Fuzhou, a blessed state.
"The best years of my life have been spent here", General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said with deep affection during his investigation in Fuzhou, Fujian Province in March 2021. "The current construction is in line with this direction, consistent with what we imagined at that time, and developing better than what we imagined. I hope that the blessed state will better benefit the people. "
In 1993, the supreme leader comrade, then secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, pointed out with great foresight that "in the process of striding towards the new century, Fuzhou must first have a long-term strategic vision based on science and reality, so that the reform and opening up cause of Fuzhou can write the most magnificent movement". He personally presided over the compilation of "Strategic Assumption of Economic and Social Development in Fuzhou for 20 Years" (referred to as "3820" strategic project), systematically planned the objectives, steps, layout and key points of economic and social development in Fuzhou for 3 years, 8 years and 20 years, made clear the grand goal of "building a modern international city", drew a beautiful blueprint for Fuzhou, and established the general program and strategy.
Guided by the blueprint, it has been a long time, and it has been working hard for 30 years. The "3820" strategic project witnessed the enduring practical power of great ideas.
Keep in mind the entrustment, carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and continue to struggle for 30 years. The blessed state is striding forward on the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.
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Twenty-year strategy of painting
Promote cross-century projects
If a place is to prosper, its decision makers and people must have indomitable lofty aspirations.
-Supreme Leader: Preface to the Strategic Plan for Economic and Social Development in Fuzhou for 20 Years.
One day in June 1990, the weather was extremely hot. Comrade Supreme Leader, who has just served as the secretary of Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, boarded a small passenger ship and went downstream along the Minjiang River to the estuary.
At that time, the banks of the Minjiang River were still a desolate scene, with rough beaches and messy trees. The Supreme Leader laid out a map of Fuzhou on the table of the passenger ship, watching, listening and thinking all the way. The entourage later realized that this was not an ordinary investigation, but the starting point of a strategic engineering plan.
Fuzhou, located on the coast of the East China Sea and the bank of the Minjiang River, is a famous historical and cultural city with profound accumulation and one of the first 14 coastal open cities in China.
In the early 1990s, Fuzhou faced many difficulties in its development. Although it is the provincial capital, but the industrial foundation is weak, mainly light industry, an industrial road can basically find out the family background; The financial pressure is great, and the available financial resources are only about 200 million yuan, which is only "food finance"; Traffic congestion, no highways, no large ports, no large airports; There is also a gap between cadres’ ideological concepts and development concepts and advanced coastal areas …
As soon as the Supreme Leader took office in Fuzhou, he opened the way with investigation and thought deeply about development issues. From April 1990 to May 1992, he spent more than two-thirds of his time investigating, studying and thinking at the grassroots level. Under his impetus, Fuzhou has designated March as the month of investigation and research every year, promoting the wind of investigation and promoting scientific decision-making.
The east wind is full of spring. At the beginning of 1992, Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s talk in the south blew the horn of China’s new round of reform and opening up. The supreme leader comrades are keenly aware that the opportunity of Fuzhou has come. He vividly said, "Fuzhou is a region full of opportunities, so don’t be slow if you can be fast." This is like a flock of geese flying in the air. We have a good bow in our hand, and it is expensive to send it quickly. "
Seek a domain first, seek the overall situation, seek for a while, and seek for the world.
On May 22, 1992, the Supreme Leader Comrade emphasized at the Fuzhou Party Congress: "We must speed up the pace of economic construction, reach a new level every three to five years, and change the situation that we are sitting in the back row in the South China Sea area of Hong Kong, Macao, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan as soon as possible. Now we have organized a team to do some in-depth discussions and study what kind of development level Fuzhou will reach in 20 years. "
Under the leadership of the Supreme Leader, Fuzhou launched the "3820" strategic project with a questionnaire of 10,000 people, a survey of 1,000 people and a demonstration of 100 people. 1627 cadres completed 367 research reports around 581 topics. The research group visited Guangdong, Hainan, Shanghai, Beijing and other places to learn from advanced experience. The Municipal Party Committee convened experts, scholars and business leaders from all fields, and held dozens of different types of consultation meetings …
Comrade Supreme Leader also requested that a questionnaire be published in Fuzhou Evening News to solicit public suggestions. In half a month, 28,785 answers and 24,536 suggestions were collected. The enthusiasm of the masses to participate is high. An old retired couple has been in the city for several days and made more than 10 suggestions on urban traffic, commercial outlets and other issues.
