Chapter 11 Chapter 9 The Temptation of "New Suzhou"

"New Suzhou" is located in the west wing of the ancient city of Suzhou today, and its official name is "Suzhou National High-tech Industrial Development Zone". Many people have been to Suzhou. I believe that in addition to the poetic Jiangnan of the ancient city’s alleys and small bridges and flowing water, they will definitely be familiar with ancient Suzhou business cards such as “Hanshan Bell”, “Jiangfeng Ancient Rhyme”, and “Fengqiao Pingtan”. Scenic spots and scenery have special memories.In addition, you should also have a comprehensive understanding of Suzhou: the west wing of the ancient city is basically full of real mountains and waters, or Suzhou's famous mountains and waters. Taihu Lake, which is vast and misty for thousands of miles, is none other than it!Many scenic spots in Suzhou are actually in the suburbs of the west wing of the ancient city, or those places close to Taihu Lake. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, known as the "golden waterway", has also flowed through this area for thousands of years.

"Suzhou National High-tech Industrial Development Zone", referred to as "High-tech Zone", is located in this place. In November 1271, the 17-year-old Italian traveler Marco Polo embarked on a mysterious journey to find the eastern world. Road" eastbound.When the only son of this wealthy businessman sailed into Suzhou, the "paradise on earth" in the eastern world, in a traveling boat, the young man who grew up in the water city of Venice wrote this sentence in surprise: "Suzhou city is amazingly beautiful." He also wrote: "There is a large population here, and it is surprisingly dense."

"The people are kind and timid, and they only engage in industry and commerce. In this respect, they do appear to be quite capable...The commerce and crafts here are very prosperous." "If their bravery is as superior as their wit, then..." So, what?Marco Polo didn't say it.Even if he said it, he lacked imagination, because his understanding of "Oriental Venice" was superficial.In fact, the Italian traveler pointed out the huge potential of Suzhou, and once this potential is released, it will shock the whole world. Suzhou seems to have been looking for such an opportunity to shock the world in the long years that followed. After 7 centuries, Suzhou finally has such an opportunity!This opportunity is naturally China's reform and opening up, specifically, the opportunity brought about by the development of Shanghai Pudong.

In the memory of some old Suzhou people, this seems to be a matter of yesterday—— At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Committee in 1990, Secretary Wang Minsheng, Deputy Secretary, and Mayor Zhang Xinsheng all expressed their thoughts: Several counties and cities to which Suzhou belongs have "flyed". How is the economy of the old city of Suzhou? manage? "If those of us sitting in the city of Suzhou can't boost the economy of Suzhou City, and give orders in the future, I'm afraid there will be less and less people listening to you! If you put it more seriously, people don't have to listen to you at all. Give orders!" Wang Minsheng said.

"Why? Do they still want the leadership of the Communist Party?" "Although you can't say that, but you can't do well in the things around you. The brothers have become stronger, and you are not tough when you are an old man! This is absolute." At the Standing Committee, several comrades argued.This dispute seems to be common, but once it is put on the Standing Committee, once it is presented as a serious issue, it really puts a lot of pressure on the municipal party committee—your Suzhou Municipal Committee only asks for the development of the following Well, the place under your nose is still a pool of stagnant water; you just let the waves below make waves and go up quickly, and the result will inevitably be drowning yourself.

China is a country that talks about politics. Some things are discussed a lot in private, but some obvious objective facts are not convenient to talk about on the table.However, no country or regime can avoid the fact that whether it is a centralized leadership or a loose organization, only when the leader is strong and capable can your regime be consolidated and firm.The government of a country or a region handles the relationship with the subordinates, which is an inherent restraint between the superior and inferior powers, but more depends on the influence of strength.Power and prestige are built on strength.Such problems also exist within political parties and regimes, and avoiding such objective existence does not conform to materialism.It's just that it's inconvenient for us to express this in the usual political atmosphere.However, Suzhou people are pragmatic, and the style and awareness of the leadership are also advanced. They do not avoid the objective fact: those counties (cities) that have developed and are already very famous and prestigious in the country are all actively pursuing Before leaping forward, they certainly hope that their leaders and superiors, especially brands like Suzhou, will move forward with them, otherwise Suzhou will lose its influence on them.

"Everyone's worries are justified. We have been asking the people below how to do it, but the ancient city under our noses cannot be built. I don't think others will say it, but we all have a sense of crisis." Wang Minsheng hit the nail on the head pointed out. "It's obvious: all counties and cities are developing like a raging fire, and the mind is more liberated than our municipal party committee, so is it time for us to emancipate our minds in the development of urban areas? I think the conclusion is obvious." Mayor Zhang Xinsheng's attitude is also very clear and firm.

Therefore, the economic development of Suzhou urban area became the first strategic step taken by the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government in the 1990s. However, how does the urban area of ​​Suzhou develop its economy, and how does it develop drastically like Zhangjiagang and Kunshan?This topic is really difficult for Wang Minsheng, Zhang Xinsheng and the others—— Gusu has a millennium charm, everyone loves it, whoever touches a brick wall or a piece of turf, someone may write a letter to the central government or the State Council meeting - there is a reason for this: in the early days of reform and opening up, Chen Congzhou, an expert on ancient garden architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai, and several others Celebrities once issued an appeal to "save Suzhou". In 1981, Kuang Yaming, the honorary president of Nanjing University, and others came to Suzhou to conduct on-the-spot investigations and investigations. They were deeply worried about the destruction of the ancient city of Suzhou, and then wrote an "About Suzhou" together with several local experts and scholars in Suzhou. "Report on Serious Damage to Gardens and Scenic Spots and Several Emergency Measures Suggested" was reported to the central government.The central leaders at that time attached great importance to it, and Deng Xiaoping ordered that "Jiangsu Province should study it and take effective measures to protect it."General Secretary Hu Yaobang commented: "Whether it is a short-term construction policy or a long-term construction policy, it is necessary to seek truth from facts and pay attention to actual results. It must be realized by the party organizations at all levels in Suzhou and the people of the city with a revolutionary spirit of striving for strength and self-reliance. Afterwards, relevant departments of the central government, Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City conducted a large number of investigations. On May 12, 1982, the State Council approved the "Report on the Protection of the Ancient City of Suzhou and the Future Construction Policy" of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. This document clearly stipulates that the ancient city of Suzhou is a national historical and cultural heritage. Any large-scale urban construction must be reported to the relevant departments at the central and provincial levels for approval.Shortly thereafter, Deng Xiaoping went to Suzhou for research. During this period, he said to the leaders of Suzhou: Suzhou gardens are the precious wealth left to us by our ancestors. The advantages will disappear; the relationship between protection and renovation must be properly handled, so as to protect the ancient city and do a good job in municipal construction.This means that Suzhou is no longer the Suzhou of the Suzhou people themselves, but the Suzhou of China and the Suzhou of all 1.3 billion Chinese people. The history of Suzhou people moving as they please has come to an end.On the one hand, this is a good thing. It can make the protection of the ancient city of Suzhou a "national task".

