Chapter 7 Chapter 1 33.2 billion yuan to illustrate the problem

In 2005, the total annual economic income of Xiaolan Town in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province was 33.2 billion yuan. What kind of number is this? ——In underdeveloped areas, this figure is almost close to the economic income of a province! Things in the world are so miraculous! At that time, people from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, relying on a shoe mending machine, came up with a "Wenzhou model" and created a prosperous Zhejiang.Today, the Xiaolan people in Guangdong started their business with a lock and entered the high-level field of China’s “industrial revolution”—manufacturing industry, which opened up another “model for getting rich” in China.

The miracle of Xiaolan Town stems from the advanced governance concept of a group of Communist Party cadres, and depends on the creation of the diligence and wisdom of all the people. Concerned about the construction of China's new socialist countryside, our eyes must not bypass the "China's first town" - Xiaolan. In the spring of 2006, under the recommendation of the Propaganda Department and the Organization Department of the Zhongshan Municipal Party Committee, when our feet set foot on this magical land of Xiaolan Town, we were deeply fascinated by it... Is it the world of the city, or the city of the world?Is it the blue sky and white clouds, the clearness that can be seen when looking up, or the green flowers, the fragrance that can be touched?Is it the gentle wind of laughter and laughter, blowing toward the face; or the friendly and harmonious atmosphere, bathing the body and mind?Oh, this is Xiaolan Town - a modern town built by farmers with painstaking efforts and sweat, a colorful splendor woven by a group of pioneers of the times with wisdom and faith!

Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City, which was awarded the honorary title of "National Civilized Villages and Towns" by the Central Civilization Committee in 2005 and ranked seventh in the top 100 towns in the country with comprehensive strength announced by the National Bureau of Statistics, is located in Zhongshan City, on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary in the south-central part of Guangdong Province. Here It is the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of the revolution. In 2005, the town's total annual economic income reached 33.2 billion yuan. In 2005, when the per capita annual economic income in rural areas in many underdeveloped areas was only one or two thousand yuan, the per capita deposit balance in Xiaolan Town had reached 70,000 yuan—the balance of savings deposits, which is all real.” Spare money" Ah!

All this is really exciting.However, before the reform and opening up, Xiaolan Town, like the rest of the country, was economically impoverished.Since the reform and opening up, its development span is so large and its changes have been huge, which is really amazing.What made this town develop so rapidly in just over 20 years?What kind of process did they go through in the process of transforming from agriculturalization to industrialization and towards urban modernization?This is the real motive that drove us to set foot on this land. Saying that Xiaolan is a town is actually an interesting helplessness.This is because Xiaolan is indeed a town-level administrative unit in China. However, Xiaolan is not a "town". It is actually a city. It is not inferior in comparison, even worse than that.

Driving in the city of Xiaolan Town, I couldn't get out of the city within an hour.That's how you can imagine its scale.There are not one or two towns like Xiaolan in Zhongshan City, Xiaolan is just bigger. After 1978, the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party began to give this ancient town a real opportunity for development.The party and government leaders of Xiaolan Town judged the situation, seized the opportunity, and made full use of local advantages. In this ancient and young hot land, they ushered in their own romantic years, especially after Deng Xiaoping's "Southern Tour Speech", which made the economy here even more Put on the wings to take off.

"The most important thing is to develop the economy. Without a strong economic foundation to support, all other work can only be a castle in the air, on paper!" During the interview, Huang Biaoquan, secretary of the Xiaolan Town Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized his point of view to us many times. The first is also "inheritance" Zhongshan City is really a treasure land of geomantic omen! Not only was a generation of great Sun Yat-sen born here, but in modern history, there were also four prime ministers of the "Government of the Republic of China", including Tang Shaoyi, Sun Ke, Wang Yunwu, and Wu Tiecheng.In less than half a century, a city of Zhongshan (which was the county seat at the time) unexpectedly produced five prime minister-level figures, which can be described as "outstanding talents"!

