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BasicBasic facts facts of Jiangxi EconomicEconomic structure structure ExportedExported products, products, 2016 2016 BasicBasic facts facts of Jiangxiof Jiangxi EconomicEconomic structure structure ExportedExported products, products, 2016 2016 Green developmentGreen development ImportImport and export and exportvolume volume PerPer capita capitaPer disposablecapita disposable disposable income income income of ofurban urban of residentsurban residents residents (yuan) (yuan) (yuan) Green development Import and export volume Per capita disposable income of urban residents (yuan) ElectromechanicalElectromechanicalElectromechanical products products products 41.45%41.45%41.45% Green development Import and(Unit: export $ billion)(Unit: volume $ billion) ExportsExportsImportsImports 20,085 20,085 PrimaryPrimaryPrimary industry: industry: industry: SecondarySecondarySecondary Primary PrimaryPrimary industry: industry: industry: Secondary SecondarySecondary Electromechanical products (Unit: $ billion) Exports Imports 2012 2012 20,085 (Unit: $ billion) 2012 45.9245.9245.92 166,900166,900166,900 53.153.153.1 11.8%11.8% industry:industry: 53.6% 53.6%10.4% 10.4% industry:industry: 49.2% 49.2% 14.92% 63.163.1 22 22 1,5351,5 35 60 60 35 Exports Imports 33.12 33.122012 20,085 45.92 166,900 53.1 11.8%11.8% industry:industry: 53.6% 53.6% 10.4%10.4% industry:industry: 49.2% 49.2% High-techHigh-techHigh-tech products products products 14.92%14.92%14.92% 63.1 22 1,535 60 35 32.02 32.02 33.12 2013 22,120 22,120 millionmillionmillion squaresquaresquare km km percentpercentpercent 63.1percentpercent 22percentpercent 1,535km km 60 bases bases 35 33.1232.03 2013 million square km percent percent percent km bases 35 32.03 2013 29.87 29.87 2013 22,120 22,120 populationPopulationPopulation of Jiangxi of of Jiangxi Jiangxi areaarea areaof Jiangxi ofof Jiangxi of Jiangxiofof Jiangxi Jiangxi residents residents residents Clothes andClothes accessories and accessories 11.50%11.50%11.50% forestpercent coverageforest coverage rate ratereductionpercentreduction of coal used of coal usedsewagek m sewagepipelines pipelinesbasesfor ecologicalfor ecological 30 30 28.17 28.17 29.8712.04 12.04 29.87 Population of Jiangxi area of Jiangxi of Jiangxi residents ClothesClothes and andaccessories accessories 11.50% forest coverrage rate reduction of coal used Jiangxi’s urbanization for ecological 30 28.17 28.17 12.04 12.04 2014 2014 24,309 24,309 livelive ininlivelive urbanurban inin urban urban areasareas areas areas inin 20162016 in in 2016 2016 “Jiangxi will actively take the opportunities created by forest coverrage rate reduction of coal used sewage pipelines for ecological 30 25.11 25.11 2014 10.45 10.45 2014 24,309 24,309 4.67% “Last year, Jiangxi maintained steady economic growth, per unit perGDP, unit 2012-16 GDP, 2012-16newly builtnewly in 2016 built in 2016civilizationcivilization set in 2016 set in 20162525.11 25 25.11 10.45 10.45 ShoesShoesShoes4.67%4.67%4.67% per unitper GDP, unit 2012-16 GDP, 2012-16newly built inrate 2016 in 2016civilization setcivilization in 2016 set in25 2016 25 26,500 26,500 2015 2015 26,500 26,500 20 20 2015 2015 Fireworks 0.78% the Belt and Road Initiative and globalization to open its Per capitaPer netcapita income net income of rural of residents rural20 residents ProvincialProvincialProvincial GDP GDP GDP GrainGrain production production 20122012 201620162016 FireworksFireworksFireworks0.78%0.78%0.78% optimizing its industrial structure and shifting to new UsedUsed foreignUsed directforeign direct investment investment direct investment ($ billion)($ billion) ($ billion) Per capita net income of rural residents 20 2016 2016 28,637 28,637 Unit:Unit: trillionUnit: trillion trillion yuan yuan yuan Unit: millionUnit:Unit: million million metric metric metric tons tons tons 20122012 2016 Used foreign direct investment ($ billion) Per capita net income of rural residents 2016 2016 28,637 28,637 (Unit: yuan)(Unit: yuan)(Unit: yuan) 15 15 15 25 25 OthersOthers 26.68%26.68%26.68% 1500015000 15000(Unit: yuan) 15 10.71 10.71 10.24 10.24 2012 1.29 25 20.8525 21.16 21.44 21.49 21.38 Others Otherseconomy to other regions in China and the outside world.” 2012 2012 6.82 6.82 15000 12,138 12,138 10.71 9.28 10.249.28 9.28 201220122012 1.291.291.29 20.8520.8521.1621.1621.4421.4421.4421.4921.4921.4921.3821.3821.38 engines of development.” 20122012 6.82 6.82 12,138 12,138 8.3 10 8.3108.58 8.3 8.58 8.58 10.71 9.28 10.24 20 1200012000 12000 11,139 11,139 11,139 10 8.3 8.58 20 20 12000 10,117 10,117 10,11711,139 10 Length of transportationLength routesLength of transportation in operation of transportation (km) routes routesin operation in operation (km) (km) 2013 1.44 Lu Xinshe, Party chief of Jiangxi province Liu Qi, governor of Jiangxi province 20132013 2013 7.557.55 7.55 9,089 9,089 9,08910,117 5 5 Length of transportation routes in operation (km) 201320132013 1.441.441.44 15 Tertiary industry: Tertiary industry: LengthLength of transportation of transportation routes routes currently currently in operation in operation 2013 7.55 9000 90008,103 89000,103 89,089,103 5 15 15 TertiaryTertiaryTertiary industry: industry: industry: TertiaryTertiaryTertiary industry: industry: industry: Length ofLength transportation of transportation routes currently routes currentlyin operation in operation 9000 8,103 5 Highway 5,925 0 HighwayHighway 5,925 5,925 2014 1.57 34.6%34.6% 40.4%40.4% 20142014 2014 8.458.45 8.456000 6000 0 0 Highway 5,925 20142014 1.57 1.57 10 10 34.6% 40.4% 6000 2012 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2014 1.57 10 10 2014 8.45 6000 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015railway2016 2016 railwayrailway 4,000 4,000 4,000 Primary industry: mainly agriculture, mining and forestry 2015 9.47 3000 Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 