What comes to mind when you think of a small town? Is it the "poetry and distance" of half-city landscapes and half-city fireworks, or the spiritual hometown of "small-town problem-solvers" who struggle to run away and look back from time to time?
There are more than 20,000 towns in China. As the "tail of the city and the head of the township", the town is a "small and beautiful" living space, a poetic connection between the city and the countryside, and the most basic unit in the national economic structure.
"Hidden" under the city and county, they are usually unknown, but it is difficult to hide the "halo". Few people know that Qingdao Ligezhuang Town monopolizes nearly seventy percent of the global high-end human hair wig market, and about half of the world's saxophones are produced in Caigongzhuang Town, Tianjin France Italy......
"Strength does not allow Chinese towns to be too low-key." These small towns have become an important fulcrum to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, and have also become the "town" force that supports China's manufacturing to the world.
1. "Town" energy - the town is not big, creating "myths"
How good can a small town be? It is no exaggeration to say that they are "hidden" on the world map, but they are related to clothing, food, housing and transportation across the country and even the world, and continue to export the influence of Chinese towns to the world.
Low-key hardcore, "conquering" the world. The town has shown its ability, and batches of "limited specialties" have made great strides overseas.
Pingdu Nancun Town is known as "China's No. 1 White Goods Town"
For example, Ligezhuang Town, Jiaozhou, Qingdao, has an annual output of 500 million hats, and one out of every three baseball caps in the world is produced here; Qingdao Pingdu Renzhao Town has an annual output of more than 200,000 tons of kimchi, occupying 80% of the market in Korea; With an annual production capacity of more than 10 million units, accounting for about 8% of the country's total output, Pingdu Nancun Town is a veritable "No. 1 White Goods Town in China".
For another example, Cao County, Shandong, which is nicknamed the "center of the universe" by netizens, produces 70% of the country's performance costumes every year; The super town of Huludao in Liaoning Province "contracted" a quarter of the world's bikinis; For every 7 pianos in the world, there is 1 "made in Yichang......
The family background is thick, and the "rich" can rival the city. It's not big, but it's not small. The "home" and energy of the town may be beyond your imagination.
Qingdao Boli Town
For example, Qingdao Boli Town has 150 enterprises above the designated size, and the output value of industrial enterprises above the designated size in the town will exceed 65.5 billion yuan in 2023, ranking first in the province's economy. Qingdao's famous airport "Golden Triangle" - around the three towns around Jiaodong International Airport, Ligezhuang Town, Lancun Town and Nancun Town have a GDP of more than 10 billion yuan, of which the GDP of Nancun Town accounts for nearly 30% of Pingdu City; In Jiangshan Town, Laixi, scientific research institutes and enterprises such as the Institute of Youth Energy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guoxuan Hi-Tech, Beijing Motor, and Japan Mitsubishi have settled here......
Looking at the whole country, the GDP of Shishan Town and Beijiao Town in Foshan, Yushan Town and Yangshe Town in Suzhou, and Moutai Town in Zunyi has exceeded 100 billion yuan.
2. "Town" Kung Fu - produced in China and made in small towns
Some people say that behind the "military merit medals" of "MADE IN CHINA" is the strong manufacturing capacity of super towns. From clothes, hats, shoes and socks to cars and high-speed rail, the town is not big, but it can all be "fitted". What are the "town" kung fu of them?
Assess the situation and seize the opportunity. In the TV series "Dajiang Dahe", Xiaolei Village Wire Factory came into being in the tide of reform and opening up. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, township enterprises flourished, constituting the main body of the township economy at that time.
The hat industry in Ligezhuang Town is developed
For example, Li Gezhuang Town seized the opportunity of reform and opening up, introduced Hong Kong capital to set up the first local hat making enterprise, and gradually developed into the "hometown of Chinese hat making", more than 90% of the products are exported to hundreds of countries and regions such as Europe and the United States.
Yinzhu Street in the West Coast New Area was once known as the "Trolley Town". In the 80s of the last century, enterprises here seized foreign trade business opportunities, constantly explored overseas markets, and gradually developed into the world's largest trolley production base. Nowadays, from the supermarket in the Japan to the airport in the United States, from the station in the Canada to the freight yard in the Venezuela...... In more than 120 countries and regions in the world, you can see the "hidden pearl" trolley.
Realize resources and transcend endowments. The small town is "connected to the city and the countryside", which has the characteristics of both and can also take advantage of the advantages of both.
