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? Notes on Mawan Town, Tianmen City, Hubei Province
? Zheng hanbing
? Mawan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Revitalizing the economy of the hometown of overseas Chinese is the important task of successive governments. While vigorously grasping the construction of villages and towns, we should pay close attention to the construction of image projects, so that overseas Chinese living in various countries in the world can return home to visit relatives and friends and have a permanent memory. According to the reality and characteristics of Mawan, the town mark was built, and through repeated argumentation, the opinions of all parties were solicited and unanimously passed. But a sum of money was needed. At that time, the town's financial funds were very difficult. What should we do? Public welfare undertakings should be solved by raising money. So I went south to Shenzhen, on behalf of the town government, to consult with the boss who was run by Mawan fellow villagers, and soon I got everyone's support. More than 1, yuan was raised, and the funding problem was solved. Then I personally rushed to Quyang County, Hebei Province, and signed the bid contract for galloping horses. Soon, a giant white marble sculpture galloping horse stood in the south of Hesha Highway in the center of the town.
? The bus is running on the highway in Hesha, and all the passengers look up, ah! Mawan, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, has arrived.
? Anyone who has been to Mawan for the first time, the first thing to do is to see the town sign of Mawan Town, which is 8 meters high and white granite. It is a galloping horse.
? Mawan is the largest hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains, with 37, overseas Chinese living all over the world. The 81-square-kilometer Mawan, once a misty water house, has now become a cornucopia of flowing gold and silver. People in the hometown of overseas Chinese drink wine that celebrates the harvest every year and reaches the rich floor every year.
After the birth of New China, the Party and the people's government led the people in the hometown of overseas Chinese to develop water conservancy. In recent ten years, the local government of Mawan Town alone invested more than 1 million yuan to build farmland water conservancy infrastructure, with an effective irrigation area of 59, mu of 62, mu of land in the town. In 1991 and 1995, the grain, cotton and oil here still got a bumper harvest. Last year, the total grain output here reached 28,2 tons, the total cotton output reached 1,6 tons, the total oil output reached 2,7 tons, and the total agricultural output value reached 16 million yuan. In recent years, there have been 5, mu of intensive fish ponds, 5, mu of vegetables in shanty towns, 2, pig sacrifice bases, 1, American mallard duck breeding bases, and efficient agricultural projects one after another. Mawan agriculture has entered the ranks of the top 1 towns in the province. What people talk about most is the unusual changes in recent years.
? Ten years ago, there were only two town-run enterprises in Mawan, with an output value of less than 5, yuan. Village-run enterprises only have rice mills, cotton gin, miscellaneous shops, two machines and one shop. With the deepening of reform and opening up, especially since Deng Xiaoping's southern tour speech, Mawan has built six major industries and enterprises, including machinery, textiles, food, clothing, plastics and construction, in accordance with the strategy of strengthening the town through industry. More than 1 products came out. In 1995, the total industrial output value was 24 million yuan, and the development of individual and private enterprises was overwhelming, with 12, employees involved in more than 2 categories and an annual income of more than 1 million yuan.
In 1995, Mawan's per capita net income was 1,6 yuan, with 1,2 kilograms of raw grain and 3 kilograms of meat per capita. Compared with ten years ago, the total social output value increased by 14 times, the total industrial output value increased by 14 times, the total agricultural output value increased by 7 times and 5 times, and the fiscal revenue increased by 1 times. There were 2,5 private buildings in the town, ten times the total ten years ago, and more than 1,5 private cars were owned.
? During the Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, many overseas Chinese go home to visit relatives and friends. In the past ten years, * * * has received more than 5 people. However, among the 4, people in Mawan, 12, people go out every year. In Zhawu Village, there are 2 people who set up shops and factories in Shenzhen, and started a street. Their products are exported to Europe, America, Hongkong, Taiwan Province and other places, earning more than 2 million yuan in foreign exchange each year. On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month last year, Zhang Dean and other 31 old drivers chartered a 335 plane from Shenzhen to Wuhan, and then chartered 3 taxis to return to the village. Very impressive. I can't help but sigh with emotion, how different the roads taken by overseas Chinese people in the past and present are.
