On the evening of February 7, the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games was held in Harbin. At noon that day, when he delivered a speech at the opening ceremony welcome banquet, General Secretary Xi Jinping was deeply moved, "When we came to Harbin, we truly felt that 'the ice and snow are also gold and silver mountains'."

Open the perspective of observation time, we can better understand the profound meaning of these words.

In March 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed when participating in the deliberation of the Heilongjiang delegation at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress: "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains, and the ice and snow of Heilongjiang are gold and silver mountains."

From "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" to "ice and snow are gold and silver mountains", the rich connotation and scientific guidance of the "Two Mountains Theory" have pointed out the direction for Heilongjiang to transform resource advantages and ecological advantages into competitive advantages and development advantages.

When inspecting Heilongjiang in 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping further pointed out: "We must vigorously develop characteristic cultural tourism. Take the development of the ice and snow economy as a new growth point to promote the development of the entire industrial chain of ice and snow sports, ice and snow culture, ice and snow equipment, and ice and snow tourism."

When we came to today's "Double Asian Winter City" in Longjiang, it is the "ice world" and "snow world" wrapped in ice sculptures and jade and silver. Central Street is full of tourists under the night sky, and the carnival on the river is full of joy... Data shows that this year's Spring Festival Golden Week, Harbin received a total of 12.151 million tourists, achieving a total tourism expenditure of 19.15 billion yuan. The number of tourists entering the park on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year on Harbin's Ice and Snow World exceeded 100,000, setting a record high for a single-day entry.

One industry will prosper and drive all industries to flourish. Behind the lively atmosphere is the extension, strengthening and supplementing of the industrial chain. In Heilongjiang, ice and snow clothing fills the gaps, and ice and snow equipment grows from one another. Equipment brands such as Heilong Ice Sword, Qianmao Xuelong, and Hongji Cableway have made innovative breakthroughs. Manufacturing products such as snow motorcycles have been exported to many countries. New business forms and new technologies such as Heihe Cold Land Test Drive in Daxinganling and Harbin Institute of Technology Intelligent Automation Standard Ice Block Production Equipment are constantly emerging, and new quality productivity is accelerating.

As the General Secretary asked, Heilongjiang's "ice and snow sports, ice and snow culture, ice and snow equipment, ice and snow tourism full industrial chain" has gradually formed, and ice and snow "cold" resources release the economic "hot" effect.

As the vitality of the ice and snow economy burst out, the reputation of the city has increased significantly, and the people's sense of gain and happiness has continued to increase. People "really feel that 'the ice and snow are also gold and silver mountains'", "Erbin Hot" makes people feel warm from the heart.

The thoughts have changed and the world is wide. The ice and snow that once made people stay home have become a powerful engine for promoting high-quality development. In his speech at the welcome banquet, the General Secretary pointed out that "ice and snow culture and ice and snow economy are becoming new driving forces for Harbin's high-quality development and a new link for opening up to the outside world."

Standing in one area, planning the overall situation, based on the present and thinking about the long-term. The General Secretary has a forward-looking, clear and profound thinking path for the development of ice and snow culture and ice and snow economy.

In 2014, in Sochi, Russia, President Xi Jinping planned to talk with International Olympic Committee President Bach: "In China, ice and snow sports will not enter Shanhaiguan. If the ice and snow projects can be promoted within the customs, it is expected to drive 200 million to 300 million people to participate, thereby igniting the torch of China's ice and snow sports."

In May 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly during his inspection in Heilongjiang, "Playing forward the strengths and avoiding weaknesses, playing against the weaknesses, and making up for the weaknesses, breaking a new path for revitalizing and developing old industrial bases under the new situation." "my country's economic development is at a critical juncture for changing modes and adjusting structures. It is not only a critical period for climbing the slope and overcoming obstacles, but also a window period for great achievements."

In September 2023, the General Secretary proposed to "accelerate the formation of new quality productivity."

The rising ice and snow sports, ice and snow economy, and ice and snow culture are all vivid epitomes of the accelerated cultivation of new quality productivity.

The length and the short are in line, and the height and the bottom are in line. To climb over obstacles and overcome difficulties, it all depends on people's subjective initiative. This is true for the revitalization of old industrial bases in Northeast China and even the cultivation of new quality productivity. In the new development ideas and development pattern, the weather has gradually changed from climate disadvantage to resource advantages, and from competitive shortcomings to development springboards.

Under the concern and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, "drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has changed from a vision to a real scene. China's ice and snow sports and ice and snow culture entered Shanhaiguan, crossed the Qinling and Huaihe River, and quickly "expanded south, expanded west, and advanced eastward."

From the Beijing Winter Olympics to the Harbin Asian Winter Games, my country's ice and snow sports have ushered in "explosive" leapfrog development in recent years, and the ice and snow culture and ice and snow economy have bloomed in all seasons. China's "ice and snow fever" has spread all over the country, and the world's ice and snow sports map has changed, which has also injected inexhaustible vitality into the ice and snow culture and the ice and snow economy.

The General Secretary said enthusiastically in his speech: "Everyone welcomes you to visit this enthusiastic, open and inclusive black soil and pursue the footprints of Chinese-style modernization." In this ice and snow where people and nature coexist in harmony, people witness the vigorous practice of Chinese-style modernization.

Planning: Gu Qianjiang, Zhang Xiaosong, Ju Peng

Chief writers: Yang Siqi, Zhang Yan, Cao Jiayue

Visual: Jin Xiaoqian, Jia Yining

Co-produced by Xinhua News Agency domestic and Heilongjiang Branch

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's First Studio