Beijing, 5 May (Xinhua) -- The integration of the Yangtze River Delta has written a new chapter in high-quality development
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The report of the 5th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way". This year is the first year to comprehensively implement the spirit of the 11th CPC National Congress. Xinhua reporters went into cities, villages, factories and wharves to listen to public opinion, look at the facts, and gain an in-depth understanding of the vivid practice of promoting high-quality development in various places. Since May <>, Xinhua News Agency has set up a column entitled "High-quality Development Research Tour" to fully report the useful experience and highlights of high-quality development at the grassroots level, presenting a beautiful picture of the continuous improvement of people's quality of life and the improvement of economic and social development.
Xinhua News Agency reporter
It is a hot land for high-quality development - less than 4% of the country's land area, creating nearly a quarter of the country's total economy.
The Yangtze River Delta region is one of the regions with the most active economic development, the highest degree of openness and the strongest innovation ability in China, and has a decisive strategic position in the overall situation of national modernization and all-round opening up.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to "combine the new situation and new requirements facing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta", "adhere to the unity of goal-oriented and problem-oriented", "closely grasp the two keywords of integration and high quality", "really grasp the work, bury our heads in hard work, and promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta to continuously achieve results".
Implementing the spirit of a series of important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and one city have grasped key work in recent years, gathered strong joint forces, and a high-quality development picture is slowly unfolding.
"Flowing Yangtze River Delta": Economic operation is picking up
During the "May Day" holiday just past, from the Bund to West Lake, from Huangshan to the banks of the Qinhuai River, the major scenic spots in the Yangtze River Delta region were crowded with tourists, and the people were enthusiastic about traveling. The flow of people, vehicles, and logistics peaks are intertwined, and the "flowing Yangtze River Delta" reappears.
Since the beginning of this year, the Yangtze River Delta economy, which is an important growth pole of China's economy, has been under pressure, not only the "chassis" is stable, but also has bright spots, demonstrating the resilience and confidence of the high-quality development of three provinces and one city.
In the first quarter, the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui approached the 7 trillion yuan mark, and the GDP growth rate maintained stable growth, showing a good development trend of sustained economic recovery and recovery.
Recently, the "May Five-Year Shopping Festival" in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone was officially launched.
Qingwujia is adjacent to the region and has a number of ancient towns in Jiangnan Water Town, such as Xitang, Tongli and Zhujiajiao. "During the May Five-Year Shopping Festival, we will issue various consumption coupons with a total amount of more than 1000 million yuan, and strive to attract more than 5 million tourists in May." Qian Jiacheng, director of the Investment Promotion Service Center of the Jiashan Commerce Bureau, said.
In the face of the complex and changeable domestic and international situation, while consumption recovers, effective investment plays a key role in China's economic recovery.
In the Shenghong New Material Industrial Park of Jiangsu Lianyungang Petrochemical Industrial Base, the reporter saw that the flow of engineering vehicles is endless, the construction site is hot, and an emerging factory area has begun to take shape.
In the first quarter, Jiangsu had strong investment support for large projects, with 10,2802 projects under construction of more than 344 billion yuan, an increase of 11 over the same period last year, and the completed investment increased by 4.10% year-on-year; While Anhui's fixed asset investment maintained rapid growth on a higher base, manufacturing investment and high-tech industry investment were 4.13 and 6.<> percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of investment, respectively.
In addition to expanding domestic demand and improving efficiency, the acceleration of new momentum is consolidating the foundation for high-quality economic development.
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Haitong Automobile Terminal is one of the largest ro-ro terminals in China, with a dedicated yard that can park 3,100 cars at the same time. "At the busiest time, one or two hundred transporters come at once, and nearly two thousand export cars come together. Even such a large yard is somewhat overwhelming. Chen Ge, deputy general manager of Shanghai Haitong International Automobile Logistics Co., Ltd., told reporters that more than <> million cars were exported from Waigaoqiao Haitong Automobile Terminal last year, and it has continued to maintain a rapid growth rate since this year.
