Chapter 22 Chapter 19 Qin Zhenhua and the Spirit of Zhangjiagang

I have never heard of the place name "Zhangjiagang" in my childhood memory.In the early 1990s, when newspapers introduced the experience of Zhangjiagang in Suzhou, I was a little confused: Where can there be a "Zhangjiagang" in Suzhou?Moreover, "Zhangjiagang" has become a model for the whole country to learn from!So I called my father back home. "It's the original Shazhou County! It was separated from our Changshu..." After my father said this, I realized that "Zhangjiagang" was also a part of my hometown. Chinese people know "Zhangjiagang" no later than I, a Suzhou native, almost at the same time.

Zhangjiagang is located in the northwest corner of my birthplace, which used to be called Shazhou.As the name suggests, it is a continent in Shali.If you look at the map of Zhangjiagang, you will know that it is located in the upper reaches of Chongming Island in Shanghai, the first island in the Yangtze River estuary, at the mouth of the big tiger before the Yangtze River enters the sea, which is less than a hundred miles away.Before Zhangjiagang, the Yangtze River is basically a river of several hundred meters, but after Zhangjiagang, the Yangtze River is like a surging dragon, galloping into the embrace of the sea...

In 1962, the State Council formally approved the Yangtze River sandy land at the junction of Changshu and Jiangyin as an independent county-level administrative division. At the same time, 14 townships (communes) were designated to the north of Changshu and 9 townships to the east of Jiangyin ( Commune) formed Shazhou County. I knew the name Shazhou when I was very young. When I didn’t eat well, my grandma would scare me with the words “If it’s not delicious, I’ll send you to Shazhou”. I remembered it firmly when I was young. this place name.In my memory, or in the memory of us Suzhou people, Shazhou is a poor place, at least the poorest place in our Suzhou area. "The people there were thrown into the Yangtze River to feed the fish after starving to death..." Grandma scared me like this, which caused me to have a sense of fear of sandbars since I was a child.

Zhangjiagang was officially renamed from Shazhou on December 1, 1986.At that time, I was working in the army in Beijing, and I had less time to go back to my hometown, unlike now, I sometimes go back several times a year.The reputation of Zhangjiagang surprised me even a little: Suzhou is actually as famous as Zhangjiagang?And it is more famous than my birthplace, Changshu!I didn't believe it, and I didn't even want to believe it for a long time. It wasn't until I went back to Suzhou a few years later and went to Zhangjiagang to see it that I realized that Zhangjiagang was indeed better than Changshu. That was the first "pedestrian street" in Zhangjiagang. to go.

At that time, Zhangjiagang was the only city with a high-level pedestrian street among the county-level cities in the country. My intuition at the time was: this street is not much worse than Wangfujing Street in Beijing.Wangfujing Street is a bit chaotic, but Zhangjiagang Pedestrian Street is very civilized and clean. That’s when I first got to know Zhangjiagang.Later, I learned more and more about Zhangjiagang.First, because a cadre from Zhangjiagang named Jiang Hao became the secretary of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee. He is bold, witty, and eloquent. The entrepreneurial spirit of Tianxiaxian was brought into full play, which completely changed the work enthusiasm and style of Changshu, the "boss" among Suzhou counties.When Comrade Jiang Hao was the secretary of Changshu, I wrote a long reportage "Highlights of a Great Power" for my hometown for the first time, which recorded the period of history before and after he took office.Later, Changshu came to Changshu with a person from Zhangjiagang as the secretary of the municipal party committee. I am not familiar with this person, but I also heard that he transformed the old city of Changshu into a garden. At the same time, he built two development zones, which made Changshu's economy leap forward new level.This year, I heard that the third person from Zhangjiagang came to Changshu to be the secretary... I think there must be a reason for the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee to make such a personnel arrangement. At least it shows that the cadres in Zhangjiagang are very good, and they can lead the county-level cities in the Suzhou area. The "boss" Changshu has reached a new height.

Changshu people used to look down on Shazhou people from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, they didn’t look down on Zhangjiagang for a long time, because both Shazhou and Zhangjiagang were just some kind of subsidiary of Changshu and the “poor boy” for a long time. "character of.But in the past ten years, when I went back to Changshu and listened to people in my hometown talking about Zhangjiagang, it was completely different! In a word, in today's Suzhou, no one dares to take Zhangjiagang seriously!Zhangjiagang's tiger power and strength made all Suzhou people feel a kind of pride and heroism.

In the past few years, Zhangjiagang has given me a deeper and deeper impression. In the past, many fellow villagers who worked in Beijing would rather say that they are from Changshu than admit that they are from "Zhangjiagang".But to this day, all the villagers have said that they are "Zhangjiagang people", and there is no inferiority complex on their faces, but they are full of confidence and pride.For example, Zhang Guangdou, a senior academician of Tsinghua University, and Shen Bing, a beautiful host of CCTV, etc., are now very proud to tell people that they are from Zhangjiagang.

Zhangjiagang people can proudly claim that their hometown is a beautiful place, because everyone who has been there will not believe that Zhangjiagang is a part of Suzhou, and there is something shameful about it. On the contrary, Suzhou is stronger and more beautiful because of Zhangjiagang. In Suzhou, counties and cities such as Changshu, Wuxian, and Wujiang have been famous for their richness and prosperity in the past few centuries, and they are also places where talented scholars and beautiful women are produced.You don't need to praise them, they have long been familiar to outsiders.Suzhou has the reputation of the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, which largely depends on the support of these "princes".Shazhou is different from Zhangjiagang. It not only does not have the classic works of Wuyue culture that can be read in history books, but also does not have Xiuniang in Wujiang, Huqiu and Hanshan Temple in Wuxian County. What it has is only the waves rolled up by the Yangtze River and the riverside Those dilapidated thatched houses and the sad Heyang folk songs...

"At the beginning of the establishment of our Shazhou County, the county party committee wrote a report to the above. I still remember a sentence in it: 'We have nothing.' This is what the county party committee said in the report to the superior. You can imagine what it is It's called "nothing". In 1962, less than 50 years ago, there was not a single truck in our Shazhou County at that time, let alone a car. The county government held a meeting of more than 50 people, and all daily necessities were provided by themselves. The office personnel eat in the cafeteria and sleep in the common bunk; the husband and wife do not live together, and the children are brought by the woman; several people share a desk, and the telephone cannot connect to the countryside; electricity is only used by a diesel engine; This is the highest salary for the secretary to hold meetings in Suzhou. Eighty percent of the farmers live in thatched houses, and the county's annual output value is only 30 million yuan. This is too far away from "there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." It is far away, so Suzhou people call our Shazhou "Subei of southern Jiangsu", which means that the poorest place in Suzhou is worse than the level of northern Jiangsu." An old Zhangjiagang resident said to me.

