Promote urban-rural integration and coordinated regional development and vigorously optimize economic layout (near the two sessions)

  In 2023, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, my country's regional urban-rural development coordination will continue to increase; major regional development strategies will be advanced with high quality, regional coordinated development strategies will be deepened, and regional economic layout will be more optimized; rural areas will be comprehensively revitalized. With solid advancement, new urbanization construction has made positive progress, and the income gap between urban and rural residents has narrowed.

  The government work report proposes to promote urban-rural integration and coordinated regional development and vigorously optimize economic layout.

  Representative members said that in the new era and new journey, we must promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, strengthen urban-rural economic connections, smooth the urban-rural economic cycle, promote the in-depth integration of regional coordinated development strategies, major regional strategies, and main functional area strategies, optimize the layout of major productive forces, and promote the development of various industries. Reasonable flow and efficient aggregation of various elements to smooth the domestic circulation.

  Coordinate new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization to promote integrated development of urban and rural areas

  The government work report proposes to “coordinate new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization” and “actively promote new urbanization.”

Representative members said that it is necessary to organically combine the promotion of new urbanization with the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, thoroughly implement the new urbanization strategic actions, solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, promote the two-way flow of various factors, and form a new pattern of urban-rural integrated development.

  To comprehensively build a modern socialist country and solidly promote common prosperity, the most arduous and arduous tasks still lie in rural areas, and the gap between urban and rural areas must be gradually narrowed.

  "Improve the system and mechanism for integrated urban and rural development, promote the orderly flow of urban resource elements to the countryside, and enhance the vitality of agricultural and rural development." Representative Zhuang Jianqiu, Secretary of the Jiyuan Municipal Party Committee, Henan Province, said that Jiyuan is fully committed to promoting urban and rural planning and layout, industrial development, infrastructure, and public services. , factor allocation and other aspects, coordinate and promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, and strive to find a new development path for urban and rural areas to go hand in hand and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

  "Let people who go to the city feel comfortable, make people who stay in the countryside feel comfortable, promote the two-way flow of various factors, and promote the formation of a new pattern of urban-rural integrated development." Member Zhang Gaiping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of Henan Agricultural University, said that to improve the equal exchange of urban and rural factors, The two-way flow policy system places a prominent position on accelerating the urbanization of agricultural migrant workers, allowing willing migrant workers to settle in cities, and promoting equal access to urban basic public services for the unsettled permanent population.

Cultivate and develop the county economy, make up for the shortcomings in infrastructure and public services, and make the county an important carrier of