Time theme slogan

"Time is money and efficiency is life." This slogan, which was born in 1979 Shekou Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, reflects Shenzhen people's pursuit of "efficiency" and embodies the spirit of deus ex in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. It is called "a spring thunder that breaks old ideas".

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The background of "Time is money and efficiency is life"

Yuan Geng is an idealistic politician. In Shekou, a 2. 14 square kilometer "laboratory", he attacked two forbidden areas at that time: market economy and administrative system. Every impact touches people's sensitive nerves Although 1978 the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee decided that the focus of national work would shift to economic construction, although 1980 Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou established the choice of market economy and planned economy,

There was still a lot of controversy at that time. On the surface, it is an economic problem, but in fact it is a political struggle. At that time, no one dared to mention the market economy, let alone the political system reform. The market economy was regarded as a symbol of capitalism. Before 1992, the SAR was always in the whirlpool of debate about "surname capital" or "surname society" ... Yuan Geng's interpretation of market economy was condensed in the concepts of "time" and "efficiency" and shouted loudly through the slogan "Time is money, and efficiency is life".

In fact, Yuan Geng's original slogan was: "Time is money, efficiency is life, customers are emperors, safety is law, everything is in charge and everyone is responsible." Yuan Geng's assistant Xiong Bingquan suggested deleting the middle sentence, considering the affordability of the society at that time, and Yuan Geng agreed. The construction team made a wooden sign with plywood and erected it in a conspicuous position along Prince Edward Highway. Two days later, an illiterate migrant worker took down the sign and burned it as firewood. Yuan Geng ordered another one, this time only mentioning one sentence: "Time is money, efficiency is life".

Some people say that China started to move towards a market economy from this slogan. However, this slogan once became the focus of debate on "surname society and surname capital". Yuan Geng said: "When I write this slogan, I have to wear a hat." When the thought of planned economy is still deeply rooted in people's minds, it is undoubtedly brave for Yuan Geng to introduce socialist construction by borrowing the concept of capitalist society. This slogan has been debated in China for a long time, and it has a great influence, which is rare in history.

10, Deng Xiaoping affirmed this slogan when he visited Shekou. Later, this brand was collected in China People's Revolutionary Museum and became the cultural coordinate of an era.

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