In the field of culture and education, in modern times alone, there have emerged many nationally or even world-renowned figures in Zhongshan: Zhong Rongguang, the founder of Lingnan University, is known as the "first Chinese principal" of higher education; The pioneer of modern Chinese music education and the founder of the first conservatory in my country; Ruan Lingyu, in her 25 years of life, has starred in 29 films, with superb acting skills, and is known as "a generation of entertainers"; Zheng Junli, One of the few famous film actors and directors in our country... Xiaolan was originally an island in the ancient bay of the South China Sea. It got its name because the small hills in the territory were shaped like olives.Also famous for its chrysanthemums, it was once called "Xiaochai Sang", and was named "Chrysanthemum City" in 1959.

This famous land of fish and rice is also a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese. There are more than 40,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living in 27 countries and regions on 5 continents. Xiaolan Town has a history of more than 850 years since it was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is an ancient town with strong Lingnan characteristics.There are more than a thousand ancient buildings such as ancestral halls of various clans, civil and military mansions, temples, fangbiao, cultural pagodas, bridges, and wok ear towers. Xiaolan Town is also a place where outstanding people and celebrities come forth in large numbers.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the name of the department was at its peak. There were 19 Wenjinshi and 33 Wujinshi; 143 Wenjuren and 161 Wujuren;The total number reached 549, accounting for 29.97% of the total number of 1,832 imperial examination candidates in Xiangshan County at that time.The more well-known ones, in the Ming Dynasty, there were three ministers of officials, rites, and soldiers, He Wuzou, a scholar of Dongge University, and a scholar of Zhongjidian University; Li Shuchen, Minister of Rites of Nanjing; Li Hanfen, envoy of Guangxi Tixue; Lu Dianbiao, general of Zhenwei; He Naibin, Wu Tanhua, etc.The aforementioned founder of Lingnan University, Zhong Rongguang, known as "the first Chinese president", is also from Xiaolan.

Coincidentally.In 1978, 28 years ago, the "first ten-thousand-million-farmer household" that emerged in rural China was also from Xiaolan! ——This should be said to be a rather gratifying thing. A place has its "advantages" and "inheritance". During the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty, people from the Central Plains moved southward, which caused a sudden increase in the population here.People from the Central Plains brought advanced farming techniques, water diversion for irrigation, dikes for sand fixation, and dams for reclamation, which improved the farming techniques and the quality of dikes here.

In the twenty-seventh year of Ming Hongwu (1394), the imperial court successively sent troops to farm in this area, which greatly expanded the area of ​​cultivated land in this area.During the slack season, the garrisons made bamboo weaving utensils, knives, hoes and other production tools. The garrisons engaged in handicrafts were gradually separated from agriculture and became the earliest handicraft producers in Xiaolan. After more than 500 years, on the eve of liberation in 1948, the industry and commerce of Xiaolan Town formed a complex of electricity, machinery, rice milling, sugar making, ash making, brick making, construction equipment, chemicals, bamboo, wood, glass, food, hardware sharp tools, More than 30 industries including linen, textiles, ropes, towels, grass sunflower products, tobacco and alcohol.The development of industry and handicrafts, although there are many shops here, the people's life is still in a state of extreme poverty.