? Strolling along the 28-meter-wide and 1,7-meter-long Avenue of Overseas Chinese, water conservancy roads, camphor trees, flower belts and street lamps are arranged on both sides in an orderly manner, which looks like a metropolis.
Mawan has been the governing place of social organizations, districts and townships since it formed a market in the late Ming Dynasty. For many years, the most profound memory of overseas travelers is the narrow bluestone street. Since the reform and opening up, the status of Mawan, the hometown of overseas Chinese, has been continuously improved. With the rapid development of economy, the construction of market towns is changing with each passing day. In 1984, the first meeting of the Tenth People's Congress of Tianmen made the Decision on Strengthening the Construction of Hometown of Overseas Chinese. The municipal party committee and municipal government held the first working conference of overseas Chinese hometown in Tianmen here. In October 1986, Mawan was changed from a district-administered town to a city-administered town. In October 1987, she was included in the national spark plan for the construction of market towns. In the past ten years, the overseas Chinese hometown invested more than 6 million yuan in construction. Now she stands on the bank of Shenhu Lake with its unique characteristics of overseas Chinese hometown.
? In this 2-square-kilometer town with a population of 1,, there are seven large and small streets with a total length of 7 kilometers. The industrial zone, the cultural zone, the commercial zone and the administrative zone are surrounded by six residential quarters. The flower beds are evenly distributed, and the green trees complement each other. There are rows of tall buildings with different styles, such as European architecture and French architecture. The clean streets and wide streets are prosperous and elegant, which are both local and exotic. The TV microwave tower goes straight into the sky, and Mawan people have their own TV channels. Overseas Chinese belong to a street, with a dazzling array of shops, horses, department stores, hardware, restaurants, hotels and food cities. There are more than 1, theaters in the cultural area, activity centers for veteran cadres, elegant tea houses and dance halls that integrate entertainment and recreation.
? Mawan people use their hard-working hands to make their homes colorful and famous. This hometown of overseas Chinese, which once forced many people to live in foreign lands because of floods, has become a rural city everywhere.
? Overseas Chinese in Tianmen are the pride of wisdom. In those days, they wandered around the world with three sticks on their backs and went through hardships. Now there are ordinary people, famous politicians, scientists and industrialists among them. Their blood is always attached to the roots of their hometown.
? Yi Xiuqi, a former mayor of Miri, Malaysia, Chen Shao Zhan and Zhang Xinchen, heads of overseas Chinese in India and Sri Lanka, Yu Liangce, head of the French electrochemical research office, Chuan Zhong, a doctor's home in Thailand, Xiao Tianxiang of Canada and Gong Zhongxun of Singapore, all of whom have performed magnificent dramas in foreign countries, have always forgotten to raise their ancestors and homeland. I have never forgotten to express my concern for my hometown folks. Yu Liangce, a scientist living in France, told the villagers in Mawan with deep affection that my knowledge was not needed in my hometown, and I had to dedicate it when I returned to China to give lectures. Do one's best for the modernization of the motherland. Yu Huaying, the sister of Mr. Yu Liangce, is an ordinary worker in France. After hearing the news of the construction of Mawan, he sent back 1, yuan from his savings. This is by no means a simple concept of numbers. It is a hot heart. Ah, over the years, overseas Chinese have invested more than 5 million yuan in the construction of their hometown of overseas Chinese. The completion of a street for overseas Chinese, the construction of Qiaoguang Middle School and Chenhuang Primary School have all entrusted overseas Chinese with their pure love for their hometown. The people in their hometown have specially built simple and elegant doors to welcome overseas Chinese and embraced them warmly.