Gold Ingot Springing out from the Mountains

2017-08-03ByXuKuang

Special Focus 2017年7期

By Xu Kuang

By Xu Kuang

“Taoyuan? Which one do you refer to?’’

“The one described in the famous poem “The Peach Blossom Spring” by Tao Yuanming.’’ Locals of Zhuxi will respond the inquirer proudly.

Taoyuan town (Peach Blossom Spring) is considered as the prototype of Tao Yuanming’s Poem “The Peach Blossom Spring” in the eyes of local residents of Zhuxi. It neighbors Zhenping town of Shanxi and Wuxi town of Chongqing. It starts at Horsehead Gorge and extends all the way to Guandu town of Zhushan. Cliffs here are steep as if being cut with axes by the God and brooks gurgle as if a fine wine bestowed by nature. Let alone the deep and quiet canyon, verdant trees and flowers, and mysterious mist in between. A bird would stop for a rest and man will feel they are entering a dreamland.

The Second Water Source Area of VOSS

Started out from Zhuxi town, passing Xinzhou town, Bingying town and Tianbao town along the country road, finally to the Taoyuan town, we spent 4 hours on the road to reach the destination---- the water source area of VOSS.

On July 5th, we arrived at Tianbao at 11:00 pm and stayed overnight there, then went towards Taoyuan at 6:00 am the next day. The mountain road was bumpy and rugged. What is worse, the mist was so thick that visibility was down to 20 meters. For safety, they stopped by the roadside waiting for a while. The hovering clouds and dense mist surrounded the mountains and we can vaguely see the outcurves of the mountains. The mist flowing among the mountains is like an ink painting. If you stepped into the mist, you would have the fantastic illusion that it seemed like walking in heaven and there would be a fairy lady to show you the right path if you needed help. After 10 minutes’ waiting, the mists cleared away and we continued our journey again.

Two hours later, we arrived at the factory site of Huabin-Voss Mineral Water. The high-end brand VOSS Company singled out Taoyuan town as its second water source area in the world; the other being in Norway.

Standing at the foot of Mount Danxia, we can listen to the crystal sound of the flowing stream. Now water pipes have been erected along the mountain lines so that the water could flow down from the top of the mountain to the factory. If you sip a drop of water from the pipes, you will be thrilled by its sweet and fragrance.

At 10:00 am on July 6th, accompanied by Zhang Weiguo, the Secretary of Communist Party of Shiyan, Chen Gang, the deputy director of Office of the South-to-north Water Transfer Project, and Yan Bin, the chairman of the Board of Huabin Group helicoptered to Zhuxi. Together they inspected on the construction sites of Huabin mineral water manufacturing project in Mount Danxia in Taoyuan.

Huabin Group is an international corporation which engages mainly in international trade, property management, sports industry, tourism and beverages.

In October in 2015, the High-end Voss Mineral Water Factory in Mount Danxia of Zhongba village in Taoyuan, was invested and constructed by Huabin Investment Corporation(China) and Zhuxi Government. The firstperiod construction would cover six hundred and fiftyseven million RMB yuan. The factory’s production capability would be three hundred thousand tons per year. It was estimated that the project will be completed and put into operation in October in 2017.

Mutual Benefits to Each Other

In March 2015, Zhang Ligang, vice chairman of Huabin Group, arrived at Taoyuan and made an on-the-spot investigation in the aspects of geological structure, water flowing rate analysis, product trafficking and the location of the factory.

When finishing, Zhang Ligang and his associates were deeply impressed by the beautiful natural scenery here. They couldn’t help proclaiming that Zhuxi was an amazing natural oxygen bar.

As a famous company enjoying worldwide reputation of wise investment both at home and abroad, Huabin Group is committed to ensuring the success of mutual cooperation of the high-end mineral water project. Liang Hekou village of Taoyuan has high-standard water sources, with large storage and high quality, which is suitable for constructing large-scale natural mineral water assembly line. Especially the favorable ecological environments make it possible for the water source here to rival the global famous brand of mineral water products, which is another key element for mutual collaboration. All this guarantees the mutual benefits.

On December 28th, 2016, the Foundation stone was laid to the construction of Huabin Mineral Water Factory.

This project is expected to render favorable social and economical benefits to the local community. Once the first stage of assembly line initiates, the factory will provide revenues of 380,000,000 yuan (RMB) to the local government, including mineral resources tax, compensation for mineral resources and water resources fee, which sum up to be 16,500,000 yuan (RMB), and the factory can offer over 200 job opportunities for local residents.

The product is of high quality, characteristic of natural mineral water. The water contains abundant mineral substances as strontium, selenium, alkali, sodium and etc.

The factory occupies an area as large as 118,162 square meters, and the floor area as large as 56,856 square meters.

Up to now, it is estimated that the construction of the steel structure of the factory has completed 68% of the total construction, 40% of the ground concrete cementing, 30% of wall constructions, and 50% of multifunctional building of living quarters and 50% of dormitory building.