In November, 1992, it took half a year and ten drafts were changed. In November, 1992, the "Strategic Plan for Economic and Social Development in Fuzhou for 20 Years", which was devoted to the great efforts and collective wisdom of the Supreme Leader, was deliberated and adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Fuzhou Municipal Committee.
The supreme leader comrades have repeatedly asked to jump out of Fuzhou to see Fuzhou and look at the whole country and even the whole world to plan development. Focusing on the 21st century, cross-strait exchanges and all-round development, the "3820" strategic project has drawn up a blueprint for Fuzhou’s development.
-define three strategic steps. In three years, that is, by 1995, the economy will reach a big step, and the main indicators will be doubled on the basis of 1990; Strive to reach the development level of domestic advanced cities in eight years, that is, by the year 2000; It will take 20 years, that is, around 2010, to reach or approach the average development level of moderately developed countries or regions in Asia at that time.
-form a complete development system. Based on the "four development foundations and conditions" such as humanity and location advantages, it has planned "seven strategic layouts" such as urban area, north wing and south wing, and defined "twelve strategic priorities" such as broadening the open field and accelerating the construction of various investment zones. The development plans of 13 counties (cities) such as Gulou and Taijiang were formulated, 27 special arrangements for finance, agriculture, industry and environmental protection were formed, and 40 key projects such as Changle International Airport, Fuzhou Port, TPV Electronics and Minjiang River flood dike were identified.
——构建科学指标体系。在全面比较广州等29个城市主要指标的基础上，“3820”战略工程对福州国内生产总值、城镇居民收入等进行测算，设定目标。要与亚洲中等发达国家比较，必须进行货币折算。但如何测算，大家都没经验，犯愁了。最高领袖同志说，统计学有个“购买力平价法”，看看能不能在这方面突破。一语点出思路。市委还邀请专家作“购买力平价法”专题辅导。“3820”战略工程主要指标均按购买力平价法测算，并作详细说明，同步纳入“八五”计划和十年规划。
“3820”战略工程是坚持走群众路线、深入调查研究的成果，是科学决策、民主决策、依法决策的典范，充分体现了实事求是的工作方法。
时任福州市委办公厅主任陈伦说：“一任市委书记也就5年，习书记却做20年的规划，谋划福州跨世纪发展，体现了习书记高瞻远瞩的战略思维。”
The blueprint is unfolding, focusing on solving the problem. Comrades of the Supreme Leader made a forward-looking plan for rivers and seas, and made the construction of "Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle" and "Fuzhou on the Sea" as an important part of the "3820" strategic project.
As early as 1991, the supreme leader comrade profoundly expounded the significance of the development of rivers and seas to the revitalization of Fuzhou, emphasizing that "the advantage of Fuzhou lies in rivers and seas, the outlet of Fuzhou lies in rivers and seas, the hope of Fuzhou lies in rivers and seas, and the development of Fuzhou lies in rivers and seas."
In July 1992, the Supreme Leader clearly proposed to build the "Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle"-speeding up the construction of two industrial corridors, namely Fuma Line and Fuxia Line, and speeding up the development of Chulu Island and Langqi Island in the sea area, and making efforts to form three economic corridors along the road, along the river and along the coast. He emphasized that "the proposal and implementation of the idea of the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle is a key link and an important step to realize the development goal of’ 3820′, which marks the city’s opening up and economic construction entering a new stage and establishes the image of Fuzhou."
