(A closer look at China) Xi Jinping hosted a high-level symposium to give the Yangtze River Delta three "new roles"
China News Service, Beijing, August 24 (Liang Xiaohui, Huang Yuqin, Li Jingze) During his recent trip to Anhui, China's top leader Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on solidly advancing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in Hefei and delivered an important speech, which attracted attention from the outside world.
According to public reports, this symposium is the first high-level symposium held during Xi Jinping’s investigation and investigation this year, and it is also the first high-level symposium held by Xi Jinping after he announced his support for the regional integration of the Yangtze River Delta in 2018 and upgraded it to a national strategy. meeting.
4% of the country's land area and less than 10% of the population create nearly a quarter of the total economic output. In the national economic map, the Yangtze River Delta is one of the regions with the most active economy, the highest degree of openness, and the strongest innovation capabilities. At the meeting, Han Zheng, the leader of the Leading Group for Promoting the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta, He Lifeng, the deputy leader, and the top leaders of the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta gathered.
In his speech, Xi Jinping clarified two key words for implementing the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta: "integration" and "high quality". At the same time, the observation also reads the three “new roles” assigned to the Yangtze River Delta region from Xi Jinping’s deployment.
One is the "Pathfinder" of the new development pattern.
The epidemic has profoundly changed the world. In the current external environment of rising protectionism, downturn in the world economy, and shrinking global markets, China has proposed to "accelerate the formation of a new development pattern with domestic and international cycles as the mainstay and mutual promotion of domestic and international cycles."
At the symposium, Xi Jinping once again emphasized that in the current external environment of shrinking global markets, we must concentrate our efforts on our own affairs and give full play to the advantages of the domestic ultra-large-scale market. Accelerate the formation of a new development pattern. "This is a major judgment based on an in-depth analysis of the domestic and international situation, and it is also a long-term strategic deployment."
Zhang Yansheng, chief researcher of the China International Economic Exchange Center, pointed out that in order to realize the new development pattern of "two cycles", a complete domestic demand system must be constructed and an "integrated" development approach is required. The Yangtze River Delta region already has the early advantages of "integrated" development, and it can quickly explore a route for the country to realize a new development pattern, which can be used for reference by the country.
Xi Jinping made it clear that the Yangtze River Delta region should give full play to its many advantages, such as rich talents, high technological level, advanced manufacturing, relatively complete industrial chain supply chain, and large market potential, and actively explore ways to form a new development pattern.
Zhang Yansheng believes that this has in fact clarified the focus of the region in exploring the new development pattern. The Yangtze River Delta region must use this to open up all aspects of internal production, distribution, circulation, and consumption, establish a unified large market and high-standard market system and mechanism, and promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment externally, so as to realize the new "two cycles". Development pattern.
The second is a pioneer in technological and industrial innovation.
The Yangtze River Delta region has always been a bright scientific and technological force on China's territory. The outline of the Yangtze River Delta regional integrated development plan issued in 2019 also places high expectations on this: by 2025, the integrated development system of science and innovation industries will be basically established.
At the symposium, Xi Jinping further pointed out that the Yangtze River Delta region must be a pioneer in China's technological and industrial innovation. Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region must not only provide high-quality products, but also provide high-level technological supplies to support the high-quality development of the country.
Liu Zhibiao, dean of the Yangtze River Industrial Economics Research Institute of Nanjing University, said that the Yangtze River Delta region has always provided high-quality products to the country in the past, but now it seems that this function is not enough. The current situation proves that China's development is mainly restricted by high-level technology supply. "Under the new situation, the Yangtze River Delta is not only a supply base for high-quality products, but also a high-tech supply source."
When referring to the current scientific and technological innovation, Xi Jinping also used the term "urgent": "At present, the new round of scientific and technological revolution and the accelerated evolution of industrial reforms have highlighted the urgency of accelerating the improvement of China's scientific and technological innovation capabilities." "Innovation initiative. , Development initiative must be firmly in our own hands."
Zhang Yansheng said that the current reality has shown that the level of technological innovation in China needs to be improved. The Yangtze River Delta region has a relatively prominent scientific and technological innovation foundation, and new paths should be explored for China's technological and industrial innovation, including the creation of a realistic system and mechanism, and the creation of an open and innovative scientific research ecosystem. This is vital to China's future development.
The third is the "new height" of China's reform and opening up.
In recent years, China has opened a new round of high-level opening to the outside world, and has continued to declare with practical actions that the pace of reform will not stagnate and that the door of opening will only open wider. Although the current economic globalization is facing headwinds, Xi Jinping reiterated at the forum: The more we do this, the more we must hold high the banner of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and unswervingly safeguard and lead economic globalization.
He emphasized that the Yangtze River Delta region has always been the frontier of reform and opening up. It is necessary to benchmark the international first-class standards to improve the business environment, attract domestic and overseas talents and enterprises to settle down with an open, service, innovative, and efficient development environment, promote trade and investment facilitation, and strive to become an important bridge connecting the international and domestic markets.
"The Yangtze River Delta region has always been a highland of reform and opening up. The current proposal to create a'new highland' for reform and opening up is mainly for encountering new problems, that is, globalization is challenged." Liu Zhibiao pointed out that the Yangtze River Delta region was mainly export-oriented in the past. The foreign market is operating in the "away game", and now it is necessary to give full play to the role of domestic demand, taking into account both the "away game" and the "home game", thus becoming an important link between the domestic and foreign "two cycles".
Chen Fengying, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics of the China Institute of Modern International Relations, believes that the Yangtze River Delta region starts with reform and opening up. On the one hand, the creation of a "new highland" in the future requires institutional opening up, from "management" to "liberation", and from "approval "Becomes a "service", to carry out institutional reforms focusing on decentralization, regulation and service; on the other hand, the rule of law is needed to protect the business environment based on law and promote high-quality development.
"This should be the meaning of the new heights of reform and opening up." Chen Fengying said. (Finish)