The next morning, Bao Feiyang drove to Changyuan County with Wang Shengtao, Hu Yun, and Liu Guiying, the only female member of the supervision team.

Changyuan County is located in the northwest and southeast of Xijing City, bordering Xihe District, Beishan County, and Tianyuan City to the northwest. There is a provincial highway 127 connected to Xijing City. However, this provincial highway was built in a long time. Not only is the road surface narrow, but most sections have only two lanes, and the road surface is bumpy, which is very difficult to walk.

After leaving Xijing city, walking along Provincial Highway 127, and entering Changyuan County, the gap is very large. It is hard to imagine that Xijing, as the provincial capital, has such a place. Bao Feiyang even had the illusion that they were on the way to Tianbei County.

However, Tianbei County is far away from Xijing and is located in the northwest province. It is located deep in the Loess Plateau. It has a very weak industrial foundation and is very serious soil erosion. Changyuan County is located in the remote suburbs of Xijing, but its geographical location is many times better than Tianbei County.

"I didn't expect there was such a place in Xijing." Liu Guiying only joined the supervision team last year. She had never been to Changyuan County before. When she saw the scene outside the car window, she couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not surprising that the economic strength of Northwest Province cannot be compared with coastal areas. Xijing is like a black hole. While relies on its own advantages to absorb development resources, places like Changyuan will naturally not get light." Bao Feiyang said that the geographical location of Changyuan County can sometimes become an advantage, but sometimes it will also become a disadvantage.

Xijing City can obtain so many economic resources, several districts and counties close to the center. Especially those districts have very obvious advantages. They have taken up most of the resources, so there will naturally be fewer left for Changyuan, and it will definitely be projects with poor conditions.

After returning from dinner last night, Bao Feiyang carefully looked at the materials compiled by Wang Shengtao and knew that Changyuan County had special geographical conditions, poor land and weak industrial foundation, which was incomparable to other areas in Xijing City.

Liu Guiying still felt unacceptable: "But it can't be so much different!"

Bao Feiyang smiled and said, "There is a result, there must be a reason. Sister Ying, you are so curious. Then this time you go to Changyuan, you will be responsible for finding out the reasons."

Liu Guiying blinked: "Hey, Director, aren't we going to inspect the local environment? Economic development is not under the jurisdiction of our Environmental Protection Department."

Bao Feiyang shook his head: "But our environmental protection work cannot be separated from economic development. You can see. This time we go to Changyuan, the biggest obstacle to implementation must be this development issue."

Wang Shengtao echoed: "I agree with the director's opinion. The sentence we have heard the most in the law enforcement process in recent years is: Without development, what is the use of protecting the environment? Some people also say that only places where the economy develops can have the mood and ability to protect the environment."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Liu Guiying said angrily: "Elementary school students' textbooks say that we cannot repeat the old path of pollution first and then governance in the development process of Western countries."

Bao Feiyang sighed: "Maybe we were once so poor!"

The county town of Changyuan County is a small town on both sides of Provincial Highway 127. There are some small factories such as agricultural machinery factories, grain processing factories, and food factories in the city, but they all look very dilapidated. The entire county town is mainly composed of two or three-story buildings. Buildings above five or six floors are rare, and they are covered in gray and lifeless.

Xigang Village is northwest of the county town, and continues along Provincial Highway 127 for about three or four kilometers. After crossing a piece of Gaogang, you will see a small river flowing from the northeast to the southwest. There is a residential house on the west side of the intersection of the river and the provincial highway. A sign is erected at the intersection: Xigang Village.

On the other side of the provincial highway, there is a large factory building, with many chimneys emitting black smoke to the outside. With the northeast wind, it drifts towards the village houses at the downwind.

"This is Atari Company. Why is their factory area so close to the residential area, and it is still on the rise? This is too messy. How did the original plan pass?" Liu Guiying said in surprise.

Bao Feiyang's face was already gloomy. Pollution that may occur in the production of lead-acid batteries includes waste gas pollution and water pollution. Therefore, the environmental protection regulations have strict restrictions on the distance and location of the factory area and residential area, with a distance of at least 500 meters and should be built in the lower air outlet.

The factory area of ​​Atari Company is only a two-lane road away from Xigang Village. The closest place is less than 100 meters apart. The entire Xigang Village is almost within the 500-meter control area.

Bao Feiyang asked Wang Taosheng to park the car on the side of the road: "Let's go to the village first to take a look."

After getting off the car, Bao Feiyang couldn't help but frown again. The air was filled with a pungent smell. The river water next to it was a little black and the water surface was covered with white foam. The land by the river had been reclaimed by villagers to plant crops. The leaves were gray and a layer of black gray fell.

Xigang Village is a typical northwest village. It is on both sides of the river and the road, and the courtyards of the houses are densely connected together. Most of the doors and windows of the houses are tightly closed, and the window glass is also dark. Bao Feiyang specially reached out and touched it, touching the black and gray one by one.

