[Ten-Year Strategy] How can China's economic development avoid the "cask" effect?

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 17th,

　　Reporter Zuo Yukun

　　The uncoordinated development of our country is a long-standing problem, which is prominently manifested in the relationship between regions, urban and rural areas, economy and society, material civilization and spiritual civilization.

How to solve the problem?

As one of the five new development concepts, coordinated development focuses on solving the problem of unbalanced development.

　　The new development concept has been fully implemented. In the past ten years, my country's new urbanization and rural revitalization strategies have been accelerated, the spatial layout of regional development has been continuously optimized, and the balance, coordination and sustainability of economic development have been enhanced.

East, West, North, South, Middle, skillful combination boxing

　　"Coordination is both a means of development and a goal of development, and it is also a standard and measure for evaluating development." General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that efforts should be made to enhance the overall coordination of development.

　　He pointed out that when the level of economic development is lagging behind, the main task for a period of time is to run fast, but after running a certain distance, you must pay attention to adjusting the relationship and focusing on the overall efficiency of development, otherwise the "cask" effect will be More and more, a series of social conflicts will continue to deepen.

　　my country has a vast territory and a large population, and the natural resource endowments vary greatly between regions. Coordinating regional development has always been a major issue.

　　There was a saying in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, "Beijing can't eat enough, Tianjin can't eat well, Hebei can't eat enough", which reflects the development pain of "obesity" in Beijing and "thinness" in the surrounding areas.

The overall situation is to seek the situation, and the key is to make a move.

In 2017, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued a notice deciding to establish Hebei Xiong'an New Area.

A deep-seated reform of regional coordinated development has thus opened the curtain.

　　In the past five years, the construction of Xiong'an New Area has been promoted with high standards and high quality, forming Beijing's new "two wings" with the Beijing city sub-center, making new progress and showing a new image.

　　Today, there are more than 300 construction sites in Xiongan New Area, and key construction projects such as Xiongan Innovation Research Institute Science Park, Xiongan Sports Center, and Xiongan Science and Technology Comprehensive Service Center are progressing steadily; The construction of museums and museums has been stepped up; Beijing Daxing International Airport Phoenix has spread its wings, and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway and the Beijing-Xiong Intercity Railway have been completed and opened to traffic... Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated to promote the development of key areas such as transportation, ecology, energy, and public services.

　　Looking at the whole country, major regional strategies such as the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin have been effectively implemented.

The coordinated development of the region presents a new pattern, and the "four major sectors" of the east, the middle, the west and the northeast are developing together.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from 2013 to 2021, the average annual growth rate of GDP in the central and western regions was 7.5% and 7.7%, respectively, 0.5 and 0.7 percentage points faster than that of the eastern region.

Between urban and rural areas, co-compose a concerto

　　"If the nation is to rejuvenate, the countryside must be rejuvenated. Even if my country's urbanization reaches a very high level in the future, there will still be hundreds of millions of people working and living in rural areas." Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to promote the formation of a mutual promotion of workers and peasants, urban and rural complementarity, coordinated development and common prosperity. A new type of worker-peasant-urban-rural relationship.

　　The way to govern a country starts with enriching the people.

Promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents is an important aspect of promoting common prosperity.

　　In Zhejiang, the natural conditions of "seven mountains, one water and two fields" have made the "mountains" and "seas" lie between the unbalanced and inadequate regional development, combining the characteristics of "mountains" with the advantages of "sea". Combined, Zhejiang has implemented the "Mountain-Sea Collaborative Project" to promote land-sea coordination and mutual assistance between mountains and seas. Zhejiang has become one of the provinces with the most balanced regional development and the smallest urban-rural income gap in China.

　　"Building a leading area for coordinated development of urban and rural areas" has become one of the strategic positionings for Zhejiang in the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Zhejiang's High-quality Development and Building a Demonstration Area for Common Prosperity".

　　Looking at the whole country, in the past ten years, my country has built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and historically solved the problem of absolute poverty.

Getting rid of poverty is not the end, but the starting point of a new life and new struggle.

After the victory in poverty alleviation, China has comprehensively promoted rural revitalization and accelerated rural construction.

　　Rural life is moving towards modernization, and it is getting more and more exciting.

In 2021, the penetration rate of tap water in rural areas will reach 84%, the existing administrative villages will have full access to broadband, and all eligible villages will have access to hardened roads.

The urban-rural development gap will be further narrowed, the ratio of per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents will shrink from 2.88 in 2012 to 2.50 in 2021, and the ratio of per capita consumption expenditure will shrink from 2.57 to 1.90.

Material civilization and spiritual civilization go hand in hand

　　Material civilization "rich pockets", spiritual civilization "rich brains".

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "Spirit is the soul that a nation depends on for its long-term survival. Only when it reaches a certain level of spirituality can the nation stand firm and move forward bravely in the torrent of history."

　　The construction of spiritual civilization is related to the spirit of everyone, and it is also the "hard core" soft power of a country.

　　On February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics attracted worldwide attention. The "Chinese style" throughout, showing the world the unique charm of China's excellent traditional culture and fully reflecting the fruitful achievements of my country's spiritual civilization construction.

　　In the past ten years, the treasures collected in palaces, the buildings displayed on the earth, and the words written in ancient books have come alive, and traditional cultural resources have been transformed into wonderful songs and dances, meticulous plays, and exquisite cultural creations. Boosting archaeology fever, museum fever, non-heritage fever, poetry fever, etc. continue to heat up.

　　Promoting the change of customs, practicing economy and preventing food waste, advocating the "CD Action" and "Civilized Dining Tables"... The level of civilization in China's entire society has been significantly improved.

Civilized country style, good family style, and simple folk style, the Chinese society has taken on a new look, and the good situation of coordinated economic and social development has been continuously consolidated.

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