A Brief History of Yuan Village Times

Past life: a light industrial town rising in farmland, this life: Nirvana financial city in the old factory village.

Driving into Yuancun from west to east along Huangpu Avenue often gives people the illusion of time travel: flower city square at the western end is full of high-rise buildings and has a strong sense of modernity, which has already entered 2 1 century; All the way to the east, after the racetrack and the top of Yuancun, the buildings outside the window seem to have returned to the 1980 s and 1990 s; When we turned into Yuancun No.34 Road, the time was quietly fixed in the 1950s and 1960s, mixed with gray cement dormitories, Soviet-style buildings with red walls and yellow tiles, and chimneys that had already been extinguished.

This illusion is particularly obvious for Guowei Huang, who is 77 years old this year. As the first batch of workers in Guangdong Cannery, he lived in No.5 Yard, Siheng Road, Yuancun 1958. He experienced the rapid rise of Yuancun from a criss-crossing farmland in the eastern suburbs to a light industrial town in the 1950s. Witnessed the transformation from suburbs to residential centers after the 1990 s; In the new century, he witnessed several gorgeous upgrades of the planning of Yuancun Village: from residential center to CBD extension area, to cultural and creative industrial park and international financial city.

With the acceleration of the construction of an international financial city, a new page in history will soon be opened in the village of Hot Land Members. Please take a time trip with our reporter to visit the past lives of Yuancun.

Yuancun built the largest cannery in Asia at that time.

No.5 Hospital is the old staff dormitory of Guangdong Cannery and Glass Factory. There are many old villagers living here, witnessing the historical changes of Yuancun all the way. The reporter and his party happened to meet Li when they were looking for No.5 courtyard of Siheng Road in Yuancun. At the age of 67, he was preparing to tune his guitar.

"Looking for compound number five? Who are you looking for? " Li is a retired worker in a cannery. Knowing the reporter's purpose, he said happily that there was a best candidate to introduce to the reporter. "Guowei Huang is the first batch of workers in the cannery. He came to Yuancun to build a cannery on 1956 and has lived there ever since. "

Tired of going to work, "I can fall asleep when I go to the toilet."

Huang Guowei, 77, is full of pride and seems to remember the past half a century ago. 1956 recruited from Taishan as an apprentice to a cannery. At that time, the Central Ministry of Light Industry selected Guangzhou to build the largest cannery in Asia here in Yuancun. Yuan Village was chosen because of its geographical location, not far from the central city at that time, convenient transportation, close to Huangpu Port and a railway (later built a special line). At the same time, it is also on the edge of the Pearl River, which is convenient for fruit farmers in the Pearl River Delta to transport raw materials.

Guangzhou Industry also recorded the cannery in detail: In view of the demand for canned tropical and subtropical fruits and vegetables in Eastern Europe, Soviet Union and Eastern European Group countries, Guangdong Province is rich in fruit resources, and the cannery industry has a certain foundation, the Ministry of Light Industry decided to expand the cannery in Shantou and Haikou, and at the same time, build a cannery in the newly-opened Chengjie Dongcun Industrial Zone (hereinafter referred to as Yuancun Industrial Zone) in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou. This project is the key construction project of China's first five-year plan and is listed as one of the key projects of Sino-Soviet economic cooperation 165. 1958 June 10, Guangdong cannery was completed and put into operation, which was the largest cannery in Asia at that time.

Guowei Huang recalled that at that time, the factory was producing 24 hours a day, and under normal circumstances, it had to work more than ten hours a day. Due to the seasonality of canned fruit production, when a large number of fruits are on the market in summer and autumn, there is even a record of working for three consecutive days, "I can fall asleep when I go to the toilet."

However, tired to tired, in that era of lack of materials, the advantages of cannery were quickly reflected in the three-year natural disaster period. Guowei Huang said that in 1960, edema was common in China due to lack of nutrition, but most of the thousands of workers in the cannery didn't show up, because raw materials such as "the water is better than the moon" and "fruits, vegetables, poultry, pork, beef, etc. were all stored in the warehouse, but there were always some leftovers that could not be used. The cannery has built a big kitchen, and the oil and water are relatively better. "

At the peak, housewives and students came to support.