Fuzhou has an ocean area of 11,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the land area. However, for the cadres and masses at that time, the marine economy was still a new thing. Some people even wondered: "How can we take care of the sea when the land has not developed well?" Standing at the forefront of the times, the Supreme Leader proposed to "attach importance to the sea area as much as cultivated land, pay attention to marine development as much as grain production, and extend the tentacles of accelerating economic development from land to sea".
On May 26th, 1994, the Supreme Leader held a seminar on "Fuzhou on the Sea", stressing that "building Fuzhou on the Sea is a major move to promote the economic development of our city and a major strategic measure to realize the’ 3820′ project".
Fuzhou immediately blew the horn of "marching to the sea". On June 12th of the same year, the Opinions on Building a "Fuzhou on the Sea" was officially promulgated, which put forward that "taking science and technology as the guide, taking the development of marine economy as the center, taking the development of coastal zone and sea area as the main direction, and implementing the comprehensive development of islands, harbors, continental shelf, beaches, offshore, open sea and ocean", which broadened the horizons of cadres and the masses and promoted Fuzhou to be strong on the chart.
The implementation of the "3820" strategic project has injected a strong impetus into the economic and social development of Fuzhou. In 1994, the main objectives of the first phase of the "3820" strategic project were achieved one year ahead of schedule. From 1990 to 1995, Fuzhou’s GDP leapt over four billion steps in six years, with an average annual growth rate of more than 23%.
Han Qingxiang, a professor at the Central Party School, believes that the "3820" strategic project, the construction practice of the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle and "Fuzhou on the Sea", which combines unification and separation, not only clarifies the strategic development focus, but also foresees the future development trend, which not only points out the direction for Fuzhou’s cross-century development, but also provides typical experience for China’s urban governance.
From Fuzhou’s 20-year strategic vision to the national "14th Five-Year Plan" and the long-term goal in 2035, from Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, from "Maritime Fuzhou" to "Maritime Power" … Looking back from a new historical starting point, the "3820" strategic project is not only a scientific deployment to guide Fuzhou’s cross-century development, but also a vivid practice for the Communist Party of China (CPC) to guide economic and social development with medium and long-term planning, and a major exploration for Socialism with Chinese characteristics to keep pace with the times.
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Pay attention to practice in the tide era
Dare to be the first to cast glory.
Today, standing at the source of creating the future, we should establish a sense of being ahead of the times and dare to be the trendsetter of the times.
-Supreme Leader: Preface to the Strategic Plan for Economic and Social Development in Fuzhou for 20 Years.
2010 is the closing year of the "3820" strategic project. From 1990 to 2010, 20 years is only a moment in the long river of history, but it is enough to reshape the development of a city.
From "sitting in the back row" to striving for the first place, from "Fuzhou City" to livable happiness city, from riverside city to coastal city … The implementation of the "3820" strategic project has brought great changes to Rongcheng.
Looking back on the past, behind the great changes is the guidance of thought, the exploration of path and the accumulation of struggle. The ideological essence contained in the "3820" strategic project has shown a long-lasting and powerful vitality in the succession, and has always been the guiding direction for Fuzhou’s leap-forward development.
-Only by opening up can there be a way out. The "3820" strategic project proposes to achieve high economic speed, high efficiency, leap-forward and extraordinary development. The supreme leader comrade pointed out that "opening to the outside world is an important driving force for Fuzhou’s economic development" and "Fuzhou can only accelerate its development if it is open to the outside world".
Fuzhou is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 4 million overseas Chinese all over the world. Comrade Supreme Leader put forward the idea of "attracting overseas Chinese, attracting Taiwan by overseas Chinese, and attracting overseas Chinese" and led many delegations to visit Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and other places. Everywhere he went, he introduced Fuzhou in detail, discussed economic and trade cooperation, and drove the rural sages to return to their hometowns to invest and start businesses. Driven by him, TPV Group, Southeast Auto and other enterprises have settled in Fuzhou, and they have continued to grow and develop, which is still an important support for Fuzhou’s high-quality development.