On November 8, 1949, Xiaolan was liberated, and the people became the masters of the house. On September 1, 1953, the Xiaolan Town Handicraft Industry Independent Laborers Association was established. On January 5, 1954, the Xiaolan Town Branch of the Zhongshan County Federation of Industry and Commerce was established. In 1955, the Xiaolan Town Small Vendors Association was established.Due to well-known reasons, in the following 20 years (until 1979), Xiaolan Town, like other places in the country, did not develop well, and people were still poor in terms of economic life. However, Xiaolan people are industrious, intelligent, brave and clever. Even in the "special era" of political imprisonment, material poverty, and heavy spiritual shackles, Xiaolan people are always exerting their talents to increase income and avoid the suffering of famine as much as possible. Hardworking, intelligent, clever and talented.In order to develop the economy, the peasant brothers plant more economical crops such as sericulture trees, sugarcane forests, high-quality and high-yield rice in large fields, and do some digging of fish ponds to release water for fish farming. Urban residents tried every means to pursue profits in the fields of handicraft processing, commodity trade and material circulation. "Special era" has its own "special" features of special era, and many things that should not be prohibited are "prohibited" and not allowed to "operate".With no way out, people are struggling with moans and sighs... The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, where is the other shore? It was not until after the smashing of the "Gang of Four" in 1976 that some of the party's rural and urban policies gradually relaxed.With the gradual liberalization of some economic work policies, economic activities such as "processing with supplied materials", "customization with drawings", "processing with orders" and "compensation trade" are allowed to be carried out.It was not until the spring thunder of reform and opening up that the industry and commerce in Xiaolan Town were gradually "resurrected".By the end of 1979, the town had 46 various factories and cooperatives, the number of employees (including transportation) reached 9,360, the total industrial output value reached 37.4 million yuan, the total income from agricultural and sideline industries reached 1.5 million yuan, and the total social commodity sales reached 20.38 million yuan. RMB 5.7 million in savings and RMB 2.7 million in fiscal and tax revenues provided to the state. Today, for Xiaolan Town, these figures are obviously too insignificant.But at that time, in the late 1970s, these seemingly insignificant "numbers" were as surprised as people in underdeveloped areas looking at Xiaolan Town today!Huang Xinwen, a member of the Second Production Team of the West Second Brigade of Xiaolan Commune, became rich through labor, and his family earned 10,500 yuan a year from labor, making him the first farmer with a "million-dollar household" to appear in rural areas across the country.This is the pride of Xiaolan people at that time! Small Town Romance is beautiful and catchy right from the start! Majestic momentum - walking on the land of Xiaolan Town, looking at the endless wide streets, towering buildings, clear rivers, green lawns and gardens, majestic The central square... Xiaolan Town shows a kind of momentum everywhere! Yes, only "momentum" can be "majestic". This is how we feel about the objects and environment of Xiaolan Town, as well as the spirit and behavior of Xiaolan people.After meeting the party and government leaders of Xiaolan Town, we still feel a strong majestic momentum from them. That day the host took us into a 19-storey modern office building.The silver-gray building under the sunset glow makes us feel like we are in the world of the famous Boston-style gold-walled Ginza in the United States in terms of height and texture!In the vast land of China, there are tens of thousands of city walls, and there are not many modern Ginza buildings like this one.Such a magnificent building is very eye-catching even in Beijing and Shanghai.What's more, now we are seeing it in a remote town in the southern country!And this building in Xiaolan is not the only one today, it was built more than 10 years ago! You can't help but admire the momentum and courage of Xiaolan people. When we climbed to the sky-high roof for "sightseeing", we could have a bird's-eye view of the panoramic view of Xiaolan and the Zhongshan city in the distance. Our vision is full of sweeping bustling streets, expressways and overpasses extending in all directions, as well as villas, green parks and The clear water and green mountains stretching to the sky... The Ginza of the Xiaolan Town Construction and Development Corporation is like a "stand out among the chickens" in the city... "This is one of the landmark buildings of Xiaolan Town's urban construction." Ms. Tang Yanmei, who is currently the general manager of Xiaolan Town Construction and Development Corporation, proudly introduced to us standing on the height of the building. Tang Yanmei, the "weak female general" who has followed Huang Biaoquan for many years in the front line of construction, is the "boss" of this indomitable Ginza building! Tang Yanmei herself is a legend in Xiaolan.After graduating from high school, she started working in a company for more than a year, and then went to the Xiaolan Town