railway 4,000 2015 1.67 5 5 PrimaryPrimaryPrimary industry: industry: industry: mainly mainly mainly agriculture, agriculture, agriculture, mining mining mining and and forestry and forestry forestry 5,925 km km 4,000 km km 5,638 km km 2015 2015 9.47 9.47 3000 3000 201520152015 1.671.671.67 5 5 5,9255,9255,925 km4,000 4,0004,000 km5,638 5,638 5,638 km 2015 9.47 3000 river 5,638 SecondarySecondary industry: industry: manufacturing manufacturing highway network railway network river transport routes Charming Jiangxi 0 33.41Total 36.75 42.73 42.40 40.11 river river 5,638 5,638 0 SecondarySecondary industry: industry: manufacturing manufacturing highwayhighway networkhighway network network railway railway network railway network networkriver rivertransport transportriver routes transport routes routes 2016 10.44 0 0 Total Total33.41 33.41 36.75 36.75 42.73 42.73 42.40 42.40 40.11 40.11 river 5,638 2016 1.84 1.84 0 0 Tertiary industry: services 2016 2016 10.44 10.44’12 0 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 33.41 36.75 42.73 42.40 40.11 201620162016 1.841.84 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 TertiaryTertiaryTertiary industry: industry: industry: services services services 2016 10.44 ’12 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province optimizes opening-up with environment at center

Local furniture makers build big profits, Clean, high-tech industries nurtured to drive We shall fully economy onto new heights, Zhang Zhao reports. We want with products filling homes worldwide Athough By xiang wenjian revenue to 102 billion yuan ($15.3 billion), capitalize on the accelerated which manufactures children’s furniture, the Jiangxi is a espite its disadvantageous geographic location in an inland re- [email protected] according to local government statistics. port has opened up new possibilities that (Ganzhou) port’s economic growth Huiming Group, one of the district’s larg- simply did not exist before. less developed gion, East China’s Jiangxi province has found a way to build Cupboards and cabinets of all shapes and est furniture makers, is one of the companies According to the company’s general man- advantages to on one hand and sizes from Jiangxi province are furnishing that have benefited most from the new port. ager, Shen Fei, the opening of Ganzhou Port province, I up an innovative, open and green economy. “Last year, Jiangxi homes across the world as the opening of a The company makes sheets of chipboard has helped JiaYouErNv grow from a small build Ganzhou maintained steady economic growth, optimizing its industrial a well-preserved new inland port in East China sparks a surge from the chips and shavings salvaged from workshop that did not even have a foreign believe it can in exports from the furniture capital of China. other production lines in the district, which it trade license in 2013 to one of Nankang’s into an structure and shifting to new engines of development,” said environment on Nankang, a small district of 800,000 people then uses to make flat-pack bookcases. biggest exporters. make some Governor Liu Qi in his government work report at the provincial people’s con- in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, is home to the largest According to Zeng Ruifu, the company’s “We mainly import timber from Finland international D the other. We Ecological focus boosts base for producing furniture in China. marketing director, the port has made a dra- and export furniture to India and the Middle world-class gress earlier this year. Jiangling Motors launches the production of its E160 new energy car in January. Until recently, the industry was focused matic difference to Huiming’s operations. East,” said Shen. cargo Photos provided to China Daily have designed almost exclusively on making furniture for “In the past, the furniture needed first to be Nankang’s furniture makers are likely to distribution achievements a coordinated the Chinese market. In 2014, only three com- taken to a seaport by truck, and then exported reap further benefits in the coming years in science ... Provincial GDP grew 9 percent to 1.8 trillion of non-mainland investment. There were more tourism, agriculture panies in the district sold products abroad. to other countries by sea,” said Zeng. as Ganzhou Port continues to improve its center for the yuan ($270.2 billion) last year, with industrial than 11,000 Hong Kong-funded companies in the development But that all changed in 2016 with the open- Now, cargo trains can transport Huiming’s transport links. The failure of added value hitting 780 billion yuan, also increas- province by the end of 2016 and about 80 new By zhang zhao and David Blair we cut all the trees?” said villager Lu introduce an industrial project. They environment. The city has set up a high- via official websites and social media. ing of Ganzhou Port, an inland logistics hub goods directly from Ganzhou Port to major New rail connections linking Ganzhou Belt and Road A technician works at the LED encapsulation workshop of LatticeLighting, a company funded by Quality inspectors check the newly produced LED bulbs in a company in Yushan county, Jiangxi ing 9 percent from 2015. The high-tech sector ones were approved in the first four months of map to let [email protected] Xiancheng. also consider the environmental effects. tech zone focusing on new materials, tra- An environmental and resource crime located just a few kilometers from Nankang. seaports including Shenzhen in Guangdong Port directly with Russia and Central Asian LatticePower. Shi Yukun / for China Daily province. zhuo zhongwei / for China Daily foreigners does accounted for more than 30 percent of the total this year. Lu and his two brothers operate an In 2015, a company wanted to invest ditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceuti- investigation division was