(Economic Observation) Promoting New Urbanization China's Counties Usher in New Opportunities
China News Service, Beijing, May 7 (Liu Wenwen) The Chinese official recently issued the "Opinions on Promoting Urbanization Construction with County Towns as Important Carriers" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), making it clear that by 2025, county towns are important carriers. Important progress has been made in urbanization construction, and the weaknesses and weaknesses of county towns have been further complemented and strengthened.
Data show that by the end of 2021, China's urban resident population will be 910 million.
Among them, the population of county towns and county-level cities accounts for nearly 30% of the national urban permanent population, and the number of counties and county-level cities accounts for about 65% of the number of county-level administrative divisions.
County construction is undoubtedly an important part of promoting urbanization.
Jia Ruoxiang, director of the Comprehensive Research Office of the Institute of Land Development and Regional Economics of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, told China News Service that the combination of county towns and townships is an important part of China's urban system and a key support for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. It is of great significance to build a new type of industrial-peasant-urban-rural relationship.
"The introduction of the "Opinions" can not only solidly promote the new urbanization strategy, but also give play to the role of cities leading the countryside and industry to promote agriculture, and promote the in-depth implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. It is a specific measure to promote urban and rural modernization in the new era. "Jia Ruoxiang said.
Li Yujia, chief researcher of the Guangdong Housing Policy Research Center, pointed out that large cities attract a large number of people and talents with favorable conditions, and rapid development also causes crowding, and the quality of life and the quality of the environment have dropped significantly.
The disadvantaged counties in the competition are difficult to attract talents and face the dilemma of population loss, so the economic growth is weak and the development stamina is insufficient.
The "Opinions" issued this time proposed to speed up the development of counties around big cities.
Support the integration of counties located in urban agglomerations and metropolitan circles into the construction and development of neighboring large cities, take the initiative to undertake population, industry, and functions, especially general manufacturing, regional logistics bases, professional markets, and over-concentrated public service resources. Relief and transfer, strengthen With rapid transportation connections, it has developed into a satellite county town with convenient commuting, complementary functions and supporting industries with neighboring big cities.
Li Yujia said that it is necessary to control the blind expansion of big cities, promote the construction of county towns, attract township people to work and live in the county towns, and thus promote the integration of urban and rural areas, which is of great significance for reducing the cost of urbanization and releasing a new round of consumption potential.
How to speed up the development of the county?
In Jia Ruoxiang's view, the first is to accelerate the improvement of the county's infrastructure construction, including both traditional infrastructure and new infrastructure; including both "hard" infrastructure and "soft" infrastructure.
By improving the infrastructure, enhancing the carrying capacity of the county, promoting people to enter the city and industries into the park, and continuously improving the ability of the county to gather people and gather production.
The second is to consolidate the foundation of the county's industrial development.
It is the foundation for the county's economy to become bigger and stronger by promoting the county's characteristic and advantageous industries to become bigger, stronger and better, extending the industrial chain, promoting the deep integration of the industrial chain, supply chain, innovation chain, and value chain, and promoting high-quality development.
The third is to adapt measures to local conditions.
It is necessary to combine the regional coordinated development strategy, develop the county economy according to local conditions, coordinate the rational expansion of quantity and the continuous improvement of quality, pay more attention to enhancing the endogenous driving force of county development, and pay more attention to the integrated development of urban and rural areas.
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