Although Guangdong and Guangxi are both located in Lingnan, they are called "Guangdong and Guangxi", but the geography of Guangxi is not as good as that of Guangdong! First of all, the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province is a plain, with a Ma Pingchuan in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, and there are many rivers. Moreover, it has been a fertile land in China since ancient times, which is the congenital advantage of the rise of the Pearl River Delta in South China. The Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and it also has "favorable weather, favorable geographical location and harmonious people"! Compared with it, Guangxi is an impossible advantage. Although both Guangdong and Guangxi are coastal, the coastline of Guangxi is far less than that of Guangdong! Guangdong's geographical advantage over Guangxi is reflected not only in the Pearl River Delta, but also in the deep-water ports. The throughput of Fangchenggang, Qinzhou Port and Beihai Port in Guangxi is less than half that of Guangzhou Port, which is caused by the fact that our geography in Guangxi does not have innate advantages, and our economy in Guangxi lags far behind Guangdong!

The second root of backwardness: cultural differences

Guangxi is a multi-ethnic province, in which ethnic minorities account for a certain proportion of the total population. Although the southeast of Guangxi is deeply influenced by Guangdong culture, there are still differences between the whole culture of Guangxi and Guangdong. In China, the "Guangdong" culture has become a very strong feature of the times, and Guangdong not only affects the southeast of Guangxi, but also has a great influence on overseas Chinese. "Guangdong merchants" and "Shanxi merchants" and "Zhejiang merchants" are famous all over the country. In terms of food, "Guangdong cuisine" is as famous as "Sichuan cuisine" and "Hunan cuisine". This is the embodiment that Guangdong culture is ahead of Guangxi. In some aspects, such as "Cantonese opera" and "Cantonese pop music" are famous at home and abroad, and there are also "Guangxi opera" and ethnic minorities in Guangxi. The backward economy has led to some of our cultures that were not very backward, such as "Hakka culture", "Chaoshan culture", "Lingnan school of painting" and "ancient Nanyue culture", etc. In contrast, how much cultural research have we done in Guangxi? In recent years, the annual "International Folk Song Festival" in Nanning seems to have saved some "face" for Guangxi local culture, but we really have many differences with Guangdong culture! A few days ago, a netizen in the Red Bean Community wrote "Guangxi, what do you take to defend the local culture?" It has awakened the "alarm bell" for Guangxi to promote local culture! Culture is productivity, and the key for Guangxi to lag behind Guangdong lies in cultural differences to a great extent!

The third root of backwardness: ideological backwardness

The reason why there is such a big gap between Guangxi's social and economic outlook and Guangdong's is not only caused by the above two backward roots, but actually the ideological backwardness is the fundamental one! As we all know, social progress and economic development are man-made. So are the modernization undertakings in invictus and Guangxi. Perhaps when people mention Guangxi, the first thing they think of is "backward areas"! Why do we in Guangxi give people the impression of being "backward"? In fact, apart from the backward level of economic development, our awareness of development is also very backward.

Here, I don't want to cite too many examples in discussing this topic. I just want to give an example on the sensitive word "Guangxi development"! The development of Guangxi is in the middle and lower reaches of the country. In the western region, we are only ranked fifth, still behind Sichuan Province, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Shaanxi! Guangxi has a long coastline and borders with Vietnam and Myanmar, so we can do something and rise in the west of China. However, our present situation is embarrassing. Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are eyeing Guangxi, and they are all our rivals in the Pan-Pearl River regional cooperation and the interests of the ASEAN Expo. If Guangxi does not have a good sense of urgent development, we will lag behind Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. In the development of Guangxi, the decision of "going along the coast" or "along the river" is not firm enough. Previous Guangxi secretaries all have different ideas about Guangxi, but it is difficult to form a unified development idea. "Southwest Sea Passage"? "Yugui Corridor"? "Beibu Gulf Economic Zone"? What route should we really develop? Guangxi really needs to make a good decision, otherwise, a region will overheat for a while and then calm down. The "Yugui Corridor" in Yulin City and Guigang City is a typical example.