A model of Xi Jinping’s economic thinking on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era
——Investigation and reflection on Foshan, Guangdong
Newspaper Research Group
Editor's note In recent years, various localities have studied and implemented Xi Jinping's economic thinking on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and have achieved certain results. However, there are also phenomena such as lack of thoroughness and lack of learning, and some even practice formalism.
In this regard, there is an urgent need to strengthen guidance and publicity of models, and truly apply what we have learned, promote learning, and achieve results when used.
Foshan City, Guangdong Province has studied and implemented Xi Jinping’s economic thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, highlighted the word "use", and is especially good at using his stand, viewpoints, and methods to analyze and solve problems, work creatively, and promote the development of the real economy and industries. Obvious results have been achieved in the modernization of the chain and the resolution of the "stuck neck" problem.
This has a strong pertinence and exemplary role for the current implementation of various decisions and arrangements of the central government and a good economic work.
Foshan, as the country’s only manufacturing transformation and upgrading pilot city and a leader in high-quality development of prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province, has always focused on the economic development of the real economy and actively promoted the international leadership of the robotics industry. The “national initiative” approach and experience, especially the vivid practice of using Xi Jinping’s economic thinking on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era to guide economic work, is worthy of study and reference in various regions.
Do "stupid things"
With the development of the city, the surrounding land of Foshan's leading semiconductor subdivision company "National Star Optoelectronics" has been converted into commercial land.
The change in the nature of dozens of acres of land has a large price difference, but in order to support the real economy, Foshan categorically did a “stupid thing”—turning some plots into industrial land again.
Not only that, they have also made efforts to regulate and control to promote real estate prices to remain stable and have been lower than those in the surrounding areas; through deliberate guidance, they have promoted the return of finance to their origins and the optimization of local financial ecology; they have created conditions to promote the deep integration of manufacturing and the Internet and actively cultivate A large number of "hidden champions"... Many typical cases of seemingly "stupid things" have emerged in Foshan, which has effectively curbed the tendency of "removing from reality to virtual" and continuously injecting vitality into the real economy.
Industry is not as fast as finance and real estate. This concept has a great impact on the allocation of market resources. It also has a great impact on Foshan, which has a GDP of more than one trillion yuan and industry accounts for 54% of the three industries.
For this reason, Foshan is firmly guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping’s economic thinking that the real economy is the foundation and the foundation of a strong country, and insists on building a strong city through the most important manufacturing industry in the real economy. Efforts to promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.
What is more prominent is that with intelligent manufacturing as the main attack direction, the "Made in China" is promoted to "Made in China".
Through vigorously building the China (Guangdong) Robot Integration Innovation Center, Foshan Intelligent Equipment Technology Research Institute, two provincial-level intelligent manufacturing demonstration bases and an industrial cluster, the implementation of the "Hundred Enterprise Intelligent Manufacturing Improvement Project" and the "Millions Project" and speed up Technological transformation of intelligent equipment to improve the level of enterprise intelligent manufacturing.
In recent years, the "four major families" of international robots and the top 5 companies in the domestic robot industry have all settled in Foshan.
Midea Group acquired the German industrial robot giant KUKA with 29.2 billion yuan, and is making every effort to build Midea KUKA's smart manufacturing industry base in Foshan; Country Garden Group invested 80 billion yuan to build Guangdong Bozhilin Robot Valley, realizing the transformation from traditional real estate to smart manufacturing Strategic Transformation.
At present, there are more than 700 "machine substitution" enterprises above designated size in the city. Foshan Intelligent Manufacturing has moved from a single "machine substitution" to an innovative industrial cluster integrating intelligent equipment and robot R&D and manufacturing, driving intelligent production in the traditional Manufacturing industries such as ceramics, furniture, home appliances and other fields of application and technology value-added, improve the level of the industrial chain and value chain rankings, and seize the commanding heights of international market competition.
As the jewel in the crown of the manufacturing industry, industrial robots have many "stuck neck" technologies.
In response to this problem, Foshan has also continuously promoted the modernization of its industrial chain, vigorously supporting enterprises to meet the world's technological frontiers and major national needs, and realize independent research and development and independent production.
Nowadays, not only the major brands of the global robotics industry have gathered in Foshan to form an industrial base and the entire industrial chain, but also the Huashu Robotics Company, which focuses on the "stuck neck" problem, is also developing rapidly in Foshan, striving to rank among the top in the world.
Intelligent manufacturing, coupled with innovation-driven, military-civilian integration, quality revolution and brand building, has promoted the formation of a new development pattern for Foshan's real economy.
At present, the city’s industrial structure has continued to optimize. The contribution rate of industry to economic growth has reached 55%, advanced manufacturing accounts for 50% of industries above designated size, and the comprehensive index of industrial economic efficiency has reached 327%, which is rare in the country.
Some experts feel that the “stupid things” that Foshan has done are precisely its brilliance.
The Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Lu Yi has a deeper understanding of this.
He said that we must learn Xi Jinping’s economic thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and must be good at applying them to practical work. Only in practice can we truly appreciate the brilliance of theory and the power of ideas; The initial results of this study have further enhanced the initiative and creativity in learning and applying scientific theories.
"Twin Lighthouses"
Foshan is a large private economic city.
Under the new situation, Foshan has always adhered to the "two unshakable", in order to boost the confidence of private enterprises in the development of private enterprises, timely convened the all-private entrepreneurs conference, and took the lead in the province to promote the high-quality development of private economy "1+3" The policy system transforms the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech into specific policies to encourage and support the development of the private economy, and pay close attention to the implementation of work, so that entrepreneurs can operate, invest, and grow comfortably in Foshan.
