Beijing, Center of Comprehensive Treatment and Maintaining Stability

 

 

While walking in Jianwai SOHO, part of Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD), we come across a sign for the “Center of Comprehensive Treatment and Maintaining Stability” of the Jianwai SubDistrict of Chaoyang District. We are curious about the work of this center and end up talking with Mr. Liu Zhenping, the section chief of Beijing’s Jianwai Sub District PR Department. We talk with him about the work of the center, which turns out to be a Security Management Office.

 

During our talk with Mr. Liu we were not allowed to take photos of him, but he kindly allowed me to take photos of the goldfish in the reception lounge of his office and of the view towards the window.

 

The Security Management Office is in charge of community security, including the assistance of people who call for help, settling disputes among neighbors and maintaining and executing emergency plan (e.g. in case of fire or release of toxic gasses). The area has many office buildings and Mr. Liu’s department is arranging fire drills twice or three times a year.

 

Mr. Liu’s PR department is in charge of dealing with the press and to communicate policies of the government. For example, during the Chinese New Year (the Spring Festival) the department would distribute posters and brochures with safety tips and regulations on how to use fireworks; they would designate areas for using the fireworks and have a shift planning in place for a team that can respond to emergencies.

 

The responsibility of the department reaches from Dawang Road to the east and Guanghua Road to the north. The resident population in the area is only 40,000, while the number of daily commuters can reach 500,000 as there are many office buildings in the area; among them offices of many of the world’s top 500 enterprises. According to Mr. Liu, the area is a political sensitive area with lots of embassies around and frequent visits from foreign guests such as presidents of states. They are always very busy. With so many people working here, traffic jams are very common. These are not the responsibility of his department. If there are problems, they ask traffic police and volunteers to handle it.

 

Liu Zhenping’s major is Chinese. He used to work in the army for six years and holds the certificate that proves he passed the scrutiny by the government to allow him to work in sensitive areas of the government. After the army he joined the Civil Service and since then he has served at several PR departments in the city.

 

 

 

 

Beijing, Community Security

 

The police and the residents work hand in hand to create a safe community

The Community Security will serve you

 

 

Xinyuanli Police Station, Chaoyang Sub-Bureau of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

 

 

Name: Gao Ruilin

Mobile Phone number of the community security:  13801028350

Call the police: 010-64674086   010-64674294

 

 

 

Tips from the police

(in Chinese all sentences do rhyme at the end; it sometimes looks a bit odd when translated )


Close the door and the windows, double check before leaving your house;

 

Ask for information of whoever knocks at the door, be cautious when suspicious;

 

Register when rent out a room, the background of visitors will be clear;

 

Be careful about water, electricity and gas, never be careless regarding leakages.

 

Bear in mind how to guard against fraud; the tricksters practice fraud with four tricks:

Hi-tech, money, false “prestigious doctors” and exchanging dollars;

 

Artful talks, intoxication, fortune-making and calamity prevention are outdated tricks.

 

 

 

Beijing, Mrs. Zhao XiaoLi and Mr. Ren Qing

 

Mrs. Zhao XiaoLi and Mr. Ren Qing both live in a community in Beijing’s Fatou area. Mr. Ren Qing is retired and is, together with around 100 colleagues, doing cleaning work in the community. Before his retirement he had many different jobs, most of the time as a driver. He belongs to the Mongolian minority and his hometown is Jilingele in Inner Mongolia. Twenty years ago he moved to Beijing, because his wife is from Beijing. Now his whole family is living in Beijing. He misses his hometown every day. He misses his relatives and, well actually everything. Because of his age he does not visit his hometown as regular as before; only when he has to go for something very important.

Mrs. Zhao XiaoLi is also retired from a job in accounting. She moved to the community a couple of years ago. The price is not too high and she likes the colorful architecture and the many green trees and plants. In her spare time she often goes to the library in Chaoyang district to learn English. Her English name is Iris. She is not a grandmother yet. Her daughter is currently too busy with work to have a kid.

 

 

 

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