Leader of the People丨Xi Jinping is always concerned about this land of more than 1,000 square kilometers

  Shanghai Pudong Airport is particularly busy in November.

As one of the reception service centers of the 3rd China International Import Expo, Pudong Airport opens its arms to visitors from all directions.

  This year, Pudong New Area is celebrating its 30th anniversary of development and opening up.

At the age of thirty, this oriental hot land has transformed from farmland into a modern new city.

From November 6 to 7, 2018, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission visited Shanghai.

This is the morning of the 6th. Xi Jinping overlooked the city of Shanghai from the observation hall on the 119th floor of Shanghai Tower.

  In April 1990, the Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to develop Pudong; on October 11, 1992, the State Council approved the establishment of Shanghai Pudong New Area... Since then, the 1,210 square kilometers of land in the east of Shanghai has become another symbol of China's reform and opening up.

  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has accurately grasped the general trend of the times, based on the overall situation of my country's development, and drawn a more magnificent blueprint for the Pudong New Area.

On September 29, 2013, the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially established in Pudong; in February 2016, the Shanghai Zhangjiang Comprehensive National Science Center was approved; in January 2019, the Shanghai Stock Exchange was approved to establish a science and technology innovation board And pilot registration system... After "adult", Pudong New Area ushered in a new historical mission.

  General Secretary Xi Jinping is full of expectations for the development of Pudong New Area.

When serving as the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee in 2007, his first stop of investigation was Pudong. After serving as the top leader of the party and the country, he repeatedly walked into Pudong and issued important instructions many times to draw a blueprint and set the course for the development of Pudong New Area.

  High hopes and a deep understanding of the significance of developing and opening Pudong

  "We must further understand the significance of the national strategy of developing and opening up Pudong." On March 31, 2007, Xi Jinping, who served as secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee for only one week, chose the Pudong New Area as the first stop of the investigation.

  Xi Jinping is very interested in the development and opening up of Pudong.

At the Pudong New Area Exhibition Hall, he carefully watched the precious old pictures to understand the historical process of Pudong's development and opening up, watching the sand table and aerial pictures of Pudong development...While walking, he also asked the comrade in charge of the explanation for details.

  In his view, the strategic direction of Pudong's development and opening up is not only to build a new city, but also to "explore new paths, accumulate experience, and provide demonstrations for the country's reform and opening up."

For this reason, he asked Pudong to work more from the perspective of "a game of chess across the country."

  On August 17, 2007, at the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Xi Jinping pointed out the direction for advancing Pudong’s comprehensive supporting reforms: we must follow the spirit of the central government, and strive to achieve breakthroughs with unremitting courage, courage to overcome difficulties and foresight. progress.

  Also in 2007, Xi Jinping proposed to use Shanghai Light Source Project and Pudong Science and Technology Park as new carriers of "academic-city cooperation" to better focus on and serve the national strategy.

  In 2010, Xi Jinping came to Pudong again for research.

Facing Pudong, which has entered a higher stage of development and opening up, he emphasized: "We must further emancipate the mind, pioneer and innovate, explore boldly, and persist in planning development with a global vision and strategic thinking."

  On November 6, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Pudong New Area Urban Operation Comprehensive Management Center.

Here, he hopes that "Shanghai will continue to explore, find a new way of super city management with Chinese characteristics, and continuously improve the level of urban management."

  Yin Yin expects and is inspiring.

  Under the concern and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Pudong New Area has set out again towards the new goal of reform and opening up in the new era in a state of being full of vitality, efficiency and more openness.

  Draw a blueprint to deepen reforms and expand opening up

  Thirty years ago, Pudong New Area was born in the spring breeze of reform and opening up; 30 years later, when my country is comprehensively deepening reform and expanding opening up, Pudong New Area is ushering in a new period of strategic opportunities.

  The Shanghai Tower in Lujiazui has a total height of 632 meters, making it the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world.

On the morning of November 6, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was visiting Shanghai, came to the 119th floor of the building.

Stop and overlook, and you can have a panoramic view of the city of Shanghai.

Among them, the general secretary devoted a lot of effort.

  Many people may not know that the design of the Shanghai Tower was personally approved by the general secretary when he was working in Shanghai.

He called for the Shanghai Tower to be built into a green, smart, and humanistic international first-class project.

  In addition, during his presidency in Shanghai, he visited the Lujiazui area many times to investigate and personally studied the planning of the Lujiazui area to promote Lujiazui as a financial center that attracts many multinational banks and gather wealth; focus on transforming government functions and fully promote the comprehensive supporting reform pilot in Pudong; The construction of national-level scientific and technological innovation projects in Shanghai, investigation and encouragement of scientific and technological innovation enterprises, will clarify the direction for Zhangjiang to become a comprehensive national science center...