I once asked my father, he nodded, and said, "Shazhou was really poor when the county was established, and the cadres didn't want to go." At that time, if a production brigade cadre like him wanted to go to Shazhou, the organization could arrange to be a A commune cadre who eats state rations, "But even so, we still don't want to go." My father said with self-deprecation: "If I really go, I will at least be a Qin Zhenhua-level cadre now!" Qin Zhenhua is a pioneer in Zhangjiagang City And the founder of the Zhangjiagang spirit, he was the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal People's Congress before retiring.

Perhaps Suzhou people did not regard Shazhou (later changed to Zhangjiagang) as a rich and profound cultural place for a certain period of time, or because they believed that "Shazhou does not represent the true colors of Suzhou at all", Shazhou people (Zhangjiagang people) From the day they were born, they have a strong ambition to work hard. Literally, a sandbar is an accumulation of sand.Its history is not long, and it cannot be compared with the counties in Suzhou, which were born as a land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River thousands of years ago.As the "leftover material" of Suzhou, this also determines that although Shazhou people belong to Wu, their personality is very different from Suzhou people.Liu Yunshan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of propaganda, once wrote such a passage: "In the midsummer of 1995, I went to Zhangjiagang for research... In my imagination, the Suzhou people in the Jiangnan water town should be soft-spoken, delicate and quiet. But Qin Zhenhua in front of him looks like a big man from Shandong, with a strong figure and strong voice. He talks about Zhangjiagang's situation like a treasure, full of pride, and talks about Zhangjiagang's future with confidence. His expression, his speech, his behavior, It always makes people feel a kind of strength, a kind of energy, and a kind of spirit." Comrade Yunshan is a northerner, and Zhangjiagang people gave him an impression of another kind of character and demeanor beyond imagination, which shows the uniqueness of Zhangjiagang people.As the saying goes: One side of water and soil nourishes one side of people.Zhangjiagang is located at the mouth of the throat before the Yangtze River rushes into the sea. For thousands of years, it has stretched its arms to accept the surging Yangtze River water rushing down from the upper reaches, and at the same time it has stood up to resist the tide of the sea. Be bold and unrestrained, speak with the sound of the waves, and do things with the strength of the waves.People in Zhangjiagang know from their ancestors that if you want to survive, you have to walk on the top of the waves step by step; This is Zhangjiagang people. Many sociologists have studied the spirit of Zhangjiagang, and summed up its spirit in sixteen words: "Unity and hard work, forge ahead with heavy burdens, exert pressure on yourself, and dare to be the first".But what I want to say is that in addition to this, the spirit of Zhangjiagang also has the Jianglang culture and unique character of the Yangtze River.What is the culture of the Yangtze River and the character of the Yangtze River?In short, it should be a kind of pride that has been accumulated for thousands of years, accumulated over a long period of time, and unremitting for thousands of miles. Before the establishment of Zhangjiagang City, Shazhou, as the land of "Southern Jiangsu and Northern Jiangsu", once fought to get rid of its backward fate, and made a blockbuster act that was famous all over the country, which also shows that Zhangjiagang people (old Shazhou people) ) What flows in the blood is a kind of grandeur. Talking about Zhangjiagang must be inseparable from Qin Zhenhua.Although some people say that "Zhangjiagang Spirit" was not created by any one person, but without Qin Zhenhua, Zhangjiagang and "Zhangjiagang Spirit" would not be so famous. No one can deny that Qin Zhenhua is one of the most important historical figures who created the new era of Zhangjiagang. To be honest, there is no one who has met Qin Zhenhua who has not been impressed by this "Northeast Han" from the south of the Yangtze River who speaks frankly and radiates passion.He is a native of Suzhou, but just like Comrade Liu Yunshan's intuition, his appearance, bearing, language, and even his actions are not like Wu people, but he is a full-fledged "Northern man". This is a legend.Writing about the 30-year history of Suzhou’s reform and opening up would be incomplete without Qin Zhenhua.Because among the previous Suzhou cadres, I heard that among the three sentences in "Suzhou Experience", one of them was about Zhangjiagang, and when I commented on Zhangjiagang, without Qin Zhenhua, historical dramas would not be able to sing. Just after the Spring Festival in 2008, I went to Zhangjiagang for an interview.This is the first meeting with Qin Zhenhua, but we seem like "friends who have known each other for a long time". Qin Zhenhua, who was born in 1936, sat in front of me with his mouth open and his hands and feet together. It was impossible to tell that he was from my father's generation. "I'm from Changshu too!" Qin Zhenhua would make friends, making us "old friends" without restraint.After listening to this Zhangjiagang native talk about his life experience, I realized that it was true: Shazhou County, the predecessor of Zhangjiagang, was part of my hometown Changshu. Qin Zhenhua said that he came to Changshu County after he started working in 1956, I worked in Changshu for 7 years. In 1962, when Shazhou County was established, I was transferred back to Yangshe Town..." Qin Zhenhua explained to me that I fully understood that this reformer, who was once famous for a while, was indeed from my hometown.With this family relationship, the words between us are much more straightforward—— "I came to work in Shazhou from Changshu because I got sick when I went to the countryside to be the village party secretary that year. I was in poor health and recuperated for a long time. At this time, Shazhou County was established and there was a shortage of cadres. I was in Yangshe Town again. I left Changshu just like that.” Qin Zhenhua said: “I am very serious and attentive in what I do, so when I was in the office, I was not used to many things, so I asked to work in a supply and marketing cooperative, and I was the director of the supply and marketing cooperative for a year. , Secretary, I did a great job. Later, the county wanted to build a chemical plant, so I was assigned to be the secretary for 4 years. The chemical plant is a key