For example, the normalization of "enterprise warming actions" is to focus on solving the problems of enterprise development; the implementation of small and micro-sized special actions has identified 780 "specializing, new and special" enterprises; supporting key enterprises to become bigger and stronger and become "century-old" Stores", cultivate 15,900 "Four Top" enterprises.
Vigorously promote and inherit the "craftsman spirit" and "entrepreneurship".
Since 2016, the "Foshan·Dacheng Craftsman" Promotion Conference, "Foshan·Spine Enterprise" and "Foshan·Dacheng Entrepreneur" Promotion Conference have been held every two years since 2016, which has set off an upsurge of promoting the spirit of craftsmanship and entrepreneurship in the city, and has become a bright spot The "Twin Beacon" of Foshan's high-quality development road.
In order to create a new highland for a first-class business environment, Foshan has aligned with international high-standard investment and trade rules, launched solid measures to straighten out the relationship between urban and township (street) powers, and gradually establish scientific and standardized functions, clear powers and responsibilities, reasonable division of labor, and efficient operation. system.
Continue to deepen supply-side structural reforms, and encourage private enterprises to use the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence to achieve transformation and upgrading.
Support textile, furniture, home appliances, auto parts and other advantageous industries to establish "going out" industrial alliances, and participate in the construction of economic and trade parks and investment in factories in ASEAN, Africa, Central Asia and other countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" routes in the form of a group to further deepen the opening up Cooperation.
These practices have better reflected many requirements of Xi Jinping's socialist economic thinking with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
"Grab people" and "grab seeds"
The new crown pneumonia epidemic is a test for all regions, and it is also a big problem to strive for an early resumption of work and production.
While some cities are still relatively closed, Foshan has stepped up to start special trains to "rob people" and quickly helped nearly 110,000 corporate workers return to work.
In places such as Shunde, Nanhai, and Sanshui, there have been spectacular scenes of passenger buses passing through like a long dragon.
Then there was "grab seed".
Some companies urgently need to send personnel to carry out work abroad. After emergency coordination and special affairs, Foshan has successfully sent 146 corporate personnel to Wuhan to receive the new crown vaccine early.
With one hand on prevention and control and the other on resumption of production, there are endless vivid deeds racing against time.
In order to protect market players, Foshan has also successively launched a number of "national firsts."
For example, it took the lead in launching the reform of "licensing and license joint office" and "one license connection", realizing one enterprise, one license and one license; taking the lead in launching "Hong Kong and Macau commercial e-point connection", providing new convenience for starting enterprises in the Greater Bay Area; taking the lead in developing sub-sector Identification and cultivation of leading enterprises, etc.
These measures not only facilitate enterprises, but also promote the transformation of government functions and the coverage and effectiveness of supervision during and after the event.
In response to the raging foreign epidemic situation, Foshan has accelerated the construction and use of cross-border e-commerce platforms, online integrated service platforms and sea, land and air logistics channels to promote the rapid development of new foreign trade formats.
From January to November last year, the city's import and export through the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform was 35.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 414.9%.
In response to the decline in investment, Foshan promptly opened a "financing express line", implemented menu-based services, and launched a special action to "relieve investment jams", and strive to optimize the investment environment and enhance investor confidence.
In response to the weak market, Foshan took the lead in issuing electronic consumer vouchers in the province, arranging 290 million yuan for stabilizing jobs, benefiting more than 1.3 million employees of the company, and raising the city’s urban and rural minimum living standards to 1,080 yuan per person per month, promoting the bottom line of people’s livelihood. Firmly, the consumer market continues to pick up.
The latest statistics show that the development of Foshan's local economy, especially the manufacturing industry, has returned to a normal level, and some districts and enterprises have opened up new markets and greater room for development while turning crises into opportunities.
Li Xi, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, made it clear when he visited Foshan in 2019 that Foshan should take the world-class advanced manufacturing city as a benchmark and strive to be the leader in high-quality development of prefecture-level cities in the province.
Foshan has a foundation to implement this requirement, and at the same time it has more clearly defined its development direction and focus, and launched a series of effective measures.
On the whole, Foshan’s transition from "manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing", from promoting the "two spirits" to many "national firsts", and the defense of market entities are all very effective, which not only embodies the rooting of the new development concept, but also It fully demonstrates that as long as Xi Jinping’s economic thinking on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is applied to economic work practice, he will be able to reap fruitful results.
Foshan’s practice has another inspiration. To study and implement Xi Jinping’s economic thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is important to use his stand, viewpoints, and methods to analyze and solve problems, work creatively, and constantly open up new prospects.
Xi Jinping’s Economic Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is another theoretical leap in combining Marx’s political economy with China’s specific reality. It is the fundamental basis for economic work and the "golden key" to promote development and solve problems.
In recent years, various regions and departments have conducted in-depth study and implementation and achieved certain results.
However, there are also phenomena such as inability to learn thoroughly and not to learn, and some even engage in formalism.
In this regard, it is urgent to adopt methods such as setting an example, leading the way, in-depth propaganda, and creating an atmosphere, strengthen the theoretical arm of the whole party, really work hard on the word "use" and achieve results, and strive to further unify thoughts and actions, and actively respond to domestic Changes in the outside world and various challenges.
(Writer: Qi Dongxiang Yan Kalin Niu Jin)