There is also a pungent smell in the village.

At this time, many villagers were working in the ground, and some were wandering around in the village. A few children ran around barefoot. Suddenly, they saw strangers coming from the village. They stopped and stood in the distance and looked around.

Bao Feiyang grabbed a handful of candy from his bag and quickly called the children over. Each of them divided a few pieces of candy, and then asked them where the village chief was.

The leading boy took the candy and pointed happily: "The village chief has just gone there, I'll take you there!"

So, a group of children ran in front and led Bao Feiyang and the others to the outside of the village.

These children are very energetic, but after careful observation, they may still find that their complexion is a little yellow and seems to be malnourished.

The village party secretary and the director of the villagers' committee in Xigang Village are the same person, named Wang Baotian. He is almost sixty years old this year.

Wang Baotian is not tall, and he is also thin and has a hunched back. He seems to be hunched over, holding a tobacco gun in his hand, standing at the field and looking into the distance.

His hair was gray and his face was full of wrinkles as if it were old tree bark. I heard that Bao Feiyang was introduced by Shang Xiaohong. The old tree bark on his face was wrinkled in a ball, and he stretched out his trembling hands with excitement: "Leader, I am looking forward to you coming!"

Bao Feiyang hurriedly held Wang Baotian's hands: "Secretary Wang. It's because our work has not been done well. We should have come a long time ago."

"It's OK, it's OK." Wang Baotian was a little incoherent, and he looked like an ordinary country old man, not like a village party secretary at all.

Bao Feiyang looked at it and felt a little heartbroken: "Secretary Wang, the general situation. Sister Shang has already told me. But I still want to know some specific situations. Don't worry, we will definitely deal with those people and enterprises that pollute the environment and cause harm to the people."

"Thank you, thank you, leader." Wang Baotian wiped his face excitedly: "Leader, you have seen all these children. Half a year ago, our village raised money and took them to the Hexi District Hospital for a checkup. As a result, more than 60 children in the village, each of them had exceeded the standard lead content."

Wang Baotian is not very literate, but for the past six months, he has been running around for the exceeding lead standard. He has already known about blood lead exceeding the standard, lead content, and lead poisoning. When talking about this situation, he no longer speaks incoherently and speaks very clearly.

Wang Baotian took Bao Feiyang and others to the village department and took out a stack of test sheets, including test reports from all the children in the village and more than a dozen villagers whose health conditions had significantly worsened. The results showed that each person's blood lead concentration had exceeded the standard.

"The condition of several adults is very serious, with uremia and liver failure, and they are still supporting them, but the children's health cannot be delayed. More than a dozen children went to the county and went to Xihe District for treatment, but the expenses were too great. They all came back one after another. Only three children were still in the county hospital. The doctor said that the treatment had a certain effect, but he dared not let them come back. Some families could only send their children to relatives in other places..."

Wang Baotian added a tin of tobacco to the cigarette gun, sipped cigarette after sip, and told Bao Feiyang and the others intermittently about the situation in Xigang Village.

"The excess lead is very harmful to children, so you must treat it early!" Liu Guiying said with a flushed face, not knowing whether she was angry or anxious.

Wang Baotian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Big girl, we all understand this principle. If it weren't for the sake of the children, how could we go to the county or the city? But it costs money to see a doctor. Wang Laohu's family has already spent tens of thousands of yuan. Who can get so much money in the village except their family?"

"You ask the factory for the pollution they caused to cause harm to your body. Forget it, it's okay if they don't let them pay for the children's medical treatment." Liu Guiying said angrily.

Wang Baotian sighed: "We have gone, but they won't give it to you."

Liu Guiying opened her mouth: "How can they not give it to me? Did you just recognize it?"

Bao Feiyang also looked at Wang Baotian with some surprise. Although the people in China are honest and have no concept of protecting their rights, the people in the northwest region are tough and have no reaction to this. It is rare.

Wang Baotian smiled bitterly and said, "How could we recognize it? We also blocked the factory gate. Dazhai Village quickly became confused. The villagers and factory workers drove us back. The town and the county also criticized us. We went to the county, city, and even the province to make an argument, but we didn't get any response..."

"Fortunately, several leaders have finally arrived. You must save our Xigang Village and the children in our Xigang Village!" Wang Baotian couldn't help but burst into tears.

When Liu Guiying heard about the experience in Xigang Village, he stood up quickly: "Director, let's go to Atari now and seal their factory off."

Wang Taosheng quickly scolded: "Xiao Liu, what are you talking nonsense? Didn't you hear that the situation here is very complicated? We are just investigating the situation today. Only after we have figured out the situation can we deal with it."

"What else is there to investigate? Hundreds of people in a village have been harmed by them. Do you still have to let them continue to harm this way!" Liu Guiying said angrily.
Chapter completed!