Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Correspondent Chen Wenyi
On the morning of January 25, the first launch of the new book "Chinese Peasant City", a long-form reportage document that records the development process of Wenzhou Longgang and writes a sample of common prosperity in Zhejiang, was held in Hangzhou. The book takes the development of Longgang, China's first "town reform city", as the main line, and comprehensively tells the real history of Longgang's development from a remote and backward small fishing village to China's first peasant city.
The unveiling of the new book
At the scene of the event, Li Gao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and director of the Information Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Government, Bao Hongjun, secretary of the party committee and president of the Zhejiang Publishing United Group, Wu Xueyong, vice president, Zhang Jianjiang, member of the party committee of the group and deputy general manager of Zhejiang Edition Media, Zang Jun, secretary of the party group of the Zhejiang Writers Association, Zhu Rongxing, vice chairman of the Hangzhou Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, zhu Xiaojun, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award and author of this book, attended the event. Huang Zhijian, Secretary of the Party Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Publishing Group, Li Jingze, Vice Chairman of the China Writers Association and Secretary of the Secretariat, Ding Xiaoyuan, Vice President of the China Reportage Literature Society, and Zang Yongqing, President of the People's Literature Publishing House, delivered video speeches congratulating the publication of the new book.
The scene of the first event
When the town was established, Longgang only had five small fishing villages and a beach, and there was no state investment, so the town party committee and the town government mobilized farmers to raise funds to build the city. Thousands of peasants who had been hungry and begged for food gathered in Longgang with the "city dream", creating a "Longgang speed" that shocked the whole country, entering a strong town in five years, and withdrawing the town and setting up a city in thirty-five years. Longgang has achieved three major leaps from small fishing villages to peasant towns, farmers' cities to super large towns, and super large towns to county-level cities, with an area expanded from 4.1 square kilometers to 183.99 square kilometers, and the sub-jurisdiction area has developed from five small fishing villages to seven administrative villages and thirty communities, and the population has increased from 6,000 to 388,700 people. In 2018, Longgang's regional GDP has reached 30 billion yuan, and its comprehensive strength ranks 17th among the top 100 towns in China.
The old appearance of The old Fangyan Street of Longgang
Today's Longgang City (Source: Longgang Municipal People's Government Website)
Why Dragon Harbor? What happened here, and what did this group of peasants rely on to build a city? This is exactly the question that the author Zhu Xiaojun tried to answer in "China's Peasant City".
Li Gao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and director of the Information Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Government
The participants highly affirmed the book's contemporary value, artistic standards and the author's solid writing skills.
Li Gao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Information Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Government, pointed out: The publication and distribution of the book "China Peasant City" shows the high sense of mission and responsibility of Zhejiang Publishing to promote the construction of the common prosperity demonstration zone, and also shows the enthusiasm of Zhejiang literary and art workers to write and record the great practice of the people and the requirements of the progress of the times. The whole book has three aspects that are remarkable: First, the theme is grand and the theme is strong. This book not only tells the history of the development of Longgang, but also presents readers with a pioneering report on the construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone, a zhejiang exploration to promote urbanization and rural revitalization strategies. The second is to regard the people as the main body of literary and artistic expression. The great thing about Longgang is that the peasants raised funds to build the city. The author insists on a strong spirit of realism, cares about the life, fate and emotions of Longgang people, shows their entrepreneurial history of hard struggle and change of destiny, and expresses their wishes, moods and voices. Third, it shows the spirit of the times of daring to try and reform. The book comprehensively and deeply records the entire course of Longgang's reform and development and the remarkable achievements achieved, and on the basis of solid interviews and historical research, it describes in detail the quest of several generations of builders, the support of successive provincial, municipal and county leaders for reform, and the spiritual outlook and struggle process of Longgang people who forge ahead and change magnificently.
Bao Hongjun, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Zhejiang Publishing United Group
Bao Hongjun, secretary of the party committee and president of Zhejiang Publishing United Group, said: Longgang City is a microcosm of Zhejiang's development, a microcosm of Zhejiang's market to play a decisive role in allocating resources and to promote reform and opening up by giving better play to the role of the government. As publishers, we sincerely admire, admire, and revere this land. Without this land, we would not be able to create great works that correspond to the greatness and sublimity of this land. As a demonstration area for high-quality development and common prosperity, Zhejiang has reached the moment when it can produce fine products and create fine products. I believe this book is a great start.
Zang Jun, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Writers Association
In the view of Zang Jun, secretary of the party group and vice chairman of the Zhejiang Writers Association, "China Peasant City" is a blockbuster work dedicated to the party's 20th anniversary. He believes that Longgang has a high degree of particularity, is the "only" in Zhejiang, the "only" in China, and the "important window" that can show the superiority of the socialist system. At the same time, he also expressed his gratitude to the Zhejiang People's Publishing House and the People's Literature Publishing House, which jointly undertook the publishing task.
