◇Wenhai picks up the pearls and looks back at the reports of "Lookout" in the past 40 years, which vividly witnessed the germination, enrichment and maturity of Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
◇For three consecutive years from 2000 to 2002, readers can see Xi Jinping's signed articles or interview reports on "Looking Out."
It is intriguing that the three manuscripts revolve around the same theme: CIFIT
◇ "Comrade Xi Jinping's strategic thinking and strategic positioning of jumping out of the region and looking at the region, proactively integrating and coordinating development, is very commendable."
◇From "beautiful Zhejiang" to "beautiful China", from "rule of law in Zhejiang" to "rule of law in China", from "peaceful Zhejiang" to "peaceful China", from "powerful ocean province" to "powerful ocean country"...from Zhejiang to Central, a series of strategic layouts, major reforms and development measures, and innovative practice concepts are in line with each other.
Seek the overall situation in one domain
——Xi Jinping's governance practice in Fujian and Zhejiang in the report of "Liaowang"
By Yang Lin and Chen Yan, reporter of "Liaowang" Newsweek
The era is the mother of thought, and practice is the source of theory.
The formation and innovation of scientific theories often originate from a certain ideological basis, germinate in specific practice, undergo practical tests, continuously enhance the characteristics of the times, move towards enrichment and development, and then mature into a complete set of theoretical systems.
The same is true of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The Xinhua News Agency sponsored the "Lookout" in April 1981. From 1993 to 2004, he interviewed Comrade Xi Jinping 10 times or published his signed articles. The time spanned his work in Fujian and Zhejiang, which vividly witnessed It shows the germination, enrichment and maturity of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Have a taste of "the taste of pears"
"If you want to know the taste of pears, you have to change pears and eat them yourself."
From the perspective of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, emphasizing the importance of investigation and research is a valuable asset left to us by the older generation of revolutionaries in the party.
Investigation and research are a direct manifestation of the work style of leading cadres, link the deep feelings of the party and the masses, and affect the success or failure of the party and the people's cause.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to investigation and research. The eight regulations formulated by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee put "improvement of investigation and research" in the first place.
Adhering to the combination of top-level design and inquiring into the people is a distinctive feature of General Secretary Xi Jinping's long-term work style and working methods.
As a loyal believer and firm practitioner of Marxism, Xi Jinping's investigations and studies in his long-term work and practice are exemplary and set an example for the whole party.
"If you don't eat pears, how do you know the taste of pears?" This is a sentence that Comrade Xi Jinping often said in grassroots investigations when he was working in Zhejiang.
Fei Qiang, then head of the Zhejiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency, had participated in grassroots surveys with Xi Jinping many times.
The 11th issue on March 17, 2003 and the 15th issue on April 12, 2004 successively published an in-depth report written by Fei Qiangcai, "Learning from Practice and Learning from the Masses-Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Secretary Xi Jinping's Investigation Documentary". From "Investigation and Investigation" to "Investigation and Pioneering"-The Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Seeking Truth and Being Pragmatic.
The article records the vivid process of Comrade Xi Jinping's rapid opening of the work situation with distinctive grassroots investigations during his tenure as Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee.
Ultra-routine, high-intensity research quickly grasps the main contradictions.
476. This is the sum of the number of activities in the 2003 statistics table of Xi Jinping's activities.
The above-mentioned statistical tables listed in the article "From "Investigation Start" to "Investigation Opening"-The Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Seeking Truth and Practical Documentary Records densely record Xi Jinping's investigations, inspections, visits, meetings, meetings, etc. throughout the year For activities, the statutory more than 260 working days in a year cannot be arranged anyway. A large amount of grassroots research is completed by squeezing time with the spirit of "squeezing sponge".
According to the work schedule for more than two months after Xi Jinping became the secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee provided by the General Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee to the reporter of "Liaowang", he worked more than 12 hours a day, and the basic research time accounted for 40 of his effective working days. %the above.
In May 2003, Xi Jinping conducted marine economic surveys in Zhoushan Islands and other places. He crossed the sea and landed on the island in 3 island counties and 3 peninsula counties.
The boat had been at sea for 4 days, and he had a meeting on the bumpy boat to understand the situation.
"This kind of workload is beyond imagination. Sometimes we wonder, is there too much research?" Fei Qiang said, and then slowly realized that this is what he said "I will have no self and live up to the people". A special work method chosen by professionalism-using super-routine and high-intensity grass-roots surveys to grasp the overall situation in the shortest time and form an overall thinking and layout for the development of Zhejiang.
In this report, Xi Jinping introduced his own research methods: “In the new era, it’s impossible for leading cadres not to investigate, nor does the kind of research that work slowly and carefully. My experience is to go to the grassroots as much as possible. Maybe the time is shorter, but the accumulation of less will lead to more qualitative changes, and you will be able to grasp the main contradictions and problems in your work. It is better to look at it than not to watch; it is better to watch more than to watch less!"
Face-to-face, caring, and affectionately solve the people's most anxious, worry, and grievances.
