Chapter 36 Chapter 3 The Big Port and "Pedestrian Street" in a Small City

The famous "instigator" in Zhangjiagang is Qin Zhenhua.And Qin Zhenhua and Qin Bold can really make Zhangjiagang famous, not only because he has transformed the "North of Southern Jiangsu" into a "Suzhou Strongman" surpassing several big brothers, but also Qin Zhenhua has really made the port of Zhangjiagang bigger. , Stronger. "The confidence I put forward for 'Three Supers and One Contest' came from the innate advantage of our port." After many years, Qin Zhenhua revealed the secret of the heroic and man-eating "Three Supers and One Contest" with a smile on his face. arms.

From the perspective of geographical advantages, Zhangjiagang is located in the northeast corner of Suzhou. Before the Yangtze River flows eastward for thousands of miles and soon enters the Wusong estuary, there is a place like a golden throat. It is across the shore from Chongming Island in Shanghai. This is Qin Zhenhua's hometown. ——Zhangjiagang.The shoreline here is straight, the water depth is close to the shore, and the land behind is open.It starts from Changshan in Jiangyin in the west and ends in Dongsha in the east, with a total length of 63 kilometers, including 35 kilometers of deep-water coastline. It is one of the best ports in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.From the bottom of Lanmensha to Xijie Port, the river is wide and the water flows slowly. It is about 32 kilometers long and 4 to 7 kilometers wide. This is a rare natural harbor in the inland of the Yangtze River.This is also an important reason why Shazhou County was changed to Zhangjiagang.

When Qin Zhenhua shouted "Three Supers and One Contest" in front of all the heroes in Suzhou, he was holding a good card for this port. In 1983, in the early days of reform and opening up, the first foreign ship docked at Zhangjiagang port for the first time, thus opening a historic chapter in Zhangjiagang's opening to the outside world.However, due to various reasons, or to put it bluntly, the leaders of Zhangjiagang before Qin Zhenhua have not yet fully realized the key to the fate of the port to change the "North of Southern Jiangsu".Although Qin Zhenhua is somewhat "earthy", his mind is full of "foreign" things. When he travels abroad, what others bring back are the "three major items", but what he brings back is full of "truths" ".Even if he does not go abroad, he will still accept the "foreign knowledge" in the small radio box every day, so his knowledge and understanding of the port is always better than others, and it is also an inexhaustible "truth" in his stomach. "a part of.

"Now the whole city of Suzhou is chasing each other. Kunshan's own development zone is ahead of us, and the benefits are very obvious. Changshu and Wujiang are big brothers. What about us, what about our Zhangjiagang? Just a few gold cups can't explain it. What! The unique advantage of Zhangjiagang is that we have a port, which is unmatched by others. She is the biggest advantage of our city's economic development and the foundation of the city. Any time you ignore this point, it is the biggest mistake! This passage was said by Qin Zhenhua at the cadre meeting on July 11, 1992.

Prior to this, after Zhangjiagang was built, the relevant industries above wanted to intervene and leave. Qin Zhenhua was furious when he heard this: No way!Zhangjiagang belongs to our Zhangjiagang people, and no one can take it away casually!He made a fuss about it all the way to the office of the secretary of the provincial party committee. The secretary of the provincial party committee had nothing to do with him as a "native farmer", so he could only smile and say that you, Qin Zhenhua, can keep the port and manage it yourself, but you must make some tricks for me. "Secretary, don't worry, I can't make a name for myself, so you punish me severely!" Qin Zhenhua said.

After returning, Qin Zhenhua began to think about the port.It is not so easy for a small city to manage a large port, especially for a group of Zhangjiagang city cadres who were born as peasants to manage such a large port, there are many problems!The port can make a lot of money, but if it is not done well, it will also lose a lot of money. It is like a big tiger that can't get enough to eat. It will eat up all the finances of your little Zhangjiagang for a year and still not feel full. "We are building a bonded zone!" Qin Zhenhua suddenly said at the Standing Committee one day.

What is a bonded area? It is to designate a place in the port area, and foreign businessmen do not need to pay taxes for storing things there. What good does it do us? There are many benefits!Think about it: if a foreigner puts the goods here, he has to put the enterprise and production workshop here, right?Aren't we catching foreign investment everywhere now?When he goes to other places where there is no bonded area, it is much more troublesome to buy and ship goods, and he also pays more taxes. Other capitalists come to China to make money, and we built the bonded area to make him earn more money.

