Chapter 9 "Provincial Corner"

Chaoshan is a concept of cultural region, which is located on the southeast coast of China, in the east of Guangdong Province.The Chaoshan area faces the South China Sea with the Five Ridges on its back. In ancient times, the communication with the Central Plains was not smooth, so it was called "the corner of the country at the end of the province".In the geographical concept of China's administrative divisions, Chaoshan is the collective name of the three prefecture-level cities.Historically, because Chaoshan was separated from the Guanshan Mountains in the Central Plains, a large number of exiles flocked to it every time a dynasty changed. Over time, it became a place where every inch of land was expensive, and it was one of the most densely populated areas in the world.With such a shortage of land, people here have to find another way out, so most of the Chaoshan people are businessmen.Because Chaoshan people were the first to accept marine culture, most of them went overseas, and there is a saying in the local area that "10 million locals and 10 million overseas".

Chaoshan people are also very good at doing business.The Chaoshan ballad sang: "What is hanging in the sky, what is walking the world without feet? The moon is hanging in the sky, and the red-headed boat is walking the world without feet." The red-headed boat is a unique symbol of the Chaoshan boat, which is painted red with red paint on the bow. , with two eyes painted on the sides where the anchors are anchored.This is a ship with eyes, and it is also a ship that can distinguish between wind and waves and wind and clouds.How many people from Chaozhou and Shantou go overseas, businessmen can always see more business opportunities than others, and do business in the long run than others.They are honest and trustworthy, not greedy, understand the overall situation, have a strong overall concept and overall awareness, so they are superior to other merchants. "Chaoshan people are the Jews of China", the source is here.

Since ancient times, Chaoshan people have paid attention to and valued the word "trustworthiness" the most.The so-called Chaozhou, Chaoshan, Chaoyang, Chaoan, etc., are all related to the word "Chao".Chaozhou got its name from the meaning of tides reciprocating, and the biggest characteristic of tides is trustworthiness.There is an appointment with heaven and earth, with the sun and the moon, so the tide rises and falls, comes and goes, can't bear to go back, can't bear to give up, lingering, affectionate, day after day, year after year, meet at a familiar place, Meet at a familiar place, never betray, never miss an appointment, this is Chaoshui, this is Chaoshan, and this is the character of Chaoshan people.

It is precisely because of these excellent dispositions that there are many outstanding people in Chaoshan.In particular, Chaozhou merchants are famous all over the country, comparable to the Jews who are the best at doing business in the world. The success of Chaoshan people is not only hardworking, hardworking, shrewd, and trustworthy, but also the marine awareness and marine culture that foreigners do not have.China has tens of thousands of kilometers of coastline. Why are Chaoshan people unique in their marine awareness and culture?This is because Chaoshan is close to the South China Sea and is very close to Southeast Asia.Maritime culture must have the conditions for commodity exchange and the conditions for sea traffic to reach the other shore.It is difficult to do this on other coastlines, but it can be done on the southeast coast.From Wenzhou to Huizhou, Chaoshan is more typical, and from Shantou to Shanwei, the centers are Chaoyang, Puning and Hailufeng.Engels pointed out in his article "Russia's Success in the Far East" that Shantou was "the only port with a little commercial significance" in China.Chaoshan culture contains far-reaching Central Plains culture, Hakka culture and Chaozhou culture, as well as unique marine culture. These cultures have been well integrated in Chaoshan area. Behavioral characteristics are quite different from those of Central Plains people.They successfully performed triple jumps, that is, one jump out of the Central Plains, the second jump out of Chaoshan, and the third jump down to Nanyang.It is precisely because of this awareness of going to Nanyang that people from Shandong "go to the east of the Guandong" and people from Shaanxi "go to the west exit", so the Chaoshan people lack the conservative character of the Central Plains people.At the same time, this ocean awareness is more pioneering and rebellious than the mainlanders.

Take Puning as an example. Since the 19th century, the local villagers have migrated across the sea to Siam (Thailand).Today, there are about 400,000 Puning people in Thailand, and about 5 million Chaoshan people in Thailand.Among them, there are more than 40 billionaires from Chaoshan nationality. At the end of the 20th century, the industrious, trustworthy and shrewd Chaoshan people ushered in a new opportunity for development. In 1979, the State Council approved Guangdong and Fujian provinces to take the lead in foreign economic activities, implementing special policies and flexible measures, and piloting "export special zones" in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen.

Then, the State Council approved the expansion of the Shantou Special Economic Zone to 2,340 square kilometers starting from November 1, 1991, that is, basically including the entire former urban area of ​​Shantou, as well as the three counties of Chaoyang, Chenghai, and Nan'ao. Since then, the history of Shantou has opened a new page. However, Shantou, the "leading head of eastern Guangdong", once deviated from the correct direction and became a key area for the central government to rectify. At the end of February 2001, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government held an on-site office meeting in Shantou.The main leaders of the provincial party committee pointed out that there are serious problems in market order and social order.

Order in parts of Chaoshan is in chaos, and law enforcement agencies are on the verge of collapse.The tax cadres in the two cities of Chaopu have forgotten the responsibilities and missions of a country’s public officials, not only collaborating with criminals and working for tigers, but even offering advice and escorting criminals.In addition to the tax department, other law enforcement agencies are also useless.A reporter from Xinhua News Agency wrote in an internal reference: "...At the same time, the local industry and commerce department is not strict in the registration of enterprises. A large number of tax-defrauding enterprises are fake enterprises, and some have multiple factories with one location or even 'three factories'. No' enterprises, but the industrial and commercial departments have applied for business licenses for them. For example, Lin, a tax fraudster in Chaoyang City, sent 6,000 yuan to the relevant personnel of the local industrial and commercial office, and completed the business of the "three nos" enterprises used for tax fraud In addition, some local financial institutions provide financial guarantees for criminals to cheat tax, and some foreign trade departments grant import and export rights to false enterprises, which also opens the door for tax fraud activities. "

The two cities of Chaopu have reached the time when they must be governed. In this "807" anti-fraud operation, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government actively responded to the call of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and mobilized a large number of capable personnel to participate in the anti-fraud work.Their stance is firm, their attitudes are clear, they do not hide their faults, they do not protect their weaknesses, and they have played a very important role in the successful development of the anti-fraud work.