Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport is located in Denggang Town, Rongcheng District, Jieyang City. It is a civil airport in eastern Guangdong, radiating to three cities in eastern Guangdong and some counties in Meizhou. The important trunk airport in the southern coastal area of ??China is an important air node connecting the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". To put it bluntly, it serves overseas Chaoshan Chinese and local businesses going global.
The airport was officially opened on December 15, 2011, and named Jieyang Chaoshan Airport; on July 10, 2014, Jieyang Chaoshan Airport was officially renamed Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport.
First, let’s talk about the name first. Jieyang is easy to understand because the airport is located in Jieyang. Chaoshan is because Chaoshan is much more famous overseas than Jieyang. The entire Jieyang, Chaozhou and Shantou used to be called Chaoshan area. To put it bluntly, this is the general pattern of naming. (Looking at the route map, Southeast Asia is also an important direction)
Secondly, let’s talk about the location. Although the airport is located in Jieyang, it is not far from the three places. It is about 20 minutes to the urban areas of Jieyang and Chaozhou. kilometers, about 40 kilometers to Shantou city. This is not far at all from many domestic airports to urban areas. And the airport bus is very convenient to the above three places.
Third, why was it built here. Originally, there was an airport in Shantou, Waisha Airport, which was very close to Shantou city. However, the runway of the airport was very short, and there was almost no possibility of expansion due to geographical constraints. A small Waisha is no longer able to meet the civil aviation needs of Chaoshan and Shantou. Moreover, the main function of Waisha Airport is for the Air Force. Therefore, in 1993, the provincial government and Chaoshan were actively planning a new airport. The location of Denggang Town is almost in the center of the three places, and the air clearance conditions are relatively good. The key is that it is mostly surrounded by farmland, and it is well prepared for future expansion. Be well prepared.
Fourth, significance. This is also the only airport in China that ranks first in three places with one life. It can be said that it is the result of comprehensive consideration of regionalization and economic integration, and provides a good foundation for more in the future. It is a useful attempt to build airports and high-speed rail between other sister cities.
Although Chaoshan Airport is located on the boundary of Jieyang, the state's investment in the construction of Chaoshan Airport clearly stated that it was to serve the Chaoshan region and even the eastern Guangdong region, so the airport was also named Chaoshan Airport. Don’t worry about Chaoshan Airport being located on the border of Jieyang and the Shantou People’s Congress. The airport is not invested by Jieyang City, nor is it operated and managed by Jieyang City. Chaoshan Airport is invested by the Civil Aviation Administration of China with 400 million, the Guangdong Provincial Government with 400 million, and Guangdong Airport Management Group Co., Ltd. It is an industry under the Guangdong Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which has self-raised 2.8 billion yuan for investment and construction. Chaoshan Airport serves the people of Chaoshan and even the entire eastern Guangdong region.
The same is true for the Chaoshan High-speed Railway Station. High-speed rail is an industry under China Railway Corporation. Guangzhou High-speed Railway Station is in Panyu, Huizhou High-speed Railway Station is in Danshui, Xiamen High-speed Railway Station is in Tongan, and Hangzhou High-speed Railway Station is in Xiaoshan... These high-speed railway stations are all more than 40 kilometers away from the urban area. The Chaoshan High-speed Railway Station is located in Shaxi, which is only 30 kilometers away from Shantou. .
Chaoshan International Airport is owned by the three cities of Chaoshan and is not owned by Jieyang alone. In order to enhance its presence, Jieyang just put the word "Jieyang" in front of Chaoshan International Airport. The purpose is simply to make people think that this airport only belongs to Jieyang! This is simply unethical.
It's too despicable to say the least, it's a real deception! Let’s look at the Chaoshan High-speed Railway Station in Chaozhou. It is not labeled Chaozhou-Chaoshan High-speed Railway Station at all, but directly labeled Chaoshan Station! This is the mind!
Initially and according to the formal name, it was "Jieyang Denggang Airport" (prefecture-level city name + location name). Airports across the country are named this way, but Shantou said it does not reflect the When leaving Shantou, Jieyang was forced to change its name to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport. Jieyang also suffered a lot. The same goes for the high-speed rail stations in Chaozhou. They were first called "Shaxi Station", and at the worst, they had to be called Chaozhou South Station. As a result, once Shantou intervened, it was called the nondescript Chaoshan Station again! Shantou is a special economic zone! The two brothers from Jieyang, Chaozhou, have no choice!
Chaoshan Airport was moved to Shantou Airport. Shantou Airport was originally a dual-purpose airport for the Air Force and civil aviation. After the reform and opening up, with the increase in flights and the needs of national defense, the airport needed It was upgraded and expanded to serve the people of the three cities and fashionistas around the world. Finally, Jieyang Dinggang was selected as the site in the center of the three cities and named Chaoshan International Airport. After the completion, the leaders of Jieyang were not confident and put up a large stone at the intersection entering the airport to write "Jieyang Chaoshan Airport". This was criticized Experts from the three cities of Chaoshan and scholars at home and abroad objected. They felt that it was neither fish nor fowl. Chaoshan included Jieyang, and Jieyang should not be ranked before Chaoshan. Jieyang leaders believed that the original Jieyang was an agricultural county, and the people of the country were not interested in Jieyang just after it was upgraded. Knowing that there is a place like Jieyang, we must use airplanes to promote it well, and we must call it Jieyang even if it is unorthodox.
Jieyang has always played the role of "brothers born from common people" in the Chaoshan area. Chaozhou and Shantou are real brothers, collectively called Chaoshan.
The customs and living habits of Jieyang people are more inclined to Hailufeng and Hakka. For example, in terms of diet, the traditional habit of Chaozhou and Shantou people is to drink white porridge for three meals, while Jieyang people only drink porridge for breakfast. Also in the business world, compared with Chaozhou people and Shantou people, Jieyang people are more like Hailufeng people, more casual and generous, and less calculating. And the people of Jieyang are also very competitive. The economic vitality and scale of certain industries of Liusha Town, the county seat of Puning County-level city, can be ranked at the forefront in the whole province. It can compete with the Pearl River Delta region, far surpassing Chaozhou and Shantou. .
Therefore, it is not difficult for everyone to understand that those who belittle Jieyang people in the comment area should be Chaozhou and Shantou people.
In fact, in the 1990s, it was said that the airport would be built in the third city center, at Fortress Swan Hill. This location is measured based on the distance between Chaoshan, Shantou and Jie. The airport is naturally Chaoshan Airport. As for adding the word "Jieyang" in front of it, I heard that the Jieyang government felt that the fort guarding was under the jurisdiction of Jieyang, so it added the word "Jieyang" in front of it so that Jieyang would have more signboards outside. But Chaozhou and Shantou disagreed.
Simply put, it covers the territory of Jieyang and should have been called Jieyang Airport. However, when selecting the site at that time, we considered choosing it at the geometric center of the three cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang. In addition, the provincial government solicited the opinions of overseas Chinese from Chaoshan and decided to name Chaoshan Airport based on the opinions of the overwhelming majority of overseas Chinese. Furthermore, the name Chaoshan best represents the public opinion, reality and history of Chaoshan area! Therefore, the time, location, and people all agree with the name Chaoshan Airport. As a provincial government that implements democratic centralism, there is no reason to disagree!
Because the people of Jieyang are Chaoshan-minded and generous, it is called Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport, otherwise it would be called Jieyang Rongcheng International Airport.
Because Jieyang is low-key and modest, using international naming rights for Chaoshan appears to be regionally inclusive! Let Chaoshan people believe that the airport is unique to Chaoshan people.