Development of Sanshan Island in Suzhou

From agricultural economy to national agricultural tourism demonstration sites. Step by step is difficult.

agricultural economy

Sanshan Island has always been dominated by the agricultural and commercial economy in which women farm at home and men go out to do business. 1969, collective economy, several production teams in each production team actively responded to Chairman Mao's "Agricultural Dazhai", built terraced fields around mountains, introduced oranges from Zhejiang and planted them in large quantities. The average citrus output of each production team is 50 tons. 1982, the member's dividend is the highest in Dongshan, 3.85 yuan/work. From 65438 to 0983, Sanshan Island was divided into fields and households, and the agricultural economy mainly producing flowers and fruits continued.

Long-haired rabbit, the "first bucket of gold" after the reform and opening up

In the mid-1980s, people all over the country were constantly "searching" for the Three Mountains. They are not here to travel, but to buy rabbit seedlings. That's weird. Why do these people come all the way here to buy? Besides, how did they know about this small island in Taihu Lake?

it's a long story

Rabbits have been raised in Sanshan Island for a long time, but they were all grass rabbits at that time, and their economic value was not great. Although there are no weasels and poisonous snakes on the island, which is very suitable for rabbits to breed, there are not many people raising them.

1980, villager Zhang Bainian raised rabbits for the first time, which he bought from Wujiang Miaogang with 1 3 yuan money. Because they can't cut their hair, they only sell rabbit seedlings to villagers and Dongshan people after breeding.

In the same year, Shen Guanghua and other three families also began to raise. Nanjing Foreign Trade Company gave them each 1 male rabbit, which was from West Germany. They are raised at home and cross with local rabbits. The coat color of the "next generation" is very good, and people in Zhejiang often buy it. They learn how to cut hair from Zhejiang people. At that time, the purchase price of rabbit hair was 102 yuan per catty, and Shen Guanghua raised more than 100 rabbits, and cut them five times a year, and each time they could sell 100 yuan. Coupled with the sale of rabbit seedlings, the income was very rich at that time. Soon, every household raised them, both cutting and selling seedlings, forming a certain scale.

1985, rabbit epidemic occurred in China, and rabbits died everywhere. Nanjing Academy of Agricultural Sciences developed rabbit plague vaccine, which controlled rabbit plague. The three mountains are unique, because they are isolated islands in the lake, so they are "isolated" and rarely infected by the outside world. Most rabbits are healthy. Zhang Lvnian, a villager, seized this great opportunity and published two advertisements in Farmers Daily, which attracted rabbit farmers from all over the country to rush to Suzhou, and then to Dongshan, all the way to Sanshan to buy rabbit seedlings. In this way, the three mountains of "Rabbit Island" are famous all over the world, and people all over the country are constantly looking for them. The farthest one comes from Urumqi, Xinjiang. The income of rabbit seedlings of Sanshan people soon greatly exceeded the income of rabbit hair shearing, and many "ten thousand households" appeared in rabbit raising families. It can be said that this is the "first bucket of gold" dug by Sanshan people after the reform and opening up. Many houses were built at that time.

However, in the late 1980s, the purchase price of rabbit hair in the international market fell all the way. It was not until the mid-1990s that 1 kg was sold in 20 yuan. However, feed prices are rising year by year; In addition, some people in Zhejiang collect rabbit hair, go back to spray water and sprinkle monosodium glutamate, which increases the weight and sells it to foreign trade companies. In this way, rabbit hair is easy to deteriorate, and the brand of Sanshan rabbit hair will be smashed, and foreign trade companies will not accept it. Rabbit, this "golden sideline" that has been booming in Sanshan for more than ten years is gone.

High Branch Grafting: Sanshan People Improve Citrus

In the late 1980s, villagers in Sanshan found that the local Dongting red oranges and Cantonese oranges were full of acid and seeds, and their sales were not smooth. Sanshan people improved it by grafting, including warm orange (seedless orange) and ponkan. As a result, the villagers in Sanshan mastered the grafting technology of oranges, and people from Dongting East and Xishan across the lake invited experts from Sanshan to help them carry out high-branch grafting and improve orange varieties. At that time, high-branch grafting technology was also regarded as a major sideline income of Sanshan villagers.

Island people set up factories: "Kai Guanchang"

In 1980s, the rural township industry in Suzhou flourished and reached its peak. Farmers benefit from it, and "no pains, no gains" has become a * * * knowledge. Sanshan people have also used their brains and run several factories.

In fact, there were factories on the island before the Cultural Revolution. This was originally a chaff mill. The reason is that the brigade bought a motorized sailboat to fetch water from farmland and stopped in the water stream in front of Niangniang Temple. In their spare time, they roll chaff with machines. Later, they opened a chaff mill at Qiaotou, which was in the charge of Xu Shui Gen and Wang Shoufa, and used hay to chaff for pig feed. Later, it was closed. During the Cultural Revolution, due to the shortage of drugs, the health station set up its own pharmaceutical factory, mainly producing traditional Chinese medicine injections.

