Why are Indian netizens shocked when China has 24/7 power all year round?

Does China have uninterrupted power supply 24 hours a day throughout the year?

In the past few days, an Indian netizen asked such a question on Zhihu. Emmm, how should I answer? At this time, a foreign man shared his experience:

“I have lived in China for 5 years. During the typhoon, the power outage was only 15 minutes. I have traveled extensively in China and have been to In fourth- and fifth-tier cities, I talked to migrant workers in some villages, and no one seemed to remember the last time there was a power outage."

Next, China's "self-defense group" rushed to the scene:

Underlying the confidence of "self-defeating" is a certain kind of self-confidence - "24 hours of uninterrupted power all year round", isn't it a matter of course? actually not.

For example, in India, statistics show that about 400 million people do not have access to electricity. Even in big cities, power outages and load restrictions occur from time to time. In September last year, Indian President Modi also encouraged in a speech that he was working hard to provide electricity to about 3,000 villages without electricity.

No wonder this Indian netizen was so shocked when he heard that China was experiencing power outages.

There are many other versions of "India Shock" like this.

On April 2, the "Times of India" published a report, which revealed a detail: Indian soldiers were walking on the rugged road leading to the Sino-Indian border. Suddenly, there was no signal. The phone displayed the words "Welcome to China" and the time changed to two and a half hours faster than Beijing time. The signal was very stable.

Not to mention the gap between Indian trains and Chinese high-speed trains.

An Indian reporter once compared the two through personal experience and found that China's high-speed rail is not only faster than any Indian train, but also cleaner, safer and more comfortable. An Indian netizen left a message and replied, saying, "I really can't bear to watch it anymore."

Developed high-speed rail network, stable communication signals, safe urban environment, convenient trading system... In recent years, China's rapid development often makes foreigners praise it. There are even reports that a Japanese is unwilling to return to his country because he can eat sweet, crisp, delicious and cheap large watermelons in Beijing every day.

Of course, people’s praises give us a sense of pride. But while we are proud, we should be soberly aware that these "taken for granted" security and convenience are not easy to come by.

In the past few decades, China has achieved world-renowned achievements, but behind the scenes, it has also paid unimaginable sweat and hardship.

In 1945, less than 30% of Beijing residents’ houses had electricity. Even in the early 1990s, there were still frequent power outages across the country. Especially in relatively backward areas, when electricity consumption peaks in summer, the frequency of power outages will increase significantly.

Thanks to the power system's ability to face the difficulties, the "West-to-East Power Transmission" and "Northern Power to the South" projects have been launched. Whether it is an inaccessible mountain village or a dangerous thoroughfare, as long as there is a demand for electricity, the power system will find ways to overcome it. In December 2015, the construction of regional lines with an average length of more than 4,000 meters in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province was successfully completed, marking the last time in mainland China 39,800 people without electricity have received electricity.

Of course, Taiwan, which suffered a large-scale power outage without warning last summer, plunging most of the island into darkness, still needs to work harder.

At the beginning of the founding of New China, China’s railway mileage was only about 50,000 kilometers. In the following decades, the Chinese have also been squeezing the green train.

(▲December 1974, the newly built Gubeikou Railway Station in Miyun County)

No one expected that in the past ten years, high-speed rail has been extending in all directions, and we can travel at 100km/h The 300-kilometer train travels north and south.

Now, China's high-speed rail has covered almost all geological environments - the ice and snow in the Northeast, the heat and humidity in Hainan, the loess-covered northwest, and the soft silt in the east. The engineers studied hard and took the trouble to conduct countless tests, and finally set a world record for the highest operating speed and lowest operating temperature.

Today, a strong design team, excellent technical standards and the most cost-effective high-speed rail products are becoming China’s “new business card” in the world.

(▲In November 2017, the continuous beams of the Zhengzhou-Hefei High-speed Railway across National Highway 311 are under intensive construction.)

It has not been long since Chinese households have generally installed telephones.

In August 1997, the initial installation fee for an ordinary telephone in Beijing was 4,500 yuan, plus 100 yuan for labor and materials and telephone costs, it cost about 4,700 yuan.

In 1999, China Telecom’s advertisement published in Beijing Daily clearly stated: High speed: Internet speed 64Kb/S-128Kb/S.

In recent years, China has invested a lot of manpower and material resources and persisted in building communications infrastructure on a large scale.

Today, the total number of communication base stations in our country exceeds 6 million. According to a previous report by the "Daily Mail", China's 4G network coverage rate is 77% and the speed is 14 Mbps, while the US 4G network speed is only 10 Mbps.

(▲In 2010, a communication base station in a tourist resort in Qingdao.)

There is never happiness that falls from the sky, nor is there success that comes without effort.

"I will never regret entering China in this life," some netizens expressed their love for the motherland.

Today, China’s development prospects are brighter than ever, but there are still too many “imperfections”. Enjoying the fruitful achievements created by our predecessors, we must continue to struggle and move forward to make more happiness "commonplace".

(▲Beijing is brightly lit at night, and the traffic seems to be written in the V sign for victory)

Source: Phoenix News