set up under The port has made it much easier and province and Xiamen in Fujian province, countries, including Kazakhstan and Kyr- Initiative.” industrial added value. In one of Jiangxi’s most recent overseas invest- Jiangxi rise in Decades ago, residents of Changshui inn and sell local specialties, such as 18 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) to build a cal manufacturing, big data and logistics. the police authority of Qianshan county cheaper for companies in this landlocked part reducing costs significantly. gyzstan, opened earlier this year. For the first time the service industries contrib- ment attraction campaigns, held in early June in village in northern Jiangxi province’s honey and fruits, which are popular thermal power plant in Zixi county. But Farmers are also required to use in February, the first of its kind in the Xu Bing, vice-mayor of not mean the of China to export their goods, and businesses Ganzhou Port is also able to handle all the In August, the port inaugurated its most A workshop of Jiangxi Copper Corp in Guixi. provided to China Daily Technicians work at a production line of Jiangxi Risun Solar Energy. Provided to China Daily uted more than 40 percent to GDP. Hong Kong, 300 projects were promoted, which a ‘green’ way, Wuning county made a living by cutting among the tourists. before formal negotiations started, the organic fertilizers and are not allowed province. Ganzhou have been swift to take advantage of the new necessary customs clearance procedures, ambitious rail route yet, connecting Ganzhou Chinese will fail, “Technological innovation is the key to nurturing were worth more than 700 billion yuan in total. trees. Today, they earn more money by Throughout Jiangxi, cities and coun- local environmental protection authority to raise livestock along streams or lakes. In Shangrao, major tourism sites, opportunities available. which simplifies the export process signifi- with Warsaw in Poland. Market-leading LED cluster established in Nanchang new driving forces of development, which used to The provincial government said it believes the integrating taking care of trees. ties are pushing green development launched an investigation and found the Zhang said that farmers actually wel- including the Sanqing Mountain and More than 300 manufacturers in Nankang cantly, said Zeng. Ganzhou’s vice-mayor, Xu Bing, expects too.” be a shortcoming of Jiangxi,” Liu told People’s Daily. environment is the greatest advantage and wealth economic and With a landscape featuring more hills by conserving and strengthening their project would cause harm. So the county come these restrictions because they Wuyuan area, attracted 78.6 million visi- are now involved in foreign trade and the “These changes save us about 10 million the port to open more rail links in the near Jiang Fengyi, vice-president He said the government has carried out a series for Jiangxi. The province has 63.1 percent for- than farmland, the village has conduct- lakes and streams, green hills and blue government rejected the project. lower their capital costs and allow them tors in the first half of this year, increasing district’s furniture is being sold in 100 differ- yuan a year in logistics costs,” Zeng said. future. By zhang zhao ogy’s Technology Review magazine. of Nanchang University and of policies to encourage innovation, including est coverage and is home to 910,000 hectares of ed forestry industry reforms since about skies. But different from many other Similarly, the Ganzhou government to sell their products at higher prices. 32.6 percent from the same period last A train of the Nanchang-Jiujiang intercity express runs over Yongxiu Bridge. environmental ent countries across the world. Huiming now sells its bookcases to about “We shall fully capitalize on the port’s The company achieved revenue of more research leader of the GaN/Si increased investment and awards, mechanisms wetlands. 10 years ago, shifting the focus from tra- regions in China that focus on treat- rejected a building material factory last Many farmers can also attract eco-tour- year. Tourism revenue rose to 68.2 billion The line opened on Sept 20, 2010. song jianming / for china Daily The boom in exports helped the district’s 70 countries, including the United States, advantages to build Ganzhou into an inter- Jiang Fengyi, vice-president of Nan- 860 100 than 860 million yuan ($128.9 million) LED project for cooperation between companies and research Energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP benefits.” ditional farming and forestry to tourism. ment after pollution, Jiangxi is seeking year, even though it wanted to invest ists to their villages. yuan, up 32.4 percent year-on-year. furniture industry grow 15.9 percent year-on- France, Argentina and Chile. national cargo distribution center for the 102 chang University, showed no surprise or million yuan billion yuan last year, increasing 13.7 percent year-on- institutions, restructuring research teams and the produced reduced 22 percent last year from 2012. Wuning’s magnificent lakes and greater value from its already excellent 500 million yuan and promised high As a national pilot smart city, cen- In Shangrao’s Dexing area, the gov- Lu Xinshe, Party chief of year in 2016, pushing the industry’s annual For smaller companies such as JiaYouErNv, Belt and Road Initiative,” pledged Xu. billion yuan excitement when he learned his GaN/Si revenue of LatticePower in 2016 expected annual revenue of the LED year. Its CEO Wang Min said the com- introduction of top personnel. “We want accelerated economic growth on one mountains are drawing tourists from natural environment. revenue and tax payments. tral Jiangxi’s Xinyu is attempting smart ernment has introduced a household LED project became the only first prize industry in Nanchang by 2020 pany’s fast growth has benefited