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  Wuhan's new population of 1.2 million, what is the enlightenment of "city competitiveness code"

Guo Haiying

  Recently, various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have successively announced the increase in the resident population in 2021.

Data from 29 key cities across the country shows that in 2021, the resident population of Wuhan will be 13.6489 million, a record high, an increase of 1.2012 million or 9.7% over the previous year. The increment ranks first among key cities.

Chengdu and Hangzhou ranked second and third with a net population increase of 245,000 and 239,000, respectively. The top ten are also "new first-tier cities" such as Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Ningbo, and Nanjing.

  In recent years, a number of cities have introduced active population development policies, especially in key cities and regional central cities across the country. Population growth has become one of the important indicators to measure the competitiveness of cities. What cities have taken the lead in terms of growth and growth? Such "attracting people" and "retaining people" methods have attracted much public attention.

According to expert analysis, the reason why Wuhan's population increase in 2021 ranks first among key cities is mainly due to four factors:

  First, the economy has fully recovered after the epidemic.

In 2021, Wuhan's year-on-year GDP growth, investment growth, and consumption growth will be 12.2%, 12.9%, and 10.5%, respectively, all achieving double-digit growth.

Second, the upgrading of key industries and technological innovation have attracted a large number of talents.

Thirdly, among the large number of talents brought by the headquarters economy, graduates studying in Han for employment are the main force. In 2021, a total of 345,000 graduates will stay in Han.

Fourth, improve the city's competitiveness and soft environment, enhance the city's attractiveness, and vigorously enhance the quality of city functions.

For example, in 2017, Wuhan implemented the "One Million College Students Studying in Han Entrepreneurship and Employment Project", and proposed the goal of "retaining one million college students". By 2019, a total of 1.095 million new college students will be added to Han, and the original plan will be completed two years ahead of schedule.

  The above analysis reveals the reasons for the sharp increase in the permanent population of Wuhan last year, some of which reflect the specific or special situation of Wuhan, and some are representative of key cities and regional central cities.

It is generally believed that the new crown epidemic has caused a great impact on Wuhan, so the full recovery of the economy will have a greater "compensation" effect on population growth.

Data show that in 2020, the resident population of Wuhan will increase by 1.2357 million compared with 2019, and in 2021, it will increase by 1.2012 million compared with 2020.

In 2021, the scale and intensity of the comprehensive recovery of Wuhan's economy is greater than that in 2020, but the number of new population in Wuhan in the past two years is roughly the same. It can be seen that Wuhan's population growth has strong inertia and resilience, and economic recovery after the epidemic will have a certain impact on Wuhan's population growth. "Compensation" role, but this is not the main reason for Wuhan's population growth in 2020 and 2021.

  In a nutshell, in recent years, Wuhan's resident population has increased significantly, which reflects Wuhan's efforts to develop the headquarters economy, promote scientific and technological innovation, continuously improve and optimize the business environment, and enhance the city's attractiveness, competitiveness, and development. In particular, outstanding achievements have been made in improving the city's attractiveness, appeal and support for talents, optimizing the population structure and promoting balanced and high-quality development of the population.

This is like a set of "city competitiveness code", which shows that Wuhan has formed distinctive features and great competitive advantages in attracting talents, using talents, and cultivating talents. Talent competitiveness" has positive reference significance.

  Another revelation of Wuhan's "City Competitiveness Code" is that the balanced and high-quality development of the urban population must "emphasize quantity rather than quantity", and continuously increase the weight of "talent development and competition" in "population development and competition".

In response to key cities such as Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai and other megacities have adopted a series of measures to relieve urban functions in recent years, and the growth rate of permanent population has slowed down significantly, but at the same time, the threshold for talents, especially high-end talents, to settle down has been relaxed. and competition” to promote the level of “population development and competition”.

  Each city should base itself on its own reality and explore the practices and experiences of optimizing the business environment and population and talent development policies according to the needs of functioning and future-oriented development.

This is the biggest inspiration brought to us by Wuhan's "City Competitiveness Code".