Last winter, Xu Dandan went back to his hometown and made a special trip to see the special railway line of the Sichuan Chemical Plant (hereinafter referred to as "Sichuan Hua") - the Sichuan Hua Special Line.
In the 1980s and 1990s, trains traveling to and from Sichuan and other places frequently passed by Dengta Village, Mimu Town, Qingbaijiang District. In addition to fertilizers, coal and raw materials were transported on this special line.
The arrival of the trains shows that this is an era of accelerated industrial construction.
For the villagers living beside the railway, the sound of the whistle used to be their spiritual sustenance: the Sichuan Chemical Plant, the Chengdu Iron and Steel Plant and the fully furnished living quarters on the other side of the railway are the heart of the town girl Xu Dandan. Prosperity of all imaginations.
Today, the girl from the small town has become the person in charge of the Asia-Rong Europe Country (Commodity) Pavilion - the French Pavilion. She lives in the prosperous neighborhood that she once yearned for. The Chengdu International Railway Port, which is kilometers away, leaves.
The scene in front of us is like a reflection of childhood memories, but it not only brings prosperity and urban changes, but also represents China's increasingly open door.
The dream shines into reality: "It is in the hand"
For Xu Dandan when he was a child, walking along the winding railway tracks with his friends to the industrial base at the other end, sitting on the field ridge and looking at the tall factory building, was a never-ending experience.
A factory is all her definition of prosperity when she was a child: as soon as she commutes to get off work, thousands of workers in companies such as Chuanhua and Chenggang, wearing the same standard clothing, "ding ding dang dang" riding bicycles in and out of the factory, speeding all the way. And then, "it's like a picture in a movie."
The factory living area is also the earliest business district in Qingbaijiang District. At night, it becomes brightly lit and lively.
At that time, the status of the factory in people's hearts was evident from the popular sayings at that time that "if you want to marry, you will marry a Chuanhualang" and "if you change careers, you will go to a steel mill".
The first time I heard about the Chengdu International Railway Port was 14 years ago.
Not long after she started working, a friend told her that an international railway container center would be built three kilometers away from home.
Five years later, the dream has become a reality - on April 26, 2013, the first Chengdu-Europe Express Railway (later unified as China-Europe Express (Chengdu-Chongqing)) departed from Qingbai River in Chengdu and went to Lodz, Poland, Europe.
"It was very sensational at the time, and all my friends talked about it after dinner." She said firmly: "As long as you are from Qingbaijiang, you must know it!"
The more figurative experience of the China Railway Express started in 2016.
This year, the Rongou Express Commodity Space Experience Store - "Rongouhui" came.
The first time I came to "Rongouhui", there were containers and large trucks all around, and after a long turn, Xu Dandan found a place.
When she actually got the imported goods in her hands, she truly felt that the China-Europe freight train widely reported in the news is not just a railway, a train of freight trains, a container or a bonded warehouse, "it is in her hand. ."
It was also the beginning of that year, when entertaining relatives and friends or receiving foreign friends, "come to Qingbaijiang to drink imported beer and imported wine brought back by China-Europe freight train" has become a local mantra.
Three years ago, Xu Dandan decided to start a business in partnership with a friend to plan and undertake the construction of the Asia-Rongou National (Commodities) Pavilion in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu - the French Pavilion.
"I have witnessed the prosperity of my hometown as an industrial area along the way. The two giant arms of 'chemical industry' and 'steel' hold up the Qingbai River, but they are far away from me." Now, the railway is "very close to her." "It made her feel that anything can be done here.
"Only half a month, a bottle of French Bordeaux red wine can be delivered to the table of Chengdu people"
When Xu Dandan first came to the Asia-Rong-European (Commodity) Pavilion, it was just a storage area in the Chengdu International Railway Port.
After the upgrade is completed, the façade here is unified into a European style. In addition to the exhibition and sale of goods, cultural exchange and transmission have become its more important significance.
There are currently 33 pavilions in Asia and Europe (commodities), and the French pavilion in charge of Xu Dandan covers an area of about 1,500 square meters and involves three cities: Bordeaux, France, Paris, and Tilburg, the Netherlands. It is the largest pavilion.
Asia Rong European Country (Commodity) Pavilion has become the foreign exchange window of Chengdu International Railway Port, and some changes have also immersed in the life of Chengdu people.
Xu Dandan took out a best-selling latest perfume and said that in the past, if you wanted to buy beauty, luggage, skin care products, etc. from international brands, most of them could only choose to buy them at the counters in the main city.
Now, when you go to the Asia Rong European Country (Commodity) Pavilion, you can buy the latest styles that are synchronized with the counter at a price of 20% to 30%.
