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economic observer network li jing/text to the north of haining, the changshan river flows into the sea; to the south of haining, the qiantang river surges.

countless tributaries and canals have meandered here for thousands of years, nourishing and flowing with courage.

haining city, as a county-level city under the jurisdiction of jiaxing city, zhejiang province, is surrounded by shanghai, suzhou, hangzhou, and ningbo. there is a 27.4-kilometer grand canal within the territory, which is an important part of the "canal culture" from a humanistic perspective; economically, haining has been among the top 20 in the list of saidi's top 100 counties for many years. in 2024, among the top 20 on this list, counties and cities in jiangsu and zhejiang account for a total of 13 seats.

just like the human body, if the upper part is smooth and the lower part is smooth, the pulse will be clear and strong. in haining, one seems to be able to experience a clear pulse: vigorous but not noisy, and profound but not arrogant.

river walks and open communities

haining city has an advantageous geographical location, surrounded by cities such as shanghai, suzhou, hangzhou, and ningbo. geographically, haining's jurisdiction is shaped like a horizontal "t" letter. below the horizontal "t" is the "baili qiantang" viewing area where you can see the qiantang river entering the sea. among them, the most well-known is yanguan town with a long history. it was founded in the third year of huichang in tang dynasty (843) and has been renamed many times.

the most famous family in yanguan town is the chen family. this family was where emperor qianlong stayed for four of his six southern tours. it is known as the first aristocratic family in the south of the yangtze river. it enjoys "one family, three pavilions, six books and five ministers" reputation. the story in the first novel "books and swords of enmity" by cha liangyong (pen name jin yong), who was born in haining, is based on historical rumors related to this.

the qiantang river is in the south and the changshan river is in the north. above the horizontal "t" is the changshan river, which is distinct from the qiantang river's thousand-year history. the first phase of the changshan river project started on november 15, 1978 and was completed on december 28 of the same year. it took 300,000 people 43 days to dig out more than 10 million cubic meters of earth and dig out the main road of changshan river. this artificial river used to control flood disasters has become the first drainage outlet to the sea in jiaxing.

sandwiched between these two waters with completely different origins, every two or three kilometers in haining, you will encounter a river whose name is not marked in the map app. according to the "haining city place names", there are 2,469 large and small rivers in haining city. residential areas divided by rivers are mostly surrounded by riverside trails. at the intersection of the trails and roads and bridges on the rivers, the municipal council has opened up a large or small garden.

near the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the "t" is the famous chinese leather city in haining. two of the many tributaries of the two river systems formed a small inlet - swallow bay not far northeast of leather city. starting from yanziwan sluice and walking east for about 10 minutes, you will find meiyuan park. outside the anxiang pavilion in the park, there are two or three tables of people sitting around playing chess. from here, walk 10 minutes south to the meiyuan community cultural square on the bank of the luotang river. across the river is the illuminated bigfoot paradise covering an area of ​​106,700 square meters.

next, follow the trail along the luotang river to the west. along the way, there is a dark green river on the left and green vegetation on the right. after walking for about 20 minutes, when you see the sluice and hear the singing of geese, you return to the starting point. . at this point, we have taken a full circle around yanzi bay.

many of haining's communities are open, making it easy to integrate with the surrounding environment and form small ecological circles with their own characteristics. for example, the community ziwei garden surrounded by yanzi bay is scattered and quiet, while the nearby shajingqiao west district is a different scene.

shajingqiao west district is located on the north side of leather city. at 6 p.m., baixi cake shop's more than ten-square-meter store was already full, and there were takeout riders waiting for food delivery outside. this shop is famous for making the special snack of taizhou, zhejiang province - embedded cake. this is a delicacy made of white rice cake skin wrapped with various fillings. it is popular in jiangsu and zhejiang, but rare in other places. after entering the community, within a distance of less than 100 meters, there are more than 20 small restaurants with different tastes such as sichuan and hunan cuisine, northeastern cuisine, and wenzhou cuisine.

"we have been here for many years, and there are many people working in leather city. people from everywhere rent here. there are people who come to our store frequently, and they (other stores) also have their own regular customers." cake shop the busy boss didn't have time to say anything more, so he turned to greet other customers. this is not a deliberately built food street, because the community is not enclosed by fences, and a small but rich ecology is naturally formed driven by the economic pulse.

(photo by li jing of wenzhou seafood noodles near leather city)

the two communities on a section of the river make people feel as if they have just traveled through the ups and downs of the qiantang river in the sea of ​​history, and then turned around and returned to the bustling changshan river. just like veins and arteries with clear division of labor, history and the present continue in cycles.

intercity railways and shared bicycles

haining is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of jiaxing city, zhejiang province. compared with counties, county-level cities have a higher level of urbanization and a relatively higher proportion of urban population, and the social management authority of county-level municipal governments is greater than that of ordinary county governments. there are currently 20 county-level cities in zhejiang province. compared with haining, yiwu, yueqing and other places are more well-known. in addition to zhejiang province, there are also many well-known county-level cities in other provinces across the country. among them, longkou, dali, ulanhot, zhangjiagang, etc., which are familiar to the public, are all county-level cities.

