Beijing Daxing "Clean Up" 400 Thousand Garment Workers

On April 25, 2011, a fire broke out in a residential building on South Xiao street, Daxing District, Beijing, killing 18 people and injuring 24 people. Then, a three month security check was launched in the old palace town.

"There are few foreign workers!" a month later, in May 25th, "China business newspaper" reporter went to the scene of the fire. In the past, it was the best time for a supermarket to do business at noon. However, like the deserted streets, supermarkets are already crowded.

Just 5 days ago, the old town of Gong had completed the task of rectification of illegal construction in accordance with the requirements. In accordance with the spirit of joint enforcement of the 6 sector, all factories without a license should be banned and the factory closed for 2 months.

The "legitimate rental housing", which was once listed by the government, is now prohibited from hiring and is found to be fined 10000 yuan. Under the storm of "illegal structures", factories must find new sites and workers can only find another way out.

According to the development plan of Beijing and Nancheng, low-end industries should make room for the development of high-end industries. It is still necessary to observe whether Daqing's "Qingcheng" action can pave the way for the subsequent development of Daxing by borrowing 400 thousand cleaning workers.

"One size fits all" has been questioned.

After the "4 / 25" fire, the government of Daxing District thought that illegal construction and illegal operation of illegal buildings were the underlying causes of the disaster. In May 3rd, Daxing District housing construction commission, industrial and commercial sub Bureau, Health Bureau, public security sub Bureau, Safety Supervision Bureau and Jiu Gong town government 6 departments formed a joint law enforcement team to carry out a safe investigation of Daxing District's old town street.

According to the deployment, all the unlicensed factories in the old town streets of the old town were banned. At the same time, the law enforcement team classified the rental housing as a special management content, focusing on illegal construction and illegal rental. As of May, on the 20 working day, 400 thousand garment industry workers in Nan Xiao Street must move away. All residential houses must be labeled with the "stop rent qualifying" sign granted by the government.

In May 25th, the South Street in front of reporters was quiet and orderly. There were few pedestrians walking on the streets. The facade houses were basically locked, and the slogans of "discount sale" were everywhere.

One Garment factory The boss told reporters on the phone: "no move, we have already found a new factory in Langfang." "It's just that there are too many bosses to find factories in Langfang, and the rent has doubled before." The boss's factory building is located in Daxing South Xiao street, which is owned by local villagers.

By contrast, there are only about 10 factories in the South Street, where the documents are fully equipped. Even though they have not moved away, they have received 2 months' notice of suspension. "Moving is sooner or later." A clothing factory Hao surname official told reporters.

Local villagers revealed that the government explained that all houses could not be rented to foreigners and found a fine of 10000 yuan. As compensation, the government subsidized rental housing is 500 yuan per person per month.

Obviously, this can not satisfy the locals who rely on rent to earn income. "There are hidden dangers to be overruled, but not by fire." A local resident told reporters privately.

In the South Street, it is an open secret for villagers to build multi-storey buildings on the basis of the original small cottage. According to relevant policies, legitimate cottages can be rented. "One size fits all is obviously not in line with the spirit of the government in regulating illegal buildings." The villagers said.

Wu Changhua, a Hubei native who had been interviewed by reporters during the "4. 25" fire, also confirmed on the telephone: "the South Street is not allowed to live, even if it does not live." More than 100 villagers now go to Fengtai to rent jobs.

In response, Mao Shoulong, executive vice president of the Public Policy Research Institute of Renmin University of China, told reporters that under the accountability system, the government must take extreme measures. "The government should take an active part in and guide the interests of the parties ahead of time, instead of taking the rough way to solve the problem afterwards."

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"The local government should reflect on the root cause of chaos in South Street." A local owner of clothing processing in Zhejiang said, "should the government bear some responsibilities?"

The Zhejiang boss. Garment factory Have all legal licences. He believes that the fire should be viewed from a historical point of view. A simple ban or shutdown is not a good way to solve the problem. After all, many investments come from the local government.

A clothing factory owner told reporters that before 2001, he was engaged in garment OEM production in Muxiyuan, because the industrial upgrading was forced to move out, just hit the old palace town government investment attraction came. "The industrial park at that time was desolate, just because several of our garment factories were stationed here before they slowly changed."

As a result, the industrial cluster effect began to ferment. Later, most of them belong to the workshop processing factory. Renting a residential house can run without any business procedures. In fact, the local government has been "willing to accept" for years.

Before the "4. 25" fire, Nan Xiao street has become the largest garment processing base in Beijing, and there are as many as 400 thousand migrant workers engaged in garment processing.

Compared with 22000 local residents in the old town, 400 thousand employees quickly promoted the local economic prosperity. The first thing to bear is that the demand for rental housing is blowout.

It is understood that the area of the housing used by the local villagers for rent is generally designed to be 8 square meters ~10 square meters, which satisfies the needs of the migrant workers at the price of 200 yuan per month, and at the same time, they get a large rental income.

The old palace town government is also a benefit winner. Local villagers told reporters that the government charges 60 yuan per house per year. After the fees were collected, the old town government set up a "legitimate rental housing" licence for villagers' residential doors.

Restaurants, supermarkets, schools and other supporting businesses have emerged, and the industrial chain has been expanding. Reporters interviewed in April 25th found that some business operations basically did not carry out any operation procedures. "No one has accepted the application." South Village three village, a restaurant owner told reporters.

The dilemma of industrial upgrading

After being "Qingcheng", the local economy was also hit hard. According to a clothing boss of the old palace, the "clothing village" loses at least 10 million yuan a day. The villagers have not only got their income, but others have borrowed money to build rental housing. Their way out is also a problem.

Not only that, labor disputes also emerge one after another. "No department came to solve it." Wu Changhua, a young boy from Hubei, said that some of the bosses were in arrears of wages because of the illegal activities.

The fire seems to be an accelerator for speeding up the demolition and upgrading of industries. In November 5, 2009, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and other departments announced the plan of action to promote the accelerated development of the southern part of the city. In the next 3 years, the two level of Finance in Beijing will invest 50 billion yuan for Nancheng area, which will lead to social investment and so on. The total investment can reach 290 billion yuan. Last year, "two sessions" in Beijing, Beijing once again put forward the strategy of low-end industry relocation. As part of Nancheng planning, Daxing District naturally welcomed development opportunities.

Lu Jiehua, a professor at Peking University, thinks that it will not solve the fundamental problem if the small workshops are to be retreated and the foreign workers are allowed to leave the South Street. I have to admit that the development of Nan Xiao street has brought many benefits to the local residents. We can not overthrow the industrial system that has been formed for more than 10 years because of a public emergency caused by government regulation.

Lu Jiehua suggested that Daxing District's "12th Five-Year plan" should be positioned in the future development of Nan Xiao street. If the previous planning orientation is not clear, we should take this public event to carry out a scientific and complete plan. Moreover, the industry should be expected to vacate the industry after reclaiming an industry and how to fill it.