Huang Zhijian, Secretary of the Party Group and Chairman of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd., delivered a video speech
Huang Zhijian, secretary of the party group and chairman of the board of directors of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd., believes that on the occasion of just celebrating the centenary of the founding of the party and ushering in the twentieth national congress of the party, the publication of "China Peasant City", a long-form reportage document that records the development process of Longgang, China's first "town reform city" after the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, has special significance. As a city that has initially achieved common prosperity twenty years ago, Longgang's success provides Zhejiang's path and experience for China's urbanization and common prosperity, which is worth studying and publicizing.
Li Jingze, member of the party group, vice chairman and secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, delivered a video speech
Li Jingze, member of the party leading group, vice chairman, and secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, commented on "China Peasant City": What is particularly good about this book is that it is very vivid and very specific. We have a grand theme of the times, but whether or not we can implement this grand theme of the times into a very specific life of every person, every person's soul, and every person's actions and choices is a fundamental test of great importance to literature and writers. This book allows readers to see history by presenting the fate and hearts of so many people. In this sense, "Chinese Peasant City" is a work with considerable literary power.
Zang Yongqing, president of the People's Literature Publishing House
Zang Yongqing, president of the People's Literature Publishing House, especially thanked the author Zhu Xiaojun for his efforts. He believes that "Chinese Peasant City" is a work that comprehensively records the development process of Longgang, the "First Peasant City in China", and is also a work that deciphers the miracle of Longgang. The difference between urban and rural areas, between workers and peasants, and between mental and physical labor, is the most important problem that Chinese leaders and designers want to solve, and in "China Peasant City", these three differences have disappeared, and the book completely records every step of the process of eliminating the three major differences. In this regard, the publication of "China Peasant City" is of great significance.
Ding Xiaoyuan, vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society and deputy director of the Documentary Literature Committee of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, delivered a video speech
Ding Xiaoyuan, vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society and deputy director of the Documentary Literature Committee of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, did not hesitate to praise: This is an epic work that lets history tell the future. The great changes in Longgang reflected in the book are myths, but they are real beings; they are legends, and they are also the people's epics of the creation of the century by the fathers and fellow countrymen of Longgang. The legend of Longgang in Zhejiang is a classic sample of contemporary China and China's reform and opening up, reflecting the magnificent creative power of the Chinese people with typical cases, revealing the Chinese nation's pioneering spirit of forging ahead without fear of difficulties and obstacles. The author is people-oriented, focusing on the special interaction between miracles and strange people, committed to the deep excavation and perspective of the legendary strange people and strange people legends, with specific stories and expressive details, reproducing the touching image and lofty spirit of a generation of Longgang people who started the great cause of the longgang people, with full of inner literature.
Zhu Xiaojun, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award, a famous reportage writer and the author of this book, shared the creation process of "China Peasant City" on the spot.
Zhu Xiaojun
In his view, this writing project not only fills in the gaps, but also has urgency and rescue. Nearly 40 years have passed since Longgang raised funds to build the city, and most of the witnesses are seventy or eighty years old, some have suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and some have passed away. If in a few years, as these people grow old, a large number of historical facts and vivid details and plots will not be known, and it will be more difficult to write such a work.
Faced with millions of words of interview materials, difficult dialects, the epidemic and many other challenges, Zhu Xiaojun rose to the occasion, in order to reflect the miracle of Longgang city building and the miracle of achieving common prosperity, he revised the manuscript four times. "It was one of the toughest creations of my writing career, but I thought it was well worth it." He summed it up this way.
Live book shadows
The most remarkable thing about Longgang is that in the absence of being included in the national capital construction plan, relying on the reform and opening up policy and the 1984 Central Document No. 1, it has created a miracle in the history of urban construction in China and even the world - farmers raised funds to build a city. And this "city" has also changed the fate of hundreds of thousands of peasants.
Longgang provides Zhejiang's path and experience for China's urbanization and common prosperity, and provides a practical sample for the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Today, we look back on this history, not only to learn from successful experiences, but more importantly, the spirit of generations of strivers who are willing to endure hardships and dare to make breakthroughs can be passed on.
"Chinese Peasant City"
By Zhu Xiaojun
It is reported that "China Peasant City" has been officially listed in online and offline bookstores across the country, and the thirty-two episodes of the TV series adapted from this work will be jointly produced by the Central Party School Dayou Film and Television Center and Laike Media, and the famous screenwriter Yuan Keping (screenwriter of the TV series "Dajiang Dahe") will serve as the chief editor.
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