Because the ancient city cannot be moved, Suzhou people are forced to consider "strategy outside the city"—— Reserve a piece of land and rebuild a new city in Suzhou!This happened in the early 1990s. A group of Wu elites were planning to get rid of the shackles of the old Suzhou "Xu City" with a history of more than 2,500 years and strive for a new Suzhou world.It doesn't sound like an earth-shattering event now, but at that time, in Suzhou, which is known as a small bridge and flowing water, it must be said that there was a loud noise like a spring thunder. After the opinions of the municipal party committee and the municipal government came out, there was an uproar in Gusu City.There are as many pros and cons.Needless to say, the reasons for those in favor are: Suzhou needs to develop, and the old city cannot make big articles like Shenzhen and Pudong.Those who oppose it have more reasons: building a new city means abandoning the ancient Suzhou style of a famous historical city and the famous "Oriental Venice".In the eyes of the latter: Suzhou cannot be changed, it is a precious legacy left by the ancients, whoever changes is a "sinner" of history and future generations.

In this world-famous historical city, whoever wants to move their own land is very likely to become a "criminal for thousands of years". "Naturally, the style and appearance of the ancient city of Suzhou cannot be changed, but this does not mean that the urban economy of Suzhou cannot be developed. We have a historical responsibility for the protection of the old city. However, in the context of the globalized economy, we should let the ancient Suzhou take off as before. We should put wings on the ancient city. With these wings, Suzhou takes off, and the protection of the ancient city's style can be truly possible. This truth should be known to the citizens." Wang Minsheng, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, said this at the Standing Committee.

Suzhou people are smart, but not conservative at the same time.The decisions made by the municipal party committee and the municipal government were quickly responded by the citizens, so the grand blueprint for installing "wings" on the ancient city began to be planned... Where are the "wings" inserted?This is the problem.According to legend, the blueprint of the old city of Gusu was drawn by Wu Zixu when he invited a geomancer as a consultant. After the survey and layout of "the land tastes the water, it is like the heaven and the earth", the geomantic omen cannot be changed. Once the geomantic omen is destroyed, the whole city will collapse. .In the past, there were eight gates on land in Gusu City, which symbolizes that the wind from eight directions in the sky can be received, so that the weather will be smooth; there are also eight gates on the waterway, which are used to prevent the invasion of hell and invaders. Make the people in the city happy and happy.In fact, in the more than 2,500 years since the ancient city of Suzhou was built, despite the turmoil of countless wars and the changes of the times, the original appearance of the city has never changed.This is also rare in the history of cities in the world, which shows that the old city of Gusu does have "immortal spirit". The "wings" must be placed on the two wings, looking at the north and south of the ancient city: on one side is Changshu, which is proud of the world, and on the other side is Wujiang, which is in a hurry.If Suzhou wants to develop, if it wants to break the crest of the two counties, it will definitely affect the overall situation.After adding wings in the north-south direction was denied, the eyes of decision makers naturally fell on the east and west wings of the ancient city. This place is easier to deal with, it is all in Wu County.Besides, Wu County has always been embracing and relying on Suzhou City. Incorporating Wu County into Suzhou City and integrating it into one body is suitable for the greater development of Suzhou City, and the people of Wu County will not suffer.Considering the geography of Suzhou urban area, this idea of ​​the rulers should be said to be the best solution, and later proved that it is wise to include Wu County near the ancient city into Suzhou urban area. However, Wu County has an administrative history of thousands of years after all, and in the past, it has been called "Suzhou Three Masters" together with Changshu and Wujiang.The loss of the name of the administrative division means that Wu County has since disappeared from the territory. This pain is also very painful for officials and people in a region that enjoys a high reputation.Fortunately, the people of Wu County have an inseparable natural blood relationship with the urban area of ​​Suzhou. In 2001, Wu County was withdrawn from the city and became two districts of Suzhou, Xiangcheng and Wuzhong, which were attached to the east and west wings of the ancient city.In the new Wuzhong District, half of the historical relics of Gusu are located on this land, so it is called "Wuzhong" in real sense.The land of Wuzhong naturally includes the relics of Wu.In addition, here embraces the rippling Taihu Lake, which is a wonderful place of geomantic omen.In contrast, Xiangcheng in the east has much worse natural conditions.Not to mention that there are many historical relics missing here, even the lakes and ponds here are all messy and thin, and I can't bear to look closely. "New Suzhou" should be built in the Wuxian area on the shore of Taihu Lake!Although the decision maker is not a feng shui master, everyone feels refreshed when they see good water and mountains. This historic choice made the city appearance of Gusu a major breakthrough for the first time. It can be attributed to the result of Suzhou people’s own seeking for changes, and it can also be understood as a “century awakening” brought to Suzhou people by the development of Shanghai Pudong. The construction