enterprise in Shazhou County, and I have learned a lot of management experience here. I also became an advanced unit in my hand. I was 27 years old at the time, and was later transferred to the Bureau of Industry and Communications as the deputy director. , I have a special feeling for the organization, and I pretend to be one thing in my heart: try to do my job well, win glory for the party, and let the people live a better life. Basically, I go to one place and brighten one place. Striving for first-class results is my consistent job Style of work and goal. During the "Cultural Revolution", I also suffered from "life" (Suzhou dialect, meaning bitterness). The reason was that the rebels asked me to do bad things, and I would not do them. I hung a sign on the pig farm that says 'implementing the capitalist line gangster'. They let me stand there and be criticized. I didn't look down and downcast like some people, but I felt quite happy. Because I came from a poor family, everyone now knows that I am a 'capitalist roader', and I feel very proud. As a result, when I laughed like this, the rebels were all discouraged, and the criticism meeting couldn't go on... Hahaha, you Am I a revolutionary optimist?" At the age of 72, he is full of vigor and humor like a young man in his heart.Such a person has a great nature, and life will give such a person the opportunity to do great things. This opportunity was of great significance to Qin Zhenhua, and later history proved that this opportunity was also extremely important to Zhangjiagang—this time happened to be 1978. On January 1 of this year, although the land of Suzhou was still a bit chilly, the spring tide of reform had begun to surge. The 42-year-old Qin Zhenhua took charge of Yangshe Township with tens of thousands of people for the first time.At that time, Zhangjiagang City had not yet been established, and Yangshe Town was only Chengguan Town in Shazhou County. "When I went to be the secretary of Chengguan Township in this county, I discovered a problem: There is a saying among the cadres that Yangshe Township is the 'logistics department' of the county party committee and the county government. It means that it is dedicated to serving the county, so before I went , the cadres in the town are not so proactive in their work, and they lack innovation. They think that they are serving the county anyway, and they can do what the county tells them to do. After a long time, there is no innovation in work, and there are more conflicts in the team. The work in the town did not improve. After I became the secretary, I concluded through investigation and research that Yangshe Town, as the Chengguan town of Shazhou County, should be the "window" of Shazhou County. Let’s see how Yangshe Town is doing. When the window is wide open, the faces of Shazhou people will be radiant. Besides, if the work of the window is not done well, how can it be possible to be a good logistics department of the county party committee and county government!” Qin Zhenhua’s point of view And the starting point of the work received special attention from one person, Gao Dezheng, then Secretary of the Shazhou County Party Committee. No wonder when I talked about Zhangjiagang when I was interviewing in Suzhou, the old secretary Gao Dezheng blurted out, "Qin Zhenhua is the one I like!" Gao Dezheng did not misread Qin Zhenhua. When he, Qin Zhenhua, was the secretary of Yangshe Town, the first thing he did was to manage and renovate the open-air toilets in the town.Everything in our hometown is good, but the open-air toilets handed down from the old habits are very indecent, the same in and out of the city.But the old habits of thousands of years cannot be changed just by changing them.In the farming era, some open-air toilets on the streets and roadsides were actually a "way to make money" for "toilet owners", and manure was an indispensable fertilizer for farm crops.If you take his toilet, he will be very angry with you.So ordinary people don't want to touch such tricky things, but the good Jiangnan water towns and market towns are just because there are so many open-air toilets, which make the smell stinky and unsightly.Qin Zhenhua wanted to get serious about the open-air toilets. Some people wanted to watch the excitement, but they didn't see it, because Qin Zhenhua not only replaced all the open-air toilets in the town with clean and tidy "public toilets", but even the town's jurisdiction The farmers' open-air toilets in the three villages were also cleaned up together. "To do a good job, start with cleanliness!" I don't know what Qin Zhenhua thought. When he took office, the first "order" he issued to the town's cadres was to study in Hupu, a famous national health town in Changshu. 108 cadres went to Hupu, Changshu, a neighboring county, to visit and learn Buddhist scriptures. After the visit, the cadres came back with a lot of emotion, but said with a guilty conscience: "It doesn't look like learning." Qin Zhenhua saw the crux of the matter and thought of a trick: Didn't you say that you can't learn it?Then I will ask someone to lead you to do it!This person, also surnamed Qin, was a retired cadre in charge of sanitation in Hupu Town in the past, and his hometown was Shazhou.Secretary Qin obtained an old Qin in seeking talents, and Yangshe Town became as clean as Hupu in a short time. "Don't tell me, this Qin Zhenhua really has a way!" Gao Dezheng and the county leaders walked on the street that used to be stinky but is now clean and tidy, feeling quite emotional. "However, when I was cleaning toilets and improving sanitation in townships, I found an important problem: Without strong economic strength, even a famous sanitation town can only do superficially clean articles. Restoring toilets, roads, and underground sewers are all inseparable. Open the money. The economy can’t get it right, and everything is not done thoroughly and in place. I am deeply impressed by this. Once we remodeled a section of sewer and thought of borrowing 10,000 yuan from the county, the deputy secretary in charge of economics gave it Let me say a word: How can I have money? Find a way by yourself!" Qin Zhenhua shook his fist when he said this, "From then on, I swear to engage in economics!" The 72-year-old old man still looks like a soldier going out. "In 1986, when the township merged, Yangshe Town became bigger and became a real 'county seat'. Since it is a county seat, it must be like a city, so I suggested that the town government build a star hotel for our Zhangjiagang City—that is, Now our land..." Qin Zhenhua pointed his finger at the place where he was sitting, indicating to me to interview his hotel. It was too big. I