from the Jiangxi’s companies, organizations and individu- hand and a well-preserved environment on the Jiangxi province around the world. Many European Forests cover 63.1 percent of the prov- Each governmental unit in Jiangxi has environment protection by establishing waste treatment service that is com- revenue of the furniture winner of the National Technology Inven- GaN/Si LED technology, but its business als filed more than 60,000 patent applications last other,” said Lu. “We have designed a coordinated tourists come for an annual art festi- ince. Energy consumption per unit of set up an ecology office to push green eco- a real-time emission and consumption monly seen in urban areas to the coun- industry in Nankang tion Awards in early 2016. has not stopped at simply producing the year, up 65.9 percent from 2015. The growth rate development map to let Jiangxi rise in a ‘green’ way, Cars roll off a production line of Changhe Automobile. val. In the stunning mountain valley of GDP produced has reduced by 22 per- nomic development and improve people’s monitoring network for the city’s pollut- tryside. It invested more than 17 million district in 2016 Born in 1963 from a peasant family in “Although Jiangxi is a less developed Jiang said that foreign teams had con- material itself. topped the nation. At the same time, more than integrating economic and environmental benefits.” Changshui, the government policies are cent over the past five years. livelihoods through innovative policies. ing companies, as well as its high-energy yuan to hire professional companies to Yugan county, Jiangxi province, Jiang has province, I believe it can make some ducted researches on the GaN/Si technol- It has carried out R&D on many LED- 1,200 31,000 patents were approved, up 30.3 percent — Governor Liu said the province is developing drawing migrants to return from big The local governments in Jiangxi do Zhang Wei, director of the ecology consuming companies and public build- collect and remove waste in Dexing. a life philosophy of “more light, less heat” world-class achievements in science,” ogy for many years before them, but had based devices and applications since 2013 experiments three times the national average growth. green industries, such as modern agriculture, 11k cities to start businesses. not see economic benefit as the sole office of Fuzhou city, said the mayor and ings. Data for air and drinking water — just like the aim he set for his research Jiang said. “It is never smooth going failed and given up. and now owns a series of subsidiaries cov- before Jiang’s team Research and development expenditure in the healthcare and ecological tourism, and at the same “What would attract the tourists if criterion when deciding to approve or other leaders are focusing strongly on the quality is also automatically publicized Wang Jian contributed to this story. 100 projects. He explained that he will do more undertaking scientific research. We have “The failure of foreigners does not mean ering the entire supply chain of the LED succeeded in developing province accounted for 1.1 percent of GDP. time transforming traditional industries such as companies the blue LED tech countries practical work and never get dizzy with to find the right path and be brave enough the Chinese will fail, too,” Jiang said. business. The total import and export volume of Jiangxi the iron and steel, nonferrous metals and building in Jiangxi were Hong Kong- where the furniture success, like an ideal LED bulb that gives to innovate.” After more than 3,000 experiments, the “In addition, thanks to the Light Valley increased from $33.4 billion to $40.1 billion over material businesses to make them more environ- funded at the end of 2016 produced in Nankang as much light and releases as little heat as After that, Jiang turned his eyes to a Chinese proprietary LED became a success policy, many LED companies have been the past five years, and high-tech products have mentally friendly. have been sold possible to be energy efficient. more challenging subject. in 2006. attracted to Nanchang, which is becom- seen increasing shares in the exported goods mar- In mid June, the State Council decided to estab- He added that the purpose of the “Before 2002, our LED research had They have also commercialized the ing an industry cluster as we had hoped,” ket, according to the provincial statistics authority. lish five national pilot zones for green finance, and research is not to win an award. been following the Japanese and the Unit- technology by seeking investors interna- Wang said. 3,000 An open economy requires inclusive minds, one of them is the Ganjiang New District in Jiangxi. In 1993, Jiang began his LED research in ed States’ technical paths, and achieved tionally to found LatticePower Corp in According to the Light Valley policy, experiments cooperation and innovation, Liu said at a related The new district is a “golden brand” for the 60k the newly founded Materials Science Insti- a moderate level of success,” said Jiang’s the same year. issued in early 2016 by the provincial gov- before Jiang’s team conference in June. He called for an improved province’s development and will promote its rich tute of Nanchang University. He expected student Wang Li. He added that the previ- “Many technologies that perform well ernment, Nanchang will be built into a developed China’s market system, a well-established foreign inves- ecological resources to the market to attract capital, applications the team would have made some break- ous research had laid a solid foundation for in the lab will show problems when indus- national LED industry center with global proprietary LED tors management mechanism and greater trade said Liu. The area will develop an environment- for patents filed by Jiangxi throughs in blue LED technology in 300 their own innovation. trialized,” said