Only when Qin Zhenhua spoke so plainly did the cadres understand. "Then try to set up a bonded zone!" Everyone said. Is it so easy for an unknown small city to set up a bonded zone?Qin Zhenhua and Qin Bold didn't think so.He was very good at "inquiring", and he knew that the Premier of the State Council had a "bonded area" quota in his "inquiry", so Qin Zhenhua's heart was itchy. "Premier Li Peng happens to be coming to Changshu these days." Someone reported top-secret news to Qin Zhenhua. Great!Qin Zhenhua jumped up from the office chair. "I'll go find him!"

No, if you want to convince the prime minister, you have to get through the city and province of Suzhou first.Qin Zhenhua's mind is too bright. He knows that if Zhangjiagang wants to get a big project from the State Council, it must first be approved by Suzhou and the province. Otherwise, Suzhou and the province will say that Qin Zhenhua's hand is too long. , Our province still wants this project!Doesn't this mean that you are busy in vain!Because of this, people in the province and Suzhou city often called Qin Zhenhua a "too thief"—meaning too shrewd. After establishing a relationship with the Suzhou city and the province, Qin Zhenhua already knew that as long as he had the ability to get back the bonded area quota from the prime minister, the Suzhou city and the province would not take his good deeds.So after Premier Li Peng arrived in Changshu, he tried his best to meet the Premier himself directly, and reported the reasons why Zhangjiagang established a "bonded area" in his unique way. There are three reasons: one is that Zhangjiagang is a good natural port; Four major advantages: Deep-water wharf, with a capacity of 50,000 tons, is an ice-free port and is the best safe haven in the inland river ports of the Yangtze River; third, once the bonded area is established, the port area can be integrated into one, and the port area on the surface of the Yangtze River in Bali, and its navigation The cost is low, and Zhangjiagang is in a favorable position in the East China Economic Region, with a large radiation area.

"Then come to your place to have a look?" Premier Li Peng happily proposed. "Great, welcome to the Prime Minister to inspect our Zhangjiagang, you see is believing." Qin Zhenhua was so powerful that he actually mobilized the Prime Minister. The day when Premier Li Peng went to Zhangjiagang, the weather was not perfect. It was raining heavily and the muddy embankment and dirt road were difficult to walk on.Qin Zhenhua accompanied the Prime Minister and other leaders with a smiling face on the surface, but he was anxious to death. He knew that the first impression was too important.The leaders of Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City who went to Zhangjiagang with the Prime Minister sweated for Qin Zhenhua: Lao Qin, I am not helping you today!

But the prime minister was the prime minister after all, and he didn't seem to care about the muddy road. Instead, he kept his eyes on the sea-like Yangtze River and the calm port area, and kept asking Qin Zhenhua some professional questions. There is a show!Qin Zhenhua was secretly happy. "When did this road start to be built?" Premier Li Peng seemed to have noticed that the road under his feet was so muddy when he left after more than an hour of on-site inspection, so he asked. "The construction just started two months ago, and we are working hard to build it. After it is finished, it will be easy to go." Qin Zhenhua's heart suddenly trembled when he heard the Prime Minister asked the way. "Deepen and widen the river on the east side, and then pave the roads on both sides." The Prime Minister added, "Can I leave next time?" "Yes! Definitely!" Qin Zhenhua's forehead was dripping with sweat. "Wipe it off." A provincial leader quietly said to Qin Zhenhua. "It's okay, it's raining." Qin Zhenhua concealed his embarrassment. Fearing that this rainy day would spoil the Premier's enthusiasm, Qin Zhenhua kept chatting with Premier Li Peng, saying that in 1986, also in May, Fei Xiaotong Fei Lao came here. At the age of 85, he was full of enthusiasm and happily wrote a poem: "The past was desolate and sparsely populated. A sandbank, today's roads are broad and the harbor is deep with towering high-rise buildings. The township is rich and the city has nine out of ten enterprises. Everyone praises Brother Qin.I feel that you dare to take the lead in the reform and opening up. In order to appreciate the little Hong Kong, I will take a stroll with me in the car-free city in the middle of the night.Passionate as homeland, Zhangjiagang water is as thick as wine, I advise you not to worry about drinking, and make a name for the people forever. "Hahaha, I know you, Qin Zhenhua, and you even bend over the Yangtze River!" Premier Li Peng laughed heartily at Qin Zhenhua hearing the voice of the poem. The prime minister's smile relieved Qin Zhenhua's great worry. Li Peng left and didn't say whether he would give