The Yangtze River Delta region has always been an important foreign trade town in China. According to the foreign trade data of the first quarter of this year, a total of 7 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jinhua, Wuxi and Nanjing, have entered the national foreign trade "Top 20" list.
Among them, the import and export scale of Shanghai's foreign trade reached a new high in the same period of history, and the export of new energy products such as electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells increased strongly, with exports increasing by 98.2%, 2.2 times and 57.3% respectively year-on-year; The total import and export value of Zhejiang Jinhua's foreign trade increased by 11.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate of import and export, export and import were higher than that of Zhejiang Province.
Zhang Xueliang, executive director of the Yangtze River Delta and Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Research Institute of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, said that the Yangtze River Delta has superior endowments and strong foundations, relying on its advantages in new consumption, new tracks and new industries to release development potential, break administrative and regional barriers, improve the efficient allocation and integration of resources, and expand the economic scale through industrial synergy and energy level improvement, which is expected to maintain a good momentum and achieve sustained growth in the second three quarters of this year.
Yangtze River Delta integration: strive to take the lead in forming a new development pattern
"Take the lead in forming a new development pattern" "Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region should not only provide high-quality products, but also provide high-level scientific and technological supply to support the high-quality development of the country"...
In August 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on solidly promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in Hefei, and put forward ardent expectations for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta.
Investing around EUR 10 billion to establish a development, innovation and procurement center in Hefei focusing on connected electric vehicles – the Volkswagen Group announced in April.
According to the plan, the new company will introduce advanced technologies from local Chinese suppliers to enhance synergies in R&D between joint ventures such as Volkswagen Anhui, SAIC Volkswagen, and FAW-Volkswagen.
Based on one place, radiating the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country, it has become the conscious choice of many Chinese and foreign enterprises when investing in the layout of three provinces and one city.
Consolidate the foundation of self-reliance and self-improvement of science and technology, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system.
High-pressure gas cylinders that power rockets, exoskeleton robots that help rescue, sensor chips used in ventilators... Walking into the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute in Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, the application of various high-precision technologies is dizzying.
As a "test field" for Jiangsu's scientific and technological system reform, Jiangsu Industry and Research Institute not only serves Jiangsu's industrial transformation and upgrading, but also fully meets the needs of the Yangtze River Delta region. In recent years, it has established joint innovation centers with more than 260 leading enterprises in subdivided fields, and reached more than 400 enterprise technical cooperations; It has built 72 professional research institutes and transferred and transformed more than 7000,<> technological achievements.
Plan for the long term and work in the present.
The Yangtze River Delta is one of the regions with the strongest innovation ability in the country. The three provinces and one city have joined hands to promote scientific and technological innovation and the integration of the real economy, providing key support for the construction of a modern industrial system.
"Recently, a Shanghai company put forward technical requirements for precision measurement, and we helped connect with a research institute in Suzhou, and the two sides have formed a contract for scientific research projects." Gao Jun, vice president of Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research, said that the institution takes research and development as industry and technology as commodities, builds a bridge between laboratories and production lines, promotes the deep integration of innovation chain and industrial chain, and accelerates the construction of the Yangtze River Delta science and technology innovation community.
Comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-level opening up will help realize domestic and international dual circulation and promote each other, and add new vitality and expand new space for promoting the high-quality development of China's economy.
In Ningbo Zhoushan Port in May, giant ships enter and exit, a busy scene.
As a key part of the smooth operation of China's industrial chain and supply chain, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has become the world's largest port in cargo throughput for 14 consecutive years, completing a cargo throughput of 3 million tons in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 31.9%.
"Based on the golden geographical location at the intersection of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we will continue to expand opening up and make more contributions to smoothing the dual circulation and serving the new development pattern." Ren Xiaobo, member of the party committee and deputy general manager of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co., Ltd., said.
Green is the background color of high-quality development.