Changing from petitions to visits, and from hearing reports to direct investigations is a common research method used by Xi Jinping when he is working at the local level.
Between July and August 2003, the number of petitions by the masses in Zhejiang increased.
Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, proposed that leading cadres should go to the grassroots to receive visits from the masses, and take the lead to visit Pujiang County, Jinhua City, a key county in the province for petitioning.
He specifically asked a number of local media to issue an announcement on the next visit of the provincial party committee secretary seven days in advance, so that the masses of the "petitioning large counties" could shed light on all the problems.
As a result, on the day of the visit, the three-level party and government leaders of the provinces, cities and counties and the leaders of the provincial agencies and departments divided into 14 reception groups and received 436 batches of 667 visits from the masses.
Xi Jinping directly received 9 groups of petitioners.
The reception venue is located in a local middle school.
He faces the crowd with only a desk in the middle.
When receiving a petition from a miner who was not compensated for a work-related injury, he asked about the situation while holding up the X-rays he passed over, carefully looking at the sun.
"That picture is still deeply frozen in my mind." Fei Qiang recorded a passage from Xi Jinping on his way back to the provincial capital from Pujiang County in the report of "Looking Out": Many livelihood issues reflected by the masses are not only It is only an economic problem, but even more a problem of thoughts and feelings: without a deep emotional connection with the broad masses of ordinary people, it is impossible to understand the suffering of the masses, let alone find solutions to these problems in investigation and research.
Gather people's wisdom, strengthen governance, and improve the accuracy of top-level design by asking people.
"Without investigation, there is no right to speak, let alone decision-making power."
While vigorously developing the style of investigation and research, whether the research results can be effectively transformed into scientific decision-making is a test of the governing ability of leading cadres.
Under Xi Jinping's suggestion, in 2003 the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee held a theoretical study center group study meeting with the main content of strengthening investigation and research.
The leading comrades who participated in the study formed 21 special research plans based on their respective division of labor, and clarified the implementation timetable.
These special investigations are also the key work arrangements for the next year determined by the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government.
The Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee has also formulated the "Opinions on the Standardization and Institutionalization of Investigation and Research Work", which clearly regards investigation and research as a pre-procedure for major decision-making by party committees and governments at or above the county level.
As a result, Xi Jinping's "investigation start" contributed to the "investigation opening" of the entire leadership team.
Xi Jinping and the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government have gradually formed a unified understanding of a series of major strategic issues related to the social and economic development of Zhejiang Province through investigation, research and study and discussion with the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government.
Just four months after the article "Learning from Practice and Learning from the Masses-Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Secretary Xi Jinping" was published by "Liaowang", the "August 8 Strategy", a blueprint for guiding the scientific development of Zhejiang, was born.
Take advantage of the trend and implement a high-level opening to the outside world
"All things live by what they are, and all things live by what they are."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the world has witnessed the historical process of China’s opening to the outside world: three sessions of the China International Import Expo were successfully held, two sessions of the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum were successfully held, and the Foreign Investment Law and its implementation regulations were fully implemented. , Reduced the negative list of foreign investment access many times, expanded the pilot free trade zone, and issued the overall plan for the implementation of the Hainan Free Trade Port...
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has clearly emphasized the need to implement a "high-level opening to the outside world."
On the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, China's opening to the outside world is moving towards a larger scope, a wider range, and a deeper level.
There is a clear connection between "high-level opening to the outside world" and General Secretary Xi Jinping's rich practice of opening to the outside world while working at the local level.
Domestically and internationally, we will unswervingly follow the path of openness, financing, and win-win cooperation.
Most coincidences in the world originate from necessity.
For three consecutive years from 2000 to 2002, readers can see Xi Jinping's signed articles or interview reports on "Liaowang".
It is intriguing that the three manuscripts revolve around the same theme: CIFIT.
On September 4, 2000, an article entitled "Playing the Role of a Window to Promote Opening to the Outside World" was published in the 36th issue of "Liaowang". The author was Xi Jinping, then governor of Fujian Province.
It is time for the 4th China Investment and Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "CIFIT") to open in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone.
The predecessor of the CIFIT was the "South Fujian Triangle Area Foreign Investment and Trade Fair" founded in Xiamen in September 1987. At that time, Xi Jinping served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of Xiamen.
Under the historical conditions at that time, the CIFIT was regarded as a "golden key" to promote China's opening to the outside world. Its significance is not only to solve the problem of foreign capital, but also to open a window of communication between China and overseas.
Xi Jinping stated in the article that the CIFIT is facing two very favorable opportunities: one is that China is about to join the WTO, and the other is that the country implements the strategy of developing the western region.
The two major opportunities will further enhance the attractiveness of the CIFIT and enable it to play a more important role as a bridge.
Finding a precise positioning in the national development map, looking for a global fit, and a strategic vision with a wide view and a high position have enabled this regional investment conference, which was born in the southeast corner, to continuously upgrade and develop for more than 30 years.
In 2005, the CIFIT was renamed the China International Investment and Trade Fair, becoming China's only international investment promotion activity aimed at promoting two-way investment.