The peak of cannery appeared in the 1970s. Guowei Huang said that during busy hours, fruit carriers from all over the Pearl River Delta had to queue up at the dock of the factory area to unload. "These fruit ships unloaded in the middle reaches of the Pearl River, and we have a record of producing 65,438+000 tons of tomatoes one day." In the 1970s, the fruit harvest in Chengdu was very good for many years. Coupled with the strong seasonality, "it is not enough for 3,000 employees in the cannery to work overtime continuously", so Guangzhou mobilized the support of urban housewives and students. "At that time, nearly 80% of college and middle school students in Guangzhou studied in canneries, and there were over 10,000 people going to work every day at the peak. When it was time to go to work, the Dongshan District Traffic Brigade dispatched to command the factory bus. "

Guowei Huang still remembers that in the 1960s, housewives and students supported by students earned 80 cents a day, so they were nicknamed "the Eighth Route Army" by workers.

The first time I entered the factory, I was like being sold a pig, and then I lived in the city center.

From 65438 to 0954, Guangzhou Municipal Committee put forward the slogan of "building Guangzhou into a socialist industrial production city" to mobilize the whole city to quickly change the backward appearance of Guangzhou's industry. In this context, Yuancun light industrial zone has rapidly formed. Cannery is the first leading factory established in Yuancun Industrial Zone. In the same year as the cannery, Guangdong Glass Factory, No.2 Cotton Mill (1956 completed and 1960 put into production) and Silk and Flax Factory also started. Later, Southern Flour Mill and Wireless Power Plant moved from Haizhu District to Yuancun in the early 1960s. At this point, Yuancun has become a light industry in Guangzhou.

Guowei Huang's wife, Deng, is also an old worker in the cannery. She entered the factory on 1958. She recalled that when she first entered the factory, the cannery was surrounded by barren hills. She came to the factory by truck for the first time and came in along the muddy Huangpu Avenue. "My first feeling when I got off the bus was that I was sold a pig."

With the construction of the factory, Yuancun, once a suburb, has more and more flavor of life. First, the dormitory area should be built so that workers can go to work on time and have a place to live. As the cannery was aided by the former Soviet Union, the 10 three-story Soviet-style building located at No.5 Courtyard of Siheng Road in Yuancun was built at the same time. In these small buildings with red bricks and yellow tiles, there are still old workers living in the cannery.

With the dormitory area, the market will be built soon. The old local residents call this market "Yuancun Street", also known as "Tao Zhu Street", "because it was put forward by Tao Zhu when he was the secretary of the provincial party committee".

1965, Yuancun Workers' Cultural Palace and Yuancun Workers' Hospital (later renamed Guangzhou Sixth People's Hospital) were built and put into use. In fact, before the Cultural Palace was completed, there were basically workers' clubs in all factories, and "life was rich and colorful, not inferior to downtown".

1996, Guowei Huang retired. At this time, Guangdong Cannery has long been renamed Eagle Money Cannery, and its main products have also changed from early fruits and vegetables to shad, and its products are quite famous in Southeast Asia. At this time, Yuanyuan Village in the eastern suburb is only one step away from the city center, and there are more and more residents in Yuancun, making life more and more convenient. However, Yuancun Industrial Zone, once proud of light industry, was complained by residents because of industrial sewage.

1September, 1997, the Regulations of Guangzhou Municipality on Environmental Protection clearly stipulated that polluting industrial projects should not be built or expanded in Yuancun area, existing industries must be adjusted and gradually changed, and industrial production projects with excessive pollutant discharge should be treated, converted into production in batches or relocated.

The rest of Yuancun Industrial Zone has finally begun to ring, and the adjustment period of 10 is waiting for it.

History of industrial reputation in Yuancun

Guangzhou No.2 Cotton Mill: 1956 was established and 1960 was put into operation. The mainframe was the highest level equipment in China at that time.

