Tencent's Qianhai headquarters under construction. Photo by Nandu reporter Leng Feng.
There is an island, located in the core area of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, "Future Science and Technology City", "world-class barrier-free benchmark", "public open and shared community", this series of superimposed buffs, is even more appetizing. It is "Penguin Island".
We wanted to visit the construction site of Penguin Island. The reporter from Nandu sent a request for an interview to Tencent, but for the sake of safety, the interview request was politely declined.
The two sessions in Shenzhen are imminent, and the citizens are very concerned about the progress of the construction of 'Penguin Island', and the interview ...... will be implemented as soon as possibleJust when the reporter was on the verge of giving up, the leader sent a push WeChat, and the DNA of the workers was instantly awakened, and the curiosity about this "mysterious island" that sounded a little cute and full of expectations of the Chinese people was activated. In this winter month, let's follow the footsteps of the reporter from Nandu to explore (break through).
Visit. The "Penguin Island" with a sense of technology and the future
On January 24, a reporter from Nandu came to the construction site of "Penguin Island", Tencent's new headquarters in DaChan Bay Port Area, Bao'an District, and found that the gate guard here was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to enter without an appointment in advance. When the reporter was at a loss, he was lucky enough to find a perfect angle less than 10 meters near one of the gates.
The reporter found at the scene that on the seaside construction site that cooled down suddenly, transport vehicles were busy, large tower cranes waved giant arms, and large machinery and equipment such as pouring trucks and road rolling mills rumbled; Workers in fluorescent overalls come and go, busy; One after another, the mud trucks formed a long convoy of fish, coming and going in an orderly manner in the dust. Under the half-built high-rise building, the construction workers cooperate with all kinds of machinery to move and place the building materials one by one; The temporary elevators on the side of the high-rise buildings are running non-stop, and the stacked bricks are being transported up to the upper floors again and again. Carefully observing several high-rise buildings under construction, half of the outer walls are like unfinished puzzles, gradually closing and quietly upgrading the secrets of the "Science and Technology Building".
Some workers told reporters that on this "penguin island", two major projects are in full swing. Line 15, the "first ring" of Shenzhen, is not only the only subway passing through Penguin Island, the new headquarters of Tencent in DaChan Bay, but also the first "ring" subway in Shenzhen, which will provide convenient connections between Qianhai and Nanshan and Bao'an centers, and is a key transportation corridor on the western development axis.
In the construction site in full swing, several main buildings on Penguin Island have taken shape, and the veil of mystery is gradually lifted in the flying dust. Hidden in the towering buildings between several low "cloud buildings", with smooth lines to form a huge disc, the bottom of the overhead, looking from afar, like clouds suspended in the air, and like a space spaceship landing on the island, full of science and technology makes people feel shuttled into the science fiction **. Looking down from the sky, the two adjacent "cloud towers" just form the shape of "QQ", which successfully grasps the youthful feelings of several generations.
Tencent's Qianhai headquarters, known as "Penguin Island" by the outside world, began construction in mid-2021, with a land area of more than 800,000 square meters, equivalent to the size of 114 football fieldsWith 50,000 office workers, it is a veritable super project. According to public information, the construction of 5 plots in the Qianhai headquarters of Tencent is expected to be completed in 2027 and delivered in 2028. In the construction plan, Tencent will build a series of public service facilities such as science and technology museums, cultural centers, and sports centers, and build a "science and technology cultural park" shared by the public. In addition, the new headquarters will also be built into a benchmark for the Bay Area and a world-class demonstration base for barrier-free environment construction, bringing an inclusive, friendly, beautiful and livable urban experience to the public.
Wish. She hopes that her daughter can go to work on "Penguin Island".
