1980年7月11日早晨,山城重庆,天气晴朗,暑气蒸人。重庆朝天门码头,人来人往,热闹非凡。此时,停泊在江中的东方红32号客轮已载满乘客,作好了航行前的各种准备。根据有关部门的安排,中共中央副主席邓小平也将以一个普通乘客的身份,搭乘这艘客轮,去江城武汉考察。离开重庆上午九时整,邓副主席和夫人卓琳在湖北省委第一书记陈丕显、四川省省长鲁大东、交通部第一 副部长彭德清及有关人员的陪同下,由住地乘一辆普通旅行面包车来到码头。车到码头,年近八旬的邓小平同志,精神矍铄,容光焕发,当他走出旅行车时,在场的群众顿时群情沸腾,热烈鼓掌,人们高呼:“小平同志好！辛苦了！”小平同志微笑着,朝群众挥手致意,并用他那浓重的四川口音向乡亲们问好,“同志们好！同志们辛苦了”！这时,人越来越多,越来越拥挤,整个码头被 The morning of July 11, 1980, mountain city of Chongqing, the weather was sunny, heat steaming. Chongqing Chaotianmen pier, coming and going, crowded. At this time, Dongfanghong Ferry No. 32 parked in the river has been filled with passengers, making all preparations before the voyage. According to the arrangement of the relevant departments, Deng Xiaoping, vice chairman of the CPC Central Committee, will also take this passenger liner as an ordinary passenger and go to Wuhan to study in Jiangcheng. After leaving Chongqing at 9:00 am, Vice Chairman Deng and his wife Zhuo Lin, accompanied by Chen Pixian, First Secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Lu Dadong, Governor of Sichuan Province, and Peng Deqing, First Deputy Minister of Communications, and relevant personnel, Ordinary travel van came to the pier. Car to the terminal, Comrade Deng Xiaoping nearly eighty years, shy, radiant, when he walked out of the station wagon, the presence of the masses immediately boiled, warm applause, people shouted: “Comrade Xiaoping is good! Hard!” Comrade Xiaoping Smiling, waving to the masses, and using his strong Sichuan accent to say hello to folks, “Comrades! Comrades!” At this time, more and more people, more and more crowded, the entire quilt was