During the development of Suzhou's township industry, the first village on Sanshan Island set up a factory was pesticide plant, a bakelite factory, which set up a factory from 1975 to 1978. The products are switch bakelite, factory director Yang Renfa and about 20 workers.

Later, Wuxian Youlian Organic Craft Factory produced plexiglass from 1983 to 1987. The factory director Qin and the invited master participated in the production of the crystal coffin.

Taihu Hardware Factory, a joint-stock factory, was renamed as watchcase factory from 1985 to 1993, with its director Xu.

Glass steel works, from 1977 to 198 1, produce FRP blackboards and FRP tiles. There are also private sewing machine parts factories.

Wuxian Sanlian typesetting factory, 1987 turn 1996. First, the factory is jointly organized by San Shancun, Shanghai No.3 Printing Factory and Dongshan Grain Management Institute. Later, it was combined with Suzhou Printing General Factory and renamed as a printing factory. Because of the lack of electricity in Sanshan Island, it moved to Dongshan, where the factory director Qin Jianping was.

Wuxian Simei Food Factory, 199 1 zhuan 1998, director Wu Huisheng. The first container exported from Suzhou to Japanese salted plum is the product of this factory. Because the factory environment is clean, the quality of plums is good, and the production technology is exquisite, the export is very strong in the first two years. Earned 6.5438+0.5 million in the first year, and everyone had a fever happily. The next year, it expanded its scale and built four new swimming pools. The appetite is big, and the green plums in Sanshan are not enough to "eat". I went to Xishan to collect it again, and I collected tens of thousands of loads, each of which was 3.58 yuan, which was the highest peak of the purchase price of green plums. But it is precisely because plums are mainly exported, with little domestic sales and low technical content that they are easy to start. Soon, there were more manufacturers, too many plums were produced, the Japanese market was surplus, the export channels were shrinking, and there was a large backlog of products. Simei factory lost 600 thousand and finally closed down.

Sanshan Island also opened a carpet factory and a silk reeling factory. It is really inappropriate to set up a factory on the island. The main reasons are that the island in the middle of the lake is isolated, the traffic is inconvenient, the transportation cost is high, it is very difficult to introduce projects and talents, and the funds, energy, information, technology and management are backward and lacking. Even if a traditional, workshop-style factory like a food factory has advantages in raw materials, technology and labor according to local conditions, the international market rises and falls because of the lack of information. Other industries are even less advantageous and difficult to survive.

Sanshan Island can't set up a factory and won't set up another factory, which is actually a good thing. First, it protects the ecological environment. As an administrative village without factories, Sanshan is the only "pure land" in Suzhou, and there is still no industrial pollution and motor vehicle exhaust. Secondly, it also forces Sanshan people to find another way to develop the "smokeless industry" that is most suitable for Sanshan: tourism.

Qi Xian Club: a "prelude" to the development of tourism.

1in late may, 1993, a large number of troops landed in sanshan, bringing with them many large-scale machinery: excavators, mixers, dump trucks, cranes, etc. At the same time, a large number of building materials such as steel bars, cement, bricks and tiles, yellow sand and stones "flooded" to the shore of the island. Since then, the roaring sound of machines and noisy voices have broken the leisurely and calm of Hudao ancient village for a hundred years.

On the morning of 28th, amid the hilarious sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers, Qi Xian Club, the first large-scale project in Sanshan history, broke ground.

This large project with a budget of 1000 million yuan only took two and a half months from negotiation to commencement. Wuxian Agriculture, Industry and Commerce Corporation (later renamed Qi Xian Group, the first group company in Jiangsu Province) and San Shancun Co., Ltd. are determined and enthusiastic about this project. "Qi Xian" contributed, and San Shancun took the land as a share to jointly develop the island tourism in the middle of the lake. This is a major turning point in the history of Sanshan's economic development: from the traditional closed agricultural natural economy to the modern and open industrialized economy with tourism as the mainstay.

However, after the project started, the progress of the project was not as smooth and fast as people expected. The reason is that Qi Xian Group has made mistakes in its own operation, the front line is too long and there are too many investment points, which leads to the shortage of funds. Moreover, Sanshan Island has inconvenient transportation and high transportation cost. In particular, there is no power supply, and construction and tourism management rely on diesel generators to "generate electricity by themselves", which is more expensive.

But Qi Xian Group is a local state-owned enterprise after all. They kept their promises and persisted in development despite difficulties. Yang Jingming, general manager of Qi Xian, once said: "Even if this project loses money, it will still lose money in Wuxian and stay in Sanshan." After half a year, the infrastructure was basically completed, and the club began to open and receive tourists from all over the world.

