On the afternoon of November 14, multiple insiders broke the news that at the construction site of the China Railway No. 7 Bureau of the Hexin High-speed Railway in Anhui, Xinhua News Agency's "Economic Information Daily" investigative reporters Wang Wenzhi and Cheng Zilong were attacked. The reporters' mobile phones were robbed, and Wang Wenzhi himself was injured in his right hand.
Wang Wenzhi’s right hand was injured with obvious blood stains. Picture provided by the interviewee
In the afternoon of the same day, The Paper learned from the office staff of the Economic Information Daily that the two are currently safe and the unit is learning more about the situation. Cheng Zilong also posted on WeChat: "It's safe for the time being. Thank you for everyone's concern!"
On November 12, Xinhua News Agency's "Economic Information Daily" published an investigative report "Elastic Cushion" written by reporters Wang Wenzhi and Cheng Zilong. "Cut it open", the article "Shocking substandard railway construction materials as good ones" poses safety hazards. The article disclosed that reporters at the Hexin Railway (Hefei to Xinyi) construction site found that in order to save costs, many construction units passed off inferior products as good ones and illegally replaced the "EPDM rubber elastic cushion" with ones that were not in compliance with the railway industry. Standard "reclaimed rubber imitations", the performance of these counterfeit products is far lower than the design requirements, and there are safety risks.
Beijing Jiaotong University Experts engaged in railway engineering research said in an interview that in the railway track structure, the elastic cushion is one of the key materials for the limit groove device, and its quality is directly related to the stability of the train's high-speed operation. If it is used The performance of the elastic cushion is far below the design requirements, which will inevitably lead to safety hazards.
On the day the report was published, the Anhui-Jiangxi Railway Anhui Co., Ltd. involved in the incident announced that the company, as a construction agency, reported to the media that "the elastic cushion "opened as soon as it was cut" and that the Hexin Railway construction materials "were substandard. "Good" safety hazards" attaches great importance to it, and an investigation team was immediately set up to go to the site to conduct a comprehensive verification of the use of "elastic cushions" by the construction unit.
After preliminary verification, the material "elastic cushion" used in the construction of the Hexin Railway was purchased by the construction unit China Railway Co., Ltd.'s bid-winning enterprise. Before use, all products have completed the bidding procedures, issued product factory certificates and third-party Test report. The investigation team has entrusted an authoritative testing agency to conduct sampling testing of the materials, and detailed verification is in progress.
The company stated that once material quality problems are discovered during verification, relevant units and personnel will be held seriously accountable in accordance with laws and regulations.
People familiar with the matter said that Wang Wenzhi and Cheng Zilong went to the local area again on November 14 for follow-up investigation. However, during the interview process, he was besieged by many people, the reporter's mobile phone was robbed, and Wang Wenzhi was injured.
The on-site video provided by it showed that when questioned, a man said that he had already told the workers at the construction site that there were strange vehicles or strangers who did not report them. "Just catch me on the spot and detain them immediately." ". He admitted that the cell phone was withheld from him and that the person who hit him “may have been my worker.”
A person in charge of the scene admitted that he snatched the mobile phone and prevented the reporter from leaving. Picture provided by the interviewee
Public information shows that the Hexin High-speed Railway is the Hexin Section of the Heqing-Qingdao High-speed Railway, referred to as the Hexin High-speed Railway, also known as the Hexin Passenger Line. It is a high-speed railway connecting Hefei City, Anhui Province and Xinyi City, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. The total length of railway and high-speed railway is 323.775km.
Wang Wenzhi is the director of the Investigative Reporting Office of Xinhua News Agency's "Economic Information Daily". He has won the China Journalism Award many times over more than 20 years and is one of the winners of the Yangtze River Series of the 17th Yangtze River Taofen Award.
