The power is untrustworthy and the PX low-key reproduction resumes

Recently, the media got the news that the PX project that caused the walk of Dalian citizens last year had been resumed a year ago and employees were strictly forbidden to disclose the news of the resumption of production. Subsequently, an executive at the company involved confirmed the news. According to him, the company has never stopped production, and the municipal government has never arranged for relocation. For the completion of the EIA report and the resumption of production approval procedures, the Dalian Municipal Government Information Office refused to respond. (December 24th "***")

The low-key production of the PX project is terribly frightening because it is related to the safety of the city's ecological environment and the well-being of the people. It is unclear whether various information such as the EIA report and the resumption of approval procedures are still unclear. Under the circumstances, the people have to worry about the safety of their own environment. But even more terrible than this, it is clear that public power has no credibility, and this is even more traumatic to the lives of the people and to a city.

There is no faith in people, and the government is unbelieving. Public credibility is the foundation of public power and is also the foundation for the party and government to be supported by the people. The presence and level of credibility will not only affect the execution of the government, but also affect people’s trust in public decision-making. In reviewing the controversy over the Dalian PX project, Dalian City has been silent on the public’s concerns about the EIA report and other information. Even the public is ignorant about when the PX project factory passed the environmental assessment and the PX produced.

It is this information that is not open and transparent, the channels for interest appeals are poor, and the serious lack of public participation has led to an ever-increasing wave of buzz. However, in the face of the turbulent tide, the Dalian municipal government does not consider how to satisfy the public’s right to know, The right to supervise and participate is only a promise to “discontinue the production and relocation of Fujia Dahua PX Project”. However, the fact is that the so-called stop-move and relocation is only a strategy to deal with “scarring” and secretly the PX project remains the same. Low-key reproduction.

Public power is so indifferent, teasing public opinion, and even hesitating to lose faith in the people. Behind this is clearly the consideration of political achievements. According to Fujia Dahua executives, the Group's total output value last year was 26 billion yuan, of which the PX output value was 200 billion yuan, and the individual tax on Dalian City reached more than 3 billion yuan. Obviously, when public power is faced with the choice between political interests and the interests of the people, it chooses the former to abandon the latter. In order to achieve the goal, even at the expense of losing trust to the people, the destructive power of public power to urban development and people's well-being is evident.

In fact, the PX project is not as scary as legend. In the face of rising public rumors, what the government needs to do is to do its utmost to meet the public’s information needs, such as publishing an EIA report to inform people of the possibility and harmfulness of the “greatest credible accident,” not to tease with the stability of the mind. Public opinion, doing things that are untrustworthy for the people, will only aggravate public mistrust. In this regard, the experience of Fujian Zhangpu PX's spontaneous delivery should become a model for local governments to use.