told them: Zhangjiagang has always been looked down upon as "Southern Jiangsu's Northern Jiangsu". Three years in Hedong and three years in Hexi', I later said that 'Three years in Hedong and three years in Hexi' is no longer acceptable, but if you want 'three months in Hedong and three months in Hexi', you have to make a big deal! Why did Comrade Deng Xiaoping say 'Development is the last word', let us just do it, don't argue, because we are afraid of wasting time. Time is life, and time is money. With money, people's lives will be easier and society can develop. At that time, the state engaged in macro-control , Some people were too scared to do it when they heard about the project. I said that China is so big, and the situation in each place is different. We are in the southern Jiangsu area and a part of Suzhou. Deng Xiaoping has said a long time ago, let us What are we waiting for? I am not afraid of what other people say. The most important thing is that I have a principle in my heart, that is, everything we do must be based on our actual situation at the time, proceed from reality, and master If you follow this principle, you will not be afraid of anything. At that time, I focused on the development of enterprises at the town and village levels. I wonder if you have heard of our Aoyang Group and Junma Group? They were all developed at that time. Like Junma Group used to be a little-known village-run enterprise, and later became the largest manufacturer of nylon 6 cord fabric in China. Aoyang is even more remarkable, it is the leader of the textile industry in the town, and its comprehensive strength now ranks fifth in the national wool textile industry. One of the strongest. Back then I seized these leading enterprises. By the end of 1986, there were 68 town and village enterprises in Yangshe Township, with an output value of nearly 300 million yuan. At that time, a "100 million yuan township (town) was set up in Suzhou City. In the "Zhenxing Cup" competition, I represented Yangshe Town and held the gold cup in my hand. It can be said that it was the first time that I, Qin Zhenhua, showed my face in front of Suzhou folks. There were also two advanced units at the meeting I also held the award cup in my hand. Yang Shezhen was proud of himself in front of outsiders for the first time. In the second year, at the three-level cadre meeting in Suzhou, I went up and held seven cups at once. Everyone said that Qin Zhenhua is a great person, and I really felt that I was showing my face at the time... Hahaha, I have a good face! There is nothing wrong with having a good face. In order to develop and catch up with the speed of economic construction, you have to talk about face. To return a good Face proves that our work has been done well and done right, the common people have benefited, and the society has developed. What's wrong with this face? This is what I, Qin Zhenhua, want! The face of Yangshe Town, the face of Zhangjiagang, our society The face of doctrine!" Quick talk, straightforward and honest, heart like a mirror, passionate, this is Qin Zhenhua! From 1989 to 1989, a major event happened in China this year.This year, Suzhou, China also had a lot of major events. Gao Dezheng, the old secretary of the Shazhou County Party Committee who had always admired Qin Zhenhua and the then Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, was transferred to the province to serve as the deputy governor.At the same time, Qin Zhenhua also jumped a political stage—he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee (he was later promoted to deputy secretary), but he still mainly served as the secretary of the Yangshe Town Party Committee. Qin Zhenhua, who did practical things, said at the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee when he entered the Standing Committee and later became the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee: I only participate in the Standing Committee for Researching Cadres. It is best not to let me participate in other meetings. do well. This old Qin!In terms of age, Qin Zhenhua was also the "big brother" in the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee at that time. When he said this, other comrades also smiled, saying that you, Lao Qin, have done a good job in Yangshe Town, which is equivalent to building a facade for Zhangjiagang. We represented and raised our hands.In this way, Qin Zhenhua was busy calling the wind and rain in the town all day long... At the end of 1991, under the auspices of Secretary Wang Minsheng, the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee was preparing a grand plan for the entire Suzhou economy to move to a higher level. It was matched with the re-deployment of several subordinate county-level city teams.The "top leader" of Zhangjiagang's team became Wang Minsheng's first consideration, because according to public opinion and ability, deputy secretary Qin Zhenhua had no problem taking over this important task, but Lao Qin had a fatal problem: he was old!Chinese New Year is 56 years old!At that time, there was an unwritten rule that the head of the county-level team would generally step down at the age of 57.Qin Zhenhua has almost reached the "line", and it would be inappropriate to promote him again.Someone disagreed. what to do?The Suzhou Municipal Party Committee referred Qin Zhenhua's matter to the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. "Old Qin, come back quickly! Secretary Shen of the Provincial Party Committee is going to Zhangjiagang to listen to your report, and there may be something related to you..." One day, Secretary Wang Minsheng called Qin Zhenhua, who was studying in Guangzhou, and asked him to hurry up. return. Qin Zhenhua returned to Zhangjiagang, and the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Shen Daren, and the deputy secretary-general, Liang Baohua (later secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and now the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee), arrived shortly thereafter. The debrief begins.The first reporter was to read the manuscript, and it was obvious that Secretary Shen Daren was bored by this. The second is Qin Zhenhua's report. "Thank you. I was able to report face-to-face to the secretary of the provincial party committee and other leaders in the province for the first time today. I am very excited. Let me tell you about the situation in Yangshe Town in the past few years...In short, my deep understanding is: the people who are working below People are angry, this situation does not change, there are many disadvantages..." Qin Zhenhua never used a script to report to the leader, and he used examples to reason and