Liu Junlin, a key member competitiveness in R&D, manufacturing facilitation. related new economy, focusing on emerging indus- companies, organizations experiments, but after 300 experiments he Jiang’s team started research and devel- in the research team. and application. Lu Xinshe, Party chief of the province, said: tries and the modern service sector. and individuals in 2016 found they were not even close to it — and opment on the GaN/Si LED in 2003, the As a successful example of integrating The industry in Nanchang is expected “Jiangxi will actively take the opportunities created 90 percent of their budget had been used. world’s third commercial LED lighting research, education and industrializa- to generate revenue of 100 billion yuan by the Belt and Road Initiative and globalization to Contact the writer at zhangzhao@chinadaily. He worked even harder and after 1,200 technology, after the development of tion, LatticePower was listed as one of the by 2020. open its economy to other regions in China and the com.cn. A worker assembles vans at a factory of Jiangling Motors. A bird’s view of a terraced field in Jiangxi. P hotos provided to China Daily Tourists from China and overseas harvest oranges in Xinyu. Two children play at Qianshan Wetland Park in Fenyi county. experiments, he succeeded in the develop- sapphire-based LED in Japan and silicon Global Top 50 Innovative Companies 2011 outside world.” An employee at Huiming Group checks particleboard production equipment. Provided to china daily ment of blue LED tech in 2000. carbide-based LED in the US. by the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- Wang Jian contributed to this story. Hong Kong is one of Jiangxi’s major sources Wang Jian contributed to this story. S5-8 Supplement Friday, September 8, 2017 CHINA DAILY

Jingdezhen: Lushan Mountain: A world center for the One of the best-known mountains in Wuyuan: Revolutionary past porcelain industry, best Known as one of the “most beautiful China and a UNESCO World Heritage site. known for its local blue countryside areas in China” with and white ceramics. well-preserved ancient Chinese inspires the future architecture.

By Xiang Wenjian “My grandfather was a renowned public in the city after it was decommis- Sanqing Mountain: [email protected] squire in Qianshan (a county-level city million 2 sioned in 2016, serving in the Chinese A mountain with Taoist in Jiangxi), but my father didn’t opt for navy for 34 years. number of visitors to the Nanchang Uprising Zhelin Lake: cultural background, a In a modest apartment at Jiangxi Nor- the carefree life he was endowed with. Memorial Museum every year The short film The Place Where the mal University, Fu Xiuyan, former presi- Instead, at a young age he decided on Army Flag Rises — depicting the story of The largest man- UNESCO World Heritage dent of the school, celebrates the 90th his goal of overthrowing the powers of the uprising and birth of the PLA — is cur- made lake in China site and a Global anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising darkness and fighting for happiness and we usually have to be stricter with our rently being screened across the sleek sur- and a national forest Geopark. with his family. justice for the poor,” Fu said in an exclu- conduct. We might not be heroes with faces of 296 city buildings every evening. Lushan Mountain park, home to nearly A village in Wuyuan The World Capital of As a descendant of a Nanchang Upris- sive interview with China Daily. great accomplishments, but we want to Nearly 2 million people visit the Nan- 1,000 islands. ing revolutionary hero, the celebrations As a member of the CPC, Xu took part be people of kindness, truthfulness and chang Uprising Memorial Museum every carry an even more special meaning for in the Nanchang Uprising and the War integrity like him.” year. Roughly 21,000 visited on August 1, Fu and his two siblings. of Resistance against Japanese Aggres- Fu’s family gathering is one of the according to Wang Xiaoling, curator of On Aug 1, 1927, the Communist Party sion (1931-45). After the founding of the more humble celebrations next to the the museum. Guifeng (Turtle Peak): of China staged the first armed revolt People’s Republic of China, Xu taught dazzling array of activities to mark the Nanchang has gained its fame for its Nanchang: Provincial capital. Famous tourist Part of the UNESCO World against the Kuomintang in Nanchang, at Jiangxi Normal University and later historical event in Nanchang, known as glorious Red history, and a 90-year anni- Heritage site China Danxia capital city of East China’s Jiangxi prov- passed away aged 101. the City of Heroes. versary celebration is certainly necessary, attractions include August 1st Square, Pavilion of Prince Teng, Poyang Lake Longhu Mountain: Landform. It looks like a turtle ince, marking the foundation of the Peo- “My father was very lucky to survive On the evening of July 31, more than according to Fu. raising its head. ple’s Liberation Army. those turbulent times and he never 100,000 Nanchang residents descended “However, what is more important is (largest freshwater lake in China), Meiling Typical China Danxia Landform, a Fu’s father, Xu Xianzhao, took part in betrayed his original faith of fighting for upon the newly refurbished August 1st for people to inherit the valuable legacy Mountain and the archaeological site of UNESCO World Heritage site and the revolt and witnessed the Sanheba the poor like his peers, including Fang Square and Memorial to celebrate this of the revolutionary heroes, in particular the tomb of Marquis Haihun. a Global Geopark. Battle led by legendary general Zhu De Zhimin, Yuan Yubing and Huang Dao,” great event in China’s revolutionary CPC members,” he added. two months later. Fu said. history. “Nowadays some CPC members talk a Born to a wealthy family in the north- When