The president of the club is appointed by Yang Jinming himself; Wu Huisheng, secretary of the Party branch of San Shancun, is the vice chairman and deputy general manager. The general manager was recruited from abroad. The first Yang Deming was engaged in tourism in Spain, so he was hired heavily, and his monthly salary was as high as 10 thousand yuan, which was astronomical at that time. Yang Deming took office for one year and was replaced by Wu, the former head of Wuxian Bus Company. Two years later, Tang Jiandong, former secretary of dongshan town Youth League Committee, took over for one year.

In the mid-1990s, Qi Xian Club flourished for a year or two. At its best, its monthly profit exceeded 90,000 yuan. On the "Qi Xian Square" in the prime location of Wuxian City, the advertisements of "anti-aircraft guns" and "eat Qi Xian and play three mountains" stand tall and attract people's attention.

However, the good times did not last long. 1in the summer of 1997, the "Asian financial turmoil" broke out, and the state carried out macro-control, compressed investment and tightened monetary policy. In addition, Qi Xian Group's stall is too big, with more than 60 subsidiaries, which is already overwhelmed and difficult to survive. At that time, the capital chain broke and went bankrupt. Sanshan project was closed.

But as Yang Jinming said, "Lost in Wuxian, Stay in Sanshan"-the foundation of tourism development "Stay in Sanshan". Hardware: roads, bridges, scenic spots; Have software: the concept, knowledge and experience of tourism management; There is also popularity: huge advertising investment has made "Taihu Penglai, Three Mountains of Culture (the slogan at that time)" spread all over the Yangtze River Delta region and around the world. Therefore, people of insight in Sanshan agreed that although the "Qi Xian Club" was only a flash in the pan, as a prelude, it left a profound and beautiful "aftersound" in the minds of villagers and foreign tourists. Once the time is ripe, the tourism development of Sanshan will make a comeback!

A historic leap: electrification and four-in-one optical cable

Sanshan is the last administrative village with electricity in Suzhou.

As early as the middle and late 1970s, Suzhou had been electrified except Sanshan, which laid a solid foundation for vigorously developing township industries. At this time, Sanshan is still in the primitive and backward state of "no light and no power".

In June, 1977, the sister-in-law production team bought an 8 kW low-power diesel generator and began to "generate electricity by itself" for members to light at night. This "brightness" is the envy of other production teams. Soon, four other production teams also bought diesel engines to generate electricity. Dongting Stone Mine bought two black and white TV sets made in Poland. Later, the sister-in-law production team also bought a 2 1 inch black and white TV set and put it in the silkworm room for members to watch TV at night. As a result, people from other production teams came to "make trouble" and were overcrowded, so the "TV room" had to "suspend its opening". Later, all five production teams had "TV rooms", and the order improved at night.

With "self-power generation", every household has installed a radio speaker, which was installed by Ge Caixing, Qin Yongyuan and Pan Jinghua of Dongshan Radio Station. Household appliances have also begun to enter the "get rich first" family; 1994, the "microwave telephone" has also been opened. Although it is inconvenient because of "limited supply", this ancient island finally has some "modern civilization".

During the period from 1983 to 1984, the collective economic capacity of villages and groups weakened. There are more and more household appliances in the villagers, and the electricity consumption is several times as high as before, which makes the "self-power generation" of each group (when the brigade is changed to the village and the production team is reorganized) unsustainable. To this end, the village purchased a "50 kW" at 1983 for unified power supply in the village. In 1988, it purchased "75kW" again, and with the support of the county people's congress at that time, it obtained the "cheap oil" index of 12 tons per year for power generation.

However, the good times will not last long, and "self-power generation" is not a long-term solution after all. After the economic transition, cheap oil is getting less and less, the bargaining cost is too high, and only limited power supply can be provided, which not only affects the quality of life of villagers, but also seriously restricts the economic development of Sanshan. Therefore, around the 1990s, the village party branch made it a top priority and practical matter for the whole village to strive for early power supply. Through ten years' unremitting efforts, with the strong support of the superior government, relevant departments and enterprises, on June 5438+1October 18, 2000, the ancient village of Hudao finally ushered in a historic moment: electricity was turned on! "Four-in-one optical cable" was opened on March, 2006 18.

At this point, "everything is ready, only the east wind", the "east wind" of tourism development "only the east wind" has blown away, and Sanshan people have made a comeback.

Xing travel "happy farmhouse" le happy farmhouse

In June, 1983, cultural leaders from Suzhou and Wuxian came to Sanshan to meet with a group of related people to discuss the protection and development of Sanshan ancient human sites and scenic resources. Because the guest house in the village is too simple, the guests are scattered in the villagers' homes with better conditions. Twenty years later, some people called the accommodation mode of this conference the "origin" of Suzhou "farmhouse music".

