Beibu Gulf, Yangpu Peninsula.
When the monsoon from the north latitude meets the northwest corner of Hainan Island, I hear the waves lapping the shore and hum a song about struggle.
This is Yangpu Port, a small fishing village that used to be poor and backward, but now there are tower cranes, intensive work, and a bustling scene.
On the morning of the 12th, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Danzhou City, Hainan Province to learn about the development of Yangpu Economic Development Zone and the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics.
Following in the footsteps of the General Secretary, we came to the deep-water port with the best natural conditions in Hainan, listened to the loud whistle of ocean-going freighters, watched the changes of the past and present, and felt the spring tide of high-quality development in the ever-changing construction landscape.
The "experimental field" of reform and opening up
Reform and opening up is a key decision that determines the fate of contemporary China.
The story of spring began more than 30 years ago.
In April 1988, Hainan was established as the largest special economic zone in the country. This reform and opening-up initiative made Hainan a synonym for dreams and hopes. 100,000 sea-going people pursued their dreams across the sea - "Go to Hainan and do a career." !"
Born out of reform and opening up, and prospered by reform and opening up.
Hainan Province and the Hainan Special Economic Zone shoulder the historic task of exploring the construction of a socialist market economy system and forging a new path for the reform of the national economic system.
The development of Yangpu has also become an important project in the early stage of Hainan's establishment.
In March 1992, Yangpu Economic Development Zone was established, becoming the first state-level development zone in my country to be developed by foreign investors and enjoy the bonded zone policy.
In September 2007, the State Council approved the establishment of Yangpu Bonded Port Area, and subsequently realized the wholly government-owned development of Yangpu.
In April 2008, Hainan Yangpu Development and Construction Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of 3 billion yuan.
In March 2010, Yangpu Management Committee straightened out the system and mechanism, and established a joint party-government-enterprise mechanism integrating economy, society and administration, and Yangpu's development and construction entered a new stage.
The stars, the sea, the ebb and flow, and the sea breeze have been blowing for 30 years, witnessing Hainan's development as an important window for my country's reform and opening up, and Yangpu has also become an important town of Hainan's real economy and the frontier of opening up.
Today's Yangpu has built 47 berths and berths, with a throughput capacity of 110 million tons.
In the first quarter of 2022, the port completed a cumulative throughput of 403,300 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 61.84%, setting a record for the same period in history.
Going back to four years ago, it was also the same April day when coconut shadows were swirling and purple and red, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Hainan's establishment of a special economic zone: "In the new era, Hainan must hold high the banner of reform and opening up and innovate ideas. , gather strength, highlight features, create advantages, and strive to become a new benchmark for comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new era, and form a new pattern of higher-level reform and opening up."
It is another year of spring benefits, and the former experimental fields have already yielded fruitful results.
Facing new major historical opportunities, the story of spring continues to write a new chapter.
"Model Room" for Free Trade Port Construction
The spring breeze of free trade is coming, and Yangpu is booming.
In April 2018, Hainan received a precious gift in its "thirteenth year" - the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to support the establishment of a free trade pilot zone throughout the island of Hainan, and support Hainan's gradual exploration and steady advancement of the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. Establish a free trade port policy and institutional system in stages.
In June 2020, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" was released. In the space of more than 14,000 words, "Yangpu" was mentioned 7 times.
Subsequently, Yangpu Economic Development Zone was listed as "Hainan Free Trade Port Yangpu Economic Development Zone", based on the industrial positioning of "Western Land-Sea New Corridor International Shipping Hub, Advanced Manufacturing Base, Bulk Commodity Distribution and Trading Base, and International Trade Innovation Demonstration Zone", Build a pilot zone for the construction of a free trade port and a high-quality development growth pole in the province.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has a long-term vision to build a free trade port with high quality and high standards.
He made important instructions for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, emphasizing that "the system integration and innovation should be placed in a prominent position".
Seizing the fundamental focus of institutional integration innovation, Yangpu has completed more than 40 institutional innovations.
In November last year, the State Council announced 48 typical experiences and practices found in the eighth major inspection of the State Council. Yangpu Economic Development Zone deepened system integration and innovation to create a "model room" for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. among them.
To promote the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port with the rule of law, in June last year, the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress passed the "Hainan Free Trade Port Law of the People's Republic of China", with 8 chapters, 57 articles and more than 6,000 words, giving Hainan Greater legislative power and reform autonomy, and consolidate the foundation of the rule of law for the construction of free trade ports.
Taking full advantage of the policy dividend of the free trade port, the GDP of Yangpu Economic Development Zone increased by 34% year-on-year last year, and the operating income exceeded 500 billion yuan; 23,000 new market entities were added, an increase of more than 85% year-on-year, and 43 enterprises were promoted to achieve " Zero tariff" qualification; a special ship registration system is implemented, and the "China Yangpu Port" registry port has registered 30 international ships.
Boldly trying, daring, and making changes independently, Yangpu pressed the "fast forward button" and ran out of "acceleration".
A "new door" for high-level opening to the outside world
The sea and the sky are boundless, and the world is connected.
The road to the sea is an important way for a country to develop.
When the changes of the times and the epidemic of the century are superimposed on each other, where will China go from here?
"China's economy is a sea, not a small pond." "After countless storms, the sea is still there!"... At the first China International Import Expo, President Xi Jinping used the sea as a metaphor for China's economy, declaring that the Chinese people's victory Confidence in all the difficulties and challenges on the way forward shows the determination of China's economy to accelerate its transition to a high-quality development track.
The door of opening will not be closed, but will only open wider - this is China's solemn commitment to the world.
Rivers converge, big waves wash away sand, and the world economy is also a sea.
Only by embracing the sea can you grasp the direction of the wind, and when you ride the sea, you can catch the direction of the tide.
The port is a bridge and a link, there is hope for sailing far away, and there is also a rewarding harvest.
Yangpu Port is a key node of the golden waterway of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and an international shipping hub where the new land-sea passage in western my country meets the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
At present, Yangpu Port has a total of 39 routes, including 18 foreign trade routes and 21 domestic trade routes, forming a new route pattern of "both domestic and foreign trade, and access to the near ocean", which has become another "new door" for high-level opening to the outside world. .
Wuhan Xingang Yangluo Container Port Area, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Orchard Port, Guangxi Beihai City Tieshan Port Public Wharf... What you want is also where you go. The port is very important in General Secretary Xi Jinping's heart.
"We must aim to build a world-class smart port and green port, and better serve the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road'".
In January 2019, the general secretary pointed out when he inspected Tianjin Port.
In March 2020, at a critical moment in coordinating the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the general secretary went to Ningbo Zhoushan Port to inspect the container operation scene at the terminal in the rain to understand the port operation.
In September 2014, he inspected the South Container Terminal of Colombo Port in Sri Lanka and attended the commencement ceremony of the Port City; in November 2019, during his visit to Greece, he visited the COSCO SHIPPING Piraeus Port Project and had a cordial conversation with the port staff... The first time appeared in President Xi Jinping's foreign visit itinerary, expanding the "circle of friends" of open cooperation.
There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the sails will be hung straight to the sea.
Returning to the Yangpu Port in front of you again, the little-known fishing village in the past may never have imagined that with the east wind of opening to the outside world, the word "Yangpu" will become a beautiful business card for Hainan's development, standing in the east and turning into a Immortal legend.
Coordinator: Cui Shixin
Curated by: Du Shanze
Written by: Kwong Xixi