It's 7-23 todayAccidentsThird anniversary. The massive railway tragedy that killed 40 people and injured more than 200 people, and the resulting disasterPublic opinionYeahHigh ironAnd all that raged was witnessed。
The “7/23” accident, which is a classic major liability for mismanagement, has taught the railway sector a profound lesson and is a powerful negative educational tool for safe production throughout the country. We hope that this case will not be obscured by the passage of time and that it should be alive and deep every day。
It's also worth asking why three years ago public opinion changed from criticism of the accident to almost total rejection of the ironReflectionI don't know. At that time, public opinion was very critical, and there was a serious “extension” phenomenon, and the whole high iron development was met with rhetoric, a remarkable and rare result of technological innovation in china, which became almost a “cross the street rat”。
There is certainly a reason for such an unusual scene. First, liu zhijun and others were found to be severely corrupt early in 2011, destabilizing public confidence in the technical and managerial rigour of the heavy iron project. Corruptness and “tofu scum works” are usually intrinsically linked, and this rough line is summed up as a creed in public opinion。
The year 2011 was marked by the rapid expansion of the influence of social media in china and the emergence of big v, which enabled social media to guide public opinion and show a high level of enthusiasm. The influence of social media-centred opinion had hit the red cross hard earlier that year, and the state-run nature of the railway sector had made it an ideal target for a new display of power on the internet。
In addition, the handling of the “7. 23” accident in the railway sector has been compromised, providing the media with an inexhaustible source of material for pulling high iron onto the public sphere of opinion。
And the other thing is basic, that's chinaSocialLack of self-confidence, particularly with regard to high technology, is particularly low. We have been learning and imitating the west since the beginning of the reform and opening up, and we have rarely been fully ahead of the west in a field of high technology. When the united states does not have a high-speed railway, china’s high-speed iron construction is fully paved, which constitutes a fundamental reason for self-denial。
The events of 7/23 reinforced the role of public opinion in the governance of the country and exposed its own prematureness. Populist voices and emotions, through a platform of public opinion, have mixed advantages and disadvantages. The link between national interests and the long-term interests of the population has been forcibly severed, and bigotry has become a popular thing in public opinion。
There are still some people on the internet who display anti-mainstream values. These strange attitudes are not always on the margins of public opinion. They often gather a certain amount of human energy in a circle。
Chinese society needs to encourage realism, risk-taking, popular philosophy that can support innovative societies, the pressures and selectivity of current innovation, and economic, technological or flag-raising often mean uncertainty. Part of this is normal, but part of it reflects the negative assets of chinese culture, which will continue to emerge at a critical juncture in china’s innovation。
Many of those who had been active in public opinion three years ago refused to admit that they had targeted high iron at the time, but it is undeniable that the objective effect at the time was that high iron projects were under total pressure and that some of the consequences (such as the negative impact on exports of high iron systems) had not been completely eliminated. Of course, at this point in time, public opinion was so wide-sighted three years ago. But the courage to admit that they were childish was a prerequisite for some to mature。