  In 2013, the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone was listed at an extraordinary speed; in May 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was in Shanghai, went to the Waigaoqiao Comprehensive Service Hall of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone for investigation; from 2013 to 2017 every year During the two sessions of the country, the general secretary will go to his Shanghai delegation to participate in the deliberations, and has been concerned about and guided the development and opening up of Pudong and the construction of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone many times.

China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone "Seagull Gate"

  In 2016, on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the operation of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, the General Secretary once again gave an important instruction: "Boldly experiment, boldly enter, and independently reform, strive to obtain more system innovations that can be replicated and promoted, and further demonstrate the comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up. The role of the experimental field."

  In November 2018, President Xi Jinping gave Shanghai three important tasks in his keynote speech at the first China International Import Expo: adding a new area of ​​the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, establishing a science innovation board on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and piloting the registration system, Support the regional integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and upgrade it to a national strategy.

The three tasks are three heavy "red envelopes", which will add a powerful engine to the development of Pudong and even Shanghai.

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  For more than 10 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly drawn blueprints and directions for the development of Pudong New Area and Shanghai, and promoted Pudong New Area to become a fertile ground for my country's comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up.

  In the past 30 years, the Pudong New Area’s GDP has increased from 6 billion yuan in 1990 to 1,273.4 billion yuan in 2019. It has created 1/80 of GDP and 1/15 of goods imports with an area of ​​1/8000 of the country. The total export volume has become an important symbol of my country's reform and opening up and a vivid epitome of Shanghai's modernization drive.

  Set the course to put scientific and technological innovation in a more important position, and play a good role

From November 6 to 7, 2018, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission visited Shanghai.

It was the afternoon of the 6th. Xi Jinping inspected the exhibition hall of Zhangjiang Science City to learn about Shanghai's technological innovation and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

  "Shanghai Zhangjiang is full of vitality", this is General Secretary Xi Jinping's evaluation of Zhangjiang Science City in his 2019 New Year's message.

  The fate of the General Secretary and Zhangjiang Science City dates back to 2007, when it was also called "Zhangjiang High-tech Park".

  At that time, a number of national-level scientific and technological innovation projects were under intense construction in Shanghai, including the Shanghai Light Source in Zhangjiang High-tech Park.

Xi Jinping pays great attention to these projects and requires Shanghai to focus on national strategies and shoulder the important task of building an innovative country.

  In July of that year, the construction of the Shanghai Light Source project reached a critical stage. Xi Jinping went to Shanghai Light Source to investigate and cheer for the company.

"The meaning of Shanghai Light Source is probably the same as'two bombs and one star'." Xi Jinping's words deeply touched the light source.

This is an incentive that is more than a thousand words.

  Xi Jinping further proposed that the Shanghai Light Source Project and Pudong Science and Technology Park should be used as new carriers of "academic-city cooperation" to better focus on and serve the national strategy.

This speech infected the scientific and technological workers in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park and also pushed the park to work towards higher goals.

  Ten years later, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park was upgraded to Zhangjiang Science City.

As the core area of ​​Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center and a national high-tech highland, the Science City has gathered a number of large scientific facilities, scientific platforms and first-class innovative institutes, forming three pillar industries of integrated circuits, biomedicine and artificial intelligence, becoming Shanghai An important position in the strategy of "prospering the city through science and education".

  On the afternoon of November 6, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again walked into Zhangjiang Science City.

In the spacious exhibition hall, the general secretary had a cordial conversation with the scientific and technological workers present.

"Science and technology have never had such a profound impact on the future and destiny of the country, and has never had such a profound impact on people’s lives and well-being." The general secretary urged scientific and technological workers to enhance the sense of urgency and mission of scientific and technological innovation, and make technological innovation. Put it in a more important position, and make a good kick.

  "The Party Central Committee supports you." The general secretary's warm words encouraged the workers of Zhangjiang Science City.

They kept in mind the General Secretary's Yin Yin entrustment, and handed over a beautiful "answer sheet" after another.

  Taking January-June 2020 as an example, despite the impact of the epidemic, Zhangjiang Science City still completed tax revenue of 18.403 billion yuan; actual foreign investment was 1.385 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 20.32%; total industrial output value above designated size was 138.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24% .

Development data bucked the trend and achieved double-digit growth. Zhangjiang Science City has become the core force for Shanghai to enter the global science and innovation center.

  "If China wants to prosper and rejuvenate, it must vigorously develop science and technology and strive to become the world's major science center and innovation highland." From Zhang Jiang to Pudong, from Pudong to the whole country, scientific and technological innovation has become a powerful force for building a new economic growth pole in the future. engine.

  "Hundreds of birds compete for the stream, and those who struggle first." Pudong today is the "Xia" that fights hard.

Thirty and stand over again, set the goal and set off!

  (CCTV Network of China Central Radio and Television)