"Time is money, efficiency is life." This famous slogan standing at the foot of the microwave mountain in Shenzhen Shekou is reminiscent of the reform pioneer Yuan Geng.
Yuan Geng, born on April 23, 1917 in Bao'an, Guangdong, participated in revolutionary work in 1938, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1939. He used to be the military instructor of the Dongjiang Column of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force, the director of the liaison office, the director of the Hong Kong office, and the head of the artillery regiment of the Fourth Field Army. After 1949, he served as the Chinese consul in Jakarta.
In 1978, Yuan Geng, who was 61 years old, was appointed as the executive vice chairman of of China Merchants Group. In 1979, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, China Merchants Bureau headed by Yuan Geng came across the sea from Hong Kong, and established China's first export-oriented industrial park, Shekou Industry, in Shekou, Shenzhen, on the coast of the South China Sea. Area. Since the establishment of
Shekou Industrial Zone, under the leadership of Yuan Geng, it has continuously emancipated its mind and practiced boldly, put forward a series of new concepts suitable for the market economy, carried out a series of new reforms in the system and mechanism, and adopted a series of New measures to promote economic and social development. Especially in 1981, Yuan Geng put forward the slogan "time is money, efficiency is life", which aroused strong repercussions across the country. More and more people realize that if we want to develop, we must emancipate the mind and seek truth from facts.
In 1981, Yuan Geng promoted the first open recruitment of talents in the country, which effectively promoted the flow of talents and the liberation of human resources. In the same year, Yuan Geng also presided over the establishment of the China Merchants Bureau Cadre Training Center in Shekou, which introduced, absorbed and digested foreign advanced management ideas and skills, and cultivated a large number of talents.
Under the leadership of Yuan Geng, Shekou Industrial Zone took the lead in implementing a series of reform experiments in the country such as enterprise management system, distribution system, cadre and personnel system, housing system , financial reform, etc., setting 24 national "firsts".These series of reforms and their replication and promotion have effectively stimulated the creativity and development vitality of enterprises, and liberated and developed social productive forces. At the same time, it actively promotes opening to the outside world, explores the innovation of development models, and forms a unique "Shekou model", that is, enterprises get rid of administrative interference, give full play to their autonomy, act in accordance with market laws and economic laws, and use economic means to manage the economy, Invigorate the economy. Under the favorable investment and business environment brought by the "Shekou Model", Shekou Industrial Zone has established and incubated a large number of outstanding enterprises with "Shekou genes", such as China's first joint-stock enterprise - Nanshan Development, the first by The joint-stock bank founded by the enterprise - China Merchants Bank.
During the 14 years that Yuan Geng was in charge of China Merchants, the assets of China Merchants increased by 117 times, and a century-old enterprise was reborn.
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Yuan Geng won the title of "Reform Pioneer" and "The Most Beautiful Struggle".
(Source: People's Daily client reporter Li Gang)
[Editor: Zhu Chenying]