speak clearly, which is one of his skills. "Very enjoyable!" Secretary Shen Daren only said these three words after listening.It could be seen that he was satisfied with Qin Zhenhua.Shen Daren, who was going back to Suzhou after listening to the report, was very happy this day and said that he would "eat a meal before leaving" in Zhangjiagang.At the table, he asked Qin Zhenhua to sit beside him and continue to listen to him talk about Yangshe Town. Not long after, the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee officially issued the letter of appointment for Qin Zhenhua as the Secretary of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee.This is a rare exceptional promotion among cadres in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City.Qin Zhenhua was 56 years old that year. Lao Qin summed up this by himself: "I encountered two great opportunities: one was the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party in 1978, when the Central Committee decided to shift the strategy centered on economic construction, I became the Party Committee of Yangshe Town Second, when Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour Speech set off a new wave of reform in China in 1992, I served as the secretary of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee. Under these two historical backgrounds, a group of people with emancipated minds and daring to do things are needed, and I am one of them. So the organization thinks of me at times like these, and I benefit from having moments in history that make me useful." "When I became the secretary of the municipal party committee, I thought to myself: I have a platform in the organization. First, I must be worthy of my superiors, and secondly, I must be worthy of the people and my fellow villagers. For the sake of work, I can disregard my relatives. It is my style to be head-to-head; to do practical things and not to brag. It is also my basic requirement for myself. But why did some people still have a lot of disputes or criticisms against me? I reviewed myself, and it was nothing more than the slogans I chanted, and the things I did were not dared to shout at the time. When I dared to do it, I yelled and did it, so I became a "Qin Bold" and "Qin Niupi" in the eyes of some people! But later it turned out that I did nothing wrong, and what was done before was beneficial to future generations and later generations. All careers are beneficial! This is also the most important and core point of Zhangjiagang’s spirit: hard work, heavy bearing, self-inflicted pressure, and the courage to strive to be the first.” Qin Zhenhua is such a sincere materialist who dares to know himself and admit his success and correctness .In addition to needing the courage to admit their shortcomings and mistakes, communists also need the courage to admit and publicize their own correctness and success.Qin Zhenhua is thus a sincere and true communist. Someone told me that not long after Qin Zhenhua became the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, the "Zhenhua Spirit" appeared everywhere on the streets of Zhangjiagang, and even mentioned the "Zhenhua Spirit" at the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee Cadres Meeting, which made some people hate Qin Zhenhua. Personal morality creates certain prejudices, thinking that he is a person who is very successful.Qin Zhenhua himself said: "At that time, I was sincere and fearful, because I wanted to get Zhangjiagang up as soon as possible. How could I care about Qin Zhenhua's future? I was already fifty-six or seven years old at the time, and I might be pulled down as a retired cadre at any time. At best, I will do it for one term at most. It is because of this in mind that I position myself and Zhangjiagang as: I must be one step ahead of others in everything, otherwise I will have no chance to compete with them. Zhangjiagang was originally one of the few counties in Suzhou. Little brother, what can you do if you don’t work harder? I think so, and I do the same.” Qin Zhenhua is Qin Zhenhua, and his character is not like the traditional Suzhou people. This may be because Zhangjiagang, his hometown, absorbed and integrated more the spirit of the surging and surging Yangtze River, rather than the Wuyue culture of small bridges and flowing water. He has such a gentle, push-and-go character, so he has a particularly strong sense of self-inflicted pressure and courage to strive for the first, so that many of his practices and ideas are used to "follow the crowd" and "execute" in the officialdom It looks very different. "This year Zhangjiagang's economic indicators should be high-speed! Our direction is: industry surpasses Changshu, foreign trade surpasses Wujiang, urban construction surpasses Kunshan, and every project strives for first-class work!" It is the first time since the provincial party committee and Suzhou city announced that Qin Zhenhua was appointed secretary of the Zhangjiagang municipal party committee. At the emergency work meeting of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee, Qin Zhenhua immediately put forward the slogan of "three superpowers and one struggle", which caused an uproar among the cadres: Doesn't this mean declaring war on the big brothers in all of Suzhou?Our Zhangjiagang has always been the younger brother. Changshu’s industry has a long history and tradition. It has always been the boss of all county-level units in Suzhou. If we want to surpass Changshu, it will make people laugh!Yes, the industry is very difficult, and our foreign trade cannot compare with that of Wujiang. Wujiang was a well-established foreign trade powerhouse that reached all over the world before liberation. How can we challenge them!You haven't visited Kunshan in the past two years, have you?The current urban construction of Little Kunshan is called "Little Shanghai". It is tidy, lively and prosperous. Even the people of Shanghai admit that Little Kunshan is almost better than Big Shanghai. How does Zhangjiagang compare with others?Alas, this time it was really a monkey spanking, I didn't feel my face flushed, and everyone else had a fever. Sure enough, at the Suzhou cadre meeting, when Qin Zhenhua's "three superpowers and one struggle" spread among cadres in other counties and cities, it was like putting a piece of boiling steel ingot into cold water. That lively scene was a rare scene in Wu Nong's context .The county and city cadres in Changshu, Wujiang, and Kunshan looked like they had entered a zoo to watch a monkey performance. The "monkey" preparing to perform must be Qin Zhenhua from Zhangjiagang! What's so strange!I, Lao Qin, just want to compete with your big brother!My