Once The National Fashion "Dacron" Has Now Become The Memory Of A Generation

　　 After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ushered in the spring of reform and opening up, China began to dialogue with the world. However, in the face of the rapid development of science and technology and industrialization in the world, it takes several generations to catch up. For every fighter, how to speed up the process of China's industrial modernization has become practical and urgent.

40 years ago, the state raised $1 billion to make two more new clothes  

From 1954 to 1978, China had a net population increase of 350 million. People had to grow their food and clothing on land. The limited cultivated land could not meet the needs of people to eat and dress. Moreover, "grain is the key link" and "cotton does not compete with grain for land".

Since the 1970s, China has considered to solve the problem of people's clothing through the development of petrochemical industry and chemical fiber. In 1978, Gong lunxing was ordered to build Yizheng Chemical fiber factory with the goal of providing two new clothes for each person in the country every year.

Gong lunxing, former party secretary of Yizheng Chemical Fiber Company

More than 40 years ago, it was astronomical to build a factory with a billion yuan RMB. It was unheard of to build a factory with loans. This unique way of investment and construction was called "Yizheng mode" at that time.

For the first phase of the project, the interest on debt alone will reach 320000 yuan per day, which is equivalent to the salary of more than 10000 employees for a month. However, pressure is also a driving force. Yizheng people worked hard and worked hard.

The first polyester production line of Yizheng Chemical fiber was formally built and put into operation in 1984, and it is still in operation. By 1990, it had been able to produce 500000 tons of chemical fibers and raw materials for chemical fibers, and could provide 5 meters of cloth for each person in the country every year to make a suit of "Dacron".

Zhejiang Ningbo, Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co., Ltd., the largest crude oil processing enterprise in China. Black crude oil is refined into gasoline, diesel oil, ethylene and p-xylene, among which p-xylene is an important raw material for "Dacron".

In 1988, Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co., Ltd. took the lead in processing imported crude oil in China. Today, 60000 tons of crude oil are processed and refined here every day. The Chinese petrochemical industry is striving to catch up and rewrite the map of the world chemical fiber industry.

The once national fashion "Dacron" has now become the memory of a generation, and China's chemical fiber production has reached the first in the world, not only solving the clothing problem of 1.4 billion people, but also exporting to the world.

Reform and opening up have released the endless vitality of Chinese people, and everyone enjoys the joy of harvest while running. China has been the world's largest manufacturing country for 11 consecutive years, and its industry has achieved a historic leap from small to large. China has 41 industrial categories, 207 medium categories and 666 sub categories. All the industrial categories listed in the United Nations industrial classification can be found in China.

(excerpt from "CCTV finance and economics" micro signal)