asked what he has learned A day after, China’s first-generation lot about clean governance and serving eastern part of Jiangxi, Xu joined the from his father, the 66-year-old profes- guided missile destroyer, which is the people, but actions speak louder than Communist Party of China in 1925. sor smiled and said: “As his children, named after Nanchang, opened to the words,” Fu said. Fuzhou: Main battle field of the fourth and fifth counter-campaign against Encirclement and Suppression in Best travel routes the Central Soviet Area the world, plus tourists come to take advantage of the drama productions and The Nanchang Uprising memorial tower at the August 1st Square in Nanchang Guifeng Porcelain, white gold art forms see renaissance thanks to The Bard of Jiangxi celebrated to see the historical sites, officials said. in Jiangxi Lang Daoxian, deputy director of the Department of Culture of Jiangxi prov- Blue line: A tour of natural beauty and local cultures Nanfeng: local cultural protection measures, David Blair reports. By David Blair for the love of a scholar she saw in a ince, said that investments in tourism can Red line: A review of revolutionary history dream. She is later restored to life by have a multiplier effect to reduce poverty Former headquarters of the The city of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, his love. Tang’s work reflects the values and to boost green growth. Tourism gives first front of the Red Army. Revenue of porcelain industry in Jingdezhen, 2005-15 is preparing furiously for the upcom- and views of the Confucian scholarly people business opportunities in accom- (Unit: billion yuan) Key procedures of ing Tang Xianzu International Arts class of the Ming Dynasty. modation, food and sightseeing. During 2005 Exchange, which will be held from Sept Last year, the city completed the Tang the construction period, there are many Ji’an: 24 through the end of October. About Xianzu Memorial Museum to commem- job opportunities. Tourists who stay on 2006 20 performing arts troupes from China orate Tang’s life and work, along with nearby farms can boost farmers’ incomes. The Sanwan Jingdezhen porcelain making and the United Kingdom will perform that of Shakespeare and Cervantes. Also, Plus, cultural tourism is a key way to sup- Reorganization in 1927 2007 marked the start of the in Fuzhou, including TNT Theatre on an island in the Fuhe River, a gor- port the province’s cultural heritage. 2008 Britain, Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater geous new city park includes a tower According to Zhang Wei, director Communist Party of of Jiangsu province and the National like the one in The Peony Pavilion and a of the Office of Ecology of Fuzhou, all China’s leadership of 2009 Peking Opera Company, staging pieces statue of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, development in the city is being shaped the army adapted from the works of Tang and the lovers in the play. of both playwrights are being performed to be environmentally friendly and Ruijin: 2010 William Shakespeare. Archeologists are excavating the site in both countries. The Leeds University sustainable. A high-tech park focuses Capital of the Soviet 2011 Tang Xianzu was a Ming Dynasty of Tang’s family tombs and the city is Tang-Shakespeare Project has even com- on attracting clean, high-value added Republic of China, the (1368-1644) official and writer who is restoring the nearby magnificent Yulong bined the two artists’ work in a new play industries with a skilled workforce. first regime founded 2012 best known as a playwright. Fuzhou Longevity Palace, which existed in Tang’s called A Midsummer Night’s Dreaming Zhang said that Fuzhou is called the by the Communist 2013 was his hometown. Coincidentally, he time and includes a stage similar to the Under the Southern Bough. “hometown of talent” because it has Party of China. died in the same year, 1616, as Shake- kind on which Tang’s plays might have The cultural heritage left by Tang is the best public primary and secondary A performance showing the Red Army’s history and battles in Jinggang Mountain in the 1920s The site of the conference hall of the former Soviet Republic of China in Ruijin 2014 speare and Miguel Cervantes, the been performed. playing a big part in improving the lives schools in Jiangxi. Xingguo: Spanish author of Don Quixote. President Xi Jinping described Tang of Fuzhou’s people today, and the local Agriculture, which has dominated the Main battle field of 2015 Tang is best known for a cycle of four as the “Shakespeare of the East” during government sees the investment in the local economy, is becoming greener by Jinggang Mountain: the third and fifth 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 related plays called The Four Dreams a state visit to the UK in 2015. Subse- protection of the heritage as a key part of reducing chemical usage and prohibit- Birthplace of the Chinese counter-campaign Tax from porcelain industry in Jingdezhen, 2005-15 of Linchuan. Of these, the best known quently, Fuzhou signed a memorandum its green development strategy. ing pollution of water sources. Tourism Red Army, predecessor of the against Encirclement Yudu: is The Peony Pavilion, which tells the of cooperation with Stratford-upon-Avon Cultural resources can draw highly forms the basis of a service economy, People’s Liberation Army. Troops (Unit: million yuan) and Suppression in the Staging area of the story of a young girl who dies pining last September. Productions of the work educated people from around China and he added. led by Mao Zedong and Zhu De Central Soviet Area. Red Army before 2005 1. Shaping joined here in April 1928. the Long March. 