the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone or not, but Qin Zhenhua saw that the Premier was satisfied with Zhangjiagang's port geography and environment, so he asked Qin Zhenhua to fix the road. "If you don't want to give it to us, the Prime Minister will not say 'come next time'." At the Standing Committee, Zhangjiagang people discussed this way.This point is recognized by the provincial and Suzhou leaders. Qin Zhenhua pointed to the sofa he was sitting on and the room we stayed in for the interview, and said: "Premier Li Peng lived in this house back then, and I sat in my current position. In order to get him to approve the bonded area, the Premier stayed in this resort at night. In this room. After dinner, I wanted to go in and talk to the Prime Minister about the bonded area, but the guards didn’t let me in at all. In the end, Secretary Wang Minsheng of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee helped me. After I entered the room, the Prime Minister was reading a newspaper , I stood up and said: Hello Prime Minister, good Prime Minister. Premier Li Peng asked me to sit down and talk. I asked the Prime Minister to approve us a bonded area quota. The Prime Minister agreed, so I asked him to give us a question This word, he said very frankly, and he will send it after returning to Beijing. On June 5, the comrade in charge of confidentiality told me that Secretary Qin had good news, and it turned out that it was Premier Li Peng who sent the inscription. I took the Prime Minister The inscription written in six characters of "Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone" really brought tears to my eyes, because Zhangjiagang is sure to be approved by the state of the bonded zone! At the 4,000-person bonded zone start-up mobilization meeting to be held in the future, I held Premier Li Peng high The inscription shouted: Now that the "Emperor's Order" has arrived, it depends on what we do! At that time, the passion was burning like this..." This is how the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone was won, which is also the first bonded zone established by an inland river port in China.The "strength" of Qin Zhenhua's work has thus deeply admired the Suzhou people and the leaders of Jiangsu Province. act! The 4,000 construction troops worked day and night. Qin Zhenhua personally acted as the commander-in-chief and appeared at the construction site almost every day. In the area of ​​two square kilometers, there used to be people living in it. Now it is very difficult for them to move suddenly. "We must move. For the future of Zhangjiagang and the happiness of our children and grandchildren, we need to make sacrifices!" Qin Zhenhua's voice became hoarse. The people in Zhangjiagang are really kind, and the cadres in Zhangjiagang really worked hard. In just 45 days, all 1,284 farmers’ houses with an area of ​​240,000 square meters in the area were relocated. Construction of 1,300 Hong Kong-style houses for relocated households started at the same time. After 20 days and nights of hard work, the closed and isolated enclosure project of green galvanized and plastic-coated barbed wire with a total length of nearly 8 kilometers was completed. The bonded area is equal to a small special zone with a "border line" and must be closed. At the same time, the construction of "five connections and one leveling" infrastructure such as 10,000-ton water plant, 220 kV and 110 kV substations, 3.7 kilometers long cross center road and surrounding passages is in full swing; The chemical, bulk, container, tourism and other terminals supporting the bonded area have been planned and constructed one after another... In those days, on the bank of the Yangtze River in Zhangjiagang District, the red flags were flying, and the war songs were loud, making people seem to have returned to the era of the "Great Leap Forward" in full swing. , but the great advance of Zhangjiagang people under the guidance of a very sober and correct line. On October 16 of this year, the State Council formally approved the establishment of the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone. Hu Ping, Director of the Special Zone Office of the State Council, said excitedly after inspection: "The Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone is one of the fastest and best bonded zones in the country." The water turns to sand and another bay, and the lonely tower greets the boat. A wind blows across the Yangtze River, and the two sides compete to fly up and down the sails. (Shi Weize's "Xiaoxing Wusong River") The construction of the bonded area has made the port of Zhangjiagang a platform for stimulating the economy.It is like a beautiful bird's nest, quickly attracting countless phoenixes into the nest.Beijing, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea...the bonded zone investment promotion group went from China to the five continents, press conferences, economic and trade fairs...a lot of fun. Zhangjiagang has become an investment hotspot in