Chapter 3495
Chapter 3495
Chapter 3495
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the forum, Shi Diwen left Hangzhou and rushed to Zhoushan before several other members of the executive committee to personally supervise all preparations before the meeting.
Zhoushan is undoubtedly one of Shi Diwen's proudest achievements in his administration. After the Hai Han Army took over the Zhoushan Islands more than 20 years ago, Shi Diwen took charge of this place and personally built Dinghai Port, the largest port in the East China Sea, and used it as the foundation to develop the future East China Sea region.
When the executive committee was discussing the venue for the forum, Shi Diwen strongly advocated that Zhoushan host the event and successfully convinced everyone in the executive committee.
Shi Diwen gave very good reasons. First, Zhoushan has long been the capital of the East China Sea region, with complete infrastructure. In the early years, a guest house was built to receive foreign guests, so reception capacity is not a problem. In addition, there are already resident agencies of many countries on the island, which makes it very convenient to coordinate foreign affairs reception work.
Secondly, Zhoushan Dinghai Port is the home port and main base of the East China Sea Fleet. There are also army training bases, comprehensive weapons test sites, naval academies, Zhoushan Shipyard and other institutions on the island, which fits the theme of military exchanges of this forum and is also very convenient for holding related visits and inspection activities.
Third, Hai Han plans to organize a group of foreign dignitaries to visit Japan after the forum. The shortest route is from Zhoushan to Kyushu, Japan, which can save a lot of time for the round trip.
Taking all factors into consideration, there was indeed no other candidate location that could compete with Zhoushan, and the relevant preparatory work was also taken care of by Shi Diwen, the host.
However, with the precedent of an assassination attempt during the National Day celebrations held in Hangzhou last year as a lesson, Shi Diwen did not dare to be careless about security issues and personally deployed a number of security measures.
Fortunately, the environment of Zhoushan Island is relatively closed, and you need to take a boat to enter and exit the island. Controlling the entry and exit of people and security checks are much easier than in Hangzhou.
As the most important garrison point in the East China Sea region, Zhoushan Island built a large number of watchtowers and blockhouses for sea surveillance many years ago, which can be transformed into the first line of defense to prevent enemy landing in wartime.
Although as Hai Han strengthened its control over the East China Sea, there is no enemy force capable of attacking Zhoushan today and these facilities have gradually lost their practical use, the security work associated with this international forum has made these defensive surveillance facilities useful again.
The locations of these facilities have been carefully calculated, and any ship sailing in the waters around Zhoushan Island will basically be under the surveillance of these facilities. During the event period, if anyone attempts to dock a ship at a non-designated location, it will be regarded as a dangerous act and will be dealt with by the garrison troops on the island.
All foreign personnel who land on the island via designated ports are required to register their identities. Foreign missions are no exception, and those who land on the island must match the list they have reported in advance.
The security measures on the island are even more stringent. In addition to the patrol team that rotates around the clock, there are also a large number of plainclothes security personnel deployed throughout the island. Except for the fact that there is no curfew, the level of supervision is comparable to that of wartime.
After Shi Diwen arrived in Zhoushan, he immediately summoned several of his generals and listened to their reports.
Shi Diwen's second son Shi Chengxin was sent to Zhoushan early in the morning to preside over the preparations for the meeting. In addition to him, there were Ji Yuanqing, the head of the East China Sea Military Intelligence Bureau, Jiang Zi'an, the Zhoushan administrative officer, Duan Tiancheng, the commander of the Dinghai Naval Base, Chen Xiaoyu, the deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and others, almost all the high-ranking officials in Zhoushan who held military and political power. For this preparatory team, it was not the first time to hold an international event in Zhoushan, but the theme of previous events was mostly trade, and the guests were mainly foreign businessmen, while this time the guests were almost all military and political dignitaries from various countries, and the level was much higher than previous events, so the preparations in all aspects had to rise accordingly.
The venue, accommodation, travel, and schedule all need to meet higher standards, which means that the organizers need to invest more manpower and funds. A considerable part of this is borne by the Donghai Region, which took the initiative to undertake the task.
Even though the East China Sea region is known for its wealth and its financial situation has always been good, the huge expenses of hosting large-scale events for two consecutive years still made Shi Diwen feel a little painful.
Although there will be a section in the forum activities to sell arms to various countries, no matter how high the sales volume is, most of the revenue from such arms sales will go directly into the pockets of military factories and shipyards, and the profits for the organizers will be extremely limited.
If the focus is only on economic benefits, then holding such a large-scale event is a complete loss-making business for the organizer. Of course, Shi Diwen, who already has a seat on the Executive Committee, will definitely not be so short-sighted.
What he values more is the political achievements and international influence that this will bring to him.
After listening to everyone's reports, Shi Diwen once again reminded them to treat this activity with caution.
"Although I have said this many times before, I still want to emphasize to you again that the Zhoushan Forum is a platform for showing my country's national strength to other countries. We must make the participating countries realize that they can only have such exchange opportunities under the international system built by my country."
“You should all be aware of how much importance the Executive Committee attaches to this event. If it is successful and achieves the desired results, then the Zhoushan Forum may be held as a periodic event in the future. This will bring long-term benefits to our East China Sea region and to everyone present here.”
"In addition to many foreign dignitaries coming to Zhoushan this time, there are also some special guests who hold special invitations from the Executive Committee. The services provided to these guests must not be sloppy at all, and we must do our best to meet all their needs."
"During the forum, I hope that there won't be any uncontrolled incidents on the island, especially in terms of security! If someone's work goes wrong, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The "special guests" mentioned by Shi Diwen are actually time travelers who no longer hold official positions due to retirement and other reasons.
Although they had left the officialdom, they enjoyed the special treatment of being time travelers for life, and had the right to participate in any public events held by Hai Han, as well as the election of the Executive Committee. Their votes were also of great significance to Shi Diwen.
These people came to Zhoushan specifically, not because they were very interested in the forum activities, but because they received an invitation from Shi Diwen to go to Japan for an inspection together afterwards.
Even though they have already withdrawn from the ruling group, these time travelers cannot hide their "interest" in Japan. Of course, their purpose is not to travel around, but to witness with their own eyes the beginning of this island nation's path to destruction.