Under the severe situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, the CIFIT was held as scheduled, and more than 2,300 projects reached cooperation agreements. The total investment of the agreements exceeded 800 billion yuan. While delivering China’s “good voice of investment”, it also helped the world economy recover. Boost confidence.
Seek quality, promote development, and run China's own affairs well under more open conditions.
On September 3, 2001, "Liaowang" re-published an interview report "Fujian Governor Xi Jinping: Opening to the Outside World-the Lifeline of Fujian's Economic Development".
In this article published on the occasion of the opening of the Fifth CIFIT, Xi Jinping introduced the strategic measures of Fujian's future opening-up and proposed that the quality and efficiency of the use of foreign capital should be further improved.
"Combine the use of foreign capital with the adjustment of the province's economic structure, the establishment and improvement of the socialist market economy system, and the development of an open economy."
"In Comrade Xi Jinping's thinking, opening up to the outside world is not a short-term act, let alone opening up for the sake of opening up. It is to do well in China's own affairs by improving the quality of opening up to the outside world, and always put the foothold of development at home." Wang Yuncai, the executive deputy editor-in-chief of the Fujian branch of Xinhua News Agency, has been a reporter of "Liaowang" for three consecutive years and exclusively interviewed Xi Jinping on the theme of the CIFIT.
Multi-point support and strengthen the connection to form an open pattern of land-sea internal and external linkages and mutual assistance between the east and the west.
On October 14, 2002, "Liaowang" published an interview report "Building a strategic channel for opening up-Fujian Provincial Governor Xi Jinping talks: mountain-sea collaboration, internal connection, and opening to the outside world".
In the article, Xi Jinping talked about the specific ideas of Fujian's further opening to the outside world based on the results of the 6th CIFIT-focusing on building three strategic channels of mountain-sea collaboration, internal connection, and opening up.
This decision is aimed at opening up the coastal and mountainous areas of cooperation in the province, strengthening the economic connection between Fujian and other regions of the country, and comprehensively improving the quality of opening up. It examines the development of Fujian from the perspective of economic globalization and the overall situation of the development of the national market economy. Grasp the positioning of Fujian and consider the distribution of productivity from the perspective of the province's "a game of chess".
Such a strategic arrangement is intended to ensure that the overall operation of the economy and society is not affected or less affected by changes in the external environment through internal and external linkages and multi-point support.
Being able to receive exclusive interviews from the same media on the same topic for three consecutive years shows how much Xi Jinping attaches to the CIFIT.
Soon after the interview, Xi Jinping left Fujian Province where he had worked for 17 and a half years.
"Later I learned that he left the last opportunity for an exclusive interview with the central media in Fujian to "Liaowang"." Wang Yuncai said.
All-round and high-level, respond to the proposition of the era of comprehensive opening up.
Half a year later, on the eve of the National People's Congress in March 2003, Fei Qiang interviewed Xi Jinping, who had been the Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and wrote a draft of "Xi Jinping, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee: Two-wheel Drive Speeding Development" for the 10th issue of "Looking" that year.
The report started straightforwardly-the first question that Xi Jinping thought about after he took office in Zhejiang is how to further increase Zhejiang’s domestic and external opening up, and make full use of the two international and domestic markets and two resources, so as to contribute to the vigorous development of Zhejiang. No need to install a powerful "power wheel".
In Xi Jinping's view, Zhejiang's opening up is a two-fold opening to the outside world and an all-round, high-level opening to the outside world.
Specifically, it means "connecting Shanghai to the north and attracting Taiwanese capital to the east."
On the one hand, with a more active attitude, take the initiative to connect with Shanghai.
On the other hand, seize the historic opportunity of the transfer of Taiwanese capital to the Yangtze River Delta, and do a good job in introducing Taiwanese capital.
At the same time, it is emphasized that the introduction of foreign capital is not only the introduction of some funds, but also the introduction of advanced technology and management experience, the introduction of new concepts, and the introduction of brands and marketing networks.
The core goal is to realize the integration, interaction and common development of foreign-funded enterprises in Zhejiang Province with the "two-wheel drive".
These historical fragments recorded in "Liaowang" bear witness to the trend and characteristics of opening-up strategies in different periods, and reflect General Secretary Xi Jinping's independent thinking on China's opening-up issues based on a profound understanding of China's specific national conditions.
Seek a domain to seek the overall situation
Qianjun will be a feather, the weight is in balance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's regional coordinated development has entered a new stage.
The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has successively proposed to promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”, 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 And other major regional strategies.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China formally proposed the implementation of the regional coordinated development strategy and the establishment of a more effective new mechanism for regional coordinated development. A national-level regional coordinated development pattern has been fully revealed.
Through the multiple reports of "Lookout", it can be observed that General Secretary Xi Jinping paid great attention to regional coordinated development during his work in Fujian and Zhejiang, especially focusing on dealing with the local and overall, short-term and long-term, key and general, internal and external Such important relationships reflect his profound grasp of the law of coordinated regional development.
Find the right position in the national "game of chess", and let the local and the whole country develop in a coordinated manner.