The effect of alcohol is even more pronounced.
She took wine as an example. Wine has high requirements on the transportation environment. Extremely high temperature or extremely low temperature may greatly reduce the quality of wine.
At the same time, in China, there is an obvious off-peak season for wine. If you miss the previous year or holidays due to insufficient stocking due to transportation reasons, you have to wait until the next peak season.
Before the smooth flow of China-Europe trains, imported goods were generally shipped to Guangzhou Port or Tianjin Port by sea, and then shipped to various cities in the Mainland.
Even under normal conditions when the weather is good and the shipping is not blocked, the goods will "float" for more than 40 days at sea alone.
Now, if you take the China-Europe train, the red wine from Tilburg, the Netherlands, reaches the Qingbai River in Chengdu.
At the same time, the constant temperature warehouse also has a better guarantee for the quality of the wine.
The smooth flow of the railway has turned the once unexpected things into reality: "In the past, it was difficult for you to imagine that a bottle of red wine from a French Bordeaux estate could be delivered to the table of Chengdu people in only half a month. Of course, you Unexpectedly, a bottle of imported beer that was only available in imported craft beer halls for 20 to 30 yuan is now available in barbecue food stalls for about ten yuan."
In addition to "buy the world", there is also "sell the world".
For the China-Europe trains departing from Chengdu, local products account for about 70% of the total cargo of the trains.
In recent years, more and more flowers and trees in Wenjiang, women's shoes in Jinniu, cars produced in Longquanyi, and electrical products in Qingbaijiang have been shipped to the world through China-Europe trains.
Judging from the figures, today, more than 2,000 China-Europe trains departing from the Qingbai River in Chengdu operate more than 2,000 trains every year, an increase of more than 66 times compared with 2013.
In the past 10 years, there have been more trains and higher efficiency.
When I was a child, I could only see Sichuan Huahua on the other side of the railway.
Now, she can see a wide and wonderful world
Going all the way along the Sichuan-Huahua railway line, Xu Dandan can see his childhood home.
Now, there is a new factory area, and the traces of the past have long been lost.
Her current home is in Qingbaijiang City, which used to be the living area of Chuanhua and Chenggang factories. The scene of 10,000 people commuting to and from get off work in the factory area is no longer there. The industrial site in the factory area has become a favored filming location for film and television dramas. It was once used to separate the factory area. The banks of the river and the living area have also become an ecological park.
In the Chengdu International Railway Port area where I work, in just three years, the surrounding residential facilities, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals and other living facilities have gradually matured.
Because of his work, Xu Dandan has made many new friends, and the WeChat circle of friends has expanded from more than 1,000 to more than 3,000.
In addition to her status as an entrepreneur, she has become a voluntary "recommended officer" in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu, and sharing the changes in her hometown in the circle of friends has become her daily life.
On the day of the interview, the Hema Southwest Supply Chain Center was officially launched, and she immediately shared the news on the Moments.
In addition to Chengdu locals, there are people from all over the country and even the world who leave comments and likes in the circle of friends.
Such scenes always reminded her of her college days.
When she went to college in Chengdu, most of her classmates came from Sichuan.
At the beginning of the new semester of freshman year, the surrounding students are enthusiastically promoting their hometowns: students from Longquanyi invited everyone to eat peaches and see peach blossoms, students from Dujiangyan invited everyone to escape the summer, and students from Luzhou and Yibin invited everyone to see the liquor culture.
What is there in Qingbaijiang?
When she was young, she racked her brains, and the image of thousands of people in the factory commuting to get off work came to her mind. Finally, she thought: "Come to Qingbaijiang to buy fertilizer and steel."
At that time, she never thought that many years later, she would be very confident and proud to stand on the prosperous land of Chengdu International Railway Port, and warmly introduce her hometown to people from all over the world.
She pointed to the European Industrial City on the mobile phone map, which was formerly Qingquan Town, an area dominated by agricultural development. Now, it has gathered Huading Guolian, Konka Electronics, China Jushi, Zhejiang Tianma, etc. with a total investment of over 1,000 A major industrial project worth 100 million yuan, a modern smart park has emerged.
Xu Dandan's daughter just turned 10 this year.
The new generation, who also lives by the railway, has a different vision.
"When I was a child, all I could see was Sichuan Huahua on the other side of the railway. But now, what she sees is a vast and wonderful world."
Standing on the square outside the Yarongou National (Commodities) Museum, facing the blazing sunshine in July, and looking at the railway port not far away, she seemed to see the girl who liked to look up at the industrial base by the railway many years ago.
The same is looking up at the railway in front of the house, but the mood has long been different.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Peng Xiangping