Wenzhou, the third largest city in Zhejiang, is beautiful but not popular enough. What do you think?

Zhejiang has always been a prosperous place in the minds of Chinese people. It has a long history, splendid culture, outstanding people, and many fascinating tourist destinations. Yu Fan has also visited Zhejiang many times. It is a treasure land, but it has passed by Wenzhou, the capital of China's private economy, many times. Fortunately, I finally came to this beautiful land by taking the opportunity to participate in a chamber of commerce event. Since I was not participating in a tourism experience activity, I did not bring a professional camera. I took this set of photos with my mobile phone during the trip, and now I would like to share them with you and talk about Wenzhou.

Wenzhou is the third largest city in Zhejiang after Hangzhou and Ningbo. It is located in the southeast of Zhejiang and the lower reaches of the Oujiang River. It borders the East China Sea to the east, Fujian to the south, Lishui City to the west, and Taizhou City to the north. It is the cradle of Chinese mathematicians and the hometown of Chinese Southern Opera. It is also known as the hometown of Chinese seafood and eggs and the shoe capital of China. Because Wenzhou people are good at doing business, Wenzhou people are also called Oriental Jews.

It is rare that we are not participating in the event as travel experts, so our trip was very relaxed. We took a flight from Shenzhen to Wenzhou the day before and stayed at the hotel arranged by the Tongnan Branch of the Zhejiang Chongqing Chamber of Commerce - Wenzhou Shangri-La International Big hotel, deluxe king bed room, very good conditions.

Outside the window is Wenzhou’s mother river, the Oujiang River, and the prosperous urban areas along the river. It can be seen that this area is not a traditional old city. Not only does it not have old residential areas, the floor area ratio is also very low. , and there are also large areas of construction sites and vacant land to be built. The buildings are also dominated by office buildings, hotels, and financial institutions with all-glass curtain walls.

The weather was relatively hot that day, so we stayed in the room until dinner. We went downstairs after six o'clock, and then walked along the Ou River, the mother river of Wenzhou, with Mr. Ji Youming, the financial director of the Guangdong Tongnan Chamber of Commerce. Take a walk on the river.

We were not only observing this historical and cultural city along the way, but also chatting about this city with "the southeastern landscape is the best in the world". In ancient times, Wenzhou was Ou Di, also known as Le Ou, and Lucheng. It has a good reputation. According to legend, when the county was built in 323 AD, a white deer circled the city with flowers in its hands, so it was also known as Lucheng among the people.

Wenzhou is extremely well-known throughout the country. It can be said to be the pioneer area in the development of China's private economy and the forefront of reform and opening up. Wenzhou people who are good at doing business are all over the country. The "Wenzhou Model" and "Wenzhou Model" "Wenzhou Merchants" is well-known at home and abroad, and can be said to be Wenzhou's very resounding city card.

In the 40 years of reform and opening up, Wenzhou has played a very important role. The "Wenzhou Model" created by Wenzhou businessmen has created a remarkable "economic miracle": from 1978 to 2019, Wenzhou's GDP increased from 1.32 billion yuan to 660.61 billion yuan, an increase of 500 times;

Wenzhou covers an area of ??about 11,700 square kilometers. In the early 1980s, with the spring breeze of the first batch of coastal cities opening to the outside world, Wenzhou people We will make every effort to develop light manufacturing based on local conditions. Suddenly, family workshops were spread all over the city, and the market economy was extremely booming. After years of trial and error, Wenzhou's private enterprises, which have gone through countless ups and downs, have gradually become bigger and stronger, and have continued to expand outwards. Nowadays, Wenzhou people's leather shoes, glasses, valves, lighters, clothing, transformers, pens, printed matter, locks, etc. are all famous at home and abroad. China's shoe kings, pen kings, lock kings... abound.

Wenzhou may be said to be a great city, but in recent years there have been many negative remarks about Wenzhou on the Internet, saying that "real estate speculation once made Wenzhou people rich; real estate speculation eventually destroyed Wenzhou" Economy. The Wenzhou model thrives because of pragmatism, but declines because of pragmatism..." At the same time, in the ranking of per capita GDP of cities in Zhejiang in 2019, Wenzhou ranked at the bottom, which is incredible.

The economic data may be a bit abstract, but we have the same feeling when we walk along the river. It is undeniable that the banks of the Oujiang River in Wenzhou are very beautifully built and provide an extremely comfortable and leisure environment for the local people. However, I walked along but didn’t see many people, let alone tourists.

If it is because the weather is relatively hot, it is already after dinner, almost seven o'clock. At this time, the riverside is actually not hot anymore. If it is other cities, I believe there are many Citizens began to go out for walks and even dance in the square. However, there were few pedestrians on the riverside in Wenzhou, which obviously gave people a feeling of lack of popularity.

Although there are not many pedestrians on the riverside and on the streets, Wenzhou is still an economically strong city in our minds. In 2019, Wenzhou's per capita deposit was 82,927 yuan, which is more than 20,000 yuan higher than the national per capita deposit. , and the phenomenon Yu Fan saw cannot be ruled out because of the area where we are located. Because we had a meeting at the hotel the next day, we did not go to other areas. We only wandered around Lucheng District a few times. If there is any bias, Any corrections are welcome.