In April 1993, Comrade Xi Jinping accepted an exclusive interview with "Lookout" for the first time.
The 16th issue of "Lookout" that year published "Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Xi Jinping's Talk: Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle Development Strategy".
In the article, Xi Jinping stated that Fuzhou plans to take three to five years to build the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle with the goal of attracting foreign investment and an export-oriented economy as the mainstay, and has clarified the short, medium and long-term development goals of this economic circle.
"In the central media at the time, "Liaowang" had the greatest coverage on the development strategy of the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle." Dong Ruisheng, the author of this article and the director of the editorial office of "Liaowang" at the time, recalled that during the interview, I could feel that, Comrade Xi Jinping stands very high and has a broad vision. He has keen insight into the new trends in the development of world economic globalization and regional economic integration.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Minjiang Estuary, which was separated from Taiwan by the water, showed the general geographical advantage of "the Pearl River Delta is to Hong Kong and Macao".
In the article, Xi Jinping proposed that from the perspective of the economic division of labor and economic complementarity of the province, the country and the world, abandon the concept of “small but complete”, determine the industrial structure of the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle, and determined to build this economic circle into a complete economic circle. The province's commercial and financial center, the main base for economic and trade exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan, and an important commodity distribution center for the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.
This is to position the development of the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle Economic Circle in the overall process of national reform and opening up.
In his view, speeding up the development and construction of the Minjiang Estuary will be very beneficial to the economic and cultural development of Fuzhou, Fujian and the whole country.
Eight years later, on February 26, 2001, "Liaowang" published the signed article "Building a Prosperity Belt on the West Coast of the Taiwan Strait" by the then Governor of Fujian Province, Xi Jinping. An important period for the construction of a prosperous belt on the west coast of the Straits
From the original Xia Zhangquan Minnan Golden Triangle, to the Minjiang Estuary Golden Triangle economic circle, and then to the prosperity zone on the west bank of the Strait, the regional development plan based on the advantages of Fujian's location is in the same line.
Cooperation between mountains and seas, a strong province by the sea, and exploring a distinctive mechanism for regional coordinated development.
Mountains and sea are the most intuitive geographical features.
However, in many cases, mountains and seas also hinder people from getting rich.
Zhejiang Province has a land area of 100,000 square kilometers, a population of 46 million at the beginning of the new century, and only 0.45 acres of arable land per capita.
The article "Learning from Practice, Learning from the Masses-Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Secretary Xi Jinping" published by "Liaowang" recorded some fragments of the development of Zhejiang's "marine economy" discussed by Xi Jinping with local officials and the masses during an investigation in Zhoushan——
In the new century and new stage, where is the place for the further development of Zhejiang's economy?
on the sea!
Zhejiang Province has a coastline of more than 2,000 kilometers and an island coastline of more than 4,000 kilometers, with a sea area of 260,000 square kilometers, which is an important strategic resource of Zhejiang Province.
It is necessary to start planning for the development of marine resources in the province so that the marine economy will become a new economic growth resource for Zhejiang Province in the new century and new stage of sustainable development.
On the basis of accurately grasping the current situation and internal reasons of the unbalanced regional development in Zhejiang at that time, Xi Jinping pioneered the implementation of the "Ten Billion Assistance Project", "Underdeveloped Towns and Towns Promoting a Well-off Project", and "Mountain and Sea Cooperation Project" to increase the amount of assistance in mountainous areas, islands, and islands. The assistance in old areas and ethnic minority areas will narrow the gap between regions and promote the coordinated development of regional economies.
The three major projects have gradually explored and formed a new mechanism for regional coordinated development with Zhejiang characteristics through government linkage, market pull, and industry drive.
Look beyond the region to look at the region, seize the opportunity to actively integrate into the overall situation of regional coordinated development.
In Xi Jinping's vision, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta is the general trend.
"Xi Jinping, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee: Two-wheel Drive Speeding up Development" published by "Looking" in 2003 had such a judgment-Shanghai as the leading position in the economic development of the Yangtze River Delta, the prominent status of an international metropolis, and the international economy, finance, The international status of trade and shipping centers is an important opportunity for Zhejiang Province to accelerate its development in the next 20 years.
Under the guidance of this strategic thinking, Zhejiang proposed to integrate into the integration process of the Yangtze River Delta with a more active attitude, and “take the initiative to integrate, fully integrate, give full play to advantages, and achieve a win-win situation” for Shanghai.
When investigating the Zhoushan Islands, Comrade Xi Jinping told the grassroots officials that the construction of Shanghai's large and small Yangshan Ports is an important decision of the central government and should not be viewed separately from the development of Zhoushan.
The construction of Yangshan Port is also an important opportunity for the development of Zhoushan.
At the same time, we must further accelerate the integration of Ningbo Port and Zhoushan Port to make it an important wing of the world-class port group in the future.
Today, the cargo throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port ranks first in the world. Together with the large and small Yangshan ports, it has made a major contribution to enhancing the overall competitiveness and influence of the "Yangtze River Delta".
