The Great Harbor

[Historical era + Industrial Revolution + national rejuvenation]

The Great Port trilogy was written by Qinhuangdao native Liu Jian, and is the country's first full-length novel about the history of port industry.

The protagonists, Dang Mingyi and Xiang Laozhong, become part of the port's development through history. They endure all kinds of misfortune and the joys and sorrows of life, ultimately becoming witnesses to and participants in a century of change at the port.

In 1898, Qinhuang Port, China's first treaty port opened by the country itself, was established in Hebei. Alongside Kailuan, China's first coal mine opened by the country itself, and the Tangyu Railway, China's first railway, the port helped usher in a new chapter in China's modern industry and lay its foundations. This was a major event in the history of China's national industry.

The historical epic The Great Port takes the construction of China's ports, mines, and railways as its backdrop, chronicling the difficult development and glorious history of modern Chinese industry. It tells of the arduous realization of the “Chinese Dream” of modern national industry, and depicts how Qinhuangdao Port, China's first treaty port opened by the country itself, and Kailuan Coal Mine, its first coal mine opened by the country itself, were wrested from British and Japanese imperialists and returned to the people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.