Zhangjiagang will surpass you! Lao Qin, you came from Changshu, we used to be our own people, you really want to compare us, where do you want us Changshu people to put their face? Old Qin, if you want to surpass us in Wujiang Foreign Trade, you are truly commendable!But as far as we know, apart from a few fishing boats picking up some broken fish and rotten shrimps from the Yangtze River in Zhangjiagang, what else can you export to earn foreign exchange? Old Qin, Zhangjiagang City seems to be the original Yangshe Town, right?I have been to this Yangshe Town a few years ago, it seems to be just one or two small streets where you can urinate all over your head!Have you stepped up in the past two years?We in Kunshan learn from you! ... There were all kinds of sarcasm and sarcasm, Qin Zhenhua sat there silent like the red-faced Guan Yu, only his chest rose and fell like the waves of the sea: Tell me!Enough said?Let me tell you: I, Lao Qin, just want to compete with you!If what I say doesn't count, I will step down immediately, and I won't be the secretary of Zhangjiagang!But we will see by the end of the year, next year, and the year after!Qin Zhenhua was full of breath!With his temper, he really wanted to shout to the sky: It doesn't matter if you laugh at me, Qin Zhenhua, but our Zhangjiagang is going to make a name for itself!This is not my Qin Zhenhua personal matter, it is the needs of poor Zhangjiagang!It is the speed needed by Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform and opening up!It is the needs of the common people! "Everyone wants face! Yes, I want face too! Zhangjiagang wants face! But if we don't have strength, we will never have face! Without strength, we can only sit in a corner when we go out to meetings, and we can only listen to others to impart experience, and we can only look at others To take away the red flags and medals, you can only lower your head and look up at others. If you have no strength, you will have no seat. If you don’t have a seat, how can you have face?” Qin Zhenhua returned to Zhangjiagang, and those who had been ridiculed for a while and couldn’t hold their heads up The cadres of the school "taught" a lesson! "Keep your head up! Keep your chest up! Show me all your energy! We in Zhangjiagang cannot compare with others, because they are all stronger than us, but because of this, we have to put more pressure on ourselves, and let others take a step forward." , we have to take three steps, or even jump three steps!" Qin Zhenhua's words and Qin Zhenhua's actions all carried a "swish" sound of power.This wind really makes people feel timid - of course, it is for those who dare not take risks, dare not do big things, and have no aggressiveness; For those who are self-sufficient and ambitious, they have a powerful force and an exemplary role in urging progress. Qin Zhenhua's prestige was established in this way.The reason why he has the charisma of "every response" is because his words are to the point, practical, every job is grasped, and there is a clear direction and goal.After proposing "three superpowers and one competition", Qin Zhenhua proposed a complete set of specific action strategies and tactics of "three competitions and one high", "three attacks and one promotion" and "three strategies". "Three grabs and one high" means grabbing development opportunities, grabbing input and output, grabbing structural adjustment and improving economic benefits. "The municipal industry is the key to the city's economy and plays a pivotal role. How will these enterprises be promoted this year? There are four problems to be solved. The first problem is to change the concept and increase the urgency of economic development. Comrade Deng Xiaoping has repeatedly emphasized recently In order to develop, we must better adhere to the emancipation of the mind and the transformation of ideas. Economics is like running a race. You have to have a lot of energy. Those who are behind must catch up with those who are ahead, and those who are ahead must strive for the first place and break records. In this way We are required to maintain a situation of catching up with each other at all times in our work. Every unit and everyone must strive for the first place in the same industry and position. The second is to establish the concept of competition and struggle. Commodity economy emphasizes competition, not competition If there is no foothold, the enterprise will collapse if there is no foothold. Some people want to keep their stalls, the more conservative they are, the more they cannot hold on. "Standing the stalls" will inevitably stop and be eliminated. Just sticking to the stalls is not enough, and must develop rapidly. Deng Xiaoping said that a low speed is equivalent to stopping, or even going backwards. You must learn to seize opportunities. Now is a good opportunity. Deng Xiaoping’s speech on the southern tour gave each of our Zhangjiagang units a great opportunity. It depends on whether you can seize it. Think about it, everyone, why do some factories run projects and succeed one after another; why do some factories lose one after another and fail repeatedly? Why are some factories able to seize the opportunity to face difficulties under the same difficult conditions? On the one hand, we have achieved development; some have been helpless, and the small difficulties have turned into major difficulties, and finally fell further and further behind. The key lies in whether the leadership team or the main person in charge has a sense of competition and struggle. The third is to dare to take risks. Marx said, The development of the commodity economy is a 'thrilling leap'. In the development of the economy, it is impossible for those who do not want to take risks to make great achievements. A big foreign entrepreneur said: When a good thing is 100% sure, I will not Go for it, because even a fool can do it well if you are absolutely sure. In a modern society with rapid development, opportunities are fleeting, and things without risks will have risks over time. Try to do it smoothly The idea of ​​career can only be fantasy, and those who have this kind of thinking can only be worthless people. The fourth is to be brave in practice and dare to practice. Deng Xiaoping said it well recently: reform and opening up must be bolder and dare to experiment , you can’t be like a woman with small feet, you have to try boldly when you see it, and go boldly. Without the spirit of “adventure”, without a sense of “qi”, without a sense of “strength”, you can’t walk out a new line. If you can’t find a new path, you won’t be able to start a new business. The word “wait” is not important, the central