According to Global Network citing reports from the island media, on October 30 local time, the Kinmen Bridge connecting the Kinmen Island , a large and small Kinmen Island , was officially opened to traffic. This is the first cross-sea bridge in Taiwan Province, China. The opening ceremony of the Kinmen Bridge on October 30 was very lively. According to the description of the island media, under the police car opening, ambulances, fire trucks, buses, postal vehicles and other livelihood vehicles were first passed, symbolizing the large and small Kinmen from then on, and there is no longer restriction on weather and shipment times. Various vehicles that first experience the bridge will last for several kilometers, almost covering the entire bridge deck, and the pedestrians and single lanes are also crowded.
. The Kinmen County Mayor Yang Zhenzhen, Ma Ying-jeou, Deputy Head of the Island Administrative Department Shen Rongjin, Head of the Island Transportation Department Wang Guocai, Deputy Head of the Mainland Affairs Council Qiu Chuizheng, "Legislator" Chen Yuzhen and Chen Xuesheng, etc. They gathered at the bridgehead on the morning of October 30 to attend the opening ceremony and jointly announced that it would open to traffic at 3 pm.
Kinmen Bridge project spans the Jinlie Waterway to connect Lieyu Township (Little Kinmen) and Dakinmen. The route length is about 5.4 kilometers, of which the sea-span bridge is about 4.8 kilometers long and the main bridge has a maximum span of 200 meters. It is the first long-span special maritime highway bridge that has been actually completed and is highly risky and highly technical.
At the opening ceremony of the Kinmen Bridge, Ma Ying-jeou said that the completion of the Kinmen Bridge will not only make Kinmen residents more convenient, but will also attract more tourists and experience the irreplaceable special status of Kinmen in the history of both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the preciousness of peace.
According to the media on the island, the opening of Kinmen Bridge will make it the most representative landmark in the Kinmen area, integrating Kinmen's rich Minnan , battlefield, ecology and other resources to attract tourists, promote the tourism and economic development of Kinmen area, and become a popular new tourist attraction and a new landmark in Kinmen. Theoretically speaking, since the Kinmen Bridge is of such an important significance, why did Tsai Ing-wen, as the leader of Taiwan, not attend the opening ceremony of the bridge? According to the disclosures of media on the island, Tsai Ing-wen originally had plans to attend the opening ceremony, but in the end, it was cancelled. Why is this? First, it may be related to Ma Ying-jeou. Recently, Ma Ying-jeou has frequently criticized the Tsai Ing-wen administration on the issues of energy policies and cross-strait exchanges, and it is full of gunpowder. If the two met at Kinmen, the scene would probably be very awkward.
Second, Kinmen County belongs to the basic base of the Kuomintang. There are many voters in the local blue camp. Yang Zhenzhen, who is currently the magistrate of Kinmen County, belongs to the Kuomintang, and he is also seeking re-election, with a huge winning rate. The opening of Kinmen Bridge this time can be regarded as a major political achievement of Yang Zhenwen. If Tsai Ing-wen attends the opening ceremony of this bridge, it will be a disguised platform for Yang Zhenwen. The current political situation on the island is that the division and confrontation between the blue and green sides are getting bigger and bigger, and the election is imminent, so it is expected that Tsai Ing-wen will not participate.
Third, more importantly, Tsai Ing-wen is very afraid that local people and officials in Kinmen will ask about the issue of restoring the "small three links", because the current calls for the restoration of the "small three links" are very high, especially since October 13, the Tsai Ing-wen authorities announced that Taiwan's borders will be opened, but they only deliberately ignore the "small three links" that local people in Kinmen are thinking about, which makes Kinmen people, officials and the Kuomintang very dissatisfied. For a long time, when to restore the "Miscellaneous Three Links" has become a hot topic in Kinmen and even on the island. If Tsai Ing-wen comes to attend the opening ceremony of the Kinmen Bridge this time, I am afraid that local Kinmen officials will ask Tsai when the "Miscellaneous Three Links" will be restored. Tsai Ing-wen will probably be very embarrassed by that time.
However, even though Tsai Ing-wen deliberately avoided the opening ceremony of Kinmen Bridge, Kinmen County Mayor Yang Zhen-ye was still calling out to Tsai Ing-wen on the spot, hoping to restore the "small three links" as soon as possible. Yang Zhenzhen said that what Kinmen villagers most hope for now is the "Golden-Xiamen Small Three Connections" to resume navigation, making Kinmen a bridge of exchanges and peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait, and making Kinmen’s bridge not only a physical bridge, but also a bridge of the soul, but also a bridge of peace.
For the locals of Kinmen, the "small three links" since 2000 closely connect Kinmen with the mainland. Due to geographical reasons, mainland tourists have become a major driving force for Kinmen's economic development. They have driven the development of many industries in Kinmen. Many basic daily necessities in Kinmen also come from the mainland. More importantly, due to geographical advantages, Kinmen has also become an important regional media for economic and cultural exchanges between Taiwan Island and the mainland, which has made Kinmen profit a lot from it. The people of Kinmen are very eager to restore the "small three links". This time the Kinmen Bridge is opened to traffic. If the "small three links" are restored, the economic situation in Kinmen County will be quite optimistic. So, taking this opportunity, Yang Zhenzhen once again called on Tsai Ing-wen, demanding that the "small three links" be restored as soon as possible.