Construction and Development Corporation, where she has been working until today.She said that when she was first transferred, she was the company's cashier.The company initially worked in a very small office. At that time, there were only 4 people, and one person was transferred later, and there were 4 simple office rooms in total.She still clearly remembers that she and the accountant shared a room called "Financial Office".On the left of the finance office are the offices of the two staff responsible for roads and bridges.On the right side of the financial office is the general manager's office. In addition to two tables, there is also a long wooden chair that can seat 3 people, which is specially prepared for visiting guests.There is also a reception room.Huang Biaoquan is the general manager, with a big title and poor soldiers.But no one would have imagined that this small company would turn an old and dilapidated town into a city of today's scale and grandeur with just a flick of a finger! Huang Biaoquan and his company staff, under the leadership of the previous town party committees and town governments, held high the banner of reform, proceeded from reality and based on the long-term, and painted a dazzling modern picture of Xiaolan Town. Ms. Tang told us that in the first few years when Huang Biaoquan was the general manager, the company entered a period of rapid development, and the team also expanded rapidly.In just a few years, the company has more than 5,000 employees.The urban development of Xiaolan Town relies on this main force, which has created an annual growth rate of economic income in the 20s and 30s, and has become a major force in the economic development of Xiaolan Town. Create the most efficient team. The town records of Xiaolan Town tell us that Xiaolan, a famous town with a history of more than 800 years, only had an area of ​​two square kilometers before the reform and opening up, but now, the urban area of ​​Xiaolan Town has expanded by more than 10 square kilometers!Throughout the development of Xiaolan, town construction can almost be called a leader.And it is Huang Biaoquan and his "urban construction team" who lead this leader.In front of every street, every building, and every community today, people can tell a series of touching stories about Xiaolan people's entrepreneurship at that time, but these are just some small pieces in the grand concerto of the construction and progress of the entire Xiaolan Town. Notes only. Ms. Tang around us still likes to "build buildings and talk about buildings". "There are too many things to talk about in the construction of Xiaolan City, let's talk about the process of building this building!" From the French windows on the top of the Ginza Building, Tang Yanmei pointed to the majestic building behind us. When looking at the iconic buildings of Xiaolan Town, some people shook their heads, doubting that Xiaolan Town would not be able to develop to that level in 100 years.No one would have imagined that over ten years later, our Xiaolan Town will present a modern urban scale.It can be seen from this incident that their generation of town leaders have advanced awareness and the ability to do great things.In order to build this landmark project that will not be outdated for a century, Huang Biaoquan led relevant personnel to visit Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou and Shenzhen for many times. From design to construction, every link has gathered the leadership and construction of Xiaolan Town. painstaking effort. "What do you think of this building?" Tang Yanmei asked us with a smile. "Super class! It's unbelievable to see such a magnificent building in a small town!" Apart from sighing, we are still sighing. "Secretary Huang does things like this. What he does, he thinks far and near at the same time. Far away, he can predict the future of Xiaolan, and now he can proceed from reality, step by step... ..." Tang Yanmei's words expressed the foresight, truth-seeking and pragmatism of the leaders of Xiaolan Town.Huang Biaoquan himself and many cadres and masses we interviewed have revealed the same fact: Xiaolan Town Party Committee and the government always conduct several careful investigations and studies before doing something, and then go out to study and inspect, and then go out to study and investigate. Come back and think carefully, and finally make your own correct decision. "Once a piece of red silk is made into a flag, it will be full of bullet holes..." Huang Biaoquan, the helmsman of Xiaolan Town, once said to us poetically when we first met. "Actually, I am most afraid of publicizing myself..." The secretary of the town party committee who was "afraid of publicizing himself" did not tell us about his own brilliant performance and "unforgettable experience", but from his expression we can feel that he is a A leader's pride in today's Xiaolan. "I love this land because it has nurtured me, and I have feelings for it. If I have feelings, I want to build it well. This is all my thoughts on Xiaolan Town." Huang Biaoquan expressed to us in the simplest language It shows the mind of a leading cadre of the Communist Party at the grassroots level. Our point of view is still the 19-story building in front of us.It is said that in the days when the building was just completed, because it was also the most beautiful building in Zhongshan City, it became a new "tourist attraction" for the people of