Plant a plane tree and attract the phoenix. In order to attract investment, Fuzhou often participated in foreign exhibitions. In July, 1994, the Supreme Leader proposed that Fuzhou organize exhibitions and build platforms by itself. In October of the same year, the first "Fuzhou International Investment Promotion Month" was held ceremoniously, with more than 6,000 merchants from 22 countries and regions attending. Since then, it has been held every year to form a convention. In 1999, Fuzhou International Investment Promotion Month was expanded and promoted to "Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Fair", becoming one of the earliest cross-strait economic and trade exhibitions held in the mainland of China.
Industrial development needs a platform. As a strategic measure to deepen reform, open wider to the outside world and accelerate the pace of economic construction, the Supreme Leader comrade will set up various types of development and investment zones, and lead Fuzhou to form three types of development zones: public, overseas Chinese affairs office and private, and vividly compare these three modes to "building a nest to attract phoenix", "attracting phoenix to build a nest" and "borrowing a nest to attract phoenix". From 1992 to 2010, Fuzhou has cultivated and expanded more than 20 development zones and investment zones above the municipal level, accounting for half of the city’s total industrial output value.
Fuzhou needs to build a large international airport in order to keep pace with the international development. At that time, the state did not plan to invest in the construction of a civil airport in Fuzhou, and the funds that the provincial finance could support were very few. In this regard, the supreme leader comrade proposed that the airport be built by local financing and self-reliance, and this proposal was supported by the National Civil Aviation Administration and the State Planning Commission. In June 1992, the project was approved, the foundation stone was laid on New Year’s Day in 1993, and it was officially opened to traffic in June 1997. The top leaders personally decided to promote Changle International Airport from conception planning, design planning, fund raising and construction. Now, this airport has become the gateway hub airport of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and an important bearing and bridge link for Fujian Fuzhou to integrate into the Belt and Road construction and serve the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland.
In order to meet the needs of opening wider to the outside world, the Supreme Leader also comprehensively promoted the construction of major infrastructure such as deep-water docks, expressways, urban expressways, and electricity and energy according to the layout determined by the "3820" strategic project. At the beginning of the construction of the Second Ring Road in 1992, most of the surrounding areas were suburbs. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that it is necessary to build not only the Second Ring Road, but also the Third Ring Road in the future. Nowadays, the suburbs of that year were already full of buildings, and the Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road became the traffic arteries of Fuzhou City, and the traffic network extending in all directions continued to extend …
-Doing practical things for the people should be visible and tangible to the masses. The "3820" strategic project has made a special chapter plan for education, culture, health, sports and spiritual civilization construction, which runs through the people-centered concept. At that time, the Supreme Leader urged the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government to set up 20 practical projects for the masses every year, and carried out the "vegetable basket" project and the "Guangsha", "living in peace" and "benefiting" projects, which made great efforts for the development of people’s livelihood.
I haven’t seen the green for three days, but I see stars in my eyes. In order to improve people’s difficulty in eating vegetables, the Supreme Leader promoted the construction of three "vegetable basket" bases in Langqi, Nantong and Nanyu, built more than 330 farmers’ markets, and built a new pattern of production and sales with large production, large circulation and large market. He emphasized that "a garden full of vegetables, pigs, eggs, Man Cang, fish and Man Ku, and enough grain and oil" is not a temporary solution, but should always be "full" and "full". The "vegetable basket" project won the support of the citizens, and ranked first in the selection of 10 practical things that the citizens were most satisfied with that year.
