China News Service, Yunnan Ruili, July 31st: Yunnan Ruili: Ten years of rapid progress and opening up are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people
Author Chen Jing
By July 2022, the Ruili National Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Ruili Pilot Zone) in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, located on the China-Myanmar border, will celebrate its tenth birthday.
In the past ten years, this small border town has changed its appearance in the process of development and opening along the border. It has also experienced the lingering and pain of the epidemic, and then set off again to seek greater development.
With the gradual progress of resumption of work and production after the epidemic, in Ruili, the jewelry market once again sounded loud and lively, the machinery in the factory made a huge roar, and the scene of the continuous flow of vehicles at the border port reappeared. Ten years old in the Ruili Experimental Zone On her birthday, she came alive again.
The picture shows Chen Jing, the stall of the boss of Su in the City of Treasures
The Return of the "Gold Digger"
When you come to Ruili, the jewelry market will always make people's eyes shine.
The counters (rice cabinets) with meters as the unit are densely arranged in more than ten columns, covered with raw stones and jewelry of various jewelry and jade such as jadeite, agate, and yellow dragon jade.
Because of its border with Myanmar, the origin of jadeite, Ruili has become one of the important jewelry distribution centers in the country.
It is understood that before the epidemic, Ruili had more than 10 offline sales markets for large and small jewelry and jade, more than 11,000 registered jewelry and jade market entities, and more than 60,000 jewelry and jade practitioners.
In 2020, the transaction volume of Ruili jewelry and jade live broadcast industry exceeded 10 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
The picture shows the jadeite booth in Ruili Jewelry Market, taken by Chen Jing
During the epidemic, Ruili's jewelry industry was greatly impacted and almost stagnated.
Since April 2022, the local area has fully promoted the resumption of work and production while ensuring epidemic prevention and control, and many "gold diggers" have returned to Ruili again.
"I went to Ruili to do jewelry business in 2011. Affected by the epidemic in the past two years, many jewelry trading markets were closed, so I went to Guangdong to open up markets. After resuming work and production this year, I still choose to return to Ruili." Ruili City of Treasures Boss Su, a stall owner in the jewelry trading market, told reporters that Ruili has the advantages of people, goods, and markets, and the market is also very tolerant. Businessmen from all over the country, as well as Myanmar, Pakistan, India and other countries are engaged in jewelry trade all year round, and the atmosphere is very good.
In addition, he has been in Ruili for more than ten years. He has bought a house here and has a home.
On Boss Su's rice cabinet, all kinds of jewelry and pendants are dazzling, with prices ranging from a few hundred yuan to one million yuan.
As night fell, the lights of the rice cabinet in the live broadcast area not far away came on. The anchors enthusiastically introduced the local jade culture and the products in their hands. The sales per night could reach tens of thousands or even millions of yuan.
The small millet cabinet contains huge wealth and becomes a "battlefield" for "gold diggers", which also makes the city of Ruili full of opportunities and dawn.
The picture shows the grain processing production line in the "China-Myanmar (International) Modern Agricultural and Commercial Industrial Park" photographed by Chen Jing
Border trade is gaining momentum
From 2012 to 2020, the GDP of Ruili Experimental Zone increased from 7.051 billion yuan to 23.225 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 10.5%. It has achieved outstanding results in the first three experimental zones in China (Dongxing in Guangxi, Ruili in Yunnan, and Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia). , which is inseparable from the local vigorous development of border trade and the active deployment of processing, manufacturing and other industries.
At a distance of 3 kilometers from Mangman Pass in Wanding, Ruili, the grain screening and processing production line in the "China-Myanmar (International) Modern Agricultural and Commercial Industrial Park" is in full trial operation.
Liao Zhaochao, head of foreign trade import and export of Kenfa Industrial Co., Ltd., introduced that the two production lines in the industrial park mainly process grains such as rice, mung bean, sesame and corn imported from Myanmar, and can produce 500 tons of fine rice, mung bean and other agricultural products per day.
"Myanmar agricultural products are very advantageous in the domestic market. They are marketed off-peak, with good quality and high cost performance. At present, our products are sold to Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai and other places, and the supply is in short supply." Liao Zhaochao said that after the official production and operation in mid-August, it is expected that It can produce 700-800 tons of fine grains per day.
"We mainly produce branded baseball caps priced at US$80 per top, with an annual output of about 200,000." Chen Xile, director of the Myanmar Guang Hat Industry (Ruili) Co., Ltd. in the Ruili City Industrial Park, introduced that due to the shortage of personnel affected by the epidemic, the company Only 2 of the 4 factories are currently operating.
He said that Ruili has a good location advantage, coupled with local industrial preferential policies, the development of cross-border trade has great potential.
After the epidemic situation is stabilized and controllable, the company will consider moving several other factories to Yunnan, making Yunnan the focus of future development.
Including the Burmese hat industry, Ruili City Industrial Park has a total of 22 import and export processing and manufacturing enterprises (including 7 enterprises above the scale), covering the fields of automobile and motorcycle equipment manufacturing, audio and electronic parts production, food processing and manufacturing and other fields. It has played an important role in promoting cross-border production capacity cooperation and deepening border opening.
The picture shows Chen Jing, the production line of Myanmar Guang Hat Industry (Ruili) Co., Ltd.
Open and develop with the future
Ruili borders Myanmar on three sides. The border residents of the two countries have shared the same river and walked the same road for thousands of years. Intermarriage and mutual market exchanges are frequent, and a profound Paukphaw friendship has been established.
Due to the harmonious exchanges and rapid development on the Sino-Myanmar border, more and more Myanmar youths choose to seek development in Dehong Prefecture.
In 2015, Myanmar girl Wang Yinchuan came to work in the "Longchuan Silkworm Cocoon Deep Processing Industrialization Project" invested by Dehong Zhengxin Industrial Co., Ltd.
As the first batch of Burmese employees in the factory, after 7 years of growth, 27-year-old Wang Yinchuan is already the workshop monitor.
She told reporters that a salary of 3,500-3,700 yuan per month is a high income in Myanmar, and she is very satisfied.
The dormitory is clean and tidy, and you don't need to spend money to eat in the cafeteria. Life in China is stable and steady, and she wants to keep working.
In addition, she also hopes that the epidemic will pass as soon as possible, the exchanges and trade on the China-Myanmar border will return to the past, and more Myanmar youths will also find opportunities from the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and live a better life.
The picture shows Chen Jing, the workshop of Longchuan silkworm cocoon deep processing industrialization project
Yang Wenbiao, deputy director of the General Office of the Management Committee of the Ruili National Key Development and Opening-up Pilot Zone, said in an interview with reporters, "After working in the Ruili Pilot Zone for ten years, I deeply feel the state's support for the development and opening up of border areas, and appreciate Ruili's daring to be the first. , The spirit of exploration that is not afraid of failure. More importantly, the ten-year development has transformed the thinking of enterprises and border residents, and enhanced everyone's confidence in 'dare to seek greater development'. This provides a steady stream of impetus for the future development of Ruili City. It is also the ultimate goal of Ruili moving forward and opening to the outside world.” (End)