What is the significance of advocating and carrying forward Ningbo spirit to Ningbo's economic and social development?

First of all, let me talk about the spirit of Ningbo. Urban spirit is first of all the spirit and soul of a city, and it is essentially the embodiment of the core of spiritual civilization of a city. We should realize that this spirit can not be formed overnight, but through long-term accumulation and cultural accumulation. In a sense, urban spirit is the cultural spirit of a city. It can be said that a country has strong and weak culture; A city is judged by its culture. For example, whether a person's quality is high or not is also reflected through culture. Therefore, the urban spirit is indeed the soul of the city. For example, what is the urban spirit of new york? There are four more sentences. The urban spirit of new york City in the United States is "high integration, excellent creativity, strong competitiveness and extraordinary resilience". This is also accumulated through long-term cultivation. For example, your integration is very high. The United States is an immigrant country and must have a strong integration. In our words, it is indeed everywhere; Outstanding creativity, it attracts many excellent elements in the world, and these excellent elements live in the United States through immigration. It has strong creativity and competitiveness. With integration and competition, there is a kind of competitiveness. Another example is Paris, France. Hearing Paris reminds people that Paris is the capital of fashion and culture, so the spirit of this city is a unique charm condensed through long-term cultivation. So do we have such a unique charm in Ningbo? What is the urban spirit of Ningbo? We sum up the city of Ningbo into four sentences: port city, shopping center, famous city and green city. The city spirit of Ningbo has eight words, that is, "honesty, pragmatism, openness and innovation". After listening to this, the students seem to think that these eight characters are not strong in personality, and they can be used in any city and any unit. But as a kind of urban spirit, urban culture, as I said just now, it took a long time to refine the spirit of Ningbo. Needless to say, ten years can be said to be ten years of sharpening a sword and ten years of tempering. Finally, this year, these eight words were produced by citizens and netizens voting and respecting public opinion. Therefore, these eight words are more cordial and acceptable to everyone in Ningbo. Why? Because it has profound connotation.

I will briefly talk about the spirit of Ningbo in these eight words, so that students can further explore their experience and development.

The first aspect of Ningbo spirit is honesty. Treating people with sincerity is inseparable from the culture of Ningbo, especially the business culture. Since ancient times, Ningbo has been a city that pays great attention to honesty. I have read some books. There are many schools in Ningbo in history, including Siming School, Dong Zhe School and so on. Although these schools are different in all aspects, they have one thing in common, that is, they are based on honesty, which is consistent. Therefore, honesty has such a historical origin and cultural foundation. When it comes to keeping promises, we must say Ningbo Gang, because Ningbo Gang developed with its reputation and influenced the whole world. Ningbo gang is quite influential. The spirit of "honesty" in Ningbo Gang's business reflects an enduring trend of Ningbo Gang's business culture. The teacher told the students about historical events. Historically, there were many chambers of commerce in China, such as Huizhou merchants, Guangdong merchants, Fujian merchants and Ningbo gangs. These chambers of commerce are constantly changing in the long river of historical development, and some chambers of commerce have died out in modern times, even in modern times and not long ago. For example, a chamber of commerce in Anhui Province first investigated and dealt with it when Premier Zhu was in office a few years ago, but it disappeared after counterfeiting. Now there are two well-known business gangs, one is Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce and the other is Ningbo Gang. The year before last, Wenzhou held a World Wenzhou People's Congress to summarize the spirit of Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce. At that time, it was said that they were more afraid of Ningbo gang. Compared with these two chambers of commerce, Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce is more afraid of Ningbo Gang. Why? In other words, the influence of Ningbo Gang is relatively large, which is not only the atmosphere and self-confidence of the strong business culture mentioned above, but also the cultivation of an enduring spirit of business culture, the core of which is embodied in honesty. Then, many people in history have fully affirmed and evaluated Ningbo's integrity spirit. For example, when Dr. Sun Yat-sen came to Ningbo, he once gave the Ningbo gang such an evaluation: Where there is a port and a bustling commercial place in China, there can be no career for Ningbo people. Even in Europe, there are footprints of Ningbo people everywhere, which shows the influence and great power of Ningbo integrity. Comrade Mao Zedong once gave instructions to the Ningbo gang. At that time, he proposed to protect the property of the masses of small capitalists of Ningbo Gang, and Deng Xiaoping explicitly proposed to unite Ningbo Gang around the world to build Ningbo. So last year, we held a meeting of Ningbo Gang to further refine and summarize the spirit of Ningbo Gang and help us to better carry forward the spirit of honesty and professionalism and do our current work well. Among them, Ningbo University is also the generous donation of Ningbo gang, which has such a good environment and atmosphere.