Devotion to Local Charity

After making on-the-spot investigation, Chen Gang, Zhang Weiguo, Yan Bin, Zhang Ligang and their associates participated in the local Charity Ceremony entitled“Distributing Love, and Doing Charity for Individuals.”At the ceremony, Huabin Group donated 218,000 yuan (RMB) to Wacang Primary School of Taoyuan to improveschool’s facilities and help 52 students in poverty to finish their studies.Zhang Ligang, on behalf of Huabin Group, made a speech saying that Zhuxi will grow together with Huabin Group in the area of internationalization and diversified development. In the near future, VOSS, thriving in Zhuxi, will march to the domestic and international market which is the shared expectation of Huabin Group and Zhuxi people, and the success of the project will guarantee the Huabin Group’s promise of“Charity to Individuals”.

Zhang Ligang said, on May 22th, 2017, Huabin Cultural Foundation and VOSS Water Foundation will co-host a charitable auction in London, England. Then 6 paintings by children in Zhuxi and other paintings by famous artists home and abroad will be auctioned. And the money is intended to help the African children in poverty to drink clean water.

Keeping love in mind, Huabin Cultural Foundation and VOSS Water Foundation (China) would establish Love-pass Education Foundation to reward Zhuxi people.

Right now, the infrastructure as transportation, entrance road, oil and gas station, power supply system of the project is under construction.

Beautiful scenery is the gold and silver mines. Huabin Group is committed to exploiting the resources while protecting the local environment, making the factory and the water source site into tourist attractions in the future.

“桃源？哪个桃源？”

“就是陶渊明的《桃花源记》里的那个桃源。”竹溪人都会这样告诉询问者。

桃源乡在很多竹溪人眼中就是陶渊明笔下《桃花源记》的原型，它接陕西镇平，连重庆巫溪，溯驴头峡而抵竹山官渡，处处绝壁如斧凿，淙淙溪水似玉液，更兼峡谷幽深，花木葱茏，云彩出没，禽鸟钟情，居住于此，宛如仙人。

全球第二处水源

从竹溪县城出发，经新洲、兵营、天宝，再沿乡道到达桃源乡，全程约4小时。

7月5日，记者晚上11点行至天宝住宿，第二天6点半再从天宝出发前往桃源。山路崎岖，行至一处，前方大雾挡住来路，能见度不到20米，安全起见，下车等待。只见云阔烟深，山峦只露出隐约轮廓，雾在山间流动，似泼墨丹青。轻轻抬足，似身处仙台之中，转身就能偶遇仙人指点迷津。10分钟后，大雾散去，一行人继续前行。

两小时后，记者到达桃源乡华彬集团高端饮品VOSS（芙丝）矿泉水在建厂址，此处为VOSS品牌在全球除了挪威以外的第二处水源。

在丹霞山下便可听见淙淙流水声，水管沿山路已搭建完工，至源头，水从山间流下，水质清冽，尝一口，一种未经加工的天然甘甜。

7月6日上午10时，在十堰市委书记张维国的陪同下，国务院南水北调办副主任陈刚、华彬集团董事局主席严彬等乘坐华彬航空集团的直升机抵达竹溪，在桃源丹霞山华彬矿泉水项目建设现场调研。

华彬集团是一家集国际贸易、物业经营管理、体育文化产业、旅游休闲度假、功能饮料为经营主业的跨国集团公司。

桃源乡中坝村丹霞山高端矿泉水项目，由华彬投资（中国）有限公司于2015年10月与竹溪县人民政府签约投资兴建。该项目位于竹溪县桃源乡中坝村，项目一期总投资6.57亿元，达到年产30万吨高端矿泉水生产能力，预计2017年10月竣工投产。

地方互利共赢

2015年3月，华彬集团副总裁张立刚一行来到竹溪桃源，就水源地具体位置、地质构造、水流量、交通、建厂选址等情况进行考察。

考察途中，张立刚一行被该县秀美的自然风光深深吸引，不时感叹竹溪真是一个让人惊羡的“天然氧吧”。

作为一家蜚声海内外的著名投资主体，华彬集团的投资实力和企业信誉深得好评，这是双方合作开发高端矿泉水项目的关键。桃源两河口村天然矿泉水资源独特，水量大、水质好，适合建设大型天然矿泉水生产线，尤其是良好的生态环境，使此处水源具备与全球知名矿泉水比美的实力，这是双方合作的基础。矿泉水开发项目可实现双方互利共赢。

2016年12月28日，华彬矿泉水项目建设开工奠基。

据介绍，该项目社会经济效益好。在项目一期达产后，每年上缴各项税收总额3.8亿元，上缴矿产资源税、矿产资源补偿费和水资源费达1650万元，可提供200余个就业岗位。

该项目矿泉水品质高，属大型天然出露型矿泉水，有“高锶、富硒、弱碱、低钠”特性。

该项目建设规模大。厂区总用地面积118162平方米，建筑总面积56856平方米。

据了解，目前生产区厂房已累计完成钢结构总工程量的68%，地面混泥土浇筑完成40%，砌墙施工完成工程量30%，生活区综合楼、宿舍楼低级承台基础处理完成50%。