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一 | 4月27日，大连市沙河口区某舞厅发生一起放火案。
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The monumental full length reportage Ballet of Commerce: The Epic of Guangdong's Foreign Trade by famous writer He Jianming is set to make its debut at the Southern China Book Fair from August 27 to 31 in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.
Published by the Guangdong Education Publishing House, the book is the first of its kind to offer a panoramic account of Guangdong's millennium of trade and will be presented as a special offering for 2026's APEC "China Year," Xu Xiaofeng, an editor with the publishing house, told the Global Times on Monday.
China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, Guangdong in November. It will be China's third time hosting the event, following Shanghai in 2001 and Beijing in 2014.
He, a former vice chairman of the China Writers Association and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Chinese Reportage Literature in 2023, told the Global Times on Monday that as the world watches the evolving trade relationship between China and the US, there is a growing need for a book that can help Western readers gain a deeper understanding of China's trading culture and how Chinese people have conducted business throughout history.
Guangdong marks the starting point of China's thousand-year maritime trade with the world. Through its foreign trade trajectory, the book reflects China's broader trade evolution, the enduring values of the Chinese spirit in the modern era, and the distinctive civilizational traits that have shaped China's rise, He noted.
Guangdong is both the birthplace of the ancient Maritime Silk Road and a pioneer of China's reform and opening-up. As a vital artery of commercial exchange between China and the rest of the world, the Maritime Silk Road has witnessed the evolution and transformation of the Chinese economy over the centuries.
During the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) dynasties, silk was among the main goods transported along the route, earning it the name "Silk Road." During the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, porcelain became a major export commodity, leading the route to be known as the "Porcelain Road." By the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, tea had emerged as a sought-after Chinese export in Europe, giving rise to yet another name - the "Tea Road," according to a report by the Counselor's Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
Mutual benefit
Guangdong, China's largest foreign trade province, accounts for about one-fifth of the country's total trade and imports. As a major manufacturing hub with deep and extensive industrial chains, it creates significant demand for production factors, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
In the first half of this year, Guangdong's foreign trade reached 5.49 trillion yuan ($810 billion), surpassing the 5-trillion-yuan mark for the first time in the same period on record. The figure represented a year-on-year increase of 20.8 percent and accounted for 21.6 percent of China's total foreign trade. The province contributed an additional 944.71 billion yuan in trade volume, accounting for 25.6 percent of the country's foreign trade growth, according to official statistics released in July.
Having interviewed over 100 enterprises and institutions, He said that the book revisits the enduring legacy of the Maritime Silk Road, highlighting the exchanges between China and the West and the fusion of diverse civilizations.
"At the heart of Chinese business culture is the belief that 'harmony is the most valuable.' Rooted in traditional Chinese culture, this philosophy emphasizes cooperation and mutual benefit. Rather than viewing strength as a means to overpower others, Chinese merchants have traditionally embraced the idea that prosperity should be shared. When one grows stronger, others can benefit and achieve success together. This aspect of Chinese commercial culture remains unfamiliar to many in the Western world," said the 70-year-old writer.
Wang Yuanlin, a professor at the School of Humanities Guangzhou University, told the Nanfang Plus (a Guangdong-based news platform) that mutually beneficial and fair foreign trade policies, together with Guangdong merchants' long-standing tradition of integrity and win-win cooperation, have been key factors behind the province's enduring success in foreign trade.
Elegant business
The author said that the choice of "ballet" in the book's title reflects the idea that Chinese business practices have developed into an art form - one characterized by balance and elegance.
"I want the Western world to understand that when the Industrial Revolution was just beginning and the Renaissance was sweeping across Europe, Chinese people had already mastered the art of commerce," He said.
Through conversations with entrepreneurs ranging from grassroots business founders to prominent corporate leaders such as Dong Mingzhu, chairperson of Gree Electric Appliances, He chronicles Guangdong's transformation from a millennia-old trading hub into a global industrial powerhouse.
"Just imagine: Employees at a private company can step into a space capsule after lunch and take a nap in their own private sleeping quarters. With a company like that, how could it not succeed?" he said.
From the exchange of handcrafted goods in the agricultural era to today's trade in high-tech products such as semiconductors and drones, Chinese people have developed a business culture centered on the principle that "harmony is most valuable" over thousands of years of commercial exchange.
This cultural tradition has become a key in driving the continued growth of trade in Guangdong and across China, He added.
。犯罪嫌疑人范某酒后在舞厅放火，其本人当场死亡，并致参与施救的3名员工受伤。
三 | 据都市快报，4月27日傍晚6点，有网友在社交平台发布视频，称“大连最火的琳琳舞厅着火了，不知道有没有人受伤”。 视频显示，一家写着“LINLIN CLUB”的舞厅正门浓烟滚滚，大火甚至还在往门外喷。周围站着许多当地居民，还有不少消防人员正在进行灭火。另一名博主的视频显示，现场还有疑似伤者躺在地上。 据公开资料，大连市沙河口区琳琳歌舞厅成立于2003年03月21日，位于辽宁省大连市沙河口区如意街136号。 “我当时在楼上，一开始还没有看到着火了，而是听到楼下很吵，以为有人在吵架。后来往窗户外一看，琳琳舞厅不断冒出浓烟。”大连当地居民刘先生说，烟刚起来的时候刮的是东南风，打开窗户时还没有闻到味道。越到后面，浓烟越大，就闻到了很刺鼻的味道。
四 | “应该先在正门的位置起的火，之后再引到后门这边，尤其是房顶的位置一直在冒烟。
五 | ”刘先生说，这是他第一次这么近看到火灾。不过着火和灭火的时候，自己没有下去看，只是拍了一下冒出浓烟的现场。尽管舞厅附近拉了警戒线，还是围了不少人。 “现场来了七八辆消防车，还有两辆救护车，消防和急救人员都在舞厅的正门进行处置。火势还挺大的，灭火和后续处理花了两三个小时，后面还花了点时间检查这个地方会不会复燃。有没有人员伤亡就不清楚了，这个要等官方通报。”刘先生说，虽然琳琳舞厅只有一层楼，但在大连还算有名。
六 | 它的消费层次并不是很高，属于面向大众的类型，门票是十几块钱。 另一位当地居民李先生（化名）说，自己以前的店就开在如意街上，不过现在已经搬走了，还是通过老顾客给他发的视频，才知道这件事的。“我没有在现场看到，但是当地人都传开了，琳琳舞厅着火了。
七 | 这个舞厅挺大的，开的时间也很久，在我们这儿蛮有名，这次着火了也遭罪，不知道有没有人员伤亡。” 4月28日，大连市公安局沙河口分局发布警情通报： 2024年4月27日17时许，大连市沙河口区某舞厅发生一起放火案。犯罪嫌疑人范某(男，59岁)酒后在舞厅安检入口处放火，其本人当场死亡，并致参与施救的3名舞厅员工受伤。 目前，3名伤者正在医院治疗，均无生命危险，案件正在进一步侦办中。 （中国小康网综合平安沙河口、都市快报）。
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