haining is known as the "leather capital" and is an important leather production base and distribution center in the country. since the opening of haining china leather city in 1994, it has become the center of the national leather industry. as the saying "go to haining to buy leather clothes" has spread widely, haining is also the birthplace of leather fashion and is sought after by countless beauty lovers. today, the business area of ​​haining china leather city reaches 3.7 million square meters, and the annual transaction volume exceeds 20 billion yuan, occupying the majority of the domestic leather apparel transaction market share.

according to data from the jiaxing municipal bureau of statistics, haining city's gdp in 2023 will be 131.816 billion yuan, accounting for 18.7% of jiaxing's gdp, ranking first in jiaxing city. the gdp growth of the leather and textile industry in 2023 will account for 26.08% of haining's total gdp growth.

haining leather city transfers once and you can go directly to the center of hangzhou. the entire journey from leather city to hangzhou high-speed railway station takes about an hour and a half, of which the subway journey in hangzhou takes an hour. the hangzhou-haining intercity railway, which connects hangzhou and haining, was the first ppp rail transit project in zhejiang province. the train line runs through haining and stops at more than ten stations along the way, making it more flexible than the high-speed rail. there are four soft seats in a row in the car, which makes the riding space larger and more comfortable than that of the subway. the station and train facilities are as advanced as the express trains in beijing daxing and capital airport.

it only takes about 5 minutes to ride a bicycle from yanzi bay to leather city. the biggest difference from the streets of hangzhou is that there are no blue, yellow, green bicycles such as hello, meituan, and qingjue in haining. instead, haining public bicycles can be found at access points every three to five hundred meters along the road.

in haining, public bicycles require no additional deposit or card, and can be purchased using wechat and alipay. the public bicycle transportation system here has been developed for 12 years, and the ease of operation for users is now almost the same as the products of major internet companies behind hello, meituan, and qingju. in haining, a city with a population of 1.1 million, more than 22,000 such shared bicycles have been put into use, maintaining the same ratio as hangzhou, which has a permanent population of 12.52 million and has 250,000 shared bicycles.

with two speeds in a city, you can travel thousands of miles a day to and from surrounding metropolises such as suzhou, hangzhou and shanghai, or you can ride leisurely anytime, anywhere, fast or slow, without having to make too many plans and arrangements. just like the smooth aorta and capillaries, they can relax as you please.

textile leather and natural gas

"leather city" is the name of a subway station among local people in haining, and it is also a large regional concept. on the map app, haining china leather city, leather fashion town, wholesale center, raw materials market, and brand fashion the center and others form an area of ​​about 0.8 square kilometers, equivalent to the size of 120 football fields. outdoors in block e of the leather city at the intersection of guangshun road and haizhou west road, above the huge advertising screen, the building's nameplate is: "china leather city".

the "haining leather and fur market research report" shows that there are 1,486 leather industry enterprises in haining city with more than 120,000 employees. the textile industry is represented by xucun. there are more than 2,700 home textile enterprises in xucun, including 179 enterprises above designated size and 36,800 home textile employees. "xucun, haining, zhejiang" was on the hot search list at the end of 2023 because of its "horse face skirt".

the rough sequence of leather production is: first, the raw hides are prepared for soaking and removing impurities. then, a chemical hair removal agent is used to remove hair at high temperatures. next, it is limed, limed and cleaned again. afterwards, the collagen is catalyzed through the tanning process to enhance the durability and stability of the leather. after tanning, retanning is performed to further stabilize the structure of the leather. it is then dyed and fattened to give the leather a specific color and waterproof properties. after dyeing and fatliquing, the leather is dried. finally, finishing processes such as sanding and ironing are used to achieve the desired look and feel of the leather.

the production process in the textile industry is similar to leather manufacturing in that it relies on the extensive use of water, electricity and steam. in this process, multiple key equipment, such as hair removal machines, tanning drums, dryers, spraying equipment, dyeing and printing machines, heat setting equipment, and boilers that provide steam for the entire factory, all require natural gas as the main energy source.

huge energy consumption on the demand side is driving changes on the supply side. in 2021, the three gas boilers of haining guangyao natural gas distributed energy station no. 2, a gray fortress-like building with huge green pipes like circuits climbing on the outer wall, successfully passed the "72+24" hour full-load heating capacity assessment. the first phase project of haining's first clean energy power station has been accepted.

in december 2022, the signing ceremony of haining city's "natural gas flat reform equity reorganization" was held in the haining municipal government, mainly involving haining xinxin natural gas co., ltd., haining xinao gas co., ltd., and haining xinao energy development co., ltd. this equity reorganization not only directly reduces the company's natural gas transmission costs, but also marks the complete realization of haining's natural gas management model of "one city, one enterprise" and haining's "one network" of gas.

(introduction to the lobby on the first floor of haining xinao company, photo by li jing)

the supply and demand ends of an industry can not only maximize the traditional advantages of the local economy, but also promote the renewal and development of related industries on a larger scale. from leather production to energy supply, the rows of businesses in leather city are closely connected to the energy surging in steel pipes. just like the two waters surrounding haining, some are naturally formed, while others require drastic efforts to open up the vast land.