and development of this ideal "New Suzhou" in the minds of Suzhou people began in 1990 and was officially approved by the state in 1992, basically following in the footsteps of Shanghai Pudong. "New Suzhou" was originally called "Hexi New Area", a bit imitating the name of Shanghai's "Pudong New Area".The so-called Hexi refers to the geographical location, that is, the west side of the canal. "Hexi New Area" was later renamed "Suzhou National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone".This name did not come easily, because at that time the country's policies on development zones were in the stage of tightening and rectification, and it was clearly stated that no new development zones would be approved. If the country does not approve it, it means that the child does not have a birth certificate, and there will be endless troubles.Wang Minsheng, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, became anxious and said: "Development is the last word, and getting approval is even more important!" Thanks to his efforts, Suzhou cadres quickly used all possible connections to carry out activities in the capital, and finally persuaded all Fang "head". The official approval of "Suzhou National High-tech Industrial Development Zone" has brought Suzhou into a new era of "Park Revolution".Among them, the correct decision-making of the municipal party committee led by Comrade Wang Minsheng played a vital role. "At that time, we regarded the construction of the Hexi New District as a 'small special zone in Suzhou' and planned to do a lot of work, so we transferred Wang Jinhua from Kunshan to build an economic development zone at his own expense..." Wang Minsheng recalled. The Suzhou Municipal Party Committee transferred Wang Jinhua to the urban area to build a "small special zone", which can be said to be a high-stakes move.This person is now the chairman of the Suzhou CPPCC.Since 2001, he has been ordered to build an industrial park, which has shaken the earth and changed with each passing day, making the construction of the industrial park, which once dissatisfied Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, flourish and attract worldwide attention.But many people don't understand that Wang Jinhua's real power and display of excellence in building industrial parks or "development zones" was brought into full play in the construction of Kunshan's "self-financed development zone" and Suzhou High-tech Zone.Before Wang Jinhua became the chairman of the Suzhou CPPCC, there were three bright spots in his life trajectory: one is the vigorous "passion burning" years in Kunshan in the mid-to-late 1980s when he and the old secretary Wu Kequan worked side by side to build the Kunshan Development Zone; In the 1990s, the ten-year struggle history of "passionate" in the construction of "New Suzhou"; the third is the glorious era of "passionate shining" in Suzhou Industrial Park after the new century. Now we look back at the "passionate" ten-year struggle history of him and his comrades in the construction of "New Suzhou" - the turn of spring and summer in 1991. A small boat sailed calmly into the small inland river on the west side of the ancient canal. The boat was too ordinary to attract anyone's attention.A few men traveled along the narrow river channel with the boat. Wherever the waterway went, farmland, mounds, mountains, and scattered villages were all silent. Because no one paid attention to what these people were doing, so no one was watching what they wanted to do.There are no frogs in the farmland, the small trees on the mounds stand alone, the wind blows through the mountains quietly, and a few wisps of cooking smoke rise above the village... This is the scene of the western suburbs of the ancient city of Suzhou in the early 1990s, a 2500 Paintings of landscapes that have remained virtually unchanged over the years. Several men drifted away all the way, and no one spoke.After floating the small river, beside a mound, someone suggested: Stop the boat and go ashore to have a look. The person who spoke had a generous voice, and although his words were not harsh, they were very magnetic, with a certain unstoppable force.He is Wang Jinhua. He is about 1.75 meters tall. This sturdy man makes people feel that he has strong internal strength.At this moment, his identity is the general manager of Suzhou Urban Construction Development Corporation, the executive deputy commander-in-chief of the Suzhou New District Development Headquarters, and the actual person in charge of "New Suzhou". "Commander, this place is called the Great Northern Wilderness in Suzhou by the locals, do you think it looks like it?" a fellow comrade in arms asked Wang Jinhua. Wang Jinhua did not answer. He looked at the mountains and waters, fields and hills, and wisps of cooking smoke in front of him—this is very familiar to him. The place in his hometown in Kunshan was also like this a few years ago, but in recent years he has engaged in "self-funded After the "Development Zone", everything changed.Wang Jinhua turned his head slowly, and at that moment he stared, he saw the outline of the ancient city of Suzhou not far away, it was really beautiful - the slanting Tiger Hill Pagoda, the ancient canal with long sirens, and the looming Suzhou ancient city. The city wall...the ancient city wall and the crescent-shaped bridge separate the city and countryside of Gusu into two different worlds. They are now going to join these two different worlds together without any visible caulking. "I believe we can accomplish this mission. Suzhou in the ancient city, with small bridges and flowing water, gardens and ancient alleys, is always said by outsiders as fake mountains and fake waters. Now we are all good here: the mountains are real, the water is real, The new Suzhou must be real mountains and rivers, full of poetry!" Wang Jinhua, who was born in a soldier, is not a poet, but he said this to his comrades like a poet at this moment... Wang Jinhua said in an interview with me that when he looked back at the ancient city of Suzhou At that moment, he was extremely excited, because he suddenly thought of Wu Zixu, the great general of Wu State 2,500 years ago... Looking around the gate of Changmen, he felt that the state was majestic and strong. 