"’living in peace’ is the basic requirement of people’s lives, and living in peace can make them happy." The Supreme Leader was very concerned about the housing problem of the masses. When he went to the city water transport company for investigation, he bent down and got into the low cabin and found that there were still employees living on the "family boat" on the Minjiang River. He said that since the founding of New China for more than 40 years, ordinary people should not live in such poor conditions. He immediately held an on-site office meeting to study the solution to the problem. Ten months later, 104 families of boat people bid farewell to the situation of "no tiles on the top and no land on the bottom" and moved into new homes.
Please send a message to the masses, and the government will do a good job. On July 2, 2000, at the symposium of Cangxia shack area, the supreme leader promised to start the renovation project of Cangxia shack area. In just one year, 3,441 households with 9,511 people moved back to their new homes.
亲历苍霞棚改的居民唐庆旺说，“原来我们一家3口挤在不足9平方米的木板房，得益于习书记的关心推动，全家住上了60平方米的单元房。现在，苍霞又在进行新型智慧小区改造。我们的生活一定会越来越好。”
闽江职业大学（现为“闽江学院”）是福州一所地方性大学，当年由于办学条件不达标，能否通过“充实整顿”验收，直接关系到闽大能不能继续办下去。最高领袖同志接任闽大校长后，明确提出“从我开始不当挂名校领导”，多次到学校现场办公，协调解决编制、教工住房、办学经费等问题，推动学校发展逐步走上正轨，顺利通过“充实整顿”验收。最高领袖同志当年创造性提出“不求最大，但求最优，但求适应社会需要”的办学理念，引领闽大实现了从高职高专向应用型本科大学的跃升，现在已成为全国职业教育的重要遵循。
——保护古城是与发展现代化相一致的，应当把古城的保护、建设和利用有机地结合起来。最高领袖同志在《〈福州古厝〉序》中写道，“保护好古建筑、保护好文物就是保存历史，保存城市的文脉，保存历史文化名城无形的优良传统”。“3820”战略工程提出，福州发展要“发挥山、水、温泉自然特色，融众多文物古迹于一体”。
In the 1990s, Lin Juemin’s former residence, located in Sanfangqixiang, was facing demolition. When the Supreme Leader learned about it, he immediately held an on-site office meeting and decided to protect it and repair it on the spot. At the meeting, the words of the supreme leader comrade were inspiring: "To evaluate whether a system or a force is progressive or reactionary, it is important to look at its attitude towards history and culture. In our hands, we must do a good job in protecting, restoring and utilizing the cultural relics in the city, not only to prevent them from being damaged, but also to make them more glorious and pass them on to future generations. "
Under the impetus of the Supreme Leader, Fuzhou has established a "four ones" mechanism for the protection of cultural relics, that is, one bureau, one team, one seal and one million yuan. It has taken the lead in setting up a municipal cultural relics administration and an archaeological team in the country, requiring that urban construction projects should be stamped with the seal of the Municipal Cultural Management Committee, and decided that the municipal finance should allocate 1 million yuan as the cultural relics repair fund every year, which will increase year by year. Since then, Fuzhou has formulated regulations on the protection and management of famous historical and cultural cities, and restored the ancient ruins such as Minwang Temple, Hualin Temple and Ryukyu Pavilion, so that the historical context, ancient city style and urban memory can be better preserved and continued.
-Be ahead of the times and establish the concept of eco-city. Focusing on the characteristics of "coastal city" and "landscape city", the "3820" strategic project proposes to build Fuzhou into a "clean, beautiful, comfortable and quiet coastal open city with basically restored ecological environment to a virtuous circle", highlighting the concept of ecological protection.
Banyan is a tree in Fuzhou. "We need a variety of banyan trees, reflecting the features of Rongcheng and the historical city". Comrade Supreme Leader vigorously promoted the work of "greening Fuzhou", took the lead in planting trees, and advocated the combination of "planting trees in patches" to make "Rongcheng" more full of green and live up to its reputation. The per capita park green area in Fuzhou increased from 3.7 square meters in 1990 to 11.15 square meters in 2010.