"Comrade Xi Jinping's strategic thinking and strategic positioning of jumping out of the region and looking at the region, proactively integrating and coordinating development, is very rare and valuable." Fei Qiang said.
Whether working at the local level or the central government, General Secretary Xi Jinping always attaches importance to regional coordinated development.
In the new stage of development, the times call for us to pay more attention to the coordinated development of regions and strengthen the overall national strength with the development of each region.
Ten fingers playing piano
Those who are good at game seek power, those who are good at plan seek far.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party put forward the need to "adhere to the system concept." This is a major theoretical summary made by the party on the basis of summing up practical experience.
System concept is an important epistemological methodology of dialectical materialism, and it is also the basic method of thinking and working method of our party.
Looking through the many signed articles or interview manuscripts of Comrade Xi Jinping published in "Liaowang", it is not difficult to find that he is good at developing rather than statically, comprehensively rather than one-sidedly, systematically rather than fragmented, and generally connected rather than isolated. Observe the general trend and make decisions.
To put it vividly, he is good at "playing the piano with ten fingers."
This characteristic runs through all aspects of his work in Fujian and Zhejiang.
On September 25, 2000, "Lookout" published an exclusive interview with Xi Jinping.
The report entitled "Interview with Fujian Provincial Governor Xi Jinping: Adjusting Economic Structure to Improve Comprehensive Competitiveness" pointed out that at the intersection of the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the key to enhancing the comprehensive competitiveness of Fujian’s economy is to speed up economic structure adjustment.
On the basis of clarifying that "the leading role of the pillar industries is not significant enough", which is the biggest pain point that plagues the development of Fujian, Xi Jinping talked freely about specific ideas for economic structural adjustment.
A closer look reveals that this idea is no longer to select a few single pillar industries, but to determine the pillar industries of the four major categories with a broader vision, build a multi-system support, and provide a more powerful overall for the adjustment of the industrial structure. The leading force has greatly promoted the optimization and upgrading of other industries.
In fact, there was controversy in Fujian Province at that time about accelerating economic restructuring.
For a long time, as the front line of coastal defense, Fujian's economic development has been slow due to the influence of the situation across the Taiwan Strait.
After opening to the outside world and rapid development in the 1990s, all sectors of society in Fujian eagerly hope that the economic growth rate will be able to take advantage of the trend and move faster.
On the basis of taking into consideration the current and long-term development of Fujian, Xi Jinping firmly proposed that structural adjustment must be accelerated through forward-looking thinking.
This is to consider Fujian’s economic restructuring in the context of the world’s political, economic, technological, and cultural development, and to grasp the direction of Fujian’s economic restructuring based on the overall national economic development, so as to avoid the decline of the competitiveness of traditional industries in the new century. , And at the same time lay out emerging industries to form a new strategic support point.
Adhering to such a system concept requires a dialectical thinking of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and a high degree of political courage and political responsibility.
The characteristics of Xi Jinping's insistence on systematic concepts and systematic planning have been more fully manifested during his work in Zhejiang.
On November 18, 2002, on the fourth day of the closing of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "Liaowang" published the signed article "Strive to Improve Comprehensive Strength and International Competitiveness" by the then Acting Governor of Zhejiang Province, Xi Jinping.
From March 29 to April 1, 2020, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission visited Zhejiang.
This is March 30. Xi Jinping visited Yu Village, Tianhuangping Town, Anji County, Huzhou City, and had a cordial exchange with the villagers who were cleaning up the lotus pond, and asked about the preparation of spring ploughing. Photo by Shen Hong / this publication
Xi Jinping pointed out in the article: In accordance with the requirements of new ideas for development, new breakthroughs for reforms, and new situations for opening up, we will focus our work on continuously improving the comprehensive strength and international competitiveness of our province in the future. on.
In that year, Zhejiang's GDP growth rate, the "troika" index, fiscal budget revenue, per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents and other major comprehensive indicators were among the highest in the country.
But at the same time, Zhejiang has also entered a critical period of development and transformation——
The industrial structure is at a low level and the growth mode is extensive; the income gap between urban and rural residents is widening; the supply of production factors is becoming increasingly tight; the ecological environment is more prominent; the market economy order is not standardized; the pressure on employment and social security is increasing... to face these contradictions and problems How to make the right choice and enter the "new accelerated development stage" smoothly?
In March 2003, the tenth and eleventh issues of "Liaowang" successively published in-depth reports written by Fei Qiangcai "Xi Jinping, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee: Two-wheel drive to accelerate development", "Learning from practice and learning from the masses-Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee" "Xi Jinping Investigation Documentary."
Four months later, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 11th Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed measures to further utilize the advantages in eight areas and advance the eight areas in the future, namely the "eight-eight strategy".
Many of these formulations have already taken shape in the above-mentioned report of "Liaowang".
In the next 18 years, Zhejiang Province focused on the "eight-eight strategy" and drew a blueprint to the end.