100,000 husbands' families pay taxes, and 5,000 children guard the border. (Tang Dynasty Bai Juyi's "Looking at the Gate of Changmen") In the past 2500 years, Suzhou City has gone through wind and rain, but it still stands in the world and has become the most complete ancient city in the world, famous all over the world.Now a new city will be built in this city, which will coexist harmoniously and perfectly with the old city.This will mean that whoever undertakes such a great project will be another Wu Zixu-like great man in the history of Suzhou's construction. Of course, the construction of the new Suzhou City today is no longer the work of one individual, but the crystallization of collective wisdom, because this decision comes from the central government.The master plan for urban construction of Suzhou approved by the State Council is the cornerstone of Suzhou New City. Since then, "ancient city and new district, east city and west city" have taken root in the hearts of Suzhou people. Now comes the age of implementation.The ancient city of Suzhou has long been unable to bear the burden of history, and it has been clamoring to get rid of the burden on its body—the old city cannot be stretched, and the 14 square kilometers of ancient alleys on the banks of the river cannot accept more than 3 million tourists every year. And the residents of the city living here - 24,000 people per square kilometer have already exhausted the alleys and wooden bridges... "Your task is: to rebuild a new Suzhou in 10 years." Municipal Party Secretary Wang Minsheng never speaks harshly, and his Wu dialect always has the softness unique to Suzhou people, but this time he gave the task to Wang Jinhua At that time, his tone was very tough. Wang Jinhua remained silent about this. "To be more specific, the industrial output value of the urban area was 14.6 billion yuan last year, and your new district will reach this level in 10 years: 15 billion yuan." After Wang Minsheng finished speaking, he stared at Wang Jinhua, looking at his favorite general How did the Kunshan people react. Usually, Suzhou people will express their surprise to the leaders in order to leave some "room" for themselves.But this Wang Jinhua did not. He slowly raised his eyes, glanced at the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor Zhang Xinsheng standing aside, and said a few seconds later: "15 billion is not unusual. The key lies in the policy. The key to start this gate Play well..." Zhang Xinsheng smiled, and he glanced at the secretary Wang Minsheng, meaning to say: How about it, let me say that Wang Jinhua will do it! Of course!Wang Minsheng thought to himself: To promote Wang Jinhua to the city, he had a "private deal" with the "old man" and Wu Kequan from Kunshan: You have made small Kunshan bigger and stronger, what should I do in Suzhou City? Kunshan is under pressure!Maybe Suzhou can't do it well, I'll get you Wu Kequan together! Hearing what Wang Jinhua said, Wang Minsheng burst into laughter. "I don't worry about anything. What I worry about is whether you will give Jinhua them the independent operation and command right to develop the new area." Wu Kequan said to Wang Minsheng. Later, Wang Minsheng and Zhang Xinsheng remembered Wu Kequan's words, and fulfilled their promise at the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee: they decided to give "privileges" to the New District Work Committee and Management Committee—county-level powers, including land, finance and taxation, public security, labor and personnel, There are 5 bureau-level establishment units for engineering management. "Okay, let's do it first." Wang Jinhua, who was a deputy county-level cadre, felt that the municipal party committee and the municipal government gave him enough power. He is the commander of the "county level"! Standing on the barren hill, Wang Jinhua followed the gentle wind blowing his hair, and turned his eyes back to the mountains and water, fields and villages beside the canal in front of him... His chest was heaving and stirring.He felt the responsibility and obligation of a son standing in front of his mother, a very strong responsibility and obligation. At that time, the headquarters of the new area was located in an old house built in the 1950s in Sanyuanyi Village, Suzhou. Fortunately, there were only 4 men in the headquarters, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome, because there was no women's toilet in the old house, only a "tunnel" "style men's toilet. There were no women present, and the men in Suzhou also spoke roughly: "Don't look like it looks like this place, but what we want to do is to become the first in the country and the first in the world." Wang Jinhua said the same to his three pioneers. Can 20 million start-up funds create a world-class business?Some people are sweating.Wang Jinhua took it lightly, and proposed four development strategies for the new district: openness strategy, technology strategy, talent strategy, and prosperity strategy. The first three strategies are easy to understand, but what is the prosperity strategy? The construction of the Suzhou New District was later than Shenzhen, Pudong and other places, and it was a latecomer to the reform. What's more, Suzhou is located in China's rich socio-economic and cultural prosperity area, and reckless killing is harmful rather than beneficial.One step in place, taking the road of prosperity is more conducive to connecting with world civilization, so Suzhou New District should follow the "prosperity strategy". ——This is Wang Jinhua's idea, and it