mainland China after Deng Xiaoping's speech on the southern tour.Hong Kong Jiayin Company, Nanlian Group, Asia Huitai Group, General Electric Company of the United States, Hengyuan International Trading Company and other large enterprises and large companies from more than 20 countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, Macau and Thailand have come in droves .They successively set up wharves in Zhangjiagang Port Area, and built projects such as grain and oil processing, storage and transportation, international trade, export processing, and real estate.And China's own central enterprises, more than 10 provinces and cities across the country, especially large enterprises in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, have also come to Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone to seek development. In 9 months, more than 600 million yuan was invested to build a bonded area.With the same effort, 300 million yuan was invested in more than one year to build a 70-meter-wide, 6-lane, 33-kilometer-long Zhangyang Highway and a 45-kilometer-long Yanjiang Highway. This was inspired by Qin Zhenhua's speech on Deng Xiaoping's southern tour. Things that have been done within one or two years of taking office. In the past, both Kunshan and Wujiang took advantage of foreign trade, but now Zhangjiagang has followed closely, and it has become the leader in a short period of time.The number and investment amount of foreign-funded enterprises quickly jumped to the forefront of all counties and cities in Suzhou.Qin Zhenhua's card is far beyond the reach of other Suzhou fellows. "Old Qin, you have to get me something to eat!" The people of Changshu who are close to Zhangjiagang followed closely behind and started to "prosper the city by port". The rapid development and scale of the port economy.When Jiang Hao, who was from Qin Zhenhua's subordinate to Changshu's leader, saw Qin Zhenhua, he would always say this to the old leader. Qin Zhenhua smiled honestly: "You Changshu has other strengths, and we want to learn from you." This extremely shrewd "old fox" will definitely not give meat to others easily. He only thinks about how to build Zhangjiagang into a famous port area in Suzhou and even the whole country, and truly make a great cause of "prospering the city with the port" .At the end of the year, Peng Chong, the veteran leader of Jiangsu Province and then vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Qian Weichang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, were invited to Qin Zhenhua's place. After visiting the majestic port and the brand-new bonded area, the two elders said to Qin Zhenhua: "This time your Zhangjiagang really has a port, something like that." Qin Zhenhua grinned widely after hearing this. Later, Yuan Mu, director of the Policy Research Office of the State Council, came, and Qin Zhenhua attached great importance to this great theorist's evaluation of Zhangjiagang.Qin Zhenhua knew that he had offended many people by swearing at work, so he first reviewed it in front of great theorists: "I usually swear at people fiercely, and some people say that I am 'Qin Shihuang'." Yuan Mu said: "If you don't scold, you won't grow up. The development of a city is just like a person's growth. If you don't scold, you won't grow up." Qin Zhenhua was overjoyed when he heard this, and from then on he called Yuan Mu his confidant. The reason why Qin Zhenhua attaches great importance to the affirmation and objective evaluation of himself by the authorities above is because his "Qin Zhenhua's road" is not smooth, on the contrary, it is full of ups and downs and injustices. In the first two or three years when Qin Zhenhua came to power, Qin Zhenhua's approach also encountered a lot of criticism from the "superior", because some people reported that he was as powerful as "Qin Shihuang", and he would scold you if he didn't work hard.Regardless of his superiors' instructions on macro control, he continued to expand his capital construction investment as usual. He even ignored the competition with the "superior" for projects and disrupted the normal planning and arrangements of the "superior".In short, he is a "savage" and "madman" who has no rules, and there are people hanging slogans such as "Zhenhua Spirit" on the streets of Zhangjiagang. Isn't it highlighting the cult of personality?A person like Qin Zhenhua doesn't look like a secretary of the municipal party committee... For a while, relevant departments in Beijing sent people to Zhangjiagang to investigate, mainly to see Qin Zhenhua's trick of "violating the state's macro control".When someone came, Qin Zhenhua didn't see him, so he didn't feel good about him, so he said you should check, if you have the ability to check Americans!He means, you are also a Chinese?Why do Chinese people have to fight in the nest?I, Qin Zhenhua, introduced foreign capital and equipment because I was poor in Zhangjiagang and had no money. If I had money, what would I use to import