The reason why this strategy has long-term guidance is that it accurately grasps the conditions of the province, the national conditions and the world, the advantages and shortcomings, the present and the long-term, and organically integrates the scientific development concept with the provincial reality, from the overall perspective, and dialectically Thinking, drew the overall strategic layout of Zhejiang's reform, opening up and modernization drive.
In 2018, a reporter from the Zhejiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency wrote a cover story for "Liaowang", "Fifteen Years of Relay, New Blueprint-"August Eight Strategy" Leading Zhejiang's High-Quality Development".
The "Eight-Eight Strategy" does nothing for a while.
It tells people: The holistic view of development is a comprehensive and systematic sustainability; to make overall plans, we must be good at using materialist dialectics to understand and deal with problems in development.
In June 2003, under the auspices and auspices of Xi Jinping, Zhejiang initiated the "Thousand Village Demonstration and Ten Thousand Village Renovation" project focusing on the improvement of rural production, living, and ecological environment.
After 18 years of systematic renovation, Zhejiang's mountain villages have taken on a new look, the economy is full of vitality, and the living standards of farmers have improved significantly, providing a fresh model for my country's comprehensive implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.
From "Beautiful Zhejiang" to "Beautiful China", from "Legal Zhejiang" to "Legal China", from "Safe Zhejiang" to "Safe China", from "Marine Province" to "Marine Power"...From Zhejiang to the Central Government , A series of strategic layouts, major reforms and development measures, and innovative practice concepts are in line with each other.
At that time, Zhejiang Development was in the forefront of the country and had certain basic conditions to explore and solve systemic problems, and to be a "test field" for high-quality development and modern governance.
Fei Qiang said with deep feeling that from now on, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the "eight-eight strategy" in Zhejiang, aiming at high-quality development goals, systematically cracking down on unbalanced, inadequate, and unsustainable issues, and contributing to the national governance system and governance. Capacity modernization provides practical exploration and valuable experience for reference.
At present, the internal conditions and external environment of my country's development are undergoing profound and complex changes. We need to adhere to the system concept more than ever.
Construct a new development pattern with new development concepts, plan as a whole, and advance collaboratively to stimulate the overall advantages of the whole country in a game of chess, and promote the high-quality development of my country's economy and society.
postscript
Our party has always attached great importance to news and public opinion work.
The older generation of revolutionaries likened the messenger to "scientific clairvoyance", stressing that "the Communist Party can defeat the enemy only by holding flyers in the left hand and holding bullets in the right hand", and advocated that journalists "go deep into the masses and not just talk."
The incisive arguments of the Marxist outlook on journalism run through the centuries of journalism history of the Communist Party of China.
In the view of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the party's news and public opinion work is an important work of the party, and it is a major task of governing the country and stabilizing the country.
"From the time I came to work in Fujian to get to know Comrade Xi Jinping, I have deeply felt that he has always attached importance to journalism and he has always cared about journalists," said Wang Yuncai.
Fei Qiang still keeps the record of Xi Jinping's speech at the meeting with the heads of major news organizations in Zhejiang Province on December 24, 2002.
At this meeting, Xi Jinping urged news agencies to play the role of "government mouthpiece and pioneer of public opinion."
Emphasize on upholding the party's leadership over public opinion, upholding leadership over journalism, and grasping the correct political direction.
It is pointed out that journalists should take the lead in learning, learn more, deeply understand and firmly grasp new theories and new features.
It is pointed out that journalism should keep pace with the times, pioneer and innovate, and "it is impossible to impress readers with clichés."
In the memory of the two "Lookout" reporters who have interviewed General Secretary Xi Jinping many times, Xi Jinping never accepts media interviews before he is familiar with the local situation, but many grass-roots surveys invite reporters to travel with him.
Before the Spring Festival every year, he took time out to discuss with the central media to listen to everyone's opinions, but he never asked for reports.
He has carefully studied and investigated the work suggestions and supervision clues put forward by the central media, and he has never blamed the reporter for conducting public opinion supervision on negative issues.
Breathe with the people and make progress with the times.
Faced with the general trend of in-depth integration of the media, "the main force fully advances into the main battlefield" is a must-answer question for all central media.
"Liaowang" will continue to be the communicator of the party's policies and propositions, the recorder of the times, the promoter of social progress, and the watcher of fairness and justice based on the actual results of integrated development. It will record the development of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. With perfection, tell more Chinese stories about building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and witness the historical journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation together with readers.
(Published in "Lookout" Issue 16, 2021)
The unforgettable memory of three interviews with Xi Jinping in Fujian
Text | Wang Yuncai (then the executive deputy editor-in-chief of the Fujian branch of Xinhua News Agency)
On the 40th anniversary of the publication of "Liaowang", the editorial department noticed when collating reports over the years that General Secretary Xi Jinping had accepted an exclusive interview with "Liaowang" for three consecutive years when he was governor of Fujian Province.
This is extremely rare for a news organization, and it fully demonstrates that Comrade Xi Jinping attaches great importance to news and propaganda work.
Opening the floodgates of memory, scenes of interviews with Comrade Xi Jinping that year were presented before us.
