In recent years, China has actively held various international competitions to show China's image of "enriching the country and strengthening the people" through these internationally influential activities. However, no matter how grand and grand the opening ceremony is, and how hospitable it is to international friends. When people look down, it is not difficult to find that citizens' travel has to be restricted and local governments have to borrow huge debts to hold sports meetings. For security reasons, "high-risk groups" have to be eliminated, and checkpoints and restrictions are everywhere. ...
I think it is indisputable that the British envy China people to have more money. From the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 National Day Ceremony to the 10 World Expo and the Asian Games; 1 1 year reached its peak. Xi World Expo, Shanghai World Expo, Shenzhen Universiade and red songs spread all over China. In the case that the whole world is short of money, only China is so handsome. Not to mention the Olympic Games, it took four years to prepare for the Shenzhen Universiade alone, and millions of people were invested, directly or indirectly, more than 200 billion. Behind the short 12 day, the Universiade "cost" of Shenzhen people is condensed.
How much did the Guangzhou Asian Games cost? In this regard, Zhong Nanshan, deputy of Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress and academician of China Academy of Engineering, said: "From the data, the direct and indirect investment of Guangzhou Asian Games is very large. The total investment is 257.7 billion yuan, of which Guangzhou invested more than 654.38+09.5 billion yuan, bringing debts of more than 265.438+00 billion yuan. " He is very worried that with such a large debt, Guangzhou's money for people's livelihood does not know where it comes from. Taxpayers in the city have to pay the price for the carnival of sports meetings in these decades. This is not a fabrication, but a reality that has happened in cities such as Montreal.
"Welfare" Brought to Taxpayers by the First Universiade
What do you get for spending so much money? In the words of a Shenzhen resident, it is "the sports meeting with taxpayers' money is not qualified to watch". Because tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Universiade are not for sale. No wonder some citizens said, "There is no taxpayer worse than spending money without consent. "In addition, Shenzhen has launched a large-scale urban transformation project. In order to make the city more beautiful, the project of" dressing and wearing a hat "for buildings has been launched. Some citizens complained: "The' Dressing and Wearing a Hat' project has made tens of millions of Shenzhen people live in a world full of dust, noise and paint pollution in a few months. "
Moreover, for the sake of safety, the Shenzhen police conducted a carpet investigation on the permanent or temporary residents, and as a result, as many as 80,000 China citizens were classified as "high-risk personnel for public security" and left here "automatically". During the Shenzhen Universiade, helicopters regularly patrol; Armed police guarded the perimeter of the stadium; Real-name purchase of kitchen knives, accommodation registration, subway "every package must be inspected, every liquid must be inspected", and so on. Due to the Universiade, Shenzhen has set up 28 Universiade lanes in the city, plus bus lanes, and many roads have only two or one social vehicle lane, so there are often serious traffic jams during the Universiade.
What is most unacceptable to some residents in the neighborhood of Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium is that when the opening ceremony was held, it was because there were many heavyweight VIPs present on the night of the opening ceremony, "for security needs". I was forced to leave my home. Some citizens said, "Not only did I have no chance to watch the Universiade, but I was even deprived of the qualification to sit at home and watch TV." For those residents who really don't want to leave home, security guards will be sent to their homes to spend this time together. Many Shenzhen citizens can only choose to avoid: leave Shenzhen during the Universiade and return after the Universiade. These are probably the "welfare" of Shenzhen Universiade citizens!
When the World Expo was completed, it was suggested that Shanghai immediately bid for the Olympic Games. Sina Weibo made a survey on this. However, in the poll of more than 40,000 people on Sina Weibo, 83% netizens said that they should not bid for the time being and should give Shanghai a rest. Some netizens said frankly: I don't dislike Shanghai's bid for the Olympic Games, but I hope to improve the lives of ordinary people first. Because China is a developing country after all, and its funds are limited, it is certainly a good thing to successfully hold one or two international large-scale events, but holding too many events may actually be counterproductive.
In fact, whether to bid for the Olympic Games reflects the maturity of the country and the people. With the Olympic Games, the World Expo, the Asian Games and even the recent Universiade held one after another, China citizens' enthusiasm for world-wide events has gradually faded. They are more concerned about people's livelihood issues around them, such as traffic congestion, soaring property prices, and inability to afford pork. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on the construction of stadiums. After all, a few days after the Olympic Games, such a big asset (athletes' village, high-end venues, etc. ) has little practical value, but continues to invest in maintenance costs and becomes a burden. After all, China is still not rich, and there are many more important places that need money: Project Hope, national defense construction, popular science education and high-tech development.