it?Besides, people like my place in Zhangjiagang and are willing to invest. What does this have to do with "macro control"?The people who came to investigate ignored him. The purpose of the investigation was also to stop the "rampant energy" of Qin Zhenhua and Zhang Jiagang, especially the prestige of Qin Zhenhua, the "Qin Shihuang"! check it!Qin Zhenhua simply let go of all doors and let others investigate.A month passed, and the director was about to leave. When he was parting, he went to Qin Zhenhua and said three words: "Old Qin, the projects you have done are unbelievable. You have won so many projects in just over a year, such as Shuangshan Island. The development of the project, the introduction of the "Asia's first furnace". Second, you are older and I am younger than you, but I have a feeling of seeing each other late. Third, you can come to me for any projects you need in Zhangjiagang in the future." "Qin Shihuang" was happy, and said repeatedly: "Okay, we will be friends from now on!" But this still hasn't quelled some people's views on his "crazy fuck" with Zhang Jiagang.The "intensity" of the investigation in the province became stronger, and the person sent was the provincial prosecutor, who could scare a large group of ordinary people to death, so someone immediately spread the word that something serious happened to Qin Zhenhua and he was arrested.Some of Qin Zhenhua's friends were very nervous when they heard this, and they called him from other places, but they couldn't say it straight, and asked, "Where are you now?" It means whether you have been arrested or not, people dare not ask directly, and turn around the corner. so ask.Qin Zhenhua replied frankly in his heart: "I am still approving documents in the office!" This clearly told people that Qin Zhenhua had not been arrested yet. The investigation begins. Qin Zhenhua was called to a room by the inspection team, and a dozen people sat across from each other, saying that he was asked to "report", but the sensitive Qin Zhenhua felt that he was "completely interrogating", and there was only one question: why didn't you follow the central government's "macro control "Spirit, keep working on big projects?And getting bigger and bigger, more and more? After half a day, there was no result.At noon, Qin Zhenhua blinked cunningly and asked the chief prosecutor: "Should we 'report' again in the afternoon?" The chief prosecutor said, "Let's see the progress of your project in the afternoon." Qin Zhenhua was happy: "This is great! For the truth, wait until you finish reading it before drawing conclusions, and see if I, Old Qin, did anything wrong." After reading it in one afternoon, the investigation team's attitude completely changed when they saw Qin Zhenhua in the evening, and all the investigation team members withdrew to Nanjing two days later.That night, Chief Prosecutor Zhang called Qin Zhenhua and said excitedly: "Secretary Qin, I just reported to Comrade Chen Huanyou. Governor Chen asked me if there was any problem with Qin Zhenhua and Zhangjiagang. No problem, it's great!" "Thank you, thank you Chief Prosecutor!" Qin Zhenhua grinned again. Later, the provincial government always spoke highly of Qin Zhenhua and Zhangjiagang, especially the "Zhenhua Spirit" was officially changed and named "Zhangjiagang Spirit".Among them, Suzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wang Minsheng's firm support and affirmation of Qin Zhenhua and Zhangjiagang's approach is an important part.Qin Zhenhua misses Secretary Wang Minsheng very much for this reason. "If a place really wants to succeed, in the final analysis, it must have an excellent leadership team. It must always insist on promoting entrepreneurial spirit, supporting reformers, lashing out empty talkers, punishing corrupters, and motivating pioneers. Not famous." Qin Zhenhua still pointed out passionately when he was interviewed by me. Zhangjiagang's port construction is now very impressive.It is the veritable "first port of the Yangtze River" in my hometown.At present, there are 40 10,000-ton wharves, 18 international routes have been opened, and the annual throughput has reached 100 million tons. According to the international evaluation standards for ports, a port with a throughput of more than 100 million tons is considered a world-class port. .The bonded area, which was two square kilometers in those days, has now expanded several times.After Qin Zhenhua and his successors completed the construction of the port and the bonded area, they continued to work on the port.They have built economic development zones around the port, Jiangsu Yangzijiang International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Yangzijiang International Metallurgical Industrial Park, etc. These are the "Big Macs" of Chinese industry in international trade. It stretched out its arms to the world, so Fortune 500 companies such as DuPont and Chevron of the United States, Mitsui of Japan, etc., also came to Zhangjiagang one after