Difficult task
One day in August 2000, I suddenly received a call from Comrade Ji Bin, the then editor-in-chief of "Liaowang".
He said in a non-negotiable tone that the 4th China Investment and Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the CIFIT) will be held in Xiamen in September.
As a window for China to open up to the outside world, the CIFIT is a stage for competition among news organizations.
Since the first session, "Lookout" has attached great importance to the reporting of the CIFIT. Every year, it sends outstanding soldiers to participate in the report, and has established a good reputation in the industry.
However, as the competition becomes more and more fierce, and Comrade Xi Jinping has just become the governor of Fujian Province, the editorial department hopes to launch an exclusive interview with him before the CIFIT, which reflects the high-end authoritative characteristics of the "Liaowang" report and achieves a prestige. Social effects.
Although bite the bullet and agreed, it really stumped me.
I was transferred to the Fujian branch of Xinhua News Agency in 1990. From reporters, heads of the editorial department to the branch leaders in charge of the editorial work, I have interviewed Comrade Xi Jinping many times. He often followed him to the grassroots for research. He sometimes called me over. , Listen to my views on some issues.
However, since he was elected acting governor of Fujian Province in August 1999, he rarely accepted interviews with reporters.
I asked him why.
He said that serving as the main leader of the provincial government has a heavy responsibility, especially when reviewing the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" and looking forward to the important nodes of the "Tenth Five Year Plan". We must further understand the situation of the province, further improve the strategic concept of Fujian's economic restructuring, and formulate reforms. Opening up policies and measures to continuously improve the comprehensive competitiveness of Fujian’s economy.
Before these ideas have been formed, he generally does not accept interviews with reporters.
The interview task of "Lookout" is very tight. I decided to go directly to his office and ask for the interview in person.
Unexpectedly, after listening to my statement, Comrade Xi Jinping happily agreed.
He said that after a year of investigation and research, he had some new ideas about the province's economic and social development, economic restructuring, reform and opening up, and promised to finish his work and arrange a time to have a good conversation.
It didn't take long for Comrade Xi Jinping to let the staff around him notify me, and he devoted most of the day to accept the interview.
Comrade Xi Jinping first introduced his in-depth investigations and studies of people from all walks of life and all walks of life in the province since he became Acting Governor.
Comrade Xi Jinping has always insisted on making investigations before making decisions.
He said, don't make decisions without research.
It is necessary to focus on the investigation, analysis, and demonstration before decision-making in order to find and select the best decision-making plan.
At that time, at the turn of the century, people from all over Fujian were discussing how to enter the new century.
Due to various reasons, Fujian's economic development has been lagging behind for a long time. In 1978, the total economic output of the province ranked 22nd in the country.
Reform and opening up have injected strong vitality into Fujian, and in 1999 its economic aggregate rose to 11th place.
Everyone has tasted the sweetness in the rapid economic development and believes that development is the top priority in Fujian and that the economy should develop faster.
How to do a good job of economic work in the new century?
Comrade Xi Jinping made intensive special investigations.
He pointed out that Fujian’s economy is weak, mainly in the industry. It is necessary to adjust the economic structure and industrial structure to promote industrial development and push the economy further.
On the basis of preliminary investigations, Xi Jinping proposed that Fujian’s economic structure should adapt to the new situation and new requirements, and focus on “speeding up, increasing, increasing, new, optimizing, adjusting, and adjusting foreign” to improve the comprehensive competitiveness of the province’s economy. .
These "seven adjustments" pointed out the direction for the province's economic work at that time and later.
Comrade Xi Jinping introduced in detail the preparations for the 4th CIFIT, new changes and characteristics, as well as the advantages and efforts of Fujian undertaking, and expressed that he would do everything possible to create better conditions for member units and Chinese and foreign businessmen to participate in the negotiation.
During the interview, I found that Comrade Xi Jinping stood very high.
He believes that the 4th CIFIT is an international economic and trade event at the turn of the century.
He emphasized that in the face of the development trend of economic globalization, successfully running the China Investment and Trade Fair will have more important practical significance and far-reaching impact on improving the level of my country's foreign economic and trade cooperation and enhancing international competitiveness.
At the same time, Comrade Xi Jinping also emphatically introduced that since he served as acting governor of Fujian Province, he has looked into the background of economic globalization, stood at the height of the overall national economic development, and promoted economic restructuring through opening up, and further improved Fujian by accelerating economic restructuring. Strategic conception of comprehensive economic competitiveness.
He believes that economic structure adjustment and optimization is a very complex strategic issue. When determining the economic structure adjustment and optimization ideas and plans at the beginning of the new century, the economic structure adjustment plan cannot be reduced to the selection of several pillars or key industries. , The field of vision should be broader.
This is to focus on the general trend of economic globalization and the overall situation of my country’s economic development, based on the specific reality of Fujian, and adopt different adjustment and optimization measures according to different types and development levels of industries, and propose different objectives and tasks, so that the economic structure adjustment work will form a unified The organic whole with prominent key points, consideration of all parties and mutual promotion has significantly improved the overall level of the province's economic structure.
