History of Yegong Avenue in Haizhu District, Guangzhou

Industrial Avenue is located in the west of Haizhu District, Guangzhou, with a total length of 5,540 meters and a width of 40 meters. This is a main road extending from northwest to southeast. The whole line consists of three sections: the north, the middle and the south of Industrial Avenue, starting from Feng 'an Bridge at the southern end of Ren Minqiao in the north and connecting with Zhou Nan Road in Shixiyong in the south. After the founding of New China, under the guidance of the policy of "building Guangzhou into a socialist industrial city", the suburb of "Henan" in Guangzhou was built on 1952 as an important industrial base. Many large and medium-sized enterprises in central, provincial and municipal governments have settled down. More than 30 large and medium-sized industrial enterprises such as Guangzhou Paper Mill, Guangzhou General Machinery Factory (predecessor of Guangzhou Heavy Machinery Factory) and Guangzhou Shipyard have successively taken root here, forming a large-scale industrial zone, and the main road running through this area has also been named "Industrial Avenue". For decades, this 5.5 km long industrial avenue has become the main pillar of Guangzhou's economy. And repeatedly create brilliant:

1954, Guangzhou heavy machinery factory successfully trial-produced the first centrifuge in China, successfully manufactured spare parts for the first satellite in space, and manufactured the world's first titanium diving suit in the 1980s. From 65438 to 0956, Guangzhou Eleventh Rubber Factory began to produce latex products, becoming the first state-owned enterprise to produce condoms. In the mid-1950s, 555, Tiger and Wuyang batteries under Guangzhou Battery Factory began to be exported abroad, becoming the earliest battery products exported in China. In 1970s, Guangzhou Shipyard independently developed "high-speed torpedo speedboat" and "large missile defense ship", and produced the first 10,000-ton ship in Guangzhou in 1974. 1988, Wanbao Refrigerator Industry Company produced 10 1300 1 set, ranking among the top eight refrigerator manufacturers in the world ... Almost every factory has its own core technology, which is "the first in the country".

Since the 1990s, with the adjustment of industrial structure and urban layout, the old state-owned enterprises in Industrial Avenue have been restructured and relocated, and some enterprises that do not adapt to the development of the times have even stopped production and closed down. There are still a few state-owned enterprises operating along the Industrial Avenue, such as Guangzhou Paper Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Aosang MSG Food Co., Ltd. (MSG Factory), Guangzhou Guanghua Pharmaceutical Factory and Star Pharmaceutical Factory.

Now New buildings have sprung up. The green community with flowers and birds replaced the big chimney with black smoke. According to incomplete statistics. There are more than 20 buildings, large and small, near Industrial Avenue, which is a famous "livable avenue" in Guangzhou.