1980 One afternoon in winter, Yuan Geng returned to Shekou by boat from Hongkong and went straight to the industrial zone construction headquarters for a meeting. In the conference room, he handed Zou Fuming a piece of paper, which read: Time is money and efficiency is life. The customer is the emperor, and safety is the law. Everyone has something to do and everything is taken care of. After the meeting, Yuan Geng said, let's find an opportunity for everyone to deliberate and choose a louder post. After discussion, we decided that "time is money and efficiency is life". It was originally written on plywood with red paint. Yuan Geng is an old soldier and revolutionary. After the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to work in Hong Kong by the Ministry of Communications. At that time, Hong Kong was already one of the four little dragons in Asia, with developed industry and commerce and high work efficiency. People generally pay attention to the rational use of time. Yuan Geng heard and witnessed in Hongkong, and deeply felt that under the "big pot" system in China, people did not cherish time and pay attention to efficiency, and state-owned enterprises were generally inefficient and did not pay attention to cost. Reform and opening up is to break this concept and cheer people up. The slogan "Time is money, efficiency is life" came into being.
This slogan really became popular after 1984. After the slogan was put forward, Yuan Geng felt strong external pressure. When talking to Vice Premier Gu Mu about this slogan, he said, I was going to wear a hat. Some people say it's a capitalist, but Gu Mu just laughs. 1984 65438+1On October 26th, Deng Xiaoping visited Shekou, and Yuan Geng boldly raised this sensitive topic with Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping then gave a positive answer "Yes", which made Yuan Geng feel relieved. 1On February 24th, 984, Deng Xiaoping said that the construction of Shenzhen was very fast, and the Shekou Industrial Zone in Shenzhen was even faster, because they were given some rights.