Sharing a Dream in the Mugwort Capital

May 19, 2017 saw an unforgettable day in the history of Qichun.The Qichun Yangtze River Port invested by the China Merchants Group, one of the largest SOEs based in Hong Kong, went into operation. With its advantage in public terminal operation,the Group invested 50 million yuan and helped Qichun build this modern deep-water wharf in Guanyao Town.

At the completion ceremony,Zhao Shaolian, member of the Standing Committee of the Huanggang Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Qichun County Party Committee,exhumed a clear sentimentality when she said: “This marks the beginning of a new journey for the economic development of Qichun County on a broader stage.The city is no longer restricted to inland access, but now has unlimited ocean opportunities,and has been included in China’s‘Belt and Road’ construction.” Hu Zheng, executive vice president of the China Merchants Group Charitable Foundation, believes that this means the end of a traditional era and the advent of a modern era in Qichun.

Each year, 1.2 million tons of cargo can be shipped through the Yangtze River to other places of the country or even of the world.Now the “Shekou Mode” from Shenzhen, comprised of “Former Harbor, Central District, and Back City,” took a crucial step here in its replicate in Qichun.

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Qichun Yangzte River Port蕲春港长江码头

2017年5月19日是蕲春历史上难忘的一天——蕲春港长江码头竣工开港并投入试运营。这是香港四大中资企业之一的招商局集团，运用自身公共码头运营商优势，出资5000万元，帮助蕲春建设管窑现代化深水码头。

竣工仪式上，黄冈市委常委、蕲春县委书记赵少莲说：“这标志着蕲春县域经济发展从此迈上一个新的征程，走向一个更为广阔的舞台，标志着这个城市从内河时代向海洋时代迈进，跨入中国“一带一路”建设行列，招商局集团慈善基金会执行副理事长胡政甚至认为，这意味着蕲春一个传统时代的终结和一个现代化时代的到来”。

每年120万吨货物可以从此“直挂云帆济沧海”，通过长江运往全国乃至世界各地。至此，“前港、中区、后城”的深圳“蛇口模式”在蕲春的复制迈出了关键一步。

同年4月26日，该县与招商蛇口集团签署共建李时珍医药工业园区合作协议并奠基开工（该园区也叫招商局蕲春健康产业新城），标志着该县“前港、中区、后城”新战略布局逐步形成，李时珍医药工业园区和临江的管窑临港经济区，背靠蕲春新城，拱卫蕲春长江码头，成为带动蕲春经济迈向腾飞的新引擎。

招商局集团结合蕲春中医药种植环境和李时珍、《本草纲目》等无形的中医药品牌资产，做强做大中医药产业，推动健康产业发展。董事长李建红对蕲春打造大健康产业充满信心，他表示，“不仅要帮助蕲春率先脱贫，而且要率先实现小康”，围绕李时珍永久性金字招牌，联合打造大健康和生物制造两个500亿规模产业，把李时珍医药工业园区打造成国家一级产业园区。去年5月27日，招商局蕲春产业促进中心正式挂牌营运，负责产业新城的招商引资。

招商局集团一直致力帮扶蕲春发展经济，着眼蕲春融入国家精准扶贫战略、长江经济带战略和健康中国的发展实际，提出打造一个开发区、发展一个大市场、培育一个大产业“三个一”宏大构想，并纳入集团重大战略。从2013年5月起，招商局集团在蕲春县大同镇柳林村、向桥乡斌冲村、刘河镇桥上村、檀林镇上界岭村和青石大屋村等地投资建设 “招商局·幸福新村”，帮农户脱贫致富，发展现代农业。2017年4月26日以来，招商局蕲春健康产业新城累计新增签约产业项目16个，协议累计投资额为46.71亿元。该集团将在航运、物流、新城建设、金融等六个方面，围绕医疗、医养、医药等健康产业，从蕲春起步，为集团培育一个新的增长点。

On April 26 the same year,the county signed a cooperation agreement with the China Merchants Shekou Group to build together the Li Shizhen Pharmaceutical Industrial Park.

The park was also called the Qichun Health Industrial New Town of China Merchants Group.Its cornerstone ceremory held on the same day marked that the mode of “Former Harbor, Central District, and Back City” was inaugurated here. The county’s new strategic layout was formed as the Li Shizhen Pharmaceutical Industrial Park and Guanyao Portside Economic Zone by the Yangtze River, backed by the Industrial New Town and supporting the Qichun Yangtze River Port, are becoming the new engine that drives the Qichun economy to take off.

Moxibustion training 艾灸培训

Guiness World Record: a thousand people practicing moxibustion together吉尼斯世界纪录--千人艾灸

The 1st Li Shizhen Qi Mugwort and Health Culture Festival首届李时珍蕲艾健康文化节活动现场

The China Merchants Group combined the planting environment of traditional Chinese medicine in Qichun and the intangible Chinese medicine brand assets such as Li Shizhen

and the Compendium of Materia Medica to strengthen and expand the Chinese medicine industry and promote the development of the health industry. Chairman Li Jianhong is full of confidence in Qichun’s building of a big health industry. He said that, “Not only should we help Qichun to take the lead in getting rid of poverty, but also take the lead in realizing a well-off society.” While promoting the brand of Li Shizhen, the Group will strive to develop two 50-billion-yuan industries in the fields of big health and biomanufacturing, and develop the Li Shizhen Pharmaceutical Industrial Park into a nationally first-class industrial park. On May 27 last year, the Qichun Industrial Promotion Center of China Merchants Group was formally launched and was responsible for attracting investment to the New Town.

Wenchang Tower by Leixi River雷溪河畔文昌阁

Mugwort leaves and the lake form a delight contrast艾山水

The China Merchants Group has been committed to helping Qichun develop its economy.Based on the development reality of Qichun’s integration into the National Precision Poverty Alleviation Strategy,the Yangtze River Economic Belt Strategy and the Healthy China Program, the Group proposed a grand plan consisting of creating a development zone, developing a large market, and cultivating a large industry, and incorporated it into the Group’s major strategy.

Since May 2013, the China Merchants Group has invested in the construction of “China Merchants Happy New Villages”at Liulin Village in Datong Town,Binchong Village in Xiangqiao,Qiaoshang Village in Liuhe,Shangjielin Village in Tanlin and Dawu Village in Qinshi respectively,” which aims to help farmers overcome poverty and develop modern agriculture.

Since April 26, 2017, a total of 16 new contracted industrial projects have been added to the Qichun Health Industrial New Town, with a cumulative investment of 4.671 billion yuan.The Group plans to focus primarily on medical and pharmaceutical sectors alongside shipping,logistics, new city construction and finance, and foster a new growth point with Qichun as the starting point.