每个人心中真该有一幅世界地图

每个人心中真该有一幅世界地图

国家领导人一个月时间内先后访问美国、英国都获得了巨大成功。而在达成的各项外交成就中，也不乏重庆的身影。譬如中国领导人访美时还特意指出，美国加州和中国重庆可围绕信息产业深化合作。重庆与世界的交流和交融，正在整个时代全球化和整个国家中华民族伟大复兴的大背景下，以前所未有的速度奔跑着。

世界，现在距离本属于内陆城市的我们是如此之近。触手可及，召之即来，呼叫即往。

毋庸讳言的是，接下来的这种交流和交融，只会更多，只会越来越多。一叶可知秋：在重庆从事日常外事工作的同志们，这段时间想必就密切感受到了各项任务的加重；而从媒体采访的角度来看，出席越来越多涉外新闻发布会和中外城市交流活动也正在成为一种新的常态。

诸如此类的种种变化，应当是每个有梦想的中国人都乐观其成的。回看历史，早在100多年前，中华老字号瑞蚨祥的创始人、一代大商孟洛川就高喊过：每个中国人心中要有一幅世界地图，那曾是中国商人立志要做全球生意的中国梦；被称为“中国近代睁眼看世界第一人”的林则徐，100多年前组织翻译了《四国志》（亦称《四洲志》），让国人真正第一次知道世界是这么大，那曾是中国官员不甘自绝于世界的中国梦。

当下，这更是时不我待的刚性需求。顺势而为，时机的重要性毋庸置疑。在前段时间被众人推崇的互联网投资干货分享中，美国一位风投大佬如此总结到：创业成功最重要的是什么？我先以为是“想法”，后来是“团队、执行力、适应能力”，再后来是“商业模式”、“融资”，最后我才发现，其实是“时机”（Timing）。眼下，这就是重庆的机遇。我们的记者在参与市领导与外宾的会见中，就多次听到了“机不可失”的表述；在中外嘉宾的对话交流中，也多次听到了“黄金时代的黄金机遇”的畅谈。

但在弄潮时代之前，我们真的准备好了吗？

“主动拥抱世界”心态的准备，无疑是第一位的。著名财经作家吴晓波在新近发表的《谁在驱动今天的潮流》中是这样说的：在今天，很多人为潮流所焦虑，然而你若细想，每一个对时代还有好奇的人，都不可能自居于潮流之外。至于世界地图。很少有人知道，目前按惯例采用的“横麦氏投影地图”其实是1969年一个地图爱好者制作的，地球各国大小比例都严重失真。因此在新时代的“睁眼看世界”中，我们不光是看，更要强调“做中学”，真实地实现与世界的互联互通。

所以，每个重庆人心中都该有一幅真正的世界地图，它势必将有助于这座内陆开放型城市在国际化的潮流中乘风破浪、高歌猛进，迎来更大的发展。

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World Map Inside of Everyone

During just but one month， president Xi has made his state visits to America and Britain， which turned out to be great successes. Chongqing， there is no doubt to say， has played its own part in the diplomatic achievements. Take an example， when visiting the United States， our leader has specifi ed that the cooperation of information industry can be deepened between the state of California and Chongqing. Under the backdrop of the globalization in our era and the national rejuvenation， Chongqing is interacting and embracing the world at an unprecedented pace.

The outside world is just one step away from Chongqing， an inland metropolis. It is within our reach， and responding to our call.

Suffi ce it to say， the channels of our next interaction and communication will be expanded to new fronts. One can see the whole picture by a leopard's spot： for one thing， the staff in the foreign affairs must have felt the intensity of the schedule； for the other， the media must have taken the increasing foreign press conferences and Sino-Foreign city interaction activities as a new normal.

Such changes should be exactly what every Chinese that has ideals is willing to see. Looking back，about one century ago， the “Silk Crocodile” Meng Luochuan， founder of the Chinese time-honored brand-Ruifuxiang， had shouted loudly--there should be world map inside of every Chinese--that was the manifestation of the Chinese dream for the Chinese merchants doing global business； Lin Zexu， “the fi rst who opened his eyes to behold the world in modern China”， had organized a group of people to do the translation of “ The Encyclopaedia of Geograph”， which had exposed the Chinese people to the wild world for the fi rst time---that was the Chinese dream embraced by the Chinese offi cials who were not resigned to fall far behind.

At present， we are entering an era featuring of rigid demand for golden opportunities. Going with the trend and seizing the opportunity is of transcending importance. Recently， in the appealing tips sharing for Internet investment， an American VC baron has put his words in a nutshell—what's the deciding factor for starting a business？ I thought it was “Ideas”， and later I changed my mind to “teamwork， executive force，and adaptability”， to “business patterns， fi nancing”； fi nally， it dawned on me that actually the factor is Timing. The moment comes as the timing for Chongqing. Our journalists have heard about the expressions for “seize the timing” many times in city leaders' meetings with foreign guests； and they have talked over “the golden opportunity in the prime time” a lot in their dialogues.

But are we ready for the new era？

Ready for “Embracing the world” is what the time leaves to us. The renowned fi nance author Wu Xiaobo has stated in his lately-released article that， today， many people feel anxious about the raging trend； but if you think it closely， no one can be the exception sidestepping the trend if he is a bit curious about the era. In terms of the world map， I believe that few know that the current “Horizontal Projection Map” by convention was made by an atlas amateur in 1969， whose proportions for countries are distorted. Therefore， in the new era of “opening eyes to see the world”， we are not supposed to put our focus in seeing it anymore but shift our focus on “learning while practicing”， building the channels to interconnect with the world.

So， there is supposed to be a world map inside of everyone in Chongqing， which is bound to help the open inland metropolitan take leaps in the international trends and embrace further development.

The Editorial Office