Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and close neighbors are not as good as the opposite door. On December 14, Lianjiang and Matsu, two neighbors across the sea, carried out a high-level "visit", and Matsu County Mayor Wang Zhongming led a team to visit Lianjiang County to discuss deepening the mutually beneficial cooperation between Lianjiang and Matsu.
Matsu is very close, and the Lianjiang River is very beautiful. The words of Chen Jinsong, secretary of the Lianjiang County Party Committee, resonated with Wang Zhongming, the magistrate of Matsu County. During their stay in Fuzhou, Wang Zhongming and his entourage visited the Cross-Strait Youth Digital Content E-commerce Industrial Park, the Development and Construction Headquarters of Fuzhou Modern Logistics City, and the China (Lianjiang) Strait International Agricultural Products Logistics Park, etc., and were deeply impressed by the development boom here.
In less than 2 hours, the two sides carried out 10 topics such as sea operations, small ship shore maintenance, sea drift operation mechanism, Matsu wine sales and tax exemption and reduction measures, finalized the achievement transformation project on the spot, and formed a docking list.
In the eyes of both sides, at this time, the integration and development of Lianma and Malaysia is at the right time, which can be described as the right time, place and people.
The first is "time of day". The "Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Supporting Fujian to Explore a New Road for Cross-Strait Integrated Development and Build a Cross-Strait Integrated Development Demonstration Zone" issued on September 12 this year proposed to create a "same-city living circle" in Fuma and support Matsu residents to enjoy the same treatment as local residents in Fuzhou, which has brought favorable conditions for the two places to continue to promote policy and institutional innovation.
The second is "geographical advantage". Lianjiang is the closest place to Matsu on the mainland of the motherland. Lianjiang Huangqi was called Lishan in ancient times, Matsu was called Waishan in ancient times, and the bay in the middle of the two places was called Matsuao. The two sides of Matsu Macao speak the same language. With the resumption of the "mini three links" passenger route between the Yellow and Malaysia Governments, the cooperation between the two places has become closer and closer. As of mid-November, the "mini three links" passenger route of Huangma has carried more than 1 passengers40,000 person-times, the cooperation between the two places is a matter of course.
And "people". In recent years, the two places have formed a series of consensus on further deepening integrated development, and promoted innovation and integration in the fields of cultural tourism, marine fisheries, and talent exchange. There are also urgent expectations for the resumption of mainland residents' travel to Matsu, the "mini three links" between Fuzhou and Matsu, the cargo transit route, the maritime express business, and the tariff reduction and exemption of Matsu-related products.
With this favorable time, place and people, how to open a new game in Lianma and Malaysia, and realize "one plus one is greater than two", Lianma gave an idea of how to solve the problem.
Drink a pot of wine. Matsu sorghum wine is a well-known specialty. In recent years, Lianjiang entrepreneur Lin Zhuohua co-founded Matsu Biotechnology Company with Taiwanese businessmen is promoting the fragrance of sorghum wine and fruit wine overseas. In 2022, Matsu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. achieved a "record" of exporting 99 container products in the year of landing. From January to November this year, 154 containers have been exported, with an output value of more than 200 million yuan. "Lianjiang and Matsu have the same climate, soil and environment, coupled with the good water source of Lianjiang, which is suitable for brewing high-quality Matsu sorghum wine. Lin Zhuohua said.
Share a boat. Lianjiang is a large aquatic county in the country, and its deep-sea aquaculture platform is quite famous inside and outside the province. "The integration and development of Matsu's traditional fishing industry with our mature and complete marine industry chain will definitely lead to a fishery industry with Lianma characteristics. Liu Wenqing, chairman of Fujian Taiyuan Shipbuilding, said that in addition to the construction and commissioning of deep-sea aquaculture platforms, the company has also successfully restored and built the "Free China" wooden sail ship, named "Xinlan", and in the future, it can also be the type of characteristic ship and its follow-up series of cruise ships, in the Matsu waters to carry out not ashore island cruising activities.
Share a piece of the sky. Gui'an, Lianjiang County, enjoys the reputation of "China's Hot Spring Township" and "Top Ten Hot Spring Leisure Bases in China", which can provide strong support for the development of the integrated development demonstration area of health care and medical care industries in Lianjiang County. Jiang Peiqi, president of the Fuzhou Association of Taiwan Compatriot Investment Enterprises, said that as a Taiwanese compatriot whose ancestral home is Lianjiang and has settled in Lianjiang, she is very optimistic about Lianjiang's health care and medical care industry, and in the future, she can also combine Taiwan's medical and health system to formulate preferential policies for Taiwan, and introduce Taiwan's advantageous biomedical industry to explore the deep integration of the two places.
Working together to build the Fuma Common Home, the Fuma Industrial Park, the Huanmatsuao Coastal Tourism Resort, the Fujian-Taiwan Marine Economy Integration Demonstration Base, and the National Cross-Strait Youth Digital Content E-commerce Industrial Park, Lianjiang and Matsu jointly performed this "Tale of the Same City", which can be described as a mutually beneficial and win-win situation, with many highlights.
The wind comes from the sea!Crossing Matsu Ao, interpreting the tale of the same city, the prospect is broad and the future is promising.
Ye Jianlong, Lin Wenjing, Tang Weichang).
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