In 2005, in the charming town selection activities held by CCTV, Tengchong City and Shungu Town in Yunnan Province stood out from more than 180 participating towns across the country and won the first place of "Top Ten Charming Towns in China". Since then, Heshun Ancient Town has been awarded the national AAAA level scenic spot, the national township with beautiful environment, the national historical and cultural town, the national cultural industry demonstration base, and the characteristic town of Yunnan Province.
The brand new Heshun Scenic area, the brand new management model, so that responsible for Heshun tourism and culture management of Bailian company employees are facing unprecedented challenges. Retired soldier Duan Hongbo in the face of challenges, facing the difficulties, tackling the difficulties, showing the style of the soldiers who fight bravely, highlighting the responsibility of the retired soldiers, and becoming an excellent security guardian of the charming town.
Heshun Ancient town entrance

To be the most common paving stone in charming town

Young people should have a great ambition, when riding a horse on the plains.
Influenced by his father, Duan Hongbo has had a dream of joining the military since he was a child. In December 1998, he entered the Zunyi branch of Guizhou Armed Police Corps to serve. Three years of military training, Duan Hongbo accepted the baptism of the three views, which created his fine quality of strict discipline, can bear hardships, and take care of the overall situation.
In December 2000, Duan Hongbo retired and returned to his hometown, and was relocated to Tengchong County and shun overseas Chinese Township Tourism Company. At that time, Tengchong tourism industry had just started, and the company had only seven formal employees after being established for half a year, and each person needed to work in multiple positions at the same time. Duan Hongbo secretly determined that he must achieve the transition from a soldier to an ordinary employee as soon as possible, although the military uniform is discharged, but the mission is still in, to use the strict discipline of the army to require themselves, always keep the mission of the military to build the country in mind, engraved in action, where to go, where is the "battlefield". He started from the most grass-roots work of the company, managing reservoirs, cruise ships, receptions, driving sightseeing vehicles, etc., and he studied carefully, took notes and wrote experiences for each job.
Duan Hongbo tells a safety work story to visitors. Photo by Wan Jufen

"In fact, our purpose is to serve tourists, to serve local people, to be a common paving stone in a charming town," he said. It is because he is willing to do the spirit of paving stones, every work, he has done very well, praised by the masses.
In order to better promote the development of tourism in Tengchong, the government invited the introduction of Bailian Group to develop Heshun Ancient Town, and Duan Hongbo became an employee of the company. Through continuous learning, he gradually became a supervisor, department manager, director, and assistant general manager from an ordinary employee, focusing on production safety.
Duan Hongbo waits for tourists by the sightseeing bus

Be the most dedicated security guard in charming town

The ancient name of Heshun Ancient town is "Yang Wendun", located 4 kilometers southwest of Tengchong, because the river passes around the village, it was renamed "He Shun", and then took the meaning of "Shi and people shun", and became the present name. Heshun Ancient Town is a famous trading town on the ancient Silk Road in the south, with a history of more than 600 years, profound cultural deposits, beautiful natural scenery, and ancient buildings scattered all over the world.
In charge of safety production work in charming town, Duan Hongbo feels the heavy burden and great responsibility. Most of the Heshun scenic area is a hundred years old wooden houses, houses row upon row, narrow laneways, fire safety work is very unfavorable, Duan Hongbo did not have any complaints, starting from scratch.
Set up a volunteer fire brigade, ask the local fire brigade to train relevant knowledge and skills, Duan Hongbo as the leader. He studied hard and bought computers and books for self-study at home, trained during the day, studied at night, took computer training classes on weekends, and did not miss any opportunity to improve himself.
Then hard exercise, actual combat operation, the courage to innovate; Unify the thought, establish and improve the safety production system; Equipped with fire safety uniforms and fire equipment; Lead everyone to make road signs, danger warning signs, no swimming warning signs, etc. Regularly check the weak and strong electricity, check the power lines, regularly replace the scenic power lines, periodically and irregularly check the safety hazards in the scenic spot, and so on. He doesn't miss a beat in every detail.
Duan Hongbo led the staff to inspect the fire fighting facilities

