胡耀邦同志一九八一年秋视察辽宁时说:“中国这个地域的轮廓,象一只雄鸡,东北象个鸡头。雄鸡一唱天下白,雄鸡叫声从你们这里开始。……东北的工作应该走在前头,能够走在前头。”是的,如果东北是中国这只雄鸡的鸡头,那么,大连就是这只雄鸡的咽喉。雄鸡要引吭高歌,首先要把嘴张开。形势,已经把大连迅速推到了舞台的中心。可是,不少人只知道大连是一个迷人的海滨城市,旅游避暑胜地。殊不知大连港不仅是东北的门户,也是联结亚洲、欧洲、美洲的海陆联运枢纽。 In the autumn of 1981, Comrade Hu Yaobang inspected Liaoning: “The outline of China, like a rooster, is like a chicken head in the northeast, and roosters sing in white and roosters from you.” Northeast Work should go ahead and be ahead. "Yes, if the northeast is the head of a Chinese rooster, then Dalian is the throat of the rooster. Rooster to sing, first of all to open his mouth. The situation has quickly pushed Dalian to the center of the stage. However, many people only know that Dalian is a charming seaside city, tourist summer resort. Everyone knows that Dalian Port is not only the gateway to the northeast, but also the hub of land and sea linking Asia, Europe and the Americas.