government’s policy is clear, and the direction of our struggle is also clear. What are you waiting for? What? The sky will not drop pie, even if it falls someday, I don't think it will fall into the hands of those who "wait, rely, and want", but must fall into the hands of those who can seize the opportunity. In a word: What we Zhangjiagang people want now is to work hard, work hard, dare to work, and work to the end!" This is what Qin Zhenhua said on March 15, 1992 when he took office, and later this speech was included in his In the book "The Spirit of Zhangjiagang - The Successful Practice of the Great Theory", the speeches in the book have become literary. Qin ZhenhuaThe speech at the cadre meeting that year was vivid, brilliant, majestic and majestic. "Listen to Secretary Qin's speech, every time you will be excited, you will be infected by the strong sense of competition, crisis and hard work, and then follow him to rush forward..." A Zhangjiagang cadre said to me . Qin Zhenhua's working methods are also very unique. Didn't he propose "three supers and one competition"?This is a letter of challenge he sent to all the big brothers in Suzhou, but he will never fight alone. His working method has always been-"I will stare at the second leader! Your second leader must stare at your first leader!" Second in command. Who is my second in command? The mayor and deputy secretary. Who is the second in command of your mayor and deputy secretary? They are the deputy mayor in charge and the standing committee in charge. It can be put into practice, and it can be inserted to the end with one pole.” This is Qin Zhenhua. "Enterprises are no exception. I said that if Zhangjiagang surpasses Changshu in industry, surpasses Wujiang in foreign trade, and surpasses Kunshan in urban construction, each of your units and enterprises must follow the best enterprises and units in Suzhou. I am aiming at the goal to catch up, if you cannot surpass you, it means that you have not completed the task, even if you surpass it temporarily, you must guarantee that no one else will surpass you again." Or Qin Zhenhua's words. He, Qin Zhenhua, has a pair of big round eyes. Ten members of the Standing Committee, dozens of members of the four teams, and hundreds of cadres at the bureau level of the city... He sees you clearly and remembers you in his heart. Who are you? He knows it all if he doesn't work hard, doesn't work hard, works without thinking, and doesn't work well.He rolls his eyeballs to your face, and if he stops still and looks straight at you, you're in for bad luck—he's sure not going to get ivory out of his big mouth.He will catch your problems and criticize you until you obediently and obediently buy it, and go to charge and fight without regret; when you are done, his big eyeballs will turn to you There, the eyelids will immediately form a small slit, and the face will be covered with a child-like smile. He will praise you, make you full of blood, continue to work hard, and don't regret it until you die! This is Qin Zhenhua.Zhangjiagang people obey him. "'Three Supers and One Contest' is not so easy. Changshu is 'big', has an old foundation, a solid foundation, plus a history of 5,000 years of civilization and 3,000 years of handicraft tradition. I, Qin Zhenhua, want you to aim at the peak of Changshu. , you have to climb this peak for me with your sweaty back and your feet facing the sky! Wujiang people are extremely smart. They have developed a set of skills to deal with foreign countries since the Wuyue era. You have to learn from me the spirituality and skills of business and trade. It’s not enough to just learn from them. You have to understand their experience and morals. If you want to use them for me, you can find them everywhere! There is no mountain in Kunshan, but they are for them. What is it called Kunshan? People are located next to the big Shanghai, and if they can compare with the big Shanghai, they have mountains in their hearts, and people with mountains in their hearts are great mountains. You have to climb up this big mountain, standing at the same height as Kunshan Build our Zhangjiagang well. Don’t forget that we also have a Taicang in Suzhou. Taicang is commonly known as Jin Taicang. Except for a smaller population and a smaller area, it is no worse than us in any way. Some enterprises in Taicang are definitely no bigger than Changshu, Wujiang, and Kunshan. My little one, you still have to keep your eyes on Jin Taicang. If we don’t compare the four big brothers, we are not the “three supers”, nor can we talk about the “competition”. Remember: we want to compete for everything in Suzhou Number one! Do you understand? Number one, number one is that we want to win the gold medal! We have to overtake them!" Qin Zhenhua explained the "three superpowers and one competition" vividly and clearly.Don't try to pretend to be stupid, Qin Zhenhua hates people who pretend to be stupid! He will issue a "poisonous oath" to those people and units who can't do their job well and well: if you don't show your real skills, you have to get out! Where are you going?Roll until you realize that if you don't develop and catch up, you will die. Roll until you figure it out and think about doing a good job again!Do you think it hurts to roll?Can no pain touch the depths of the mind? I, Qin Zhenhua, are ruthless?If I, Qin Zhenhua, were not ruthless, Zhang Jiagang would always follow others as a "little brother", a "poor man", and "North Subei of Southern Jiangsu". After becoming the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Qin Zhenhua didn't know where the energy came from. 24 hours a day, it seemed to be wound up every hour. In each unit, each enterprise is staring at you!Urge you to do it, help you do it!At the beginning, some people looked at this "nervous" secretary of the municipal party committee and secretly laughed at him: look at the way he walks, like walking on stilts, one up and one down, maybe one day he will fall down and never stand up again up... But Qin Zhenhua is not the kind of person some people imagined at all. He is the "Napoleon" of Zhangjiagang - some people even describe him like this. Get up at six o’clock every morning, run while listening to the news with a small radio in your pocket, and then play a set of boxing—his boxing style can’t be found in the world, and it’s completely following Qin Zhenhua’s thinking and temper. "Fucking". "Haha... I invented it myself, and I can fight it however I want." When I mentioned this in an interview, Lao Qin laughed happily.It is his "Qin Fist" that follows the feeling that Qin Zhenhua and Zhang Jiagang have achieved today's extraordinary progress and