Fuzhou city is densely covered with river networks. In the 1990s, Fuzhou city was often waterlogged, and the water was black and smelly. Comrade Supreme Leader put forward the general plan of "mobilizing the whole party, starting with the whole people, combining all aspects, and making concerted efforts to control the water", implemented the six-year plan of inland river regulation, promoted the comprehensive regulation of the West Lake and the dredging project of the Jin ‘an River, carried out the comprehensive regulation of the water environment in the Minjiang River basin, reappeared the "beautiful mountains and clear waters and orange red flowers", and used practical measures to clear the waves for the citizens of An Lan.
Comrade Supreme Leader said, "We should not only do what the masses can see, but also do good things that the masses can’t see." In the early 1990s, Fuzhou’s garbage outlet became a problem, which brought troubles to people’s lives. In 1993, the Supreme Leader personally chose the site and built a comprehensive garbage disposal site covering an area of 11,000 mu and investing 100 million yuan in Hongmiaoling, and reserved more than 5,000 mu of land. In October 1995, the garbage dump was put into use, which effectively promoted Fuzhou to solve the problem of "garbage besieged city"
-not only do it right away, but also do it. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed, "We should seize the things that need to be solved urgently and have the ability to solve them, and organize and implement them in the spirit of’ doing it right away’."
In Mawei District, Fuzhou, there are 12 giant slogans in red characters-"Mawei’s business, special affairs, do it right away". When outsiders come to Mawei, locals will always proudly tell the story behind these 12 words. At that time, the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government held an on-site office meeting in Fuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, and put forward opinions to support the further development of the Development Zone. Just after lunch, the supreme leader comrade called the relevant departments to study and draft 12 docking measures, and a first draft of the document was formed that day.
"We have a lot of things to do. To provide a good soft environment for reform and opening up, we need to advocate a full-load spirit, oppose procrastination and overstaffing, improve work efficiency, and achieve today’s work." The Supreme Leader advocated "do it right away", promoted the "one building for office" and "one-stop" service for investment project approval, and innovated the mechanism of joint visits by city and county leaders, which set off an upsurge of "doing practical things, stressing efficiency and grasping implementation" in the whole city, effectively ensuring the implementation of the "3820" strategic project.
By 2010, the goal set by the "3820" strategic project has been successfully completed. During this period, Fuzhou’s comprehensive strength grew the fastest, the urban and rural landscape changed the most, and the people benefited the most. The city’s regional GDP increased from 10.24 billion yuan in 1990 to 324.27 billion yuan in 2010, with an average annual growth rate of 15.8%, the built-up area expanded by more than 4.5 times, the urbanization rate increased by nearly 39 percentage points, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of rural residents increased by 13.8 times and 8.9 times respectively.
General Qi Xin, then director of the Agricultural Construction Division of the Political Research Office of Fuzhou Municipal Committee, who participated in the formulation of the "3820" strategic project, said, "The goal set by the" 3820 "strategic project has been achieved as scheduled, which has brought historic changes to Fuzhou, left precious spiritual wealth, and embodied the development concept of the scientific system, the value pursuit of the people first, and the enthusiasm and tenacity of dripping water through the stone."
The "3820" strategic project, as a strategic system that manages the overall situation, the fundamentals and the long-term, has led Fuzhou to achieve brilliant achievements in high-quality development, fully demonstrated the spiritual realm of the supreme leader comrade "I don’t have to succeed" and the historical responsibility of "I must succeed", and strongly confirmed the great superiority of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system.
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Draw a blueprint to the end
A new chapter in the struggle spectrum
I believe that through the joint efforts of all of us, the ideal blueprint will be turned into a brilliant reality, and the ancient city of Fuzhou with a thousand years will give birth to new hopes and create new glories.
-Supreme Leader: Preface to the Strategic Plan for Economic and Social Development in Fuzhou for 20 Years.
