【赓续长征精神 奋进复兴征程】云南：以实干实绩走好新时代长征路

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Yunnan was an important region along the Red Army's Long March route, where the Long March sowed the seeds of revolution across the Yunling land. At a new historical starting point, people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan are carrying forward their revolutionary heritage, inheriting and promoting the great spirit of the Long March, and striving to write Yunnan's chapter in Chinese modernization.

From 1935 to 1936, the Central Red Army and the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps successively fought and maneuvered through 33 counties in Yunnan, skillfully crossed the Jinsha River, escaped pursuit and interception by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and achieved a decisive victory in their strategic relocation. Jiaopingdu, in Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, Kunming, was the decisive crossing point for the Central Red Army's “skillful crossing of the Jinsha River.” The story of 37 local boatmen who risked their lives to help the Red Army cross the river has become an unforgettable revolutionary memory.

Carrying forward the revolutionary spirit provides strength for forging ahead. The once-perilous natural barrier of the Jinsha River has become a broad lake amid high gorges, benefiting people in Sichuan and Yunnan on both banks. Near the Jiaopingdu crossing and the riverside historic sites, the Wudongde Hydropower Station, completed and put into operation in 2020, can now meet the annual household electricity needs of more than 34 million urban and rural residents. As a backbone project of the west-to-east power transmission program, Wudongde, together with downstream hydropower stations including Baihetan and Xiluodu, forms the world's largest clean energy corridor, spanning 1,800 kilometers with a total installed capacity exceeding 70 million kilowatts.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Yunnan will consolidate and upgrade industries in which it has distinctive strengths, including plateau agriculture, cultural tourism and green energy; strive to establish a national advanced manufacturing cluster for green phosphorus chemicals; actively develop strategic emerging industries such as biomedicine and new materials; and plan for the export of computing services. At the same time, it will advance efforts to achieve decisive progress in building a national demonstration zone for ethnic unity and progress, becoming a frontrunner in ecological conservation, and developing a hub reaching out to South and Southeast Asia.