is also the strategic idea for Suzhou's reform to go global. After the people from all walks of life involved in the preparation of the new district reported for duty one after another, Wang Jinhua made a mobilization for the development of the new district. He explained the specific content of the four major strategies in one breath: the opening strategy is to introduce foreign capital as a breakthrough, and then implement all-round foreign investment. open.The real modern and open economic development is the industrial progress that keeps pace with the world and the ability to operate internationally.The key point of the science and technology strategy is to aim at high-tech industries, so that the new district will truly become a base for the industrialization, commercialization and internationalization of high-tech achievements.Talent strategy, in a simple sentence, is "as long as we can turn somersaults, we can lay as long a carpet as possible".The goal is to create three teams: modern management talent team, international operation talent team and technology professional talent team.Prosperity strategy is to promote the rapid prosperity of the new district through "tertiary industry" and social undertakings, and build the new district into a modernized new urban area of ​​Suzhou. Osmanthus fragrans, ushered in the Suzhou Silk Tourism Festival.Wang Jinhua made an appearance at the tourism festival and attacked from all sides, showing the sign "Suzhou New District".Those blond and blue-eyed guests were surprised: there is a new district in Suzhou?What kind of new? You can go and see it! Wang Jinhua asked someone to drive over and took the foreigners to the Lion Rock Bridge for a turn.The foreigners looked at the mountains and water outside Suzhou City, and shook their heads repeatedly, "Wang, your new district is... hehe, very bad, much worse than your Kunshan." Wang Jinhua was calm, politely smiled at the foreigners, and said, "When you come to visit next year, you will definitely have different feelings. You will like our new district then." The foreigners were very excited, "Okay, we will come again next year!" "It's a deal. Next year!" Wang Jinhua shook hands with the foreigners one by one, and the foreigners found that his hands were extraordinarily powerful. "Next year" is a promise, a promise sent by Suzhou people to friends all over the world and to the whole of China. For this reason, the land in the western suburbs of Suzhou, which had been dormant for thousands of years, began to boil—the mobilization of land expropriation and relocation set off a shocking wave on the shore of Taihu Lake... The local people, whose ancestors entered the city with Wu Zixu until now, have not moved an inch of their homeland for thousands of years. For the first time, they were shaken by the tentacles of modern civilization.They took up the hoes for farming and the poles for carrying water, and they had to fight to the death with those urban people who wanted them to move. The peaceful order was disrupted, and the farewell ceremony was solemn and stirring. The most direct struggle against the truth you know. Wang Jinhua sent an experienced old comrade to do the work of the farmers.Lao Ren is worthy of being an expert on "old relocation" and he has a clear understanding of the psychology of relocated households. He can read dozens of relocation policies in a flash.But the farmers didn't agree with him. Dozens of peasants wrestled with the resettlement personnel. The young Xiao Zhang was knocked unconscious by a stick flying from nowhere. The new district headquarters, which had moved, was occupied.At this time, a thick voice sounded from the window of the headquarters on the ninth floor: "Whoever dares to touch our house will be thrown from here!" The cadres of the New District Management Committee were dumbfounded. At this time, Wang Jinhua came. All eyes focused on him. He said: "Relocation is definitely not negotiable. This is a decision made by the municipal party committee, and it is also the need for the future happiness of the people of Suzhou. There is no room for negotiation. But why are you unwilling to move? Is there a problem with the policy, or is it our work?" Bad attitude?" The troublemaker said: "We didn't intend to oppose and interfere, it's because your words don't count." "What do you say?" "You asked us to move, but where will we live after we move?" "It's strange, isn't it already arranged for you to live in a house?" Wang Jinhua shifted his gaze to Lao Ren's face. "The resettlement houses are not being accepted, and there are still a few houses that have not been implemented." Lao Ren said. "Bullshit!" Wang Jinhua, who has retired from the army and returned to his hometown for many years, has not scolded like this for a long time.But scolding is scolding, the problem still needs to be solved.So he said: "First, all the resettlement houses that are still in short supply will be settled within the year to ensure that every household can move into a new house for the New Year; second, the few households that are unable to settle down now will all move into the best old courtyard house in our headquarters Thirdly, because of the flood, the surrounding area of ​​the old courtyard house is still covered with ocean, and the management committee is responsible for all the work of pumping and draining water. If any work above is not in place, you will slap me with a shoulder pole!" "Okay, with your director Wang's words, we will move!" The sensible farmers readily agreed, saying that they believed in the party and the government. The party and the government did not disappoint these farmers, and the relocation work was done meticulously. "No matter how well the new district is built in the future, if the resettlement of relocated households is not done well, it will be zero." Wang Jinhua has always talked about the requirements of the municipal party