Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is one of the regions with the most dynamic economy, the highest degree of openness, and the strongest innovation capabilities in my country.
In 2014, the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei was elevated to a national strategy.
Over the past 10 years, there have been unforgettable scenes, key guidance, and major projects... General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out the direction and provided fundamental guidelines for the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, and has pushed the coordinated development of the three places to new heights.
Top-level design blueprint
Grand strategy requires clarifying grand logic.
In the past 10 years, from holding three symposiums on the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to studying this topic at important meetings such as the Political Bureau meeting of the Central Committee, top-level planning has been carried out to outline the grand blueprint for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
In February 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a symposium in Beijing to listen to reports on the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. This was the first symposium on the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
For a long time, there have been prominent problems of imbalance and uncoordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, which has become a problem lingering in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
It was at this meeting that the General Secretary profoundly pointed out that realizing the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei “is a major national strategy” and put forward seven requirements including focusing on strengthening top-level design.
Make a decision and then act.
More than a year later, on April 30, 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to review and adopt the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Plan", emphasizing a new path that encompasses intensive development.
The coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has entered a new stage of comprehensive implementation and accelerated advancement.
Then, on May 27, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and proposed a new strategic concept - "to build two new cities, Beijing City Sub-center and Xiongan New District, to form Beijing's new 'two wings'", guiding The coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei is advancing in depth.
At the beginning of the new year in 2019, after three days of in-depth inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the second symposium on the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
From January 16 to 18, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, chaired a symposium on the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and delivered an important speech.
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Facing the leaders of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region gathered together, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward six requirements to promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to achieve new and greater progress, and urged “to maintain historical patience and strategic determination to do this well. Historic Project".
From May 11 to 12, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hebei, chaired a symposium on in-depth promotion of the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and delivered an important speech.
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Time came to May 2023. At the symposium on further promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again pointed out the direction for the coordinated development of the three places——
"Advance all work with a more energetic and promising spirit, promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to a new level, and strive to make Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei a pioneer and demonstration area for Chinese-style modernization."
Focus on key areas for development
The key to coordinated regional development is to balance the relationship between points and areas.
On the morning of January 18, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping learned in detail about the planning and construction of major engineering projects of the sub-center in the main building of the Municipal Party Committee Office Building of the Beijing Sub-center.
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"We should not only focus on important issues, important tasks, and important pilot projects, but also focus on key subjects, key links, and key nodes, and drive the overall situation with key breakthroughs." General Secretary Xi Jinping's thinking is profound.
What is the focus of the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei?
On February 25, 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Beijing, and his first stop was the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall.
During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward five requirements for promoting the development and management of Beijing, clarifying the general idea of "adjustment and alleviation of non-core functions of the capital."
"Building two new cities, Beijing City Sub-Center and Xiongan New District, will form the new 'two wings' of Beijing. This is a new choice for our urban development" - In the new historical stage, the construction of these two new cities will be concentrated to form the development of Beijing. The new skeleton has become a landmark work to relieve Beijing’s non-capital functions.
In February 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to Anxin County, Hebei Province to inspect the overview of the core area of the planned new district. Later, he visited the construction site of the Beijing Sub-center to learn more about the construction concept, project progress, and relocation and resettlement of the people.
The decentralization of Beijing’s non-capital functions is the key to the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
The general secretary pointed out: "Tightly grasp the 'niu nose' and never relax, and actively, steadily and orderly relieve Beijing's non-capital functions."
Plan for the overall situation and make strategic moves at key points.
On the morning of January 16, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping listened carefully to the introduction of the new area’s overall planning, policy system and construction situation at the Planning Exhibition Center of Xiongan New Area, Hebei Province.
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From a picture, to a sand table, to buildings rising from the ground, the bustling construction scene in the start-up area of Xiongan New Area is exciting; two batches of centralized relocation of Beijing municipal agencies have been successfully concluded, and major projects have been accelerated Advancing, the non-capital functional carrying capacity of Beijing's urban sub-center continues to strengthen... Beijing plays the role of "one core" radiating and leading, promoting the "two wings" of Xiongan New Area and Beijing's urban sub-center to fly together.
Take personal action to implement
On February 1, 2024, on the eve of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Tianjin on the "Fuxing" to visit grassroots cadres and the masses.
On the afternoon of February 1, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Tianjin Ancient Culture Street and walked into the store to interact with the people on site.
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"Taking the promotion of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei as strategic guidance", "deeply promoting regional integration and Beijing-Tianjin urbanization development system and mechanism innovation", "effectively connecting the regional innovation chain, industrial chain, supply chain, capital chain and talent chain"...
At the work report meeting of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held on the afternoon of the next day, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech. "Coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei" remains an important theme.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region many times and provided key guidance on implementing the coordinated development requirements of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and promoting the coordinated development of the three regions.
On the afternoon of January 17, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Tianjin Port Terminal.
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Talking about ecological protection, when investigating the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, it was emphasized that "efforts must be made to innovate ecological protection mechanisms, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei must be at the forefront of the country" and "must not engage in short-lived projects or short-lived buildings";
On September 25, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of Beijing Daxing International Airport and announced that the airport was officially put into operation.
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Talking about transportation construction, while taking the rail train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, he pointed out that "it is necessary to give full play to the radiating and leading role of Daxing International Airport, connect the world-class urban agglomeration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, Beijing's "Four Centers", and the construction of Xiongan New Area, and provide good services. "Coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei";
Talking about post-disaster reconstruction, when inspecting the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work in Hebei, he emphasized "adhere to the system concept, coordinate the river basins and regions, properly handle the relationship between the upstream and downstream, left and right banks, main branches and tributaries, and scientifically layout the functional construction of reservoirs, rivers, embankments, flood storage and detention areas, etc." , to overall improve the flood control capabilities of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region”;
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On January 16, 2019, in the afforestation area of Daqing River Forest Area 1, the "Millennium Show Forest" in Xiong'an New District, Hebei Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping climbed onto the second-floor platform of Xiulin Station to overlook the entire forest area.
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Ten years of wind and rain, ten years of spring and autumn.
The decentralization of Beijing's non-capital functions has achieved initial results, the construction of Xiongan New Area is progressing steadily, the construction of Beijing's urban sub-center is solidly advanced, and major reform and innovation measures have been implemented one after another...
Under the personal planning, deployment and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the major national strategy of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei continues to advance in depth and writes new chapters of development on the North China Plain.
(Reporters Yan Fujing, Sun Shaolong, Li Tao)