On a striking wide screen, the company's energy consumption data and carbon emission information are displayed in real time, and the energy-saving situation of green electricity, energy storage system and air compressor is clear at a glance... Xiatang Town, Changfeng County, Hefei, Anhui's first industrial park-based "energy and carbon dual control" industrial Internet platform was officially launched last month, and is now "watching" the energy consumption and carbon emissions of the industrial park day and night.
With nearly 75% forest coverage, dozens of kilometers of greenways running through it, and 3.5 kilometers of wetland water trails to meet the needs of activities for all ages... Shanghai is planning to build the "North Cai Wedge Green Space", the largest "urban forest" in Pudong New Area. A total of 10 wedge-shaped green spaces are planned in Shanghai, embedded in the central urban area, creating a green space for citizens to get close to nature and relax and recreation.
Blue water and blue sky. With the development of regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta rising to a national strategy, the joint protection and co-governance of the ecological environment has entered the fast lane, and the green and beautiful Yangtze River Delta is about to emerge.
Cultivate people's livelihood and well-being: build a better Jiangnan
Under the Yuandang Slow Walking Bridge across Shanghai and Jiangsu, the blue waves and shallow fish fly to the bottom, and the "ecological corridor" on both sides of the strait slowly unfolds the picture scroll of Jiangnan water town. The Yuandang ecological shoreline jointly built by Shanghai and the Soviet Union has a total length of 23 kilometers, and will be fully completed this year.
Pedestrian bridges, highway bridges, high-speed rail bridges... Bridges continue to narrow the time and space distance of the Yangtze River Delta. From the past "cross-day bus travel" to the current "same-day bus round-trip", the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Demonstration Zone has launched a total of 8 regional bus lines, connecting Shanghai Qingpu, Jiangsu Wujiang and Zhejiang Jiashan, sending a total of more than 220.<> million passengers, making it more convenient for residents and tourists.
High-speed rail covers 95% of districted cities in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui; 33 interprovincial highway interfaces significantly reduced travel times; A total of more than 4000 million third-generation social security cards have been issued, and public transportation can be used in all districted cities in the Yangtze River Delta...
The optimized three provinces and one city will realize the multi-purpose and cross-provincial use of one card in the fields of transportation, tourism, cultural experience, social security, medical and health, and financial services.
What the people want, what the government wants.
Braised pork, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, steamed yellow fish, mapo tofu... Near noon, the elderly lined up in the Zhongleshan Community Canteen in Xujiahui Street, Xuhui District, Shanghai. The person in charge of the community canteen said that since it opened in December 2022, nearly 12,1500 elderly people have applied for membership cards here.
In order to solve the "difficulty of eating" for the elderly, Xuhui District has vigorously built a "life box" integrating pension, medical treatment, culture and sports, which can be reached within 15 minutes on foot. The community canteen is one of the most popular services in the "Life Box".
The 15-minute time scale reflects the temperature of urban governance and the scale of good life. At present, all parts of the Yangtze River Delta are vigorously building a quarter-hour convenient living circle and a 15-minute medical insurance service circle to provide higher quality service supply.
Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism and an important feature of China's modernization.
Walking along the winding country lanes is like coming to a sea of flowers, surrounded by small buildings with unique shapes. In the 98,<>-mu flower and wood base in Tangdi Village, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, <>% of the labor force in the village is engaged in the production and operation of flowers and trees, and eats "ecological rice".
"Relying on the advantages of the flower and tree industry, the collective economic income of the village will exceed 2022 million yuan in 800, and the per capita income of villagers will reach 12,<> yuan." Liu Jianming, secretary of the general party branch and director of the village committee of Tangdi Village, said that the momentum of rural revitalization should be fully activated, and powerful steps should be taken on the road to achieving common prosperity, so that the broad masses can effectively enjoy the fruits of development.
The tide is flat and the shore is wide, and the wind is sailing.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Yangtze River Delta, which leads the sea with the river, has set sail and sailed along the channel of high-quality development with a more lofty attitude. (Participating reporters: Qi Zhongxi, Zou Duowei, He Xinrong, Chen Gang, Shang Yiying, Ma Shurui)