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Shekou's earliest slogan
Time is money and efficiency is life. Anyone who is a little older will not be unfamiliar with this slogan. This is a landmark historical slogan, which has profoundly influenced the great process of China's reform and opening up. The launch and affirmation of this slogan is linked with the name of Deng Xiaoping. Recently, the reporter interviewed Xiong Bingquan, who served as the deputy director of Shekou Industrial Zone Management Committee in Shenzhen Shekou Administration Bureau in the early 1980s.

According to Xiong Bingquan,

I recall one day in the second half of 1982. Yuan Geng, then director of the management committee of Shekou Industrial Zone, handed me a piece of paper and said, "Old Bear, I wrote four slogans. Do you think it's ok?" As soon as I saw it, four sentences were written on it: "Time is money, efficiency is life, customers are God, and safety is law." After careful consideration, with the idea of giving it a try, we put the first two relatively certain words, "Time is money, efficiency is life", on the Shekou Wharf where cars are coming and going. As soon as this slogan appeared, it immediately caused a controversy and opposition. In addition, the debates on reform and opening up in Shenzhen and Shekou are also one after another. Everyone hopes that a central leader will make a statement.

1On October 24th, Comrade Deng Xiaoping came to Shenzhen and also to Shekou. He said, "In propose to create SAR, success is up to the central authorities. I want to have a look. " Xiong Bingquan said that on the morning of 26th, Comrade Xiaoping came to Shekou Industrial Zone. Yuan Geng reported to Comrade Xiaoping that "Shekou Industrial Zone has taken some risks in recent years and carried out a series of reforms. The slogan of the whole industrial zone is' time is money, efficiency is life'. " After a while, Yuan Geng tentatively asked: "The reform of the industrial zone is still experimental. I don't know if the slogan we put forward is correct." Comrade Xiaoping hesitated after listening to the report.

On February 24th, after returning to Beijing, Comrade Xiaoping told the leading comrades of the Central Committee that I was impressed by the prosperity during my visit to Shenzhen. Their slogan is "Time is money and efficiency is life". On April 22nd, Yuan Geng officially revealed the news in Shekou. On April 30th, a newspaper in Shanghai first reported the news. Soon, this slogan spread all over the country.