Wuzhou has been glorious for several times before. Cangwu County (ancient Guangxin) is now Wuzhou. It was founded 2200 years ago and is the oldest city in Guangxi! The latest archaeological findings show that humans have been living here since the Stone Age. With Guangxin as the center, it is divided into Guangdong and Guangxi, where the Guangxi government and the earliest Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in China were built. In the past, waterways were developed and could lead directly to Guangzhou.
All areas that want to go to Guangdong must pass through Wuzhou and stay there. There are also routes from Hong Kong to Wuzhou. Foreign friends often come to Wuyou to do business. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was known as Little Hong Kong! Nowadays, waterways are slowly being replaced, and high-speed rail and expressways are not connected to Wuzhou City. Even if it passes by, it will only be short-lived. Success is also geography, failure is also geography. Plus Wuzhou locals.
We have always been proud of drinking water from the Three Rivers. How xenophobic is this phenomenon? Wuzhou's current city positioning is unclear and there are few tourist attractions. The locals in Wuzhou live a very leisurely life. Morning tea can last from morning to afternoon, and the pace is slow. There are not many characteristic industries and industries, there are no pillar industries, and artificial gemstones have also lost their luster. Resulting in a small foreign population.
The local population is aging, wages have not changed much in 6-7 years, etc. Many local aspiring young people also go to big cities such as Nanning, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen to develop. Young people born in the 80s and 90s often hear that "Wuzhou is only suitable for retirement". Problems such as a small permanent population, a stagnant economy, inadequate policy benefits, high living costs, the impact of Internet consumption, a lack of concentration of consumer groups due to the demolition of old buildings and new ones have led to slow development.
Not only has Wuzhou developed slowly, but its waterways have been replaced by high-speed rail, expressways, etc., and Wutong’s wages have not changed much in recent years. Wuzhou is not suitable for work and development. But the most suitable thing for Wutong is retirement care, and the cost of living in Wuzhou is too high, and the policies and benefits are not very good.
Furthermore, Wuzhou has no characteristics. There is no industry or anything, so there is not much development. In other words, it has lost its luster at the same time, resulting in a smaller and smaller population. It is only limited to the external population. That is to say, if they are not local, generally young people will not choose to go to Wuzhou for development. They will choose to go to Suzhou or Guangzhou.
Wuzhou people love to go to Guangdong. They love Wuzhou but forget to build Wuzhou. As a result, Wuzhou’s status in Guangxi continues to decline, and Hezhou is also separated from it! But there are many reasons why Wuzhou people love to go to Guangdong. Wuzhou is the birthplace of Cantonese and one of the three cities in the world with the most standardized Cantonese (the other two cities are Hong Kong and Guangzhou). But politically, Wuzhou joined Guizhou. Wuzhou was originally supposed to manage Guangxi. Wuzhou also made great contributions to Guangxi. At that time, 70% of Guangxi's talent capital came from Wuzhou.
However, the leaders of Guangxi took Wuzhou's money and went to build Nanning, and the mountain city, water city, and little Hong Kong were abandoned like this! Guangxi doesn’t want to pay attention to me in Wuzhou, so I might as well go to Guangdong to meet my relatives! Therefore, until now, Wuzhou people would rather go to Guangdong than stay in Guangxi, let alone go to Nanning!