He planned the work to be done in advance and summarized the areas that needed to be improved and perfected afterwards, which he wrote in his notebook, and put in place in time. Finally, he washed out the important pictures of activities, marked with time, place, events and other descriptions, and saved them in paper form. Several years, he saved a dozen safety production pictures, all neatly placed in the file cabinet. Open the data book, the first thing that catches the eye is the elegant and handsome pen character, which makes the reader very trance, such a beautiful pen character actually comes from the hand of a seven-foot bloody man.
Yin Xiaogang, head of the villagers' village in Heshun Town, said: "He is a very ordinary person, and he is very responsible when coordinating with our village. When checking for safety hazards, his heart is finer than the hair of his head."
In the past few years, the company has given Duan Hongbo a good working platform, Duan Hongbo has also won honor for the company, the company has been rated as "advanced unit of safety production" for many years, Duan Hongbo personal has been rated as "advanced individual of safety production" by departments at all levels for five times, and has been rated as "excellent Communist Party members" for many times, he has become the industry's model, scenic spot management model. Duan Hongbo has been in charge of safety production for 15 years, and the scenic spot has maintained a good result of "zero accidents".
Duan Hongbo's partial certificate of honor

Be the bravest "Flame Blue" in charming town

Once an "olive green" guarding the people, today it is a "flame blue" charging into battle. Although the uniform is removed, the soul of the army remains. When the party and the people were most in need, Duan Hongbo took his team and appeared where needed.
Find a lost old man for a villager, find a lost car key for a tourist, find his parents for a lost child. Participated in various major reception work for more than 60 times, cooperated with and organized large-scale performances and large-scale shooting activities in Heshun Ancient Town scenic spot for more than 20 times.
In the face of the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Heshun King District has become a "battlefield" with great pressure in the fight against the epidemic. Duan Hongbo volunteered to set up the "anti-epidemic volunteer service team", sticking to the forefront of the ancient town scenic spot, not crying tired, not complaining, not complaining, demonstrating the mission and responsibility of retired soldiers.
Duan Hongbo wheeled tourists who had sprained their feet to the office to wait for the bus

When the fire broke out in the surrounding area of Heshun Ancient Town, Duan Hongbo responded quickly and led his team to rush out bravely at the first time, protecting the lives and property of the masses at the critical moment.
In 2004, a wood factory in Shitoushan Industrial Park, not far from the scenic spot, caught fire. With the keen observation of the soldiers, Duan Hongbo led the volunteer fire brigade to put out the fire for the first time, and won valuable time for the arrival of the fire fighters.
In 2010, a residential house in Dazhuang, Heshun Town caught fire, Duan Hongbo immediately took people to the house, regardless of safety, and sprayed water into the burning house, effectively blocking the spread of the fire and avoiding the property losses of neighbors. The fire was well under control when the fire brigade arrived from the city. As a result, the volunteer fire team led by Duan Hongbo was called "a rescue team faster than the fire brigade" by the villagers.
"He has been working in Heshun Town for 23 years, and Heshun is his other hometown. He loves harmony and loves his work, so he puts all his mind on safety work, he is called the most dedicated security guard in charm town, but also the bravest flame blue in Charm town." Pang Mengfei, deputy mayor of Heshun Town, said of him.
Duan Hongbo directs the scene of the fire at Shitoushan Industrial Park

Chances are always for those who are prepared.

On the eve of the Spring Festival on January 19, 2020, the central leadership came to Heshun Ancient Town, and Duan Hongbo voluntarily signed up for the reception preparation work, organized through layers of selection and strict review, and finally determined that he drove the tour bus that the central leadership took. With his good political quality, skilled business skills and rich reception experience, he successfully completed the glorious and sacred reception task.
This service experience, for Duan Hongbo, is a review, but also a glory, is a precious and happy memory of his life, for him to help the future development of Heshun tourism injected a strong impetus.
Although the stage is different, the nature will never change. Duan Hongbo has always retained the true character of a soldier and continued to write an extraordinary chapter in an ordinary post, and has been awarded the "anti-epidemic pioneer" in Heshun Town, the "most beautiful Volunteer" in Tengchong City, and the "most beautiful retired soldier" in Baoshan City in 2023.

Source: Learn the power