(A closer look at China) Zhongyuan travel, how did Xi Jinping "tune" north and south
China News Service, Beijing, May 16th, title: Zhongyuan trip, how Xi Jinping "adjusted" north and south
Author Zhong Sanping
A flood of clear water, from south to north.
Traveling to the Central Plains to "divert" the North and South. From the 12th to the 14th, China's top leader Xi Jinping conducted a special survey on China's North-South water transfer in Henan.
In China, as small as tofu is sweet and salty, and as large as the similarities and differences of national personalities, people have always talked about North and South topics.
Water plays an important role among the many factors that form the division of the north and the south.
During this trip to Henan, in the hinterland of China's Central Plains, Xi Jinping "specially studied" this "national event" that concerns the north and the south, and the key to it is water.
On the 14th, Nanyang, Henan, he presided over an important meeting concerning the issue of "draft and drinking" of hundreds of millions of people-a symposium on promoting the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The basic water regime in China is flooded in summer and dry in winter, and the north is short of Nanfeng.
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a super project aimed at solving the extremely unbalanced distribution of water resources in China in time and space.
But since the beginning of its implementation, the meaning of its carrying has far exceeded the "diversion of water" itself.
“The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is related to the overall strategic situation, long-term development, and people’s well-being.” At the symposium, Xi Jinping put forward for the first time a new expression of “promoting the coordinated development of the north and south”, emphasizing that it “requires strong support from water resources” and pointed out that water Resources are an important bearing and restrictive factor.
From the South-to-North Water Diversion, through the scientific adjustment of water resources to promote the "balanced development of the north and the south", to the first mention of "promoting the coordinated development of the north and south", the outside world seems to be able to clearly see a new idea of regional development based on the new development stage.
As for China, after eradicating absolute poverty and moving towards a well-off society in an all-round way, solving the problem of inadequate development and "promoting common prosperity to achieve more obvious substantive progress" has become an important proposition.
For a long time, the regional economic gap has been one of the main manifestations of China's unbalanced development.
Especially in recent years, China's regional economic development has become divergent, and the economic center of gravity has moved further south.
Regions such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta have initially embarked on a track of high-quality development, but growth in some northern provinces has slowed down.
Data map: Xichuan, Henan, aerial photography of the head dam of the "South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Zhongju
As Xi Jinping said, "We must adapt to the new situation and plan new ideas for coordinated regional development."
In traditional Chinese culture, water also implies wealth.
Asked how can it be so clear, for the source of running water, the prosperity of a city and a region, and the abundance of a family, all need the source of development.
After Xi Jinping's trip to the Central Plains, a planning and design plan for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project that meets the requirements of the new era and new stage is waiting to be released.
Water transfer is also "transfer" from north to south.
Xi Jinping started from the water and deployed more "source water" for the coordinated development of the regional economy.
Water governance is like governance of a country, and China’s accumulated valuable experience in water governance can, to a certain extent, also provide a reference for planning coordinated regional development.
For example, in the implementation of water transfer projects, China insists on a national game of chess and optimizes the allocation of resources from the central level.
The coordinated development of regions and the "one game of chess" overall thinking are also the key to cracking the regional gap.
"Conscientiously and proactively resolve issues such as regional gaps, urban-rural gaps, income gaps, etc." "Achieving common prosperity is not only an economic issue, but also a major political issue related to the party's ruling foundation." In the new stage, "promoting common prosperity for all people" is being As "a long-term task", it is included in Xi Jinping's vision.
From "South-to-North Water Transfer" to "South-North Coordination", it is not only the north-south balance of water, but also the broader "equilibrium" of "common prosperity" behind it.
Among these, there is a deeper insight into China’s consistent development logic, "promoting more and more equitable results of reform and development to benefit all people" and "promoting economic and social development, in the final analysis, is to achieve common prosperity for all people."
"Drafts do not forget those who dig wells." During this investigation, Xi Jinping made a special trip to Zouzhuang Village, a resettlement village relocated due to the South-to-North Water Diversion.
He once again explained the logic of this development with perceptual words, "The people are the country, the Communist Party fights the country, guards the country, and guards the people's heart, so that the people can live a good life."
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