After the GDP of the provinces was announced in 2021, there were clear-eyed people who found the problem, and the three eastern provinces that were the leaders of the domestic economy before the 1980s are now tied together and are not as high as Guangdong Province.
Once the eldest son of the republic, he has now been reduced to "investment in Shanhaiguan", and Harbin also recently withdrew from the "City Club of Tens of Millions of People". Everyone sighed one after another: the three eastern provinces are no longer working, and they have fallen. But in fact, is the three eastern provinces really not working? GDP doesn't prove everything, and his contribution far exceeds GDP.
I. The "eldest son" of the Republic
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, the three eastern provinces were targeted by Japan and Russia because of their rich coal resources and agricultural resources. At that time, the country was weak and had no time to take care of this vast land. In order to plunder the mainland's resources, Japan and Russia carried out a large number of basic industrial construction in the northeast of the mainland.
From the September 18 Incident in 1931 to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, Japan stole the three eastern provinces of the mainland for 13 years. During this period, in order to build the three eastern provinces into a bridgehead for attacking the mainland, Japan built a large number of military factories in the three eastern provinces.
According to statistics, the total industrial output of the three eastern provinces at that time even exceeded that of the Japanese mainland. At that time, the coal production of the three eastern provinces accounted for 49.5% of the country, nearly half, and the total length of the railway accounted for half of the country. Pig iron and steel production accounts for 90% of the country, basically all steel is produced by the three eastern provinces, when the three eastern provinces already had a complete industrial chain.
Although the Soviet Union nearly demolished more than $2 billion worth of industrial facilities at the time of Japan's defeat, the industrial output and economic strength of the three eastern provinces remained among the best in the country after the founding of the country. After the founding of New China, in order to boost the domestic economy, the focus of development was placed on the three eastern provinces with a deeper foundation.
Of the 150 projects aided by the Soviet Union, 57 fell in the three eastern provinces, more than one-third, when the GDP of the three eastern provinces reached 85% of the country's total, and they were truly the "eldest son" of the republic.
2. Grain producing regions
We all know that food security is about the security of a country, and ensuring food self-sufficiency is the foundation of social stability. For example, this epidemic is fierce, affecting the production and life of many areas. During the epidemic in Shanghai alone, the northeast donated more than 4,000 tons of rice and more than 2,000 tons of vegetable grain and oil to Shanghai, effectively solving the grain pressure in Shanghai at that time.
Although the industrial development of northeast China today lags behind that of the coastal areas, the total GDP is not as much as that of Guangdong Province. As we all know, the northeast has always been the grain region of the mainland, and the fertile black soil can provide the mainland with a large number of important food crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans every year.
In 2021, grain production in the three eastern provinces will account for 20% of the country's grain production, which is the "ballast stone" of China's food security. Among them, Heilongjiang is the largest grain producing province in the country, and the grain output of Heilongjiang Province accounts for 11.5% of the total output of the country, with an output of 78.677 million tons. Jilin ranked 5th with an output of 40.392 million tons, while Liaoning ranked 12th with an output of 25.387 million tons.
Such a grain-producing region cannot be judged by its importance based on its GDP alone. You know, in turbulent times, one or two grains and one or two gold. Only by preserving the rice bowl of the people of the whole country can we have the confidence to face the pressure of various countries, and the importance of the northeast far exceeds GDP.
Third, the industrial town
Although there are no large number of high-end industries and large-scale Internet companies in the northeast, the northeast has a heavy industrial chain that no one can replace. Without the support of northeast industry in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's industrialization may have been a few years later. Even today, heavy industry in the three northeastern provinces remains the backbone of the state.
In addition to being an important industrial town in the northeast, it is also an important national defense town, and too many national defense enterprises have taken root in the northeast, which is also because the foundation of the northeast was too good when the country was founded. At that time, steel production accounted for 90% of the country's output, in order to improve efficiency, the state will be a large number of military enterprises settled in the three northeastern provinces. For example, Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group in Liaoning and Shipyard in Dalian. The continent's first cars, first aircraft, and even the first aircraft carriers were built in the three eastern provinces.
It can be said that the three eastern provinces have made great contributions to the mainland's national defense cause. Although the output value and economic value of military enterprises may not be as large as the Internet industry, without the Internet industry, it is nothing more than some changes in lifestyle, but China is still China, and the people on the mainland can still enjoy a peaceful and stable life. However, a big country does not have its own military enterprises, and it is enough to refer to the Qing Dynasty of that year.
summary
The decline of GDP in the three northeastern provinces is related to the development plan of the country and the geographical location of the northeast. The high latitude of the three eastern provinces, the severe cold weather, and the short working hours determine that his GDP cannot be too high. In fact, the GDP growth rate of the three eastern provinces has always exceeded the national average, but the development rate is slightly slower than that of the north, Shanghai and Guangzhou. But the contribution of the three eastern provinces to China is not something that can be summed up in GDP.
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