This year marks the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. Looking back on the past 30 years, China has entered a brand-new historical stage. 2008 is an extraordinary year. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the people of the whole country experienced a rare ice and snow disaster, and at the same time, they had a "national confrontation" with the sudden earthquake disaster! In August and September, two equally wonderful Olympic Games and the successful launch of Shenzhou VII once again showed the world a China with continuous development, continuous reform and opening up, growing national strength and vigorous development of various undertakings!
In the 30 years of reform and opening up, the lives of ordinary people have undergone earth-shaking changes. As far as our city is concerned, more rural people live in buildings and own their own cars, and urban and rural roads become more smooth. I remember that the roads I saw when I was a child were old dirt roads, but they were not wide enough and flat enough. It is particularly unacceptable that it rains, the roads are bumpy, and when it is windy, it is dusty and dusty. When I came back from the outside, my nostrils, ears and mouth were covered with mud. I really dare not and don't want to think about it. Now every village in my city is connected with asphalt roads.
The road is constantly changing. Nowadays, wide and flat new roads can be seen everywhere, in the sky, on the water, and the mountains don't look back. It can be said that "all roads lead to Rome", and the world has become smaller. The distance between people and cities is no longer as far as before! When I was a child, I had to take a big tractor near the village when I entered the county seat. Now, there are two shuttle buses running back and forth every day, so I can go to town anytime and anywhere. At the same time, the buses running every day in the city are very convenient for citizens to travel. I remember 1999 I joined the army in Xinjiang and took the train from Beijing to Urumqi for five days and five nights. When I went home to visit relatives in 2002, the train changed from the original green-seat slow train to a high-speed and comfortable express train, and it only took two days and three nights to return to Beijing from Urumqi. Some time ago, I flew for three hours to Kunming and to Spring City. On the same day, I met my wife who missed me very much. Yes, the traffic has changed a lot now. I can go back and forth once a day on business. What a surprise!
Life has also undergone tremendous changes. I often listen to my grandparents and parents talking about the society 80 years ago, listening to them talking about eating buds, eating grass roots, eating bonzi bones and so on. I feel that they are telling stories rather than personal experiences, and there is a strange feeling that it is difficult to capture the shadow of their past life and naturally it is difficult to connect with their present life. The difference of living space between the two generations is formed by the rapid development of society. After 30 years, China's social economy has developed rapidly. Life is not perfect now, but it is much better than my parents' generation. The past life may be dusty and can only be a memory. Today, our life is constantly improving, and people's living standards and quality of life are constantly improving, witnessing the great achievements in the past 30 years of reform and opening up.
During the National Day this year, CCTV-3 broadcast a literary program reviewing the 30 years of reform and development. A new term "three turns and one ring" was put forward in the program. "Three turns" are bicycles, sewing machines and watches, and "one ring" is a radio. At that time, there were few electrical appliances, and only when many families got married could families achieve "three turns and one ring". I remember that when I was in my teens, my aunt got married with a small tractor, and the only two electrical appliances were a tape recorder and a washing machine. Nowadays, brides get married by car, and the furniture and appliances at home are even more dazzling. 1999 when I joined the army, my classmates sent me notebooks one after another and wrote some words of encouragement or blessing on them to show their feelings of parting. At that time, I thought it would preserve our friendship. Now, with the continuous development of the Internet, it has brought our young people a brand-new world and a brand-new way of life: making friends with QQ, UC and blogs ... At the same time, shopping is all in Taobao, TV shopping ... followed by the popularity of small household appliances such as mobile phones, MP3 and MP4, the virtual world has become bigger, the real world has naturally become smaller, and an information age is coming to us.
As President Hu Jintao said: Only reform and opening up can strengthen the country and enrich the people! Thirty years after the spring breeze of reform and opening up swept across the land of China, people's living standards improved, life entered a well-off society, and the comprehensive strength of the motherland gradually entered the world's national forest. With the deepening of reform and opening up, we firmly believe that China will be more prosperous in the future.
The new Tangshan humanistic spirit of gratitude, fraternity, openness and transcendence is condensed and carried forward under the accumulation of Tangshan people's unique spirit of "special warfare", poverty-stricken spirit, contemporary foolish spirit, earthquake-resistant spirit and Caofeidian spirit, in the great practice of promoting the construction of scientific development demonstration zones and building people's happy capital, and in the selfless assistance to snow-stricken areas in the south and earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan. It is necessary to actively guide and inspire the people of the whole city to carry forward the humanistic spirit of the new Tangshan and form a strong spiritual power and humanistic support for the construction of the new Tangshan. In this regard, the author has a deep understanding.
No city in the world knows more about gratitude than Tangshan. Tangshan was razed to the ground in an instant by the earthquake more than 30 years ago, and some people abroad predicted that Tangshan would disappear from the earth. However, with the help of the military and civilians all over the country, the people of Tangshan stood up firmly from the ruins, saved themselves by production, rebuilt their homes and developed rapidly, and a modern industrial city stood tall on the coast of the Bohai Sea. The people of Tangshan will never forget the selfless assistance of the national army and civilians, the heroic spirit sacrificed for earthquake relief, and the warmth and gratitude of the big family of the motherland! Because of this, after the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, the people of Tangshan felt the same way, rescued and generously donated money at the first time, and went forward without hesitation! Because everyone in Tangshan has a sincere and pure heart of gratitude!
Love is the best business card of a city. Because of a grateful heart and boundless love, Tangshan people know more about fraternity. From these famous sayings and philosophies, we can easily draw the conclusion that fraternity is the need of the progress and development of human civilization, and it is also the starting point and the foothold for individuals to realize their self-worth. Fraternity embodies a spirit, an attitude and a responsibility! Tangshan people have suffered from fraternity, know more about it, and will certainly practice it. This is our choice with no regrets!
The brilliant achievements of 30 years' reform and opening-up in contemporary China irrefutably prove that opening-up is the cornerstone of development, a strategic choice of mutual benefit and win-win, and the only way to strengthen the country. Failure to open up can only be a dead end. The rapid development of Tangshan can not be separated from the broad-minded attitude of Tangshan people, their courage to be the first, and their strong efforts to promote reform and opening up with the spirit of seizing every minute. Opening up has made Tangshan, and Tangshan will surely become the frontier of opening up!
The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is inseparable from transcendence, the interpretation of "China Myth" is inseparable from transcendence, and the essence of scientific development is inseparable from transcendence. Transcendence embodies an idea, a realm and a pursuit. Tangshan is a city reborn from the ruins of the earthquake. Tangshan people made unremitting efforts in earthquake relief and achieved transcendence. Tangshan people struggle with heaven and earth in the resumption of production to achieve transcendence; Tangshan people are full of pride in reform and opening up and have achieved transcendence! Tangshan people know the power of transcendence, the value of transcendence, the dream of transcendence, and the spirit of doing things that dare to surpass, be good at surpassing and dare to surpass!
"Gratitude, fraternity, openness and transcendence" is the condensation of the humanistic spirit of the new Tangshan, the organic unity of connecting the past with the future, successive sublimation and complementary, and the spiritual wealth of Tangshan people. The development of more than 30 years after the Tangshan earthquake shows that Tangshan people know how to be grateful, can love each other, dare to explore, and will surpass them!
We have reason to believe that the heroic Tangshan people will be able to adhere to the new Tangshan humanistic spirit of "gratitude, fraternity, openness and transcendence", seize new opportunities, build a new Tangshan, achieve a new leap, and write a new and more magnificent chapter in the great practice of promoting the construction of scientific development demonstration areas and building a happy capital of the people.