earth-shaking changes. "You, I'm talking about you! Why are all the other bureaus moving, and you're the only one sitting in the latrine and not shitting? Stop looking around! Stand up for me and let everyone see you playing with me Tricky director! If such a person continues to be the director, we in Zhangjiagang will be crippled—because the stall you manage can’t be supported, and the whole city will have to follow you and can’t run happily! Have you thought about it yet? , What should I do? Didn’t think about it? Still don’t think?...What? Don’t think or don’t want to?...Keep silent! Prove that you are thinking, but you don’t think in the same way as the rest of us, then You go home and think about it!" At the city-wide cadre meeting, Qin Zhenhua sat on the stage, called a bureau chief, asked him to stand up, questioned him for a long time, and ordered the organization department to dismiss him within a few days. "Secretary Qin didn't do this back then, and it was difficult to reverse some old habits among cadres in a short period of time. Zhangjiagang's ability to achieve leapfrog development in a short period of time is closely related to Secretary Qin's vigorous and vigorous style." A member of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee A cadre told me so. "But in those years when Secretary Qin was in power, he didn't deal with a single person wrongly. The old man is really ruthless. Unless you have committed a crime, violated party discipline and state laws, he will not deal with a cadre lightly. He has requirements on people. Strict, so strict that you are a little afraid of him, he relies on this tiger-eating method to stare at your work from behind your ass..." Zhangjiagang cadres commented on the old secretary. Cai Xinghua, formerly of Chengxi Village, Yangshe Town, was probably the cadre who received the most scolding from Qin Zhenhua.Cai Xinghua's name differs from Qin Zhenhua's by only one word, one is Zhenhua, the other is Xinghua.Qin Zhenhua was a little relieved after seeing the big changes in the village led by Cai Xinghua, so he scolded Cai Xinghua like a "dog blood sprayer": Are you satisfied with Cai Xinghua doing such a little thing?Go abroad for a while and come back and tell me if there is no room for development in your village!Do you think that getting a few thousand yuan per capita is the top, that is, rich? !Bah, what do you Cai Xinghua's grades mean?fart!Nothing!If you don't make me the number one in the whole city, the whole Suzhou, the whole Jiangsu, and the whole China, you will be nothing! Listen, Qin Zhenhua taught his cadres a lesson like this. "Cai Xinghua, who was scolded, is also a strong person. Generally, people who are able to make a name for themselves are strong people. The more you scold him for being incompetent, the more unconvinced he will be. The more unconvinced, the more energetic he will be, and the more he wants you to see him. The ability." Qin Zhenhua whispered to me with a sly face. Haha, this is Qin Zhenhua! Cai Xinghua couldn't beat Qin Zhenhua, so he desperately fought for the first place.Later, he really had a great future. Not only did he build Chengxi Village up a few steps, but he also became the leader of Chengguan Town. One of Qin Zhenhua's many "ruthlessness" is that he employs people ruthlessly.The people he likes are bold to use, and his employment mainly depends on whether you can do things, whether you can do great things.For this reason, he also suffered a lot of depression—someone "reported" the problems of the people he used, and even wrote "letters from the people" all the way to Deng Xiaoping. “我一往无前干工作，谁要在背后放冷枪，我就要他滚下台！”秦振华说自己不狠不行，“私仇不可有，公仇不可无。”这是他的理论。 "If anyone affects work and hinders Zhangjiagang's economic development, then I, Qin Zhenhua, will be 'non-toxic and not a husband'." 他说他最恨的是那些无中生有的匿名信，干的人被看的人评说，这就是不公平。路不平，有人铲。于是秦振华在大会上公开宣布：凡是有名有姓的人民来信，我一封一封查到底，凡是不具名的人民来信，我一般都丢进纸篓里！ 在这样的市委书记面前，张家港没有不干活的人，没有不想干好的人，你追我赶的风气就这样形成…… “同志们，今年以来，全市上下以邓小平南巡讲话精神为指针，紧紧围绕'三超一争'的奋斗目标，不断解放思想，不断加大工作力度，勇于竞争，敢于拼搏，经济发展的热潮一浪高过一浪。可以说，1992年是我市历史上发展最快、取得成绩最大的一年，是捷报频传、激动人心的一年。'八五'计划提前两年完成，'三超一争'的任务通过最后40天的冲刺，也将全面完成！”这是距1992年年末还有40天的11月22日的张家港全市干部会议上秦振华的一次讲话的开场白。 “秦大胆”这次讲话的情景，让许多张家港当年的创业者记忆犹新，因为时间仅过十个来月，张家港就要在全苏州人面前露脸了。年初他们的“秦大胆”向全苏州放了一炮，要“三超一争”，如原子弹扔在苏州政坛，不仅常熟、吴江、昆山这些老大哥在嘻笑秦振华得了“神经病”，就连苏州市委、江苏省委的领导也在为他们提拔的秦振华而捏着一把汗——解放几十年来，有没有听说过一个市委书记敢公开向兄弟老大哥提出挑战的？有是有，那是大跃进年代、放卫星的时代。现在是改革开放年代，是讲实事求是的新时代哟！他秦振华放炮放斜了，连累的肯定不仅仅是他秦振华！吹牛不要成本，但作为一市书记吹牛吹出毛病来了，问题就不那么简单了。 “苏州和省里经常有人刺探我们当时的经济情况，到11月底这段时间，他们就更紧张了，因为只剩下40天时间，我们当时的不少目标距超常熟、赶吴江、昆山还有不少距离。我心里有数，不怕。知道只要再加把劲就可以超过了，这可不是吹出来的，是我们张家港人不要命地在拼搏，拼一个你低我高的水平啊！那些日子里，我们张家港等于是背水一战，没有退路。我之所以敢提'三超一争'，其实不是没有根据的，但光有根据是远远不够的，得有人干，拼命干才行。我们张家港的发展从一开始就是靠负重奋进、自加压力。别的地方他们不需要像我们这种干法，但我们是苏州的穷小子，苏南的'苏北'，不这么干永远会掉在别人后面，永远拖苏州的后腿。” 1992年是张家港战鼓撼地、烽火漫天的年份。次年初，苏州市委、市政府的三级干部例会上，一项具有特殊意味的颁奖仪式如期进行。在领奖台上，市委书记王敏生和市长章新胜一次又一次地高喊着“张家港”和“秦振华”的名字，而秦振华也气昂昂地一次又一次走上领奖台践行了他一年前向诸兄弟市县的挑战诺言——1992年，张家港在工业总产值、外贸和城市建设等多个方面全面超过了常熟、吴江、昆山等市县，获得大胜。 “这个秦振华真的了不起！” “他娘的，他牛皮还真没吹破啊！” “张家港是疯了！” “可不能再忽视张家港了……” 苏州人从此开始刮目相看张家港人了。尤其是那个头额略秃、眼珠子总是瞪得圆溜溜的、走起路来摇晃的秦振华，“此人不能小瞧”！ 常熟、吴江、昆山和太仓人暗暗吃惊，心底里很不是滋味。苏州人历来讲面子。张家港小弟弟干成这个样，我们的脸面往哪儿搁呀？ 秦振华把一向见面笑眯眯、暗里硬较劲的苏州人的传统作风给彻底颠覆了！这种颠覆让几个县市之间的干部们的那种竞争意识给挑动了起来，并且内心着实震动了。当然，最得意的要算王敏生和章新胜二位苏州市委、市政府的领导了，他们开心啊，开心地看着众“诸侯”出现真正的和改革式的大竞争格局了…… “张家港在苏州是一个较落后的小市、穷市，他们能做的事，难道其他的县市和单位就不能做了？什么叫改革开放、思想解放？张家港的例子就是最好的说明，而张家港后来居上说明了什么？说明了只要我们思想真正地大解放，真正地从实际出发，抓住机遇，真正地动员了全体干部和群众的积极性，我们就能创造一切人间奇迹！”一向斯文的王敏生书记这回在给张家港秦振华发完奖杯后，一反寻常地说了这一通慷慨激昂的话，使得全苏州的干部热血沸腾……不像老秦这家伙这么干，我们以后就没脸面了！ “你这个秦振华，从此让我们再没了安分日子！”一位常熟领导私底下狠狠地捶了秦振华一拳。秦振华哈哈大笑道：“老弟，你还年轻！我秦振华已经57岁了，只能只争朝夕！” 1995年，时任中共党中央总书记和国家主席的江泽民来到张家港视察，听了秦振华介绍张家港的发展历程，很受鼓舞，欣然提笔写下了四句话：团结拼搏，负重奋进，自加压力，敢于争先。 “张家港精神”由此正式形成。 “这四句话最早是苏州市委的领导总结的。我担任张家港市委任书记时，就要求张家港人自己给自己加压力，因为我们原来不如人家，你不给自己加压力你就永远无法超越别人，奋进是硬逼出来的。小平同志带领我们全国人民改革开放，也是逼出来的。张家港人不能拖苏州的后腿，要赶上常熟、昆山等老大哥，你就得自己给自己压力，就得负重奋进。干部身上有了压力，群众就跟着上劲。张家港走到今天，就是靠这种精神。”秦振华这样解释“张家港精神”。 我知道，“张家港精神”起初叫“秦振华精神”。秦振华和张家港在很大程度上是联在一起的。任何一个地方甚至是国家的发展历史，总是有着那些领袖们个人风范的烙印。 张家港出名是因秦振华秦大胆而始的，而秦振华秦大胆让张家港出大名，不仅仅是他把“苏南的苏北”一跃建成了超过几位老大哥的“苏州强人”，同时他秦振华也把张家港的港口真正地做大、做强了。 “我当时提出'三超一争'的底气就是由我们有港口这事上来的。”事隔多年后的秦振华满脸堆笑地透露了当年豪气逼人的“三超一争”的秘密武器。 张家港具有地理优势，它处在苏州的东北角，千里长江滚滚东流进入吴淞入海口前，有个金喉咙式的地方，那里距上海崇明岛仅隔岸相望，这里便是秦振华的老家——张家港。这里江岸顺直，水深贴岸，后方陆域又开阔。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.拦门沙以下至西界港，江面宽阔，水流缓慢，长约32公里，江面宽至4—7公里，此乃长江内陆不可多得的天然良港。这也是为什么当年沙洲县改成张家港的一大原因之一。 秦振华敢在苏州群英面前喊出“三超一争”，手里捏的就是有这个港口的好牌。 改革开放初期的1983年，第一艘外籍船舶首次靠上张家港口，从而掀开了张家港对外开放的历史性篇章。然而由于种种原因，之后的数年里，张家港还没有能够充分认识到港口是改变这个“苏南的苏北”命运之关键，因而没有在港口发展方面大做文章。别看秦振华有些“土”，但他的头脑里尽是“洋”东西，他到国外走一趟，别人带回的是“三大件”，他带回的却是满脑子的“真经”。即使不到国外跑了，他也会天天接受那只小盒子收音机里的“洋知识”，所以他对港口的认识和理解总是比别人高一筹。 "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. 在这之前港口建好后，上面有关行业想插手要走，秦振华听了大怒：没门！港口是我们张家港人的，谁也别想随随便便拿走