Xiamen people live in harmony with the sea chasing the wind and waves in the ocean of happiness

Source: Taiwan Straits Network

According to the Haixi Morning Post, the time is often not counted in years and decades, but by a hundred years and a thousand years; for the city with the sea in its chest, the significance of the sea to Xiamen has long exceeded this sea.

Standing on the timeline of a hundred years, from standing up, to the sea and the sky, to the front of the leading wind, the 194 kilometers of winding coastline and 355 square kilometers of blue land have always contained the dream of Xiamen to be strong in the sea.

This is the vision of a hundred years ago. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's "Founding Strategy" clearly states: "Xiamen has a deep and extensive and good port" and "I intend to build a new commercial port in the west of this port". In that backward era, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who looked at China with a broad vision, already realized the special significance of the ocean to Xiamen and china. A hundred years later, as Mr. Li wished, the dream of "Oriental Grand Port" in Xiamen has come true, and Xiamen has become a world-class international hub seaport.

Taking a hundred years as the scale of moving forward, looking at the coast and the ocean road, it means both the direction of progress and the strategy of struggle.

After completing the great mission, Xiamen has let the seawater communicate naturally, and the "Seawall Road" has left a red belief that the "Seawall Spirit" will always shine. On the option of linking the island to Xiang'an, build a bridge, or dig a tunnel? In order to retain the Chinese white dolphin and Wenchang fish, Xiamen chose the more difficult latter and built the world's largest cross-sectional submarine tunnel, which also left a good story of marine ecological civilization on the "cross-sea road".

Looking back at a hundred years. When the waves are surging and the sails are chasing the waves, from the perspective of a city that regards the sea as life, we can better understand the significance of the blue territory to the gate of the republic building and even the country.

The waves are terrifying and the wind is coming from all sides. The baptism of the ocean has made Xiamen's urban endowments deeply engraved with the genes of openness and hard work.

Xia Pi Wuzhou guest, Menna Wan Is Tao. Because of this sea, every Xiamen person, from the beginning, galloped between the sea and the sky, daring to fight and profit the world; because of this sea, everyone who came to Xiamen was attracted by the city's open doors, openness and inclusiveness; also because of this sea, the special economic zone Xiamen, which has set the tide of waves, resolutely assumed the role of the vanguard of reform and opening up, and led the pioneer city to chase the wind and waves with one first and one innovative exploration after another.

Born by the sea, prosperous to the sea. The gift of the ocean makes Xiamen never miss the opportunity given by the times and the warm invitation of the sea.

From going to sea to "asking for the sea" to "going to the South Sea" from the sea, the ocean has bred generations of Xiamen people, so that Xiamen people can be nourished in times of difficulties and see hope when they are hopeless; from coastal tourism to marine strategic emerging industries, the ocean has bred prosperity and development, becoming a powerful engine to promote Xiamen's high-quality development and transcendence, leading the goal of "ocean strong city" step by step.

The city is on the sea, and the sea is in the city. Xiamen people and the sea coexist in harmony, and Xiamen marine people always charge forward and care for the blue territory with heart.

From the restoration of mangrove wetlands to the enhancement and release of the ocean, more than 2,000 kinds of aquatic wild animals, including Chinese white dolphins, have grown in Xiamen's waters; the "ocean guards" who have been running and toiling in the vast sea areas all year round have ensured maritime safety with loyalty and responsibility; a strict aquatic product supervision system to ensure that the people can eat green, safe and assured seafood; Xiamen has always taken the ocean as the development carrier of new industries and realized the full outbreak of marine strategic emerging industries, with 140.529 billion yuan (2020) The gross marine product led the new growth. Xiamen, which is committed to the construction of marine ecological civilization, ensures that the people can share the fruits of marine ecology.

Care for the ocean, know the ocean, and strategize the ocean. General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the development of the marine industry, as early as during the work in Xiamen, he clearly drew a blueprint for Xiamen, and carried out a series of forward-looking explorations around marine development and ecological protection. Bearing in mind the entrustment of the general secretary, under the strong leadership of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, generations of Xiamen people and generations of marine people have always cared for the ocean as they treat life, and with the efforts of orderly development, utilization and protection, they have embarked on a new journey of building a marine center city with international characteristics.

Today, Haixi Morning News and Xiamen Municipal Ocean Development Bureau jointly launched a special issue of "Ocean Fu", which comprehensively displayed Xiamen's ocean deeds in the process of "ocean power", demonstrated the xiamen marine power of building a high-quality and high-value modern international city at a higher level, and also showed the good wishes of the city and the people immersed in the ocean of happiness!

Above the waves are the waves. The mighty blue power of the waves gathered together is rushing towards the well-being of the people.

This is the blessing of the ocean, but also the blessing of Xiamen.