On August 31st this year, with the sound of a crisp whistle, the China-Laos Railway international freight train "Mindu" left Jiangyin Port Station in Fuzhou, opening a new land trade channel between Fuzhou and South Asia and Southeast Asia. This is another carrier for Fuzhou to build, serve and integrate into the new development pattern based on the "Belt and Road" after the China-Europe train.
"Modernization and internationalization are the inevitable choices for Fuzhou’s urban development." In August, 1995, at the Seventh Party Congress in Fuzhou, the Supreme Leader made clear the goal of "striving for building a modern international city": on the basis of the "3820" strategic project, after another 20 or 30 years, strive to make Fuzhou rank among the international advanced cities.
Comrade Supreme Leader said: "In the development of a city, we should not only consider the long-term development goals of 10 or 20 years, but also consider the long-term development goals of 30, 50 or even hundreds of years … Through the common goal of struggle, we should closely link cadres and masses at all levels and departments, think in one place and make efforts in one place."
Politics is expensive and constant, and governance must be constant.
Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that "a modern international city based on the’ 3820′ project is a longer-term and higher-level goal than the’ 3820′ project", which points out the direction for the development of Fuzhou in the new era.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Fuzhou has adhered to the essence of the "3820" strategic engineering thought, unswervingly marched forward along the grand blueprint drawn by the Supreme Leader General Secretary, and there are many bright spots in the construction of a modern international city.
—— Based on the all-round development of modernization, provide Fuzhou samples for promoting high-quality development.
Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out 30 years ago that "a modern city should include the modernization of urban economy, society, culture, education, science and technology, living style, environment, infrastructure and people."
Thanks to the forward-looking layout of the "3820" strategic project, the construction of Fuzhou Binhai New City, Fuzhou University City, Southeast Automobile City, Silk Road Harbour City, International Aviation City and Modern Logistics City has been accelerated, the number of high-tech enterprises has doubled, the modern industrial system has been accelerated, and the innovation and competitiveness leading to high-quality development have been increasingly enhanced. The total economic output exceeded the trillion yuan mark in 2020, ranking first in Fujian Province in 2021, and the economic growth rate reached 5.4% in the first half of 2022.
The blueprint shines into reality. At that time, in the Golden Triangle Economic Circle of Minjiang Estuary, Fuzhou New District was approved to be established, Binhai New City sprang up, a number of major infrastructures such as intercity railway in Fuzhou metropolitan area were accelerated, leading enterprises in digital economy rushed to land on the beach, and high-end resources such as national regional medical centers continued to converge. A new urban area with the integration of "city producers" was leading Fuzhou to move eastward and southward and along the river to the sea.
"The community is small, but it is connected to thousands of households." In November 2014, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the Junmen Community in Fuzhou, he put forward the question of "Three Ways": "How to make people’s life and work more convenient, how to make the channels for people to express their demands smoother, and how to make people feel safer and happier." At the beginning of August this year, the dining hall for the elderly in Junmen community was put into trial operation. When the meal arrived, it was packed, and rich dishes such as fish balls and lychee meat made the elderly enjoy the happy "food" at their doorstep.
Modernization is a relay race. From advocating the implementation of "four basic units" and "four tens of thousands", focusing on "doing practical things for the people", improving public services such as education, medical care, culture and sports, and creating a "warm Rongcheng", Fuzhou has been unswervingly moving towards modernization for 30 years, with the comprehensive opening of education groups, the landing of high-level hospitals one after another, and the accelerated construction of demonstration communities.
-Pursuing internationalization with its own characteristics and contributing to Fuzhou’s service and integration into the new development pattern.
Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized 30 years ago that "internationalization is not as good as crossing the ocean. Everything is’ foreign’, which is not the goal of our city development. Our goal is internationalization on the basis of developing our own characteristics. "
In the journey of building a modern international city, Fuzhou strives to explore a characteristic development road that runs through the inside and outside and integrates ancient and modern times.
