The first maritime military-civilian integration police station built by the Sandu Border Police Station in Ningde, Fujian (photo taken on September 22, 2016). Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, November 12th title: Fujian Sanduao: Natural good ports re-brand the dream of Oriental Dagang
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Xuanjie and Li Bingfeng PLA Daily reporter Lu Desheng
Fujian Province Ningde City Sanduao is located in the middle section of the Gold Coastline, with deep water and wide water, surrounded by mountains on all sides, avoiding wind and waves, and not freezing or silting. It is an ideal port for building a large deep-water transit port and a bulk material transportation distribution center.
"The three capitals of Lianggang are in the world, and the water is deep and the bay is as vast as the sky lake." The "Three Capitals of Lianggang" praised in Guo Moruo's poem refers to this.
On the hillside of Sandu Island , a two-story building exudes a unique temperament against the backdrop of square columns, arched doors and vermilion blinds.
"This is the Fu Customs Taxation Company Mansion Building, one of the three major customs in Fujian Province during the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a witness to the early development and opening up of Sanduao." Ye Bing, executive deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Coastal Defense Office, introduced that it was developed as early as the Tang Dynasty, and grain transport routes were opened in the Ming Dynasty. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Ningde Taxation General Port was established, with 9 ports under its jurisdiction...
html At the end of the 19th century, more than 20 countries including Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, etc. opened companies, offices and consulates here. "Sanduao" has become an international place name. Foreign mail can be sent by just writing "China·Sanduao" on it."As the 'entry and exit portal of the coastal areas of , Wuyi's throat', Sanduao has a vast sea area that accommodates large fleets and has always been a 'a place that must be fought for by military strategists'." Ningde Municipal Government researcher You Wenqing said that this is also the "outpost" for the country to manage the ocean and maintain maritime rights, and has an important strategic position.
Since the late Qing Dynasty, Sanduao has become the target of the great powers. Italy first proposed to lease Sanduao. After Germany occupied Weihaiwei, it wanted to occupy Sanduao. The United States asked to lease it as an military port, and coal terminal. During World War II, Sanduao was repeatedly hit by war, and the prosperous land of a century has gradually become dilapidated and depressed, slowly disappearing from international trade and shipping records.
After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, Sanduao, known as "there are not many in the world and only in China", has once again become a harbor for hope - building Sanduao into an international port leading to major coastal ports in the country and facing the Pacific Ocean, ushering in new opportunities in the journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
In September 11993, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Sandu Aocheng Ao Port Area, opening the prelude to the great development of Sandu Ao. Since the 21st century, the pace of construction and development of Sanduao has been accelerating -
In September 2008, Ningde City’s strategic plan for Huansanduao was officially approved by the provincial government;
In February 2009, Fujian Sanduao International Container Terminal started construction in Sanduao Port Area, and Sanduao development entered a intensive implementation stage;
In March 2011, the “Huansanduao Development Zone” was written into the State Council’s “Development Plan for the West Coast Economic Zone”.
As one of the closest sea outlets for central and western provinces facing Southeast Asia and the world, Ningde City, Fujian Province, took advantage of the east wind of the "Belt and Road" and proposed to "develop Sanduao and build a new Ningde", and regarded it as the "leader and engine" of Ningde's new round of development.
According to reports, the Sandu Australia and New Area in the future will improve the functions of administration, business, culture, residence, education, finance, service, etc., and rely on the support of lithium battery new energy, metallurgical new materials and other industries, and use the advantageous tourism resources such as Sandu Island and Dongchong Peninsula to strive to build a Ningde New Central District, a port industrial city integration pilot zone, and a military-civilian integration innovation demonstration zone that integrates headquarters economy, business finance, culture and sports, science and education training, tourism and leisure, and supporting residence.
is born on the sea and prospers towards the sea. As night falls, ports are lined with tower cranes, ships pass through the sea, and bright lights light up the urban area. Sanduao is full of busy scenes, and the people of eastern Fujian are taking new steps to realize the "Dream of the Oriental Port".