Xu Xiaozhu’s detailed information

Xu Xiaozhu was born in Hunan in 1968

Served in the army in Hainan and Foshan, Guangdong from 1986 to 1991

Staff in the Foshan Municipal Party Committee Office from 1992 to 1995

1995~2001 Secretary of the Propaganda Department of the Foshan Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Office of Foshan University of Science and Technology

March 2001-May 2004 Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Yuanshiwan Town, Foshan City, Chancheng, Foshan City Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Lanshi Street District

Deputy Director of Foshan Economic and Trade Bureau from May 2004 to June 2004

July 2004 to present Linzhi Prefecture of Tibet Deputy Secretary of the Medog County Party Committee and Executive Deputy County Magistrate

Pioneer Quotations

Xu Xiaozhu: July 26, 2004, I will never forget this day. Medog County Party Secretary Li Jiangong and three other Tibet aid cadres and I embarked on the "Medog Road of Life and Death" for the first time.

Xu Xiaozhu: Before leaving, someone told me that there are four fears when going to Medog: fear of avalanches, fear of mudslides, fear of ferocious beasts, and fear of leeches. I had to wear Jiefang shoes two sizes too big because my feet would swell easily if they were constantly soaked in snow and mud. I thought that was an exaggeration at the time.

Xu Xiaozhu: We started from Bomi County in Nyingchi Prefecture by car. When we were 80 kilometers away from Medog County, there was no road. We could not go by car, so we had to walk. There were swarms of leeches along the way, as many as 10 on a piece of grass as long as a chopstick.

Xu Xiaozhu: I thought it was fun at first, but later I found that the road was far more difficult and dangerous than I imagined. Medog was a hundred times more miserable than imagined, and I really couldn’t find a word to describe it. Traveling in a place with no roads is simply an adventure. Not to mention the natural dangers, just walking alone makes you feel so tired that your whole body feels like falling apart. The first time I went in, two of my toenails were worn off and I was in so much pain that I couldn't sleep. When I was halfway there, to be honest, I really wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.

Xu Xiaozhu: 5 days and nights. On July 31, 2004, after five days and nights of trekking, we arrived at Medog County. My legs were swollen, the soles of my feet were worn out, and two toenails were missing.

Xu Xiaozhu: It is indeed very difficult to build a road between Medog and the outside world, but I served as a soldier in Hainan. Hainan was also an isolated island at that time. It was built inside the island first and then outside the island. Connected roads, I think this model can be replicated in Medog. Medog must first build roads in the county to connect various towns and villages. Over the past two years, I have visited 48 villages in the county and specially invited experts to carry out exploration, design and demonstration.

Xu Xiaozhu: Once, when I went to the countryside and climbed the Galongla Snow Mountain, the snow was already more than 1 meter thick. Every step was harder than climbing to the sky. A few hundred meters away from the top of the mountain, altitude sickness occurred. Suddenly, I felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and my brain went blank. I almost walked the rest of the distance unconsciously with the support of correspondent Ou Zhu.

Xu Xiaozhu: Once I went to the countryside for research. Due to heavy wind and snow, the satellite phones were out of order. I couldn't get in touch with the county for 8 days. When my wife got on the phone with me later, she only said one sentence: "So you're not dead yet." There was suppressed crying on the phone. I have experienced so many things that are at the limit of death in Medog, and I have become numb. Earthquakes occur frequently in Medog. At first I would run out of the room when I heard the earthquake siren. Later, when I heard the siren, I didn’t want to run out anymore.

Xu Xiaozhu: Just kidding, how can you entertain me in such a difficult place? When I go to the countryside, I bring my own compressed biscuits. I can't even bring mineral water. It's too expensive, more than 10 yuan a bottle. Anyway, there is snow water everywhere. Set up a tent on the rocks to sleep at night.