Yuán Gēng láidào Shékǒu de shíhou, nàli hái zhǐshì yí piàn huāngtān.
When Yuan Geng came to Shekou, it was still just a stretch of barren shore.
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He was in his sixties when 招商局, China Merchants, sent him to build the zone. Its slogan 时间就是金钱，效率就是生命, 'time is money, efficiency is life', became a byword for the early reform years.