another.Today's Zhangjiagang Customs collects more than 10 billion yuan in customs duties for the country every year. In January 2008, I was interviewing at the port, and I specially visited the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, which was completed under the command of Qin Zhenhua. ". "In 2007, the full-scale fiscal revenue of our bonded area was 2.27 billion yuan, and the general budget revenue was 850 million yuan. The annual turnover in the bonded area reached 152.5 billion yuan. Now there are more than a dozen terminals in the bonded area. This area of ​​20 square kilometers Here, it is divided into 4 areas according to specialties. There are currently 20 Fortune 500 companies and more than 3,000 chemical companies, most of which are established by multinational companies here. The presence of these companies plays a leading role in the economy of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Role. In order to make the trade of enterprises in the bonded area more flexible and convenient, we have established a logistics platform in the area to enable the trade of related enterprises to be carried out directly. The establishment of the logistics platform in the zone has enabled these enterprises to carry out economic and trade activities directly without leaving the bonded zone, and its benefits have greatly increased. Since the establishment of the bonded zone in 1993, we have not spent a penny from the state, but on this land , but produced a trade volume of more than 500 billion yuan, attracted foreign investment of 4 billion U.S. dollars, and obtained tax revenues of more than 20 billion yuan for the state and local governments. At present, we are building three new bases with an investment of about 1 billion U.S. dollars , For example, the investment in the organic silicon product chemical base led by Dow Corning of the United States has reached 1.5 billion US dollars. Three years later, the annual turnover of this land will reach 300 billion yuan, that is to say, in the future we will have 70% of the annual turnover. growth rate!" Listening to Xu Zhonggao talking about such a prospect, I think everyone will feel excited and excited about Zhangjiagang's yesterday and tomorrow!This kind of excitement and excitement stems from the reality that we can't imagine: why can the potential and benefits generated by a place as big as the palm of your hand surpass the economic aggregate of an inland region or even a province?Why did people in Zhangjiagang start from scratch and reach this year's level in just a decade or two, while other places don't seem to have changed in the same historical period?Why is that?I want to quiz China!Of course, it is not to blame anyone, but such issues may be particularly important to those regional leaders who are still waiting for the so-called "opportunities" and complaining about the bad conditions. The small city of Zhangjiagang now has an international port, which is destined to take off the economy of Zhangjiagang City. However, I know that what Zhangjiagang is really famous for is not the economic aggregate and GDP level, but the spiritual civilization of the city.Since the 1990s, Zhangjiagang's spiritual civilization has been well-known throughout the country.And as an "old neighbor" of Zhangjiagang, I couldn't figure out how Qin Zhenhua, who is a big and three rough, and Zhangjiagang people who look rustic when eating and walking, could build a nationally famous "City of Civilization" overnight. Qin Zhenhua did all the things that "my family" Suzhou people couldn't figure out. In 1992 and 1993, Qin Zhenhua suddenly built a "pedestrian street" in the most prosperous center of Yangshe Town.What is "pedestrian street"?At that time, those of us who lived in the capital and other big cities seemed to have never heard of it. It was hard to ask a person who had been to Singapore to know that there was a special road in Singapore for people to walk without allowing any vehicles, including bicycles and tricycles. Streets where all vehicles walk. "Crazy Qin has made another move! He has created a street where cars are not allowed to go, haha, that's not counted. When walking on that street, you can't smoke, you can't throw cigarette butts, and you will be fined if you lose it! Spitting is not allowed, I will punish you to death..." One day, my fellow villager in Suzhou called me to report another strange thing about Qin Zhenhua. "Is he really punished? Who will punish him?" I asked curiously, thinking how many times Beijing has banned spitting and fined those who spit, but it has never been successful.Qin Zhenhua is in a city composed of farmers, can such a trick work? "Punishment, real punishment! You know how he set it up: there are 'fake police' with armbands all over the street, one guard at three steps, one whistle at five steps, you can't escape!" "People don't scold him?" "Curse! You can scold all kinds of things. It is said that Qin Zhenhua is a country bumpkin who wants to pretend