At this time, because of the closure of quarrying mines, the "cooling" of Angola rabbits and the "separation and integration" of factories, where is the economic development road of Sanshan? The superiors and the outside world pay more and more attention to the ancient human sites, natural landscapes and human landscapes on the island, and more and more tourists come to the island spontaneously. All these have inspired and urged the San Shancun Party branch to turn its attention to developing economy to tourism.

But this requires huge investment, and it is a long-term investment, with slow effect and slow recovery, which is beyond the ability of ordinary people and ordinary enterprises. In the upsurge of developing export-oriented economy and introducing foreign capital in Suzhou at that time, Sanshan people contacted foreign businessmen many times. Rich, rich and unique tourism resources have really attracted many powerful overseas people of insight. They came to the island for investigation and negotiation, and some even made a detailed and thoughtful feasibility report, and held a board meeting on the island, determined to invest in Sanshan and develop tourism. However, due to the limitations of policies and concepts at that time, these "Sino-foreign cooperation" moves ended in vain.

However, village cadres have also increased their knowledge, broadened their horizons and strengthened their determination. On this basis, there was a later cooperative development with "Qi Xian".

Tourism development, advertising "bombing" tourists read the advertisement, remember, come; Many people came late. They don't know that the Qi Xian Club is closed. If you come, you have to eat and live. What should you do without a club? Sanshan people thought of the city and county cultural conference ten years ago, so they dealt with it accordingly, and the villagers with better accommodation were responsible for reception and control. "Nongjiale", a new tourism form spontaneously developed by farmers, took the lead in sprouting in Sanshan, an ancient village in Hudao. At least, you can think so in Suzhou.

In June 2000, Sanshan was electrified. It's time for the great development of tourism.

A year later, "Sanshan Scenic Area" was established and officially opened for business on National Day. Only three months in that year, tickets sold for 60 thousand yuan; 600,000 in the second year; Double again in the third year, 6.5438+0.2 million yuan; It increased to 2.4 million yuan last year. And more than 50 "farmhouse music" in the village, dozens of battery cars, as well as local products such as flowers, fruits, preserves, tea and eggs. All kinds of extended services driven by the industry, their income at least exceeds 654.38+million yuan! "Nongjiale", Nongjiale, holidays and tourist peak, Sanshan Island is full of tourists, laughter and laughter. The ancient village of Hudao, which has been silent for hundreds of years, has resumed its excitement and prosperity in history.

Establish a national agricultural tourism demonstration site

In 2006, San Shancun invested heavily in centralized renovation of the environment along the highway. Among them, the investment in the tourist terminal is 600,000 yuan; Invest 500,000 yuan to transform the internal and external environment of the farmhouse; The sightseeing battery car parking lot will invest 20,000 yuan; Invest 80,000 yuan for greening along the road; The investment in pavement repair is 654.38+10,000 yuan; And invested more than 6,543,800,000 yuan to build infrastructure such as Dong Bo Wharf and 654.38+0.4 km highway around the island. More than 200,000 yuan was invested to improve roads, signs, environmental protection garbage bins and environmental greening in scenic spots, and more than 800,000 yuan was invested to expand the scale of tourist centers and improve functions such as reception, complaints, security and public toilets. For the operators of "Nongjiale" hotels, the hardware and software should be rectified, and the exterior wall and interior decoration of houses should be reformed in hardware. According to the specific requirements of the "Suzhou Farmhouse Management Measures", standardize the business order, operate according to law, compete fairly, be honest and trustworthy, and ensure the healthy and orderly development of farmhouse management. In software construction, more than 30,000 yuan was invested to invite the superior environmental protection department to evaluate the ecological environment of Sanshan Island. Invested more than 50,000 yuan to train staff and translators. Staff changing clothes, hanging film service. Sanshan Island is lush with trees. In order to do a good job in forest fire prevention, 654.38+10,000 yuan was invested to build a fire isolation belt. In order to keep the village clean and tidy, create a beautiful environment and create a good tourist environment, the village has also set up a team of 10 sanitation cleaners, with full-time service and long-term management.

Hard work pays off, and good news spreads frequently at the end of the year: San Shancun was awarded the honorary title of advanced collective in Suzhou tourism industry in 2006, and Wu Huisheng, the village party secretary, was awarded the title of advanced individual; And successfully passed the acceptance of the new socialist countryside construction project in Suzhou and the establishment of the national agricultural tourism demonstration site. The latter is a national honorary title, which is reviewed every three years. Only three villages in Suzhou, a tourist city, won this honor.

At the same time, the annual ticket revenue of Sanshan Scenic Area has increased steadily; More importantly, the development of Sanshan tourism has entered a new stage of standardized management, step by step and virtuous circle, with bright prospects.