Yuan Geng, former executive vice chairman of China Merchants Group and founder of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone, China Merchants Bank, Ping An Insurance and other enterprises, put forward Deng Xiaoping's first southern tour in 1984, and affirmed this slogan. Some people say that China started to move towards a market economy with this slogan, and Shenzhen has created a model of reform and opening up.

But this is a slogan shouted in the specific environment and background at that time. Previous sentence: Time is money. In fact, Franklin wrote "Advice to a Young Businessman" in 1748: Remember, time is money. If a person can earn ten shillings a day by his own labor, then if he goes out or sits for half a day, even if he only spends six pence during this period, he can't think that this is all his expenses; He actually spent money again, or should I say, threw away five shillings. Should be 1, Yuan Geng patted his head and came out.

Under normal circumstances, I personally think this slogan is changed to: "Time is life, and efficiency is money." Maybe even better.