Topic: Welcome to The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
On March 2nd, waiters in Beijing Jingxi Hotel dressed in red greeted the delegates attending the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People’s Congress. China News Agency issued Mao Jianjun photo
China news agency, Beijing, October 7 th Title: Guanjing West Hotel, the 40-year venue
China News Service reporter tensor
At the west end of Chang ‘an Avenue, opposite the CCTV building, a row of tall poplars stand side by side along the long blue glass fence, as tall as guards at the door. They jointly guard the Jingxi Hotel, which has the reputation of "the crown of the venue" in China. This hotel, which has completed dozens of people’s congresses, party congresses and central plenary sessions with high quality and high standards, was particularly eye-catching before the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Coincidentally, this "old" hotel, which is closely related to China politics, celebrated its 43rd birthday before the 17th National Congress. Can not help but trigger a series of historical nostalgia.
京西宾馆属于军队编制，归属总参谋部管理局。一九六四年建成时，北京市除北京饭店、民族饭店、前门饭店、华侨大厦外，它的建筑设备算是最好的。所以开馆伊始，一九六四年国庆节，京西宾馆就接待了阿尔及利亚、匈牙利、捷克、保加利亚、巴基斯坦、缅甸等六个国家的党政代表团和来自其他三十四个国家的六十一个专业代表团，并接待了当年十月二十日召开的第三届全国人民代表大会东北、中南、解放军三个代表团和大会的二百六十多名工作人员，此后四十几年间，全国人大几乎所有代表团都曾入住此地，包括台湾代表团。
京西宾馆被认为是“最安全的宾馆”。据说,它的管理与保卫工作与中南海、人民大会堂和钓鱼台同等级别。在文革冲击中，由于京西宾馆的特殊身份，保护了一大批中共高级干部。
三层的第一会议室是这座楼里最神秘的所在，因为十一届三中全会就是在这里召开的，改革开放的大政方针就是在这间会议室里确定的。京西宾馆引以为傲，毕竟，这间屋子创造了历史，改变了历史。现在这间特殊的会议室重门深锁，据说这里面翻修后仍“修旧如旧”，从椅子到喝茶的玻璃杯样式等都保持着原样。
Because of this, Jingxi Hotel is also known as the most difficult hotel in Beijing. Identity cards and work permits are useless, and you need to have a notice of the meeting, and you have to be picked up by the conference group to get in. In addition to the uncompromising strictness, the guards on guard will definitely leave a deep impression on people with their handsome appearance and tall and mighty image.
There are many parking spaces in the courtyard of Jingxi Hotel, and the planning is neat. In addition to the hotel building for accommodation, there is also a special conference building. In recent years, a large advertising column has been set up on the inner side of the blue glass fence, which has blown a little commercial atmosphere into this hotel with political bearing. In recent years, Jingxi Hotel has not only received important political meetings, but also started to receive some groups with relaxed content, mainly for sightseeing, although it is still not open to the public.
The conference building of Jingxi Hotel is a Soviet-style building with solemn atmosphere. There are dozens of conference rooms of different sizes on each floor of the conference building. The long aisle is covered with thick red carpets, but most people in the past can keep quiet.
In 2001, Jingxi Hotel underwent a major refit, and the facilities for meetings at all levels were more perfect. In addition to the security inspection device at the entrance of the hall, each meeting room is specially equipped with a series of security facilities. Some high-level secret meetings require participants to store their mobile phones in special lockers, which can shield radio signals and ensure that the contents of the meeting will never be leaked.
At the same time, in order to provide appropriate targeted services for various conferences, Jingxi Hotel has a special team, that is, telephone female soldiers responsible for communication security. They installed additional telephones according to the requirements of different meetings, and the indoor telephone answering and outdoor climbing lines were all completed by female soldiers. It is said that during major meetings, an operator has to answer tens of thousands of calls a day. Moreover, because some minority delegations live in Jingxi Hotel during the annual "two sessions", each of these female soldiers can speak more than a dozen dialects.
The most popular among the guests is the dining in Jingxi Hotel, where local flavors can taste the most authentic craftsmanship. Especially during the "two sessions", representatives from the southwest like spicy food. From Laoganma in Guizhou to oily spicy food in Sichuan, restaurants only prepare seven or eight kinds of peppers. The restaurant also prepared roast whole sheep and hand-grabbed lamb chops for Xinjiang delegates, ghee and Ciba for Tibet delegates, and specially set up sugar-free seats, soft food seats and vegetarian seats to meet the needs of different delegates. However, people who are familiar with this place are told by word of mouth that the yogurt made by Jingxi Hotel is delicious.
Now it is getting closer and closer to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and Jingxi Hotel has also entered the preparation period before the meeting. A few days ago, ten painters from Jiangsu donated their carefully created works to Jingxi Hotel, adding new scenery to this special venue.
Editor: Wang Yuxi
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