Guangzhou Sima Factory: Established in 1956 and 1958, it was the largest ramie textile factory in China.

Guangzhou Wireless Power Plant: 1956 was established, and 1964 moved from Haizhu District to Tancun Village in the eastern suburbs, establishing the largest military electronic backbone enterprise in South China, which was the beginning of Guangzhou navigation equipment production.

Southern Flour Factory: Guangzhou Branch of Fuxin No.5 Flour Company. 1960 was restructured into a state-owned enterprise and renamed as Southern Flour Mill. 1962, the state invested to build a new factory in Yuancun, the eastern suburb of Guangzhou, becoming the largest flour mill in Guangdong Province.

"Four Changes" in Yuan Village

From industrial zone to financial city

"One change": Yuancun changed from an industrial area to a residential area.

Where will Yuancun go from here? This is the most difficult problem in Yuancun after 1997. At this time, five years have passed since the planning of Pearl River New Town, and Yuancun, which is only one step away from the city center, is definitely no longer suitable for continuing to engage in industry. Moreover, due to the surge of resident population, the problem of factory pollution disturbing people has become increasingly prominent.

In 2004, the Guangzhou Municipal Government signed a letter of responsibility with Tianhe District, demanding that the task of land acquisition and demolition of member villages be completed before 65438+February 3 1 of that year, so as to build them into future residential centers.

However, this process finally dragged down quietly.

"Second change": in 2008, it was transformed into an extension area of CBD.

In 2008, Guangzhou revealed that Yuancun did not engage in real estate, but had to bear the important responsibility of the eastward extension of CBD, and made clear the new orientation of Yuancun: the CBD extension area of Zhujiang New Town.

The economic development plan of Guangzhou headquarters announced later shows that the "Pearl River New Town-Yuancun-Pazhou" area will become the core area of headquarters economy with characteristics along the Yangtze River, and the Yuancun plate will mainly develop business services and commerce, and be positioned as a gathering place for branches of multinational companies and corporate headquarters or regional headquarters above the provincial level.

Since then, the pace of many enterprises in Yuancun has obviously accelerated. 10, Haotian Chemical Group stopped production completely; At the beginning of 2009, the factory of "Eagle Money" Yuancun stopped production and all the production lines were moved to Conghua. On June 30, 2009, Yuancun Thermal Power Plant stopped generating electricity and began to prepare for relocation; At the end of last year, Australia United Glass Factory and Tiger Head Battery Factory stopped working one after another.

"Three changes": the transformation of the old factory into a creative industrial park

In 2009, Guangzhou proposed that the industrial buildings around Yuancun should fully reflect the unique charm of the industrial era, while continuing the traditional industrial civilization, inject functions such as culture, creative industries, commerce and tourism, and build a "Guangzhou North Shore Cultural Wharf" and a large-scale creative industrial park. The original Eagle Money Canning Factory was transformed into a "red factory", and the subsequent EIA report showed that the old factories and facilities such as Southern Flour Factory, Eagle Money Canning Factory, Yuancun Thermal Power Plant and Aolian Glass Factory were transformed and utilized to become a creative industrial park covering an area of more than 45 hectares.

"Four changes": the village in the city is about to turn into a financial city.

In the Detailed Planning of Urban Design Deepening and Control in Pazhou-Yuancun Area, which was published in June 20 10, Yuancun was positioned as an international financial district, and served as an expansion area of the central business district of the city.

In 20 12, this plan was deepened into "Guangzhou International Financial City" again, in which the starting area starts from Yunke Road in the west, Chebei Road in the east and Huangpu Avenue in the north, with an area of 1.32 square kilometers, which is mainly composed of Haotian Chemical Plant, Guangzhou Battery Factory, Guangzhou Thermal Power Plant, Chebei Water Plant, Guangdong Glass Factory and Tangxia Village. Planning to form a financial headquarters area and a financial office area.

The five old factory buildings in the starting area will be rebuilt on the basis of preservation, and the cultural park of Pier 9, thermoelectric modern art park and Haotian industrial memorial hall will be built.