The "bullet train town" of Jianhongtan produces nearly half of China's high-speed trains Source: Xinhua News Agency
For example, to undertake the industrial spillover of large cities. Small towns can "move big trees home" with relatively low land prices and abundant labor resources. Relying on abundant grain and vegetable resources, Yanghe Town, Jiaozhou City, has introduced Yihai Kerry, a Fortune 500 company, to build a leading modern food industrial park in China. Qingdao's "bullet train town" in Chengyang is the world's largest high-speed train manufacturing base, where nearly half of China's high-speed trains are designed and manufactured......
Another example, "the master leads the apprentice, the neighbor helps the neighbor, and the villager helps the fellow", the neighbors exchange industrial channels, technology, markets and other resources in close exchanges, resulting in the radiation and driving effect of "one surname with one village, one village with one town, and one town with one county". In Ligezhuang, a town of 120,000 people, 30% of the people are engaged in hat-making-related industries. A hat requires 18 crafts and nearly 10 kinds of accessories, and the locals can achieve self-sufficiency "at their doorstep". This efficient and ultimate industrial chain "integration" method has greatly improved the production efficiency of the town economy and reduced production costs.
"One town, one industry", persistent and single-minded. Different industries have their own factions and self-growth in different towns, and gradually develop into the basis for the town to stand out. "One town rules one industry" is a distinctive feature of many small-town economies.
Yanghe Town, Jiaozhou
For example, Jiaozhou City, Qingdao proposes to develop "one town, one industry", and coordinates the industrial planning of 12 towns (streets) with global thinking, so as to guide the main industries of each town and street to take root and do fine work. Another example is the aluminum in Dali Town, Foshan, the ceramics in Shiwan, the hardware in Danzao Town, the lighting in the ancient town of Zhongshan City, and the mahogany furniture in Dachong...... Until now, "one town, one industry" is still the basic feature of the town economy in the Pearl River Delta.
3. "Town" opportunity - to bring urban and rural areas with towns
"Only by realizing the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and regions can the space of the domestic circulation be broader and more colorful." Towns, as bridges and links connecting cities and villages, are important carriers for the overall planning of urban and rural development, and play a key role in rural revitalization. In the context of the rural revitalization strategy, how can the town develop greatly?
Melt into the chain and borrow power. At present, the mainland has entered a new stage of regional economic integration with central cities as the core and metropolitan areas/urban agglomerations as the main carriers. The town should pay close attention to the industrial development process of the regional central city, take the initiative to carry out the action of integrating the circle into the chain in combination with its own foundation, and extend, supplement and strengthen the chain around the core enterprises or major projects, so as to become an important fulcrum for the city to optimize the space and industrial layout.
Qingdao Haiqing Town
For example, Qingdao Jiangshan Town actively connects with industrial resources such as automobiles and biomedicine, and has formed eight leading industries such as new energy vehicles, modern biomedicine, and high-end equipment manufacturing; Aiming at the main track of the prefabricated food industry, Licha Town in Jiaozhou has successively introduced Liqun smart logistics and supply chain projects, Qingdao Yichuan Xiaoxian headquarters economy and other projects, and the prefabricated food industry has begun to take shape.
The brand leads the way, and the upgrade is upgraded. Many small towns have low added value and strong substitutability of products. Now, more and more towns have started the road of upgrading, building their own brands and improving the technological content of products.
In Qingdao, Ligezhuang Town, Jiaozhou, integrates the existing "old three beauties" industrial base of hat making, wigs and jewelry, builds the "Shanghai Cooperation Beauty Valley", and strives to build a "new three beauties" industry of medical beauty, beauty cosmetics and beauty decorations; In recent years, a number of independent guitar brands such as Yatra, feeling, Drula, and ZLG have emerged......
Diversified development, beautification and beauty. Small towns are an important carrier for absorbing the rural transfer population and urbanization in the vicinity. Promoting the high-quality development of small towns according to local conditions is an inevitable choice to break the dual structure of urban and rural areas and promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas at the county level.
Qingdao Yinzhu Street
At present, more and more small towns are constantly improving transportation, education, medical care, culture and other infrastructure facilities, by providing high-quality public services to change the "factory area" into an "urban area", the greatest possible gathering and retention of industrial workers and other talents, to promote the coordinated development of population, industry and environment, so that the town can also "hold the dream and soul of young people's freedom".
Walking in the town, you can see the background and color of China's economic development more clearly. The town is not big, but it carries the powerful power of Made in China. The town is not small, the road ahead is bright, and the future is promising.
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