3. Glazing 2006 A ball of clay is placed in the center of a 2. Fixing 2007 turntable. When the turntable rotates, Both the inside and outside the clay is pressed, squeezed and pulled The roughly shaped earthenware is of the earthenware are 2008 gently upwards and outwards into a polished to be evenly thick. glazed to make it smooth. Mountain’s new roads, farmland beat poverty 2009 hollow shape. n English, the word for fine porcelain is ‘china’. Since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), around 2,000 years ago, the Chinese gardens and the buildings are zen- 2010 city of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province has been a center of the art and skills needed to make the vases and tableware inspired. Many entrepreneurial companies making high-end ceramics are based there. By Xiang Wenjian even a dirt road connecting the village to measures treated each family individually workers in Guangzhou more than 600 2011 coveted by European royalty and on display in museums around the world. Jingdezhen china was so valuable Europe- For example, 75-year-old porcelain art- the outside world. Combined with the according to its specific needs, providing kilometers away, have returned home to ist and chemist Deng Xiping has expand- The newly-built roads wind steadily mountainous landscape, unsuitable for a more targeted system for people to get help her run the family homestay busi- 2012 ans called it ‘white gold’. Now, Jingdezhen is not just preserving this heritage. The city is investing to make cultivating ed on Jingdezhen’s traditions to develop up the mountainside through dense standard farming, it was very difficult back on track. ness and sell local specialties. 2013 5. Firing its living tradition part of a strategy to upgrade its economy and to help fulfill the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) goal for her own glazes. Her works are collected bamboo forest, at the end of which is for locals to earn any money at all. On top of financial subsidies, the local Peng’s family is not the only one to by international museums and she once Shenshan village, with a huddled cluster “At that time, we would make chop- government invested in local infrastruc- have benefited and prospered from the 2014 Ceramic wares are heated China to become an ecological civilization. made a piece for US president George of white-walled houses in traditional sticks out of wild bamboo and trek for ture, especially roads, so that transport policy — thousands of people in hun- to about 1,300 C in a kiln for I 2015 H.W. Bush. style, nestled between the broad green three to four hours over the mountains in in and out of the village would become dreds of villages across the Jinggangshan 24 hours to permanently set Partly, Jingdezhen’s advantages came The industrial museum preserves the ist, said: “China is investing in Jingdezhen Taoxichuan, said the city’s culture gives Wang Shangbin makes translucent shoulders of the mountains. the early morning, just to get to the near- easier, so making the business of com- region have been lifted out of poverty. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 from natural resources: the pine trees memory of how ceramics were made because it is an investment in what it more and more opportunities to young celadon and Jiu Duan produces very large The roads are just a fitting metaphor est market by 9 am,” Peng said. merce and trade easier. By the end of 2016, there were a total their shapes. that were originally used to fire the kilns decades or even centuries ago, while a means to be Chinese.” people. “The goal is to develop a new kind pieces for hotels, offices and parks. Hong for the economic progress of Shenshan: Even so, the slender income made from Cooperatives were also introduced, of 1,417 people in Jinggangshan living and the white clay, known as kaolin, that high-tech center explores the role of 3-D Saint Mbembo, from the Democratic of living style for China and the world,” he Runbao makes high-quality reproduc- It has taken time, but through hard graft, selling chopsticks would hardly cover the and in 2016, Peng’s and 20 other poverty- below the poverty line, a huge drop com- is essential to make the highest quality printing. A nearby university specializes Republic of the Congo, said that he had said, adding that it should be comfortable, tions of historical masterpieces. investment and determination, the once costs for basic necessities, including food. affected households, joined forces with pared with the 16,934 people recorded porcelains. But, much more importantly, in teaching and researching ceramics. always been interested in ceramics and healthy and low-carbon. “Green develop- These porcelain entrepreneurs, and poverty-stricken village in the East China What made things worse for Peng was the help of the government to grow tea in 2014. both now and in imperial times, was the Each Saturday, the park holds a fair where wanted to come to China as the center of ment takes less from nature and gives many others in the park, make products province of Jiangxi, has turned a corner. that her husband suffered an accident and yellow peaches on allotted farmland. In Shenshan, 20 poverty-affected cluster of highly skilled craftsmen, design- students sell their productions. the art. Also, China offered scholarships more to nature.” in such high demand that they sell for Shenshan is just one of many villages at work as a young man, in the wake of Not just relying on government sup- households have already risen out of ers and businesspeople who have always Each day, Taoxichuan attracts 7,000 to and opportunities not available in West- Around 20 years ago, the air in Jingde- tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan. in Jinggangshan area — home to the which they could no longer afford to send port, in the same year, Peng opened a poverty with per capita income reaching given a vibrant energy to the city. 10,000 tourists. ern countries, he added. zhen was severely polluted because the Liu said that the new