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The rise of township industry brings up the first batch of private entrepreneurs in Wujiang

2018-05-03

Forty years ago, the Communist Party of China led the people of the whole country to embark on the great historical journey of reform and opening up. In 40 years of unity, 40 years of hard work, 40 years of spring breeze and rain, the Chinese people have written a magnificent epic of national and national development with their hands. A drop of water can reflect the brilliance of the sun. Over the past 40 years, Wujiang has undergone earth-shaking changes in the spring breeze of reform and opening up. In order to study and implement Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and to comprehensively review the brilliant achievements of the 40 years of reform and opening up, Wujiang Daily will launch the column "40 Years of Reform and Opening Up-Memory · Wujiang First,

1978 was the beginning of China's reform and opening up, and also the founding year of Yongding Group. Over the past 40 years, China's economy has created brilliant achievements that have attracted the attention of the world. Yongding Group, bathed in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, has grown from a small township enterprise to an international comprehensive group. "I have witnessed the development of Wujiang's private economy, while Yongding has enjoyed the benefits of reform and opening up." Gu Yunkui, former chairman and founder of Yongding Group, said with deep feeling in an interview a few days ago.

Recent photo of Gu Yunkui

Yongding Group originated from Wujiang Luxu Commune Plastic Factory. Gu Yunkui, who has been the secretary of the brigade for more than 10 years, put down his hoe and became the party branch secretary and director of the factory. He started with a machine, a 20000 yuan loan, and three old houses. In 1992, Yongding set its sights on the world's cutting-edge product in the field of communications-communication optical cables, and has been deeply involved in this industry. In 1997, it became the first listed company in Wujiang to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Yongding uses the concept of capital management, constantly borrowing chickens to lay eggs, borrowing ladders to go upstairs, borrowing ships to go to sea, and borrowing brains to make money. The company has developed healthily and rapidly, and its products have also moved from domestic to international, creating brilliant achievements in the development history of Jiangsu cable industry. "Especially in the past two years, we have begun to enter overseas engineering general contracting, which has improved the company's production technology level and its position in international competition." Gu Yunkui said that Yongding's next development direction is to strengthen communication technology, refine overseas projects, optimize automobile trade and realize superconducting industry.

The development of Yongding Group is almost synchronized with the pace of China's reform and opening up. It is a typical representative of the development of Wujiang private enterprises. In the era of great development of township industry, the first batch of private entrepreneurs in Wujiang, such as Gu Yunkui, Xu Guanxiang, Yao Derong and Xiao Shuigen, were created. They worked hard to start a business, dared to try, and dared to be the first in the world, which opened up the situation for the rise of Wujiang's township industry and paved the way for the take-off of Wujiang's private industrial economy.

The formation foundation of Wujiang's private industrial economy is mainly composed of three parts: one is the transformation of the original public-owned enterprises into private enterprises; the second is the investment of private operators to run industries; the third is the introduction of foreign private enterprises to settle in Wujiang. Among them, the first part accounts for about 60%.

The township industry started in the 1970 s and originated from the drive and development of the community industry. At that time, seizing the opportunity of implementing the contract responsibility system with joint output in rural areas and the surplus of rural labor force, capable young people used retired technicians and skilled workers to purchase old equipment replaced by large factories to develop processing industries and act as state-owned industries. In the production process encountered technical problems, rely on the state-owned large enterprises "Sunday engineers" to solve.

Zhu Shisheng, an old leader who has been engaged in Wujiang's economic work for a long time, said in his article "Review of 60 years of Wujiang Industry" that at that time, although township industry had a certain development, it accounted for a small proportion of Wujiang's industry, and the real take-off was after the reform and opening up. Wang Jianyun, president of the District Private Economic Research Association and vice president of the District Industrial Economic Federation, also told reporters that in the 1980 s, there was a popular saying, "No agriculture is unstable, no work is not rich". With the increasing pace of China's reform and opening up, township enterprises have entered a stage of rapid development, and the township industrial economy accounts for 2/3 of Wujiang's total industrial economy.

Wang Jianyun also introduced that Wujiang has always adhered to some very good practices in developing the industrial economy. For example, do not engage in "little radish heads", pay attention to supporting the superior and the strong, cultivate leading enterprises in industrial clusters, and become stronger and bigger industry pioneers with large enterprises, big brands, and large projects; refuse to be small and small, and take "one town, one product" The industrial layout is the basic orientation, making the industrial economic structure present the characteristics of industrial accumulation.

As a result of the rise of township industries, a number of large enterprises such as Yongding Group, Yingxiang Group and Yilong Group have emerged in Wujiang. By the end of 1997, 79 enterprise groups had been established, with large township enterprises accounting for 50% of the assets and 60% of the profits of Wujiang township enterprises. At the same time, Wujiang has formed two major industries of silk textile and communication cable. Jinjiaba's color steel plate, Wanping's sewing machine, horizontal fan's woolen sweater, Li Li's daily chemical industry, Qidu's copper processing, Xinta's elevator, Taoyuan's clothing and other "one town, one product" industrial concentration is relatively high, making Wujiang, a small city in the south of the Yangtze River, a certain degree of popularity in the surrounding areas and even the whole country.

It is precisely because of the development of township industry, whether in science and technology, brand building, or in the accumulation of experience and spiritual inheritance, it has accumulated a rich "family background" for the development of Wujiang's private economy ". Following the first batch of private entrepreneurs such as Gu Yunkui, Cui Genliang, Chen Jianhua, Miao Hangen, Shen Xiaoping, Mo Lindi, Wang Youlin, etc., carried the banner of Wujiang's private economic development, became leaders in their respective fields, and built provinces and cities. Landmark-type enterprise. At present, there are nearly 60000 private enterprises in Wujiang, with a total registered capital of more than 300 billion yuan. It is a veritable "leader" in the province ".(Reporter: Wujiang Daily Wang Wei Yang Hua)