The second aspect of Ningbo spirit is pragmatism. The first is a kind of seeking truth from facts. In Ningbo, it means keeping a low profile and keeping quiet. Pragmatic Ningbo people have long been influenced by the East Zhejiang School, emphasizing seeking truth from facts. The core idea of East Zhejiang School is "applying what you have learned". Pragmatism is the full embodiment of this philosophical thought. Many pragmatic historical figures have given high evaluation and explanation. For example, the influence of Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, on Ningbo people is described as follows: In the sunset, the sails are hanging high and people are eager to hear voices. This sentence "People and God don't have to worry" embodies the ancient and obscure labor spirit of Ningbo people. Rushing is struggling in the sea. After going out to sea, rowing is very fast. I can't say anything. I really do practical things in obscurity. According to the present words, I am working hard. It is with this spirit that Ningbo has developed today. In the past few years, the whole country has been arguing about how to develop. Many problems are being discussed. When people are arguing, we Ningbo people don't make public, but work hard. As the poem above said, I only do things, say less and do more, which is why I have such a first-Mover advantage today. Have a good foundation for development. So some people say that Ningbo is really a place where rich people are not exposed. I'm from the north, and the cultural differences between the north and the south are quite big. Northerners are more heroic and sometimes more ostentatious. For example, if he has 100 yuan in his pocket, he may immediately say that I have 100 yuan. We Ningbo people are not like this. I wonder how much money he has in his pocket (laughs). This is the cultural difference. It's possible that he has 100 yuan in his pocket, and he may just say that he only has 50 yuan, which means he doesn't argue for money. It is precisely because of the pragmatic spirit that we did seize some opportunities in the system reform in previous years, such as the reform of state-owned enterprises and the construction and cultivation of market economy. Therefore, being pragmatic in Ningbo is so worth pondering, thinking and accepting, and at the same time feel so cordial. When others argue, Ningbo has taken the lead. In a poem, "The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, but the canoe has passed Chung Shan Man".

The third aspect of Ningbo spirit is openness. The significance of openness is also very extensive. Openness embodies our broad and inclusive ocean-like mind and is the edification, continuation and development of marine culture. Opening-up embodies the spirit of embracing all rivers and absorbing all the fruits of world civilization with an open mind, and also embodies the characteristics of Ningbo people in history. Not to mention in modern times, Ningbo is a very open city and one of the four coastal open cities in our country.

The fourth aspect of Ningbo spirit is innovation. The reason why Ningbo people can develop their careers, go abroad, travel around the world and make a career is because they have the innovative spirit of focusing on pioneering and enterprising. Innovation is the root and soul of Ningbo, because innovation not only embodies the long-standing spirit of Ningbo, but also embodies the spirit and requirements of the times. If we used to rely on innovation to gain the advantages of today's development, then the future still depends on innovation. Only innovation can make Ningbo make continuous progress. So after what I have said here, the general meaning of "honesty, pragmatism, openness and innovation" is different in Ningbo. This spirit comes from the accumulation and edification of Ningbo's 7,000-year history. Therefore, this spirit is a kind of historical accumulation and cohesion with a profound historical background. Let me give you a number. From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were 2,432 scholars in Ningbo, including the champion 12. At that time, there were more than 80 academicians, including Tong Dizhou and Tan. Students have the opportunity to visit the ancient porcelain city, which will give you a lot of historical enlightenment and fully reflect the situation of the imperial examination at that time.

Ningbo spirit, on the one hand, is the inheritance and promotion of the Chinese national spirit, and it is the foundation and component of the Chinese national spirit, on the other hand, it comes from the great practice of reform and opening up, so I won't say much about it. Why do I have to be a propagandist today to promote the spirit of Ningbo in Ningbo University? Because most of the students here, I think, were born in Ningbo, and of course, some came from all over the country. At the same time, I am also thinking that every student has his own ambition and development goals, but I think that no matter where you come from, no matter where you are going in the future, you should remember the spirit of Ningbo and its important role in your development. Of course, the purpose of saying this is to hope that our students can stay in Ningbo more after graduation, or return to Ningbo after further study (some of them want to study abroad), because the construction of Ningbo needs you more. Ningbo spirit hopes that everyone can carry forward the inheritance and use Ningbo spirit to better promote the development of our various undertakings. Build our beautiful Ningbo better.