committee and the municipal government. Every cadre in the new district has such a steelyard in his heart: Built on the satisfaction of the people. How many grievances and difficulties there are, they have never counted, because what they think is: if my home is relocated, what should I think?Therefore, all difficulties and all desires should be considered for those relocated households from their own perspective, and the problems will be solved in a moving and satisfying way.Over the past ten years since the construction of the new district, tens of thousands of households have been relocated. It cannot be said that there are no contradictions and difficulties, but overall, it is calm, calm like the personality of Suzhou people, very gentle.This is due to the meticulous handling of things by Suzhou people, and it is also due to their ability to think about issues from the actual interests of the relocated households.In order to verify the actual effect of Wang Jinhua and his group, I went to several resettlement communities and chatted with the relocated households for a long time.They told me that they didn't understand at first, but they were satisfied when they saw the houses built by the "government", the jobs they provided, the community environment, and the fact that they were now living in the "new Suzhou like heaven". "Nine points of satisfaction. There is one point of dissatisfaction. I hope the new district will have a better development." A 70-year-old man said to me humorously. Let's zoom back to the year when the new district was developed. "Next year" is here.Foreigners came to Suzhou again and saw Wang Jinhua again. "Wang, we are here again!" The foreigner looked at Wang Jinhua with a smile, hoping that he would not break his promise. "Welcome! Let's go to the new district." Wang Jinhua walked in the front. "Walk--" The mighty team was talking and laughing. It is said to be "next year", but it is actually only three months, because the last time foreigners met with Wang Jinhua in the golden autumn of last year, although a year has passed now, but the actual distance from last autumn is more than 3 months!The foreigner thought to himself: No matter how capable your king is, can you still repair the road to the sky? "Wow, Wang, have the 15-kilometer-long Zhonghuantong and Dahuantong been built in the past three months?" The foreigner exclaimed the moment he got out of the van and stepped on the smooth and wide concrete road. cried out. Wang Jinhua smiled calmly: "Of course. Could it be that God repaired it? Haha... We don't believe in God." "Excellent! Wang, you have applied the Kunshan experience here again! It's amazing! With your speed, we are willing to invest!" Foreigners know that in such a place where benefits are emphasized, the result of investment is doubled dollars and gold. "Suzhou Speed" spread among foreign businessmen for a while.As a result, the investment attraction of the new district gradually became an unstoppable whirlwind... Lion Rock deserves its popularity in Suzhou.The 25-storey Golden Lion Building symbolizes the beginning of the new district's "passionate years". "Golden Lion" - I don't know who gave the name?But it reminds me: gold is Wang Jinhua's gold, and lion is the lion of Lion Mountain. What are Wang Jinhua and his comrades who are proud of on the top of Lion Mountain thinking?They stood on the once wasteland on a high-rise building that could look back at the ancient city and overlook the mist of Taihu Lake. The sky-shattering dust caused people in the old city to come to look up at the majestic appearance of the "Golden Lion" in the new area: such a tall building was built in 10 months!In another 10 years, this place will not become the big Shanghai? Hey, what we are going to build is a new Suzhou City.Brand new, strive to be more beautiful than Shenzhen! Shanghai in Wang Jinhua's mind is his eternal goal.He thought this way when he was in Kunshan, and he still thinks this way when he arrives in Suzhou: Suzhou wants to catch up with Shanghai, but Suzhou is not Shanghai. Suzhou is a city of culture, ancient history and beauty.Especially the new Suzhou next to Tiger Hill, at the foot of Lion Mountain, and on the shore of Taihu Lake. It should contain the culture of Wuyue and the water charm of Taihu Lake. It should embody the context of Hengtang and the poems of Fengqiao. Between the eternal fresh elegance and the small bridge and flowing water, we can find the Parisian style of Oriental Venice and carve out a modern and civilized new city with the beauty of Taihu Lake.In a word: the new Suzhou must be a new city that coexists harmoniously with the ancient city and has a different style; it must be an international city that connects the most cutting-edge information in the world and can embody the cultural elements of the south of the Yangtze River in the East; Feel the warmth and security, vigor and vitality, novel and colorful home atmosphere, and at the same time, let all new residents in foreign lands settle down here and have a sense of belonging that forgets everything. "The city should have a warm body. The new Suzhou embodies our enthusiasm, emotion and creation for this land." Wang Jinhua usually doesn't talk much, but his gaze and thinking are complex and delicate, and full of wisdom to pursue refinement.This is also the requirement of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government for the New District, and it is also the expectation of Suzhou people for the New District. Naturally, it is also the excitement of those foreign and domestic manufacturers who finally choose Suzhou as the "nest" for their business development. Entrepreneurship is hard, even in the "paradise" Suzhou, there are still a lot of hardships.Those who first came to work in the new area are still very impressed. "Wang Jinhua said to us: The first task for you to come to the new area is to prepare for hardships and endure all the hardships. Then he asked the relevant personnel to give each of us a pair of rain boots. Because at that time our office area was surrounded by vast ocean.” The new area caught up with the third wave of reform and opening up—this was the year of China’s ideological emancipation again in 1992, which took Deng Xiaoping’s speech on the southern tour as an opportunity.So at that time, batches of ambitious foreign businessmen and Fortune 500 companies chose to invest in the promising land of Suzhou New District. 