to be a foreign devil, thinking that his ancestors are subjects of Great Britain!" This scolding is also bad enough.Qin Zhenhua's forehead is bald, but he has good tricks! "He didn't fine you with money, but made you wear a red waistcoat as a civilization supervisor, until you found another violator who showed up on the street and gave the waistcoat to others, you can be liberated..." I couldn't help laughing at what the fellow said: This Qin Zhenhua is really not simple.This kind of punishment can really educate people!I think those who have worn the red vest once will definitely not violate discipline again next time.And those people with thin faces also consciously abide by the rules of the pedestrian street because they don't want to wear the red vest that makes people laugh-Suzhou people are the most concerned about face. Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that Qin Zhenhua's "pedestrian street" was feasible. It was two years later when I went back to my hometown to visit relatives that I went to Zhangjiagang to witness and experience the pedestrian street. The first impression is: the pedestrian street is very wide, with a width of 60 to 70 meters in the middle, and there are not many pedestrians. This is because Zhangjiagang is a small city, far from the crowds of people on the streets of Suzhou, and not as lively as the streets of Changshu. It is true that no one throws anything on the street, and it is rarely clean and tidy.There seem to be fewer locals among the crowd walking on the street. I know the reason, because the locals usually go to the morning market, and people who go to the street during the day are unless they need to buy things urgently.But nine out of ten people walking on the pedestrian street at that time were visitors from other places, and they were all curiously observing and visiting this new gadget of Qin Zhenhua like me. The "Pedestrian Street" made Zhangjiagang famous, and its reputation is no less influential than that of the port, because it is a measure to change the living habits and image of the Chinese people, and it has put pressure on big cities like Beijing and Shanghai.In the next few years, Beijing, Shanghai and other places followed the example of Zhangjiagang and built their own pedestrian streets. For example, Wangfujing Street in Beijing and Nanjing Road in Shanghai have become pedestrian streets where no traffic is allowed. After Zhangjiagang's pedestrian street became famous, the nearby "neighbors" such as Suzhou and Wuxi were under too much pressure!The leaders of Jiangyin City, which is close to Zhangjiagang, were very unconvinced. At that time, Jiangyin’s economic aggregate was ahead of Zhangjiagang, and it was also well-known. Members of the government team quietly visited the pedestrian street in Zhangjiagang, and immediately decided to build a "100-meter pedestrian street" wider than Zhangjiagang, in order to suppress the momentum of Qin Zhenhua and Zhangjiagang.The "100-meter Pedestrian Street" built later in Jiangyin is indeed very beautiful, but Zhangjiagang is the first and original, so the reputation of Zhangjiagang Pedestrian Street is still loud. "It's still the 'Qin Shihuang'!" Jiangyin and many "neighbors" in Suzhou and Wuxi had to admire Qin Zhenhua. Before the National Day in 2001, Zhangjiagang refurbished and rebuilt the pedestrian street, and added a lot of sculptures of the city image on the street. Famous businesses on both sides of the street have settled here.When I interviewed and visited this pedestrian street again after the Spring Festival in 2008, the Zhangjiagang Pedestrian Street under the night was really dreamlike and beautiful, as if I was in the busy city of Hong Kong... This is a later story. Qin Zhenhua's one "port" and one "street" turned Zhangjiagang, which used to be unknown, into a nationally famous place. In 1994, "Subei of Southern Jiangsu" jumped to the second place among the top 100 counties (cities) in the country, surpassing the counties (cities) of Suzhou, and became the first batch of national sanitary cities and another "national health city" after Fujian Sanming City. civilized city". On May 13, 1995, Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the State, visited Zhangjiagang. This is a meaningful inspection.My friend and military writer Xing Junji has such a description in "Chinese Spirit": The top leaders of the Communist Party of China and the country received the top leaders of a county-level city at the Zhangjiagang Port Wharf.When Jiang Zemin firmly shook the hands of Qin Zhenhua, who had become the top leader, Qin Zhenhua trembled a little with excitement.Qin Zhenhua accompanied the general secretary to inspect many places in Zhangjiagang.The pomegranate flowers in Zhangjiagang are in full bloom at this time, and the soft willow silk dances lightly.After ten years of hard work and several struggles, this young city finally stands on the bank of the Yangtze River, shining with the brilliance of youth in the hinterland