“渤海2号”事故的报道,由于首都舆论界共同努力,在全国引起了极大的影响。从7月22日开始,人民日报和我报同时发表“渤2”翻沉事故的消息,我报还刊登了《渤海2号钻井船翻沉事故说明了什么》一文。以后,我们每天收到大量的读者来信和来稿。其中不少来自老干部、工程技术人员、大专院校师生、解放军指战员以及理论界、经济界、法律界的同志,也有的来自香港同胞和美国朋友。来信来稿的内容大大超过了安全生产的范围,不仅涉及到经济体制、官僚主义、封建思想残余以及干部制度改革等问题,而且涉及到党和国家领导制度的根本问题。读者反映:部长撤职、副总理记过、国务院公开检讨,这样的事情,建国三十年来还是第一次。这说明我们党决心严肃法纪,发扬民 The reports of the “Bohai 2” accident, caused by the joint efforts of the media in the capital, have had a tremendous impact throughout the country. From July 22, People’s Daily and China Daily published the news of the “Bo 2” banging accident at the same time. I also published a newspaper article titled “What is the story of a bogged down Bohai No.2 drilling ship?” Since then, we receive a large number of daily letters and contributions from readers. Many of them come from veteran cadres, engineers and technicians, teachers and students from universities and colleges, PLA officers and men as well as comrades from the theoretical, economic and legal circles, and some from Hong Kong compatriots and American friends. The content of the contributions to the letter greatly exceeded the scope of safe production, not only related to issues such as economic system, bureaucracy, remnants of feudalism and the reform of the cadre system, but also to the fundamental problems of the party and state leadership system. Readers reflect: the removal of ministers, the Deputy Prime Minister remembered, the State Council publicly review such things, the founding of the country for the first time in thirty years. This shows that our party is determined to carry out serious laws and regulations and promote the people