“Repair the House Before It Rains”

DAQING High and NewTechnology IndustrialDevelopment Zone is inits famous namesake oilcity,which grew aroundthe derricks on an expanse of wastelandin northestern China's HeilongjiangProvince.It was here that black goldwas first discovered in the1960s.In1990,former president Jiang Ze-min visited Daqing,China's largestpetroleum production base and,in thewords of an old proverb,advised localleaders to"repair the house before itrains"and consider the long-term devel-opment of Daqing.The cit…