial chain continued to expand. During an interview on April 25, the reporter found that some commercial operations basically did not go through any operating procedures. “I applied, but no one accepted it,” the owner of Sancunyi Restaurant on Nanxiao Street told reporters.

Huang Xingrong, the boss of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, invested in the construction of Nanda Hongmen Building Materials City in 2005 with the help of the local government to attract investment. However, the local government failed to fulfill its original promise to resolve the nature of the land. Huang Xingrong refused to move amid the storm of clearance violations and was arrested by the Daxing District Procuratorate on suspicion of illegal land occupation.

The evidence provided by Huang Xingrong showed that in 2005, he came to Qingyundian Town with the encouragement of the Qingyundian Town Government’s investment promotion policy. With the support of the town government, 270 acres of breeding land in Cao Village was leased for 28 years. According to Huang Xingrong, when he invested in the construction of a wholesale building materials city, the Qingyundian Town Government promised to help him complete the land property change, but it was not fulfilled in the end.

While Huang Xingrong was being arrested, on May 11, his wife Wang Xiangchun was asked to talk to the Qingyundian Town Police Station, but she mysteriously fell from a high building and died at the police station. On the same day, the nearly 20,000 square meters building materials city built by Huang Xingrong with huge investment was razed to the ground.

The reporter tried to contact the Daxing District Government, but the relevant departments did not accept the reporter’s interview.

The Dilemma of Industrial Upgrading

After the city was “cleared”, the local economy was also hit hard. According to a clothing boss from Jiugong, the "Garment Village" loses at least 10 million yuan every day. Not only have the villagers' income been lost, some have borrowed money to build rental houses, and their future is also a problem.

Not only that, labor disputes are also emerging one after another. "No department has come forward to solve the problem." Wu Changhua, a young man from Hubei, said that due to illegal demolition, some bosses have defaulted on wages, refused to refund rent in rental houses, and had an increase in fights and violence.

The fire seems to have become an accelerator for Daxing to speed up demolition and industrial upgrading. On November 5, 2009, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and other departments announced the "Action Plan to Promote the Accelerated Development of the Southern Area of ??the City." In the next three years, Beijing's two-level finance department will invest 50 billion yuan in the Nancheng area, which will drive social investment and other investments. The total investment scale can reach 290 billion yuan. At the "Two Sessions" in Beijing last year, Beijing once again proposed the strategy of relocating low-end industries overseas. As part of the Nancheng plan, Daxing District naturally welcomes development opportunities.

Peking University professor Lu Jiehua believes that clearing small workshops and allowing migrant workers to leave Nanxiaojie will not solve the fundamental problem. We have to admit that the development of Nanxiaojie has brought many benefits to local residents. We cannot overthrow an industrial system that has been established for more than ten years just because there are public safety emergencies due to problems with government supervision.

Lu Jiehua suggested that the future development of Nanxiao Street should be positioned in accordance with the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of Daxing District. If the previous planning positioning is unclear, we should take this opportunity to publicize the incident and conduct a scientific and complete plan again. Moreover, when liquidating an industry, one must also anticipate the gaps in the industry after the liquidation and how to fill them.