of Wu State.The writer Fengzhang once described the situation when General Secretary Jiang inspected Zhangjiagang in plain language... Leaving the pier, he arrived at the bonded area.It is clean, open, and the roads are vertical and horizontal, very imposing.The buildings that have risen from the ground, some are under construction, and some have already been capped.The general secretary and his party watched as they walked.Qin Zhenhua introduced to the general secretary one by one the buildings with different styles and shapes from 13 floors to 18 floors. When he arrived at the office building, the general secretary listened to the report of the mayor Hu Jianpeng on the operation, investment attraction, infrastructure construction and rapid and efficient development of the bonded area in the past two years.The general secretary said excitedly: "I came to Zhangjiagang in 1984, and I saw you in Zhangjiagang developing very fast today, such as the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, etc., which were established after Comrade Deng Xiaoping's speech on the southern tour. Now this place has changed a lot. It is different from the past. It’s incomparable, and I’m delighted to see it.” The general secretary and his party left the bonded area, and drove to Zhangyang Highway.Qin Zhenhua sat face to face with the general secretary.In late spring, the fields in the south of the Yangtze River are verdant and full of vitality; the spacious and beautiful Zhangyang Highway is full of flowers and colors.The general secretary watched the scenery outside the window with great interest. He saw the beautiful and tidy small town construction on both sides of the road, novel and unique farm houses, large-scale factories, vegetable bases, and fertile farmland. He listened to Qin Zhenhua's report with all his heart.The general secretary expressed great concern about Zhangjiagang's gross national product, industrial output value, foreign trade exports, annual per capita income, urban and rural residential housing, and small town construction reported by Qin Zhenhua.When Qin Zhenhua said that the reason why Zhangjiagang developed so fast was firstly because of the encouragement of Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s speech on the southern tour, and secondly because of the 16-character Zhangjiagang spirit of “unity and hard work, forging ahead with heavy loads, self-increasing pressure, and daring to be the first”, the general secretary was busy. Ask him to say the Zhangjiagang spirit of those 16 words again. Qin Zhenhua said excitedly: "Unity and hard work, forge ahead with heavy burdens, apply pressure, and dare to strive for the first." The general secretary was very happy to hear that.But Qin Zhenhua can't speak Mandarin, he speaks Zhangjiagang dialect.This speech belongs to the Wu language family, and most of the general secretary's entourage could not understand it.The general secretary said to Qin Zhenhua: "If you talk about it again, I will be your interpreter." The general secretary will act as my interpreter!Qin Zhenhua felt that his whole body was immersed in a warm current and was extremely moved.He said word by word: "Unity and hard work." The general secretary immediately said in his clear Mandarin: "Unity and hard work." Qin Zhenhua said: "Forge ahead with a heavy burden." The general secretary said: "Forge ahead with a heavy burden." Qin Zhenhua said: "Press yourself." The general secretary said: "Increase pressure on yourself." After the general secretary repeated, he added a comment: "This sentence is very correct. You need to put pressure on yourself." Qin Zhenhua said: "Dare to be the first." He added, "The key is to dare to create excellence and dare to be the first." The general secretary appreciated the words "dare to be the first" and Qin Zhenhua's annotation.He said: "We Chinese must have ambition, not let foreigners look down on us, and have national self-esteem. Zhangjiagang people's spirit of daring to be the first is the expression of our national self-esteem." The general secretary's praise gave Qin Zhenhua a great deal Encouraged, he went on to report: "The spirit of Zhangjiagang is embodied in these five sentences: the first sentence, 'promote entrepreneurs'; the second sentence, 'support reformers'; the third sentence, 'flagellate empty talkers'; the fourth sentence, 'punish corrupt people '; the fifth sentence 'Boldly use pioneers'." The general secretary nodded and said: "These five sentences are actually the spirit of 'grasping with both hands', which embodies the two civilizations grasping together." This story happened in the hinterland of Wu State in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It has been 7 years since this very reminiscent scene, but the people of Zhangjiagang can still vividly tell about that extraordinary day, which once moved the heart of the General Secretary and made Zhangjiagang A heart-stopping day.This day also moved the hearts of people across the country.