Seize the opportunity and take the opportunity to rise. In recent years, relying on the advantages of "multi-zone superposition" such as "Haisi" core area, Fuzhou New District and Pilot Free Trade Zone, Fuzhou has bravely stood on the forefront and connected with the international community, insisted on giving impetus and vitality to reform and opening up, and strived to achieve a new leap in reform and opening up.
From "attracting overseas Chinese, attracting Taiwan by overseas Chinese, and attracting overseas Chinese" to "deeply integrating and building the Belt and Road". Fuzhou unswervingly promotes opening up, key projects such as Silk Road Shipping are implemented in depth, China-Indonesia "two countries and two parks" are accelerated, and the global food digital economy industrial center is accelerated … Through internal introduction and outreach, international exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology, humanities and so on are deepening, and the construction of a strategic fulcrum city in the core area of "Haisi" is progressing rapidly.
From "opening to the outside world is the lifeline of Fuzhou’s economic development" to "building a new open economic system at a higher level". The Fuzhou Free Trade Zone, which was established by the Supreme Leader personally, has now developed into the Fuzhou area of Fujian Free Trade Zone. In the past seven years, 45,400 new enterprises have been added, and 18 batches of 246 innovative measures have been launched to benchmark international rules, which has become a hot spot for investment and industry.
Guling story, reverberating. In 2012, the affectionate remarks made by the Supreme Leader during his visit to the United States touched the Chinese and American people and made Fuzhou Guling famous internationally. Thirty years ago, People’s Daily published an article entitled "Ah, Guling! The article tells that the Gardeners in the United States are full of nostalgia and yearning for a place called "Guling" in China. When the Supreme Leader saw it, he immediately invited Mrs. Gardner to visit Guling, personally met and awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Fuzhou". This story became a story of friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries; Thirty years later, more and more Chinese-foreign friendship stories in Guling were unveiled, and more and more international friends came here to continue writing the "Guling Story" in the new era. The restored historic buildings such as Guling International Public Welfare Society, Post Office and Yixia Villa vividly show the history and details of the blending of Chinese and Western cultures and highlight the value connotation of the community of human destiny.
"We should cherish and respect ancient buildings, old houses and old streets." In July, 2021, the 44th World Heritage Conference was held in Fuzhou, and Fuzhou business cards such as Sanfang Qixiang, Fuzhou Guling, Fujian Opera and Jasmine Tea went to the world stage. BRICS High-level Forum on Sustainable Development, 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Expo, Digital China Construction Summit, China (Fuzhou) International Digital Products Expo, Silk Road International Film Festival, Haisi International Tourism Festival, International Dragon Boat Race and other grand events have also settled down. From guarding the city context to launching the international brand of Fujian culture, Fuzhou has increasingly demonstrated its unique charm of "Fujian rhyme and international norm".
After 30 years of hard work, I am striding forward and sailing.
In September 2021, the 12th Party Congress of Fuzhou passed a resolution calling on the whole city to adhere to the essence of "3820" strategic engineering thought and accelerate the construction of a modern international city. "We should deeply understand the decisive significance of’ two establishments’, draw a blueprint to the end with special feelings and responsibilities, continue to build this coastal city and landscape city better, make the blessed state better benefit the people, strengthen’ four consciousnesses’, strengthen’ four self-confidences’ and achieve’ two maintenance’ with practical actions." Lin Baojin, member of the Standing Committee of Fujian Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, said.
"Today in Fuzhou is beautiful, and tomorrow in Fuzhou will definitely be better!" This is the deepest blessing of the Supreme Leader to Fuzhou.
With concerted efforts, the ideological essence of the "3820" strategic project will surely show more majestic power in Bamin and shine more brilliantly on the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way!
(Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, October 9 th, Xinhua News Agency reporter)
People’s Daily (October 10, 2022, 01 edition)
