Open column language: May flowers bloom, youth is just right. At present, Anhui is speeding up the construction of a strong transportation Province, which provides a broad stage for the majority of young people to “forge ahead on a new journey and make contributions to a new era”. No struggle, no youth. On the occasion of the May 4th Youth Day, the people’s network Anhui channel launched a series of reports on “the youth power of a strong traffic province”, focusing on the traffic youth of Anhui in the new era and highlighting the youth power on the road of a strong traffic province.

Zhao Liqiong publicized laws and regulations to the masses. Map provided by Anhui Provincial Department of transportation

Every autumn and winter, it is the busiest time for Zhao Liqiong, the leader of Wuwei Expressway in Anhui Province.

The section under the jurisdiction of the brigade has developed water system and frequent foggy weather, and traffic accidents are easy to happen to vehicles. In addition, the proportion of bridges in the jurisdiction section is high. In autumn and winter, in case of rain, snow and low temperature, the bridges and roads are easy to freeze, which makes it more difficult for the road administration team to deal with traffic accidents.

“I’m used to it. It’s our duty to ensure the safety and smoothness of the road.” After working on the expressway for 14 years, Zhao Liqiong has handled too many complex and urgent traffic accidents. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, whenever there is an emergency in the section under her jurisdiction, Zhao Liqiong is always the first to rush out and arrive at the scene with the team members at the first time to deal with the dangerous situation quickly, so as to provide guarantee for the safe travel of drivers and passengers.

Comrade Zhao Liqiong, the leader of the brigade, led the team members to carry out food safety inspection in the service area of the section under their jurisdiction. Map provided by Anhui Provincial Department of transportation

“Although she is a lesbian, she has more momentum at work than a gay man!” In the eyes of the team members, Zhao Liqiong is not only the “model woman” on the highway, but also the backbone of the whole team. At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 broke out. In the face of the situation of too many highway crossings, too few staff and lack of protective materials, zhaoliqiong took the initiative to cancel her vacation and stuck to the front line with the team members. When the epidemic situation was the most severe, Zhao Liqiong and the team members were on duty 24 hours at the epidemic prevention and control detection points in the toll stations and service areas under the jurisdiction, publicized the basic knowledge of epidemic prevention and control to the past drivers and passengers, and called on everyone to actively cooperate with the party and the government in various epidemic prevention work.

After the epidemic situation stabilized, there were flood disasters in different degrees in southern Anhui. Zhao Liqiong cancelled her vacation again and turned to work in flood control. Together with the team members, she inspected the waterlogging prone areas in the sections under her jurisdiction. “The more fully prepared, the more calmly she can deal with emergencies.” Zhao Liqiong said that in her daily work, she and her team members simulated and handled a variety of emergencies and made full plans to ensure the safety and smoothness of the expressway under her jurisdiction and the safety of people’s lives and property.

After 14 years of hard work, Zhao Liqiong has always adhered to the life motto of “dedication without hardship and endless pursuit”. With her service-oriented work philosophy, honest and clean work style and realistic and pragmatic work attitude, she has engraved her original heart in her heart, carried the mission on her shoulder, implemented it in action, fulfilled her sonorous oath when joining the party with her work achievements, and shouldered the mission, worked hard and unswervingly in the new era, Write a new chapter of living up to the party and the people with heart and emotion.