At the time of the reporter's interview, it was lunch time, and some workers who did not catch up with the canteen on the construction site came to the nearby stalls one after another to eat, and 55-year-old Master Wang gulped down the soup powder. "The Spring Festival is coming, I hope to finish the progress as soon as possible and go home happily for the New Year," he said with joy thinking of the upcoming Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon. "After returning to my hometown for the New Year, of course, I hope to come back to Shenzhen as soon as possible to start work and continue to make money to support my family. ”
Master Huang from Hubei has different plans for the Spring Festival, "I will stay here this year, and I plan to call my wife to bring my grandchildren to Shenzhen for the New Year." I want to take them everywhere, especially to take my grandson to ride the Ferris wheel opposite. Master Li raised his head and raised his arm to point behind the "Penguin Island" construction site and in the direction of the other side of the bay.
In addition to the workers on the construction site, the stall owners who provide them with hot meals are also busy at noon on each weekday. Under the full workload, many workers are engaged in work, and often can't eat the meals in the canteen of the construction site, and the stall owners who come with delicious meals will set up stalls in a fixed place on the side of the construction site to provide workers with a "delicious guarantee" on the tip of their tongues.
Aunt Wang, from Henan, is the owner of one of the lunch stalls. Not only will she prepare a lot of dishes in advance, but she will also continue to stir up new dishes while the workers scoop their own food. When there were the most people, the whole stall was surrounded by workers, and Aunt Wang was also busy, and she was still sweating on her forehead in the cold weather. When she is free, she will clean up the garbage around the stall and look up at the "Penguin Island" that has quieted down for a while. When asked if she knew about Tencent, she took out her mobile phone and skillfully swiped WeChat, "This is theirs, my daughter is in college, and I hope she can come to work in such a big company in the future." "The succession from generation to generation is the transmission of beautiful hopes and the inheritance of the spirit of struggle.
Witness. The development of Bao'an science and technology innovation "takes the flower road".
There are not only workers who have witnessed its jointed growth, but also Bao'an District, which is "close to each other", and the future picture of "Penguin Island" is an important witness and participant in the development of Bao'an science and technology. According to the agreement, the two parties will carry out long-term and stable strategic cooperation in the construction of headquarters projects, the implementation of major industries, the construction of new smart urban areas, industrial Internet, and digital livelihood services, so as to help Bao'an build a pioneer urban area for digital technology demonstration in the Bay Area. Zhang Jie, a professor at the School of Urban Economics and Public Administration of Capital University of Economics, said that the release and implementation of the "Overall Development Plan for Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" has provided an economic engine for Baoan to promote the high-quality development of Shenzhen through the development of modern service industry, and modern service industry groups such as Tencent's "Penguin Island" are becoming the high-quality development drivers of Bao'an and even Shenzhen in the future. He further analyzed that the connotation of digital economy, digital industry, and digital services is essentially to promote the upgrading of urban industrial structure and the improvement of industrial functions through big data development elements and digital service technology. It is of great practical significance to enhance the energy level and high-quality development momentum of Bao'an and Shenzhen through modern service industry development zones such as "Penguin Island".
The scientific and technological power, economic vitality and struggle tension represented by Penguin Island will help Bao'an's industrial and economic development to a higher level. In the interview, Zhang Jie repeatedly mentioned "scientific and technological innovation", he believes that scientific and technological innovation is the need to promote the high-quality development of Bao'an and Shenzhen, and also the need to build a new development pattern of Bao'an and Shenzhen.
According to the latest 2024 Shenzhen ** work report, Shenzhen's GDP achieved 346 trillion yuan, an increase of 60%, the growth rate continues to lead the four first-tier cities. Among them, Shenzhen's scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been newly improved, and a plan to strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation has been introduced, and the proportion of enterprise R&D investment in the whole society has reached 949%, ranking first in the country. 2024 is destined to be a year of all-out "progress" and "new".
In the 2024 work report, Bao'an District will also take industrial intelligence, greening, and integration as the "main direction", vigorously promote new industrialization, and accelerate the formation of new quality productivity. Zhang Jie expressed his expectation for this, he believes that the pillar industries and emerging industries in Bao'an continue to iterate and upgrade, economic development can not rely on only one industry to flourish, a hundred flowers bloom, rapid change can achieve the economic wheel of the era rolling forward, holding the "Penguin Island" this first move of Bao'an District, how to activate the economic development of the "overall chess" needs time and wisdom.