the city for a while. The Minister of the Ministry of Construction visited Xiaolan Town to inspect and investigate the work. After seeing this building, he praised it with a bit of envy and said: "Your Xiaolan Town is really not simple, and our Ministry of Construction does not have such a building." !" Before leaving the building, Tang Yanmei still did not forget that she is the general manager of the Xiaolan Town Urban Construction and Development Corporation. She took no time to introduce the current situation of her company to us: A diversified comprehensive economic entity with science and technology as one, is an enterprise group directly under the government of Xiaolan Township. The industry it is engaged in is one of the four economic pillars of the town, with an annual output value of over 1.2 billion yuan.Now the company's main business is not only widely carried out in China, but also in Russia and other countries and regions. Exactly: No person or unit in Xiaolan Town should be underestimated! In the late 1970s, Huang Xinwen, a member of the No. 2 Production Team of the West No. 2 Brigade of Xiaolan Commune, became rich through labor. His family earned 10,500 yuan a year from labor, making him the first farmer with a "million-dollar household" to appear in rural areas across the country. In recent years, in this magical land, Xiaolan people have created countless amazing miracles! Successfully held the 20th World Men's Table Tennis Championships, the 9th National Games men's basketball game, successfully held the "2004 China Light Industry Products Expo", "Xiaolan (Jiashen) Chrysanthemum Culture and Art Appreciation Conference", " The First National 'Xiaolan Cup' County and Town Calligraphy Competition", etc. It has been awarded "China Hardware Products Industry Base" by China Hardware Products Association, "China Audio Industry Base" by China Electronics and Audio Industry Association, and "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art Chrysanthemum Culture" and "Chinese Folk Art Painting and Calligraphy" by the Ministry of Culture. "Hometown", awarded by the China Calligraphers Association as the "Creation Training Base of Xiaolan Town of the China Calligraphers Association", "National Sanitary Town" by the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee, and "National Top Five Towns for Import and Export of Towns and Towns" by the Ministry of Agriculture , was awarded "National Advanced Greening Top 100 Towns" by the National Afforestation Committee, "National Environmentally Beautiful Towns and Towns" by the State Environmental Protection Administration, and "National Advanced Mass Sports Collective" and "National Advanced Town for Hundreds of Millions of Farmers in Fitness Activities" by the National Sports Commission. "etc. It is also listed as a small town pilot for sustainable development in China by the United Nations Development Program... By the end of 2005, Xiaolan Town had a total area of ​​75.4 square kilometers, with a registered population of 157,000 and a floating population of 160,000.The town has 6,005 industrial enterprises and 619 medium-sized and above enterprises. The total economic income of the town is 33.2 billion yuan, including 28.7 billion yuan from industrial sales, 10 billion yuan from commercial turnover, 136 million yuan from agriculture; 1.78 billion yuan in total tax revenue, 11,000 yuan per capita tax; The annual per capita disposable income is 16,200 yuan, and the balance of various deposits at the end of the year is 15.08 billion yuan; the ratio of the three major industries is 0.8:63:36.2; the formation of solid power, Huafeng Lock Group and Julong Company as representatives The base of hardware products, the base of electronic appliances and audio represented by Meijia and Huiya, and the six pillar industries of food and beverage, clothing and shoemaking, chemical adhesive, printing and packaging, etc. are in a good situation of comprehensive development; there are more than 19,980 private industrial and commercial enterprises in the town Homes account for 94.5% of the total number of enterprises, and the private economy accounts for two-thirds of the town's total economic output, becoming the main body of Xiaolan's economy. 31 enterprises in the town have 73 national and provincial famous brands, including 5 "China Famous Brand Products", 3 "China Famous Trademarks", 10 "National Inspection-Free Products", 31 "Guangdong Famous Brand Products", " 24 "Famous Trademarks of Guangdong Province....Among these 73 famous brand products, two companies, "Vatti Gas Appliances Co., Ltd." and "Liwang Group Holdings Co., Ltd.", are still listed in Shenzhen and Singapore respectively, which have become important milestones in the history of Xiaolan's economic development. Today's Xiaolan is undoubtedly a symbol of "wealth".After more than 20 years of reform and opening up, the economy of Xiaolan Town has achieved a qualitative leap and entered the modernization process ahead of schedule at the end of the 20th century.It is not difficult for us to understand the modernization process of Xiaolan as a process of economic development first, and economic development is an integrated process of the organic combination of industrialization, marketization and urbanization. In front of every street, every building, and every community today, people can tell a series of touching stories about Xiaolan people's entrepreneurship at that time.