High-quality development, six provinces in central China come up with a road map
The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Central Region in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") proposes that by 2025, breakthroughs will be made in the quality, efficiency, and power changes in the central region, with comprehensive strength and endogenous power. And competitiveness is further enhanced.
By 2035, the central region will basically realize socialist modernization and achieve more obvious substantive progress in common prosperity.
"The "Opinions" is a programmatic document to promote the high-quality development of the central region in the new era." At the press conference of the State Information Office on September 13, Cong Liang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the "Opinions" are innovative, coordinated, and green. Quantitative indicators have been proposed in development areas such as, openness, and sharing, which together with qualitative indicators constitute a target system, which is generally reasonable and feasible.
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the central region's economic growth rate was the highest among the four major sectors
It is of overall significance to promote high-quality development in the central region.
From the perspective of the evolution of the regional sector growth pattern, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the central region's economy grew at an average annual rate of 8.6%, ranking first among the four major sectors in the east, central, west and northeast, especially from the third quarter of 2017 to 2019 At the end of the year, the economic growth rate led the four major sectors for 10 consecutive quarters.
In 2020, the central region will carry 25.8% of the country’s population and contribute 22% of the country’s GDP with 10.7% of the country’s land area.
In the first half of this year, the year-on-year growth rate of the central region's economy exceeded the national average growth rate by 2 percentage points, which played a key role in supporting the steady development of China's economy.
"The central region not only has a solid economic foundation, strong development momentum, and huge development potential, it is fully capable of shouldering the important task of high-quality development of the times." Cong Liang said.
From the perspective of the function of “three bases and one hub”, in 2006, the central government made a major decision to promote the rise of the central region. Based on the regional comparative advantages, the central region was positioned as an important national food production base, energy raw material base, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing bases. Technology industry base and comprehensive transportation hub.
"The central region is becoming more and more important in the national economic development, and the central region's backbone supporting role in the country will become stronger and stronger." Cong Liang said.
The problem of unbalanced and insufficient development in the six central provinces is still prominent. For example, the per capita GDP of Hubei Province is 1.43 times that of Shanxi Province, and the urbanization rate of the six central provinces is about 6 percentage points lower than the national average. How to leverage the "Opinions" to improve the central region The overall strength of the region?
"Promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and regions and forming a new pattern of coordinated development is the right meaning of promoting the rise of the central region, and it is also the next key task to promote the high-quality development of the central region." Cong Liang said, "Opinions" start from the initiative. Integrate into major regional strategies, promote the development of urban and rural integration, promote urban renewal and quality improvement, and promote the six central provinces to give full play to their comparative advantages, continuously narrow the gap between urban and rural areas and regional gaps, and further enhance the overall strength and competitiveness of the central region.
Hubei clarifies eight key tasks, Anhui takes advantage of scientific and technological innovation, and Henan focuses on five aspects
Li Lecheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, said that in order to ensure that the Party Central Committee’s decision and deployment take root in Hubei, Hubei Province has clarified "eight key tasks."
The first is to build a strong science and technology province and create a science and technology innovation center with national influence.
The second is to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, and build a modern industrial system dominated by advanced manufacturing.
The third is to strengthen coordination and cooperation to create a demonstration zone for coordinated development in the central region.
The fourth is to build a strong agricultural province and accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.
Fifth, speed up the construction of beautiful Hubei and take the lead in realizing the green rise.
The sixth is to build a strong transportation hub and market hub, and create a new highland of inland opening.
Seventh, we will strive to protect and improve people's livelihood and raise the level of public service guarantees.
The eighth is to deepen the reform and try first, and lead the development through thinking to break the ice.
In recent years, Anhui has continuously stimulated the “key variable” of scientific and technological innovation, and used the whole province's efforts to accelerate the construction of a key force system for scientific and technological innovation.
At present, the output value of strategic emerging industries in Anhui has increased to 40.3% of the planned industrial output value, and its regional innovation capability has steadily ranked first in the country.
Deng Xiangyang, member of the Standing Committee of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, said that he will continue to leverage the advantages of Anhui's technological innovation and make greater contributions to the high-quality development of the central region in the new era.
"We must build Anhui into a'strong magnetic field' for gathering talents, deepen the cultivation of a'experimental field' for the reform of the scientific and technological system, so that more'heroes' will be useful, and Anhui will truly become a'place of nurturing people'." Deng Xiangyang said.
Zhou Ji, member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and executive vice governor, said that the various decisions of the Party Central Committee must be fully rooted in Henan, mainly focusing on five aspects.
Stand up the hard backbone of Henan's manufacturing, regard manufacturing as the main direction of Henan's attack, and rebuild its advantages in improving the level of technology and the level of the industrial chain.
To activate the source of innovation and development, Henan will fully connect with the national strategic innovation force system, and is beginning to rebuild, restructure, and revitalize the construction of a number of laboratories to build a national innovation highland.
Build new advantages of transportation hubs.
Strengthen the dual support of cities and counties.
Strengthen the food safety ballast, firmly grasp the two keys of arable land and seeds, and ensure that the grain output can exceed 130 billion jin.
Hunan has a good grasp of "4311", Jiangxi has "five bravely striving for the first", and Shanxi has promoted two major reforms
Xie Jianhui, member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, stated that Hunan Province should show new responsibilities in promoting the rise of the central region and be at the forefront in the high-quality development of the central region. The main task is to grasp the four aspects of "4311".
Give full play to the "four advantages", Hunan has obvious geographical advantages, rich scientific and educational resources, national science and technology awards, academicians of the two academies, "double first-class" universities, scientific research achievements, etc., all ranks in the forefront of the country. It is necessary to transform the advantages in the high-quality development of the central region Efficiency and results.
To create the "three highlands", Hunan will build an important national advanced manufacturing highland, a technological innovation highland with core competitiveness, and a highland for reform and opening up in inland areas.
Seize "an engine" and build Changzhutan into an important engine for high-quality development in the central region, an important growth pole in the country, and a demonstration zone for ecological civilization construction.
Protect a river of clear water.
Yin Meigen, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, stated that Jiangxi will strive to build an important strategic fulcrum for the nation's construction of a new development pattern, and will strive to achieve "five courageously first".
"Strive for the first" in accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system.
"Strive for the first place" in creating an inland two-way open highland.
In promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, "strive to be the first."
"Strive to be the first" in promoting comprehensive green transformation and development.
"Strive to be the first" in improving the level of co-construction and sharing of people's livelihood.
The construction of a comprehensive reform pilot zone for national resource-based economic transformation and the implementation of comprehensive reform pilots for the energy revolution is a major mission assigned by the Party Central Committee to Shanxi.
Wei Tao, vice governor of Shanxi Province, said that in the context of promoting high-quality development in the central region, Shanxi will further make good use of the key reform measures, use sufficient policies to superimpose advantages, and polish the "golden sign" given by the state even more brightly.
Deepen reforms in key areas under the guidance of the construction of the transformation and comprehensive reform pilot zone.
Shanxi will adhere to the principles of market orientation, pioneering trials, system innovation, and point-to-point integration, and promote the reform of key areas and key links in a coordinated manner.
Our reporter Lu Yanan