business model of Communist Party of China’s first rural their three children to school. family homestay business offering visitors 7,760 yuan ($1,177.8) annually, far above 4. Decoration The city has invested 600 million yuan Ceramics artists from all over the world Some Jingdezhen families jealously kilns were all fired with coal. The govern- the city is to move up-market, encourag- revolutionary base established in 1927 However in 2014, things began to look to the village a place to relax and enjoy the country’s poverty line of 2,300 yuan, Traditional patterns include blue flowers, ($90 million) in converting an old factory are drawn to the park. Ryan Labar, a Unit- guard skills that have been passed down ment mandated a switch to natural gas, ing designers and artists to produce high- — to have lifted its residents above the up with the introduction of the precision locally produced food, or even a place to according to Huang Chengzhong, the district, called Taoxichuan, to a center for ed States artist with a studio in the park, from generation to generation. Young resulting in air quality that is among the quality products that represent the city’s poverty line. poverty alleviation policy rolled out by the lodge while visiting the popular nearby village’s Party chief. curved lines and characters. producing, researching, and selling por- said: “Taoxichuan has a creative energy people from those families can make very highest in the nation today. heritage and that command high prices in Peng Xiaying, 50, a farmer who has central government. tourist attraction of Huangyangjie. “We have come out of the poverty mire celain. The remodeling and development that makes you want to invest here. If good salaries free-hand drawing or carv- The city also built the Mingfanyuan the world’s market. lived in Shenshan her whole life, wit- Unlike previous policies which aimed The new poverty alleviation policy already, and in the next step, we shall was designed by an international team of you don’t have that, you are dead in the ing traditional scenes onto porcelain. ceramics industrial park, covering 67 nessed firsthand its transformation. to treat poverty across the whole society has given Peng a foothold. Thanks to it explore more ways to achieve moderate architects to create a pleasant, but intel- studio.” Liu Zili, the board chairman of the hectares at a cost of 4 billion yuan. To a Contact the writer at davidblair@ She said that before 2002, there wasn’t with one broad brush stroke, the new her two sons, who used to be migrant prosperity,” Huang said. lectually stimulating site. Similarly, Ryan Mitchell, also a US art- State-owned company that developed visitor, the outside areas look like elegant chinadaily.com.cn Plum blossom vase from the Qianlong period (1736-96) Guiguzi Downhill Qing Dynasty culture during the Zhou Dynasty (11th of camphor wood. He makes masks for Blue and white jar Masterpieces of century - 256 BC). more than 20 villages in Jiangxi and Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) The life of Nuo Originally, Nuo developed as a religious nearby Fujian province, and has carved Jingdezhen porcelain ritual to scare away evil spirits and pro- thousands throughout his long career. I could not have anticipated the inten- mote good harvests, but now it is a cultur- Other fascinating places can be found Celadon and white sity of the traditional Nuo dancing, gath- al heritage and ceremony found through- Blue and white double in a culture center in Nanfeng. Sculptor porcelain David Blair ered in a small, ancient Taoist temple in out many mountainous areas of China. Wang Xici carves unique items according dragon pattern vat from the Song dynasty (960-1279) reporter’s the center of Shiyou. Nuo dancing has been presented in to the natural flow of the pieces of wood Jiajing period (1522-66) log The ceremony began with the drum- many cities throughout China and the or rock. Xie Zhenhua makes gorgeous ming of 78-year-old Luo Huiwu. No world. The government encourages its celadon porcelain, at reasonable prices. Ming Dynasty Doucai chicken cup video can show what it’s like to be presentation and development. For exam- Zou Lanying and her son Hu Rihui from the Chenghua lue skies and green hills were immersed in the reverberations from ple, Luo Huiwu receives a small stipend display a truly stunning collection of por- period (1465-87) the first things your correspon- the drum and cymbal. Then, the masked of 9,000 yuan ($1,365) a year for his work celain from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) dent saw when approaching dancers charge through the door. Each in preserving the art. In 2006, the State that any museum would be proud to own. Ming Dynasty Shiyou village in Nanfeng mask is a well-known character to the Council, China’s cabinet, approved Nan- Xiao Yi, secretary of the Party commit- countyB of Fuzhou in eastern Jiangxi village and each dance tells a story. feng Nuo dancing as a national intangible tee of Fuzhou, summed up the critical province. Then, the small sweet manda- Nuo dancing is as much drama as pure cultural heritage. importance of these cultural treasures: rin oranges drew my attention, though, dance. In the nearby city of Nanfeng, we “Culture is the root of Fuzhou. In the unfortunately, they were not quite ripe Historians say that the Nuo ceremony visited the workshop of Zhang Yixiang, new round of green economic develop- in late August. There were so many first arose in the very ancient Shang a master sculptor who has been carving ment, building an ecological civilization, happy children, gathering to see what Dynasty (16th-11th centuries BC) and Nuo masks since 1988. With amazing Fuzhou’s good ecology, as well as its deep was happening. rose to a prominent role in Chinese skill, he swiftly carves a face into a block history and culture are great advantages.”