(Building a Well-off Together) Yang Andi: Jointly building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" will accelerate the internationalization of China's ice and snow industry

　　China News Service, Changchun, February 28th: ​​Yang Andi: Jointly building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" will accelerate the internationalization of China's ice and snow industry

　　China News Service reporter Guo Jia

　　When it comes to the Silk Road, I believe most people think of the desert camel bells in western China. Little known is that the ice and snow continent in Northeast China is also continuously transporting silk and products to Northeast Asian countries.

This period of history can be traced back to the Bohai period of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the caravans passed through the forest, sea and snow, and brought out special products such as leather goods and mountain goods in the northeast.

　　More than a thousand years later, when the expert team formed by the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism re-examined this history, they were surprised to find that at that time only in Jilin Province had formed six major transportation routes connecting Northeast Asia. The most important historical corridor for mutual learning among civilizations in Northeast Asia.

　　At present, when the development of China's ice and snow economy is in full swing, this dusty history has come into reality.

The idea of ​​the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" advocated by Yang Andi, member of the Standing Committee of the Democratic League Central Committee and chairman of the Jilin Provincial Committee, based on historical research, has been written into relevant national opinions and put into practice.

　　Yang Andi introduced in an exclusive interview with Chinanews recently that the so-called "Ice and Snow Silk Road" is mainly based on the past and the present, relying on the "Belt and Road" initiative to promote China's ice and snow industry to the world. It is not only a major channel for China's economic and social development, but also the world's ice and snow. The golden line of economic development.

　　The “Ice and Snow Silk Road” started in the Northeast, although there are historical reasons, but the deeper reason is that the revitalization of the Northeast needs new kinetic energy.

Yang Andi said that for thousands of years, Northeast China has been blessed with unique ice and snow resources, and the construction of the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" will help it further release its advantages in ice and snow resources, build a modern ice and snow economic system, and provide new kinetic energy and a unique strategic platform for the revitalization of old industrial bases.

　　From a macro perspective, the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" is still the re-excavation and re-practice of the high-quality integration of the Northeast region into the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Yang Andi said frankly that compared with the core areas of the "Belt and Road", the Northeast region is still exploring paths, methods and channels that are suitable for itself, and the ice and snow industry happens to help it give full play to its own advantages and actively integrate into the new pattern of national development. Strong areas.

Yang Andi accepted an exclusive interview with Chinanews.com.

Photo by Liu Dong

　　In an interview, Yang Andi revealed that the idea of ​​"Ice and Snow Silk Road" was inspired by the integration of culture and tourism in 2018.

She is now in another capacity as director of the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.

Since becoming the director of Jilin Provincial Tourism Bureau in 2015, she has put forward a series of new concepts such as "the golden latitude of ice and snow in the world" and "one of the three major powder snow bases in the world".

　　"I think the greatest significance of these works is to get people out of the stereotype of the Northeast." Yang Andi said that in the past 20 years, the Northeast has been exploring new paths for revitalization and development, but one of the major difficulties lies in people's perception of the region's Due to the ambiguity and lack of cultural cognition, the more important point of building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" is to strengthen the cultural self-confidence of the Northeast region through the exploration of the ice and snow culture.

　　Talking about the timing of building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road", Yang Andi listed a set of data for reporters: By 2020, 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China have proposed to develop ice and snow sports, ice and snow tourism, and ice and snow economy.

She said that this has greatly promoted the construction of ice and snow venues in China, promoted ice and snow-related consumption, and driven the rapid development of domestic ice and snow equipment and other industries.

　　"The market advantage of a big country with 300 million people on ice and snow and one billion people participating in ice and snow tourism will fundamentally change the global ice and snow economic pattern. Promote the construction of the 'Ice and Snow Silk Road', coordinate the north-south, four seasons, domestic and international ice and snow markets, and build innovation and collaboration , an open high-quality new platform, is China's 'hand of ice and snow economy' to meet new challenges in the international environment." Yang Andi said.

　　The successful practice in the ice and snow industry in Jilin Province is the foundation of Yang Andi's unremitting efforts to promote the idea of ​​"Ice and Snow Silk Road" for more than three years.

At present, the total area of ​​ski trails in Jilin Province ranks first in China. Vanke Songhua Lake, Jilin Beida Lake and Wanda Changbai Mountain, three large-scale ski resorts, rank among the top three skiers in China every year. The total size of the ice and snow industry is expected to reach 2,500 in 2025. billion RMB.

　　Yang Andi suggested that China should speed up the construction of the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" core area and important node cities, focusing on the construction of three core areas in Northeast China, Beijing-Zhangjiakou, and Xinjiang, and gradually extending to countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt, the world's key ice and snow countries and region, and strengthen north-south cooperation and mutual aid between east and west in China to build a new pattern of ice and snow economy.

　　In 2021, Yang Andi, through the "Suggestions on Jointly Building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" to promote the new practice of the "Belt and Road" Initiative submitted by the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, will be selected and commended by various democratic parties, federations of industry and commerce, and people without party affiliation for their contributions to building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. In the conference, it was awarded excellent results for suggestions and suggestions.

　　This proposal proposes that at present, there is a lack of top-level design and overall promotion mechanism at the national level in the process of building the "Ice and Snow Silk Road". The Beijing Winter Olympics should be used as an opportunity to speed up the preparation of a national-level ice and snow industry development plan and coordinate the promotion of the core area of ​​ice and snow. , Innovation Zone, and Collaborative Zone construction, establish the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" forum, build the "Ice and Snow Silk Road" cultural belt, and actively participate in the formulation of the rules of the global ice and snow governance system.

　　"If the Beijing Winter Olympics has built a channel for China's international exchanges in ice and snow events, then promoting the construction of the 'Ice and Snow Silk Road' should build a comprehensive and sustainable development platform with characteristics." Yang Andi said.

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