去年11年16日,在常务副理事长肖耀堂、曾洪率领下,省老促会十几位副理事长,冒着乍到的寒流,来到了广州市惟一的山区县(市)——从化市参观考察。这次参观考察活动,是省老促会理事长林若同志提议的。此前,林若同志曾专程视察了从化市的老区建设,深感这里的领导重视,工作扎实,资金到位,成效显著。从化市位于广州市的东北部,地处珠江三角洲平原与粤北山区过渡地带。抗日战争和解放战争时期,是东江纵队东三支队第三团进行革命活动的重点地区。这里有老区人口3.4万多人,主要分布在吕田、东明、良口等镇。这些镇都是边远山区,过去底子薄,基础设施差,生活条件和社会经济发展都相对落后,尤其是“五难”(即交通、通讯、电力、教育、卫生)比较突出。 Last year, on the 16th of November last year, under the leadership of executive vice chairman Xiao Yao-tang and Zeng Hong, a dozen vice presidents of the provincial CAO delegation, came to the only mountain county in Guangzhou, City visit. This visit and inspection activity is proposed by Comrade Lin Ruo, director of the Provincial Association for Promotion of Social Welfare. Prior to this, Comrade Lin Ruo made a special trip to inspect the construction of the old quarter of Conghua City, and he deeply felt the leadership here has attached great importance to the work. The work is solid and the funds are in place with remarkable results. Located in the northeast of Guangzhou City, Conghua is located in the transition zone between the plain of Pearl River Delta and the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong. During the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, it was the key area for revolutionary activities of the third group of the East Third Detachment of the Dongjiang River. There are more than 34,000 old people in the district, mainly in the towns of Luotian, Dongming and Liangkou. These towns are all remote mountainous areas. In the past, they were weak in infrastructure, poor in infrastructure, and their living conditions and social and economic development were relatively backward. In particular, the “five difficulties” (that is, transportation, communications, electricity, education and public health) stood out.