Construction in the twentieth century
In the 1970s, at the beginning of the establishment of Yongxing Island, the old generation of "Xisha people" lived in wooden houses, linoleum houses, drank unpurified rainwater, ate dried pickles and radishes, and read the "Monthly Newspaper"; there was no radio and television, and the telephone was not working; the transportation between Hainan Island and Xisha was only a small tonnage wooden boat, which was slow and comfortable. "; there is no radio and television, the telephone is not available; in Hainan Island and Xisha between the transportation is only a small tonnage of wooden boats, slow, poor comfort, working and living conditions are very difficult.
The late eighties and early nineties, Yongxing Island gradually have a small town model, the former Work Committee, the Office of the Office of the office buildings, dormitory buildings, cultural centers and commercial stations, aquatic stations, food stations, cadres and workers dormitory buildings have been built and put into use.
In 1978, Qiongsha 1 ship was built and put into use; in 1991, Qiongsha 2 ship honorable service. With the aging of the ship, Qiongsha 1 and 2 ships have been withdrawn from the stage of history. 2007 February, the then Work Committee, the Office raised funds of nearly 40 million yuan, the construction of Qiongsha 3 ships.
On New Year's Day 1986, Comrade Hu Yaobang, then General Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China (PRC), went to the island to pay his respects to the cadres and workers stationed on the island, and presented two sets of satellite TV reception equipment, which solved the problem of difficult access to TV for the cadres and workers stationed on the island.
Construction in the 21st century
In 2003, the island opened cell phones and the Internet one after another.
In 2007, the FM radio transmitter on Yongxing Island in Xisha was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission for the project, and in April 2011, it officially started broadcasting. The broadcasting signal covers a radius of 30 kilometers of Yongxing Island, which greatly enriches the spiritual and cultural life of the military, police and people stationed on the island, and also provides timely meteorological information services for fishermen operating in Xisha waters.
At the same time, the livelihood projects also step by step in Xisha Yongxing Island to leave a mark - Xisha Yongxing Island sewage treatment project and a number of other key provincial livelihood projects, is carrying out preparatory work.
In early 2012, the new Sansha City People's Hospital project was officially started at the original site, with a construction area of 1992.53 square meters. The hospital is equipped with pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orofacial stomatology, nursing office and other departments, with 30 beds.
In addition, in order to solve the problem of "decompression sickness" and other diseases caused by fishermen's deep-sea production and operation, the working committee and office invested more than 200,000 yuan to purchase a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which was put into use in 2006. By the end of 2011, many fishermen operating in Xisha waters and suffering from "decompression sickness" had received treatment.
With the completion of the demarcation of the Gulf of Tonkin, fishermen from Guangdong, Hong Kong and other coastal provinces and regions have switched to the South China Sea. In order to provide logistical support for fishermen producing and operating in the South China Sea, the Work Committee and the Office fought for 120 million yuan of state bond funds to build a fishery supply base on Yongxing Island in Xisha. The first phase of the project has been completed.
Video: CCTV 13 reports on Yongxing Island. The Xisha military airport, built in 1991, has a 2,700-meter concrete runway and can accommodate Boeing 737 aircraft. In 2005, it was used mainly by civilian charter flights, using 60-seat propeller planes, to the Meilan International Airport in Haikou, Hainan Province.
A concrete embankment about 800 meters long connects Shidao Island in the northeast.
A wharf for 5,000-ton ships.
Yongxing Island has an airfield capable of landing China's main military aircraft; a naval base upgraded so that there are no technical obstacles to mooring large-tonnage guided-missile destroyers and frigates; and land-based, long-range, anti-ship cruise missiles, which can blockade the surrounding sea lanes.
European and American defense newspapers have even speculated that China has a new underground nuclear submarine base on Yongxing Island as well as a mega-signal intelligence listening station in preparation.
In 2008, Yongxing Island's airport underwent large-scale renovation and lengthening, and warplanes taking off from the airport can cover the entire South China Sea; in addition, the airport has a radar navigation station and four large fuel tanks, and is intended to serve as a "forward base for refueling warplanes".
In terms of ship deployment, the naval base has been upgraded to berth large-tonnage guided-missile destroyers and frigates, and the facilities on the island are sufficient to support the daily lives of more than 1,000 people.
In February 2016, the PLA deployed Red Flag-9 surface-to-air missiles on Yongxing Island.
Britain's Jane's Defense Weekly reported on March 23 that recent satellite photos show China deploying Hawk-62 long-range anti-ship missiles on Yongxing Island in the Xisha Islands.