Since the reform and opening-up, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, starting from its own development zone, has experienced three historic leaps: from agriculture to industry, from inside to outside, and from dispersion to agglomeration, and is now experiencing a new round of leap from low to high. In the unremitting pursuit and practice, Kunshan people have formed the urban spirit of "openness, integration, innovation and Excellence" with the spirit of high spirits and striving for first-class, and explored a pioneering, scientific and harmonious development road. Kunshan, more than 20 years ago, was called the "Little Six Children" of Suzhou. When meeting in Suzhou, people often find a back seat and sit quietly. Now, in 2006 alone, the fiscal revenue of Kunshan reached1565438+38 million yuan. What's more gratifying is that as "the first of China's top 100 counties", its advantages can't be shaken by others in a short time. Kunshan is very small, only 927 square kilometers, less than one tenth of the land area; Kunshan is very large, accounting for 17% of the country's foreign investment and 24% of the total import and export. Why did Kunshan create such a miracle after the vicissitudes of life? "Service is the magic weapon of Kunshan". Guan Zhengqiang, the mayor of Kunshan, is sitting on a cane chair by the lake of Forest Park. For two hours, he was talking and we were listening. "The development paths and methods vary from place to place, and service is the magic weapon of Kunshan." Kunshan in the early years, like most counties in China, was an agricultural county mainly producing grain. The tallest building in the county is four floors, with only two buses ... Speaking of the previous embarrassment, most people in Kunshan laughed. Kunshan in those days belonged to "three no products": no capital, no technology and no talents. Kunshan cadres have been to Beijing, and the other party was at a loss when they heard about Kunshan. "Do you know Zhouzhuang?" The other party "suddenly realized": "Oh, Kunshan belongs to Zhouzhuang, you told me earlier." Laughter, bitterness, more than bitterness. "Since the reform and opening up, cheap factors of production and huge potential market have become the main incentives for foreign capital to flow into China. Based on the convenience of relying on Shanghai in the east and Suzhou in the right, Kunshan strives to build a platform for utilizing foreign capital and develop an export-oriented economy, which is the meaning of the title and the original accumulation of entrepreneurial innovation. When talking about Kunshan for several hours, Zhang Zhenyue always wears a faint smile. The director of Kunshan Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, who has been engaged in propaganda and mayor, started from the grassroots level step by step and has special feelings and passion for his hometown, which is the driving force for entrepreneurial innovation. Kunshan people will never forget that more than a decade ago, the municipal government sent personnel to "wait for the rabbit" and "intercept" passengers on international flights in the lobby of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport every day and invited them to visit Kunshan. " It is 55 kilometers away from the center of Shanghai, and it takes 40 minutes to reach Hongqiao Airport. "This is the opening remarks that Kunshan people have repeated countless times. A pair of mouths, a pair of smiling faces and a clever head. The benefits of land have been used to the extreme by Kunshan people. Successive leading bodies have "shocked" foreign businessmen emotionally and intellectually. According to the data, since the first foreign-funded enterprise settled in 1985, Kunshan, a small agricultural county in southern Jiangsu, has generally grown into one of the areas with the densest foreign-funded enterprises in China. By the end of last year, Taiwan-funded enterprises accounted for 60% of the total number of foreign-funded enterprises in Kunshan, reaching 3,085; Taiwanese investment accounts for 60% of the total foreign investment, exceeding $27.4 billion. In addition, there are many enterprises in Japan, the United States and Canada. It should be said that the location advantage is the luck and pride of Kunshan people: the winding Yangtze River dragon, Shanghai is the leader, Kunshan is the longan. However, in order to become the first of the top 100 counties (cities) in China, human wisdom and ideas and the passion for entrepreneurial innovation are even more indispensable. " The government in Kunshan never says what I want you to do, but what I do for you. Never say you can't do anything, say what you can do ... "Two affirmations and two negatives, a patriotic summary, rich in connotation." Service is also attracting investment, especially in details. "Zhang Zhenyue smiled and took out a pile of business cards, which read the office address and contact number. The front is traditional, and the back is all English. These business cards became the first hand to open the external window. "From the first time the enterprise entered Kunshan, we had a group of people who followed the enterprise to do services-when the enterprise started, we helped to complete the fire inspection; After opening and putting into production, we help recruit employees and train personnel; We will regularly organize and hold business associations with Taiwan Province and Korean capital; There is also a policy interpretation salon, which has been held for 10 years, every two to three months ... "With these, when you learn that since the 1990s, 60% of Kunshan's fiscal revenue, 80% of its industrial output value and 90% of its foreign trade import and export have come from the export-oriented economy, you will not be expressionless, but will only explore what is behind the boring figures. People are an indispensable factor in urban development, and ideas and advanced concepts are the soul of a city. As long as people have advanced ideas and concepts, capital, technology, projects and information will follow. It is precisely because of this awareness that once backward agricultural counties recruit talents and treat talents well. Kunshan people started from scratch and gained the first-hand effect. In 2005, Kunshan's per capita GDP, per capita disposable income of urban residents and per capita net income of farmers reached 78,553 yuan,16,809 yuan and 85 19 yuan respectively, creating a concrete form of a well-off society in an all-round way. Today, Kunshan has attracted 5,000 foreign-funded enterprises and actually utilized 654.38+0.5 billion yuan of foreign capital, and 25 of the world's top 500 enterprises have settled in Kunshan. Since the county was busy with vegetable fields, Kunshan people have turned themselves into international standards by talking with foreign businessmen and making friends. Guan called this "necessity", "Kunshan needs the world, and the world cannot live without Kunshan".