1992 was an unforgettable year for entrepreneurs in the New District.In November of this year, Wang Jinhua took back the gold medal with the national prefix of "National High-tech Industrial Development Zone" from Beijing, and the small courtyard was full of joy.The conditions at that time were still very poor, and the employees didn't even buy firecrackers. They celebrated by knocking on their rice bowls, "but the atmosphere is still unforgettable for us." Wang Jinhua recalled. What does it mean to seize an opportunity?The best explanation is that many foreign-funded enterprises have nested here: from the day when the gold medal of the "National High-tech Industrial Development Zone" was hung up, Upjohn, DuPont, and Gundam in the United States, Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, and Sumitomo in Japan , Shakdi, Germany's Siemens, Bailin, Britain's McDermott and Courtaulds, Switzerland's Logitech, Schindler, Taiwan's Acer, Sampo and other world-renowned companies have settled in, with 190 projects... It is only the result of three or four years. In August 1996, Rakaka, a senior consultant of the United Nations Development Program, visited the new area and praised: "The high-rise Suzhou New Area has a strong attraction. Nearly 300 foreign-funded enterprise projects and enterprises have settled down, with a total investment of more than 3 billion US dollars. , this is also a rare miracle in the world. Your place is like a 'little United Nations'." This is how the nickname "Little United Nations" in Suzhou New District came into being. This year, the Suzhou New District received a large number of guests, and they were all international masters—Su Gai, the director of publishing and communication of the Human Progress Fund and a famous American novelist; Sha Shixiong, an academician of the French and American Academy of Sciences; Sai... They walked along the ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, feeling the wonder, freshness and excitement of the thousands of economies and cultures in the new oriental world, and the blending with nature.Because the skyscrapers they are in are close to the old Suzhou with white walls and black tiles, and the avenues that reach the sky are intertwined with the small bridges next to them... They think this is a "unique" beauty in the world. In the spring of that year, Lu Wenfu, a writer from Suzhou who didn’t go out much, heard that a “new Suzhou” was built next to the Lion Mountain in Suzhou. At first he didn’t believe it, but then he went.After going there, Mr. Wenfu praised it greatly. It has been more than 2,500 years since the city of Gusu was built, and it took 2,500 days to build the new Suzhou.So he blurted out a classic saying: 2,500 years of ups and downs created an old Suzhou, and 2,500 days and nights created a new Suzhou. The name "New Suzhou" has been used to this day. A reporter from "Wen Wei Po" went to the new area for interviews, looked at this modern new city on the shore of Taihu Lake, towering among the mountains and rivers, and wrote such a title with emotion: "True Mountains and Real Waters in a Garden City". Whether it's the writer's exclamation or the reporter's description, they all annotate the rise of the new district with a common element: speed and elegance. According to the statistics of the environmental protection department in 1997, the greening rate of the new district reached 35%, far exceeding the national standard.When many foreign investors come to the new district for the first time, they are not rushing to Wang Jinhua's "president" office, but rushing to climb the Lion Mountain, eager to see Tianping, Huashan, Heshan, Hengshan and other peaks and beautiful mountains, or drive to the open area. You can visit Suoshan, Yushan, Tianshi and other lakeview landscape parks in the green space... Is this a park or a factory?Is it a square or a community?They are deeply attracted by the novel and wonderful "Su-style" development zone, and even often doubt their own vision. "If you set up a business in such a place, you will get a double harvest of quality of life and economic benefits." Foreign entrepreneurs commented in this way. "Building gardens with greenery is a major concept of our new district. This not only draws lessons from European and American styles, but also inherits the characteristics of the water town of Suzhou. There are many green trees and greenery, and the pattern of an open large park is fully introduced, so that the new district guarantees every year There is a green period of 300 days. Ancient Suzhou achieved a combination of culture and classics with gardens such as "Rain beats plantains", "Wutong Zhiqiu" and "Three Friends of Suihan". New districts add greenery to gardens to create An atmosphere and natural characteristics of a "splendid land". You can see that the plant shapes here absorb the green style of large blocks of color, such as the cedar forest in the color of the sea, the red maple forest like the sunset, the yellow osmanthus, and the A piece of orange red, inlaid with beautiful cherry blossoms from America in the middle, red, yellow, blue, and purple combined into one, colorful, from a distance, it looks like a carpet of colorful flowers, and from a close look, it looks like you are in the middle of flowers and trees. When talking about their beauty, they are always eloquent and intoxicating. In just a few years, the Lion Mountain, which had been silent for thousands of years, opened its tired eyes from the hibernation-like silence, and suddenly looked back, and in an instant, the sky and earth were turned upside down... Today's Suzhou New District builders and entrepreneurs are most willing to boast to outsiders about the technological content here. "To say that our Suzhou High-tech Zone can make Lion Mountain, which used to be the Great Northern Wilderness of Suzhou, look what it is today, the key is that our high-tech here has played a catalytic role." "how do I say this?" "High-tech high-tech, naturally the article is on 'high' and 'new'. 