This interview is a rare exclusive interview since Comrade Xi Jinping was appointed acting governor of Fujian Province.
The content of his talk is very rich and newsworthy. It is difficult to express such an important interview content in an exclusive interview.
If only written as an interview, many important content will inevitably have to be reluctant to part with.
Therefore, I contacted Comrade Ji Bin, hoping to divide the interview with Comrade Xi Jinping into two pieces.
One is devoted to the 4th CIFIT, and the other is in the form of an exclusive interview on Fujian’s strategic vision for accelerating the adjustment of economic structure.
My idea has been strongly supported by Comrade Ji Bin.
So, I worked overtime and quickly drafted two articles.
I sent the two manuscripts to Comrade Xi Jinping for review. After he reviewed, the manuscripts were passed to the editorial office and soon published in the 36th and 39th issues in 2000.
Many media at home and abroad have reprinted it, which generated a great social response.
Continuous support
On the eve of the Fifth CIFIT in 2001, Comrade Ji Bin, the then editor-in-chief of "Liaowang" called again and made it clear that the exclusive publication of Comrade Xi Jinping’s signed article and the exclusive interview with "Liaowang" was at the CIFIT in the previous year. The report is unique, and I hope to continue the exclusive interview with Comrade Xi Jinping this year.
我立即与习近平同志联系。他虽然答应接受采访，但表示近期事情特别多，实在安排不出时间，要往后推一推才行。然而投洽会开幕在即，《瞭望》作为以深度报道见长的周刊，对省长的专访必须尽量往前赶，否则在时效性上很难竞争过报纸、广播、电视、网络等媒体。于是，我向习近平同志提出，如果实在安排不出时间，接受书面采访也可以。他接受了我的建议。
紧接着，我根据与编辑部商量的意见，向习近平同志提供了一份采访提纲，没几天，就收到了他接受书面采访的材料。他在文章中介绍了福建改革开放以来外向型经济发展情况，并明确表示，对外开放是福建国民经济发展的生命线，是全省经济发展和结构调整的重要推动力量。
在回答关于闽台经贸合作方面的提问时，习近平着重谈到，加强闽台经贸合作符合两地人民的利益，有利于促进祖国和平统一大业。福建对如何强化这项工作做了分析研究，进一步明确了福建省的定位、角色，提出要把福建建成对台经贸合作的四大基地——建成对台通商基地，创建台资企业营运基地，完善对台农业合作基地，营造台胞度假休闲基地。
这篇专访《福建省省长习近平谈：对外开放——福建经济发展的生命线》，在《瞭望》2001年第36期刊发后，被台湾媒体广泛转载，在广大台湾同胞中引起了强烈的共鸣。
在连续2年独家专访习近平同志取得成功的基础上，2002年8月当《瞭望》时任总编辑姬斌提出希望在第六届投洽会前再次专访习近平同志。
当我与习近平同志联系采访时，他表示，投洽会前活动都安排满了，实在安排不出时间接受采访，提出采访能否改在投洽会后，尽量抽时间聊一聊。
在投洽会结束后不久，习近平同志应约接受了独家专访。
采访中，习近平同志介绍了第六届投洽会取得的成果，并重点谈了福建下一步对外开放的战略构想。他指出，进入新世纪，福建的改革开放和现代化建设进入了一个新的发展阶段。福建对外开放将迈开新的步伐，开创新的局面，可以从构建“三条战略通道”的大背景和大开放角度来把握，大力实施“走出去”战略，营造对外开放的良好环境。
这篇独家专访很快以《构建对外开放的战略通道——福建省省长习近平谈：山海协作，对内联接，对外开放》为题，在《瞭望》2002年第41期刊发，海内外媒体大量转载，产生了重大社会影响。
难忘记忆
这篇专访刊发后不久，2002年10月，习近平同志调到浙江省工作。
习近平同志是很重感情的人。离开福建前，他让身边工作人员告诉了我这个消息。我专门赶到他办公室送行。马上要离开福建，他手头的事情肯定很多，但还是挤出时间，和我交流了一个多小时。看得出，他很舍不得离开福建。福建人民也都希望他能够继续为福建人民造福。
从调到福建工作认识习近平同志开始，我就深深地感到，他对新闻工作的重视是一贯的，对新闻工作者的关心也是一贯的。他经常根据工作需要，邀请一些中央媒体记者参加省政府重要活动，包括他自己的调研活动。作为新华社福建分社的一名新闻工作者，我应邀参加他调研活动的次数颇多。
习近平同志邀请记者一起调研，从未提过什么报道要求。他说，请中央媒体驻闽记者来，一则让大家更多地了解省情，了解省政府的工作；二则可以帮助出些点子，提些意见，助推工作。
习近平同志还坚持每年春节前邀请新闻界人士一起来座谈。座谈会上他主要是听大家提一些工作上的意见建议，从不居高临下地对新闻记者提要求。相反，他对大家提出的意见建议高度重视，积极回应。3年中每年的座谈会我都参加了，留下了深刻印象。(刊于《瞭望》2021年第16期)