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Industrial and Mining Culture

善美之城 Since the late 1950s, Shaoguan seized the
opportunity of becoming the South China Heavy
Industry Base and the infrastructural construction in
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Guangdong, and developed industrial and mining
enterprises. It became a developed heavy industry city
without any industrial foundation at first. Generations
of Shaoguan workers, with the spirit of hard-working,
dedication, tenacity and the pursuit of excellence, wrote
a spectacular chapter of socialist modernization, forming
the City of KINDNESS and Beauty
a precious spiritual wealth.

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The first home made aircraft, 70% of the uranium material
for Chinese first atomic bomb, and the first desktop computer
第一篇
produced in Guangdong were born in Shaoguan. It was once
a leading electric fan, washing machine, black and white TV
文明古城
production base in Guangdong.
Dabaoshan, Fankou and other mining enterprises are
outstanding representatives of Shaoguan, the “hometown of non-
ferrous metals”; iron and steel enterprises in Shaoguan continue to
occupy the “highlands” of the same industry in China.
Following the historical trend of the new era and looking
back at the road it has taken, Shaoguan is promoting the spirit of
its industrial and mining industry, and carrying on the pioneering
Chapter 1 The Ancient City of Great Civilization
042 spiritual strength of its older generation, thus taking it as a mission
of the times to marching towards a brighter future.