'High' means that our development zone has aimed at the international advanced level from the very beginning, which refers to the high-end level of the imported enterprises; 'new' means It means that the establishment and trend of the industry must be the most cutting-edge and most advanced technology orientation in the world today." Wang Zhuming, the current Secretary of the Working Committee of Suzhou High-tech Zone, introduced to me: From the day when the new zone was established in 1992, the older generation of entrepreneurs such as Wang Jinhua followed The "science and technology priority" strategy determined by the municipal party committee and the municipal government closely focuses on the goal of "developing high technology and realizing industrialization", unswervingly promotes independent innovation of science and technology in actual work, accelerates the gathering of new industries, the establishment of new systems, the construction of The idea and practice of building an international platform for the new urban area makes the high-tech zone truly present a colorful and bright light in terms of "high" and "new". When interviewing the high-tech zone, I read a book "Tribe of Returned Overseas Students" written by Xu Zhuoren, a Suzhou writer who has worked in the new zone for a long time.It describes the deeds of a group of returning overseas students with international leading level who started their businesses and achieved great achievements in Suzhou High-tech Zone.It shows that a "tribe of returned overseas students" has formed within the Suzhou High-tech Zone.This group has now reached hundreds of people, almost all of them are returned overseas doctors and experts who have made outstanding scientific research achievements abroad. “由这些留学博士带出来的专家与科研人员，今天已经达到近万人。这些具有世界级水平的研发人员和科技队伍，是我们高新区最大的资本。”王竹鸣一谈起这个话题，就两眼放光。 “我们现在一年有近2000亿的工业产值，100多亿的财政收入，靠的主力产业就是高新科技。我们有六大创新载体：苏州科技城，苏南工业技术研究园，苏州环保产业园，苏州创业园，留学生产业园，苏州高新创意园。它们涵盖了电子信息、精密机械、生物医药、新材料、汽车研发与关键零部件、废弃物循环再利用等八大世界级先进科技专业产业工程，其中最令人骄傲的是已经体现市场能力的十大自主产品群体：高功率动力锂离子电池、新一代网络安全技术开发、碳硅铝钎维与碳纤维、光刻胶、第三代移动通信、CPU核心应用技术、生物医药产品、动漫产品、振动及环境实验设备、新一代高分辨数码有机光导鼓……”新区主人对这些技术与产业的专业术语如数家珍，我们有的很难听懂，但一旦换成具体的和实用的例子来说明时，所有的外行人都会为他们感到骄傲——比如中国的“神舟”飞船在飞向太空前需要进行振动试验，这振动试验台就产自苏州高新区的苏州东菱振动公司。这振动试验台达16吨重，过去一直被欧美国家所垄断。我们的归国留学生在苏州高新区内把它搞出来、搞成功了。“神舟”飞船能够一次次飞向太空，这振动试验台功不可没； 比如现在我们使用电子复印机、电子照相机等电子设备每天都会用到的成像有机光导鼓，过去一直是外国企业的专利。苏州恒久光电科技有限公司的小伙子们搞成了中国自己的顶级水平的OPC生产线——国内第一条拥有自主知识产权的、年产100支鼓的高度自动化生产线； 比如一个名为“中国芯”的32位嵌入式CPU电子核心技术，也是由苏州国芯电子有限公司用几年时间在苏州高新区搞成的。它的技术含量与世界先进芯片不分上下，其功耗全球最低，从而打破了“中国有亿万台机而没有一个芯”的尴尬局面； 比如被称为“通讯喉咙”的语音网络、数字网络、图像网络“三网合一”技术的“DSL4000/4010综合复用设备”，也是由苏州科达通信技术发展有限公司成功开发的，它已经成为中国国家电子政务IT100强——视讯类第一名。 比如博瑞生物医药技术有限公司生产的“恩屈西他宾”药物，成为中国抗艾滋病和乙肝病毒新药，同样打破了国外公司垄断，其成本和药效都优于世界同类药物。这“恩屈西他宾”听起来名字有些怪怪，但它对于艾滋病患者和肝病患者来说，就是“上帝”送来的福音……所有这些，都出自苏州新区，出自我们的那些归国留学生之手，出自他们带领下的团队。这里有一串非常闪光的名字，他们是：袁建栋、顾东民、丁屹、陈卫东、张光学、黄劲、谢卫国、王崎、朴成元、王拉才、张思福、郑茳，还有让世界同行震惊的《系列世界地图》发明者郝晓光等等。他们都是清一色的“海归派”留学博士，他们已经在苏州新区落户多年，并且成为这里的永久居民和“部落”主人。 有一次我正在高新区采访，市委宣传部的同志说晚上一定让我见见一个人。他便是我在当晚饭桌上认识的王振明。这位王振明文质彬彬。他说他第二天要回美国——老婆、孩子都在大西洋彼岸等着他过一个什么节。宣传部的同志向我介绍：王振明酒量一般，但他干的事业却了不得，而且是苏州高新区的留学归国专家的“博士王”。 王振明听人如此夸自己，脸顿时红了起来，连忙说：“我在苏州高新区算个啥？人家资产比我高出好几倍的有的是，我只能算小拇指……” “他是怕露富。你只要打听一下，生物、医学领域里没有不知道'捷美'的。”同桌上的博士们抢着要灌王振明，说如果他不向何作家说实话，就保证当晚让他出不了门。为了不影响第二天飞回美国与妻子、孩子的团聚，王振明只好“投降”，于是我乘着众博士开心喝酒时，进行了“酒场采访”—— “六〇后”的王振明在16岁时，正逢“文革”后的首次高考，因为是农民苦孩子出身，又遇众多“老三届”在考场作竞争对手，所以少年王振明只敢报了江苏师范学院（今苏州大学）物理系。尽管如此，在拿到录取通知书时，他还是欣喜若狂地在老家的田埂上蹦了起来。1985年研究生毕业后，他在苏州大学留校当了两年教师。这时正逢“留洋”大潮，王振明的心也跟着浮了起来。公派没他的份，他只好靠自己拼搏。考托福时，26美元也是向老师借的。“我到现在还没有向老师还这26美元呢！老师不要我还，弄得我不知如何是好！”已是亿万富翁的王振民心头至今藏着这桩事。 “你给苏州和苏州大学创造的财富已经远远超过无数个'26美元'了！”酒桌上，苏州大学的朋友们凑过来说道。 王振明依然满脸不好意思地喃喃道：“这是两码事，两码事。” 我开始对眼前这位“海归”博士刮目相看了，而当他向我细述自己的留学过程和抱着对苏州高新区的“好感”在狮子山脚下仅用短短几年创出的一番伟业时，我的内心刻下了深深的印象。 1987的春天，对王振明来说格外温暖，他单身宿舍窗口的紫藤叶婆娑地向他招手，一阵喜鹊叫，邮差举着一个英文写的大信封对他说：国外有人给你寄信来了。 王振明的心跳得怦怦的，他知道自己的命运将要发生“历史性的巨变”了——因为他没有外国亲戚朋友，只有一种可能：他被国外的大学录取了。果然如此，美国爱德华州立大学通知他去入学。 一个身上只揣着274美元的中国青年怀着强烈的求知欲望，冒险飞到了大洋彼岸，开始了他人生中的又一次求学的长途跋涉…… 1993年，王振明已经是个学了15年物理学的“洋博士”。 “我相信，如果我找不到工作，那么全世界就没有人再能找到工作了。”毕业初，王振明曾这样狂言。果真，他同时被加州的一家实力雄厚的公司和美国西南医学研究中心休氏医学研究院录用。 王振明最后选择了比前者薪水少一半的后者。然而“清贫”的休氏医学研究院在王振明看来是个取之不尽的“富矿”——因为这里有“用钱买不到的世界上最好的研究员”，10年中这里出了4位诺贝尔奖得主，并且拥有30余位国家院士。王振明被聘为该生物医学研究院的工作人员，他在这里获得了学术上的质的飞跃，并在这里发现了一个极不起眼、日后却成为他全球系列产品中独家经营的小产品——花300美元成本便研制成功的一种专门收集、储藏蛋白晶体的器皿，而这靠的也是王振明扎实的物理学功底及对生物医学的潜心钻研的真功夫。 “王，你要发大财了！”研究院的同事祝贺王振明。 正当王振明有些发愁如何寻找美国“发财”温床时，他从乡友那里得知苏州高新区有个专门为留学生创业搭建平台的“创业中心”，已被中国国家科委确定为“国际企业孵化器”试点单位，有很多创业优惠条件。“爱屋及乌”的王振明想到了家乡，想到了母校，于是他毅然决定回到祖国、回到苏州创业。 “因为我爱苏州，苏州是我人生的出发地，也是我生命的归宿地。”王振明离开美国时，对那些不理解他的研究院同事这样说。而且为了痛别“诺贝尔奖摇篮”的休氏医学研究院，他竟然学会了喝白酒——告别美利坚的那天晚上，他喝了不少高度白酒，以致酩酊大醉，“我骨子里不是喝酒的人。”王振明自己说。 不久，他的“苏州捷美电子有限公司”正式在苏州高新区挂牌，这也是“归国留学生部落”的第一个留洋博士在高新区所办的第一个企业。 王振明在苏州这块风水宝地获得的收成就像他的企业名字“捷美”一样，又快又好。短短几年，“捷美”名扬海内外同行业界，于是学着王振明回国到苏州、到苏州高新区“发财”和干事业的洋博士们一结十、十联百地涌向狮子山脚的那块热土。 太湖水涌动着欢笑，虎丘古塔在摇晃着身子舞动。 一颗优质种子，长出的是一片金色的丰收果实。苏州高新区就这样如此不停地“孵化”，最终将世界各地最优秀的那些海外中华学子一个个吸引到了自己的凤凰树上…… “我们也不含糊，50亿的创新投入，200亿的基础设施，100多个有利于科技与人才引进的地方性法规，六大服务保障体系和30多个知名院校及50多个世界级尖端研发机构：这是能够吸引高级人才到苏州新区来的内核力量。有了这内核力量，我们才能造就真山真水的新苏州，每天向世界和国人展送丰硕成果和灿烂光芒。”苏州高新区党工委王竹鸣书记这样说。 是的，这就是太湖之滨、苏州古城旁的新苏州，一个不足230平方公里面积的地方，创造了全苏州市出口总量的20％、全省的10％、全国的1％以上的份额，成为名副其实的国家级重要出口基地和创业者的乐土。 一个创造了8项“世界第一”、11项“全国第一”的新苏州，就这样在弹指一挥间崛起在太湖之滨、狮子山下……不说这里的人均创造年产2万美元的年产值，不说这里的农民人均年收入超过15000元，单说这里聚集的2000多名留学人员、1000多名博士和10000多名硕士及50多家落户此地的世界500强企业，还有谁不羡慕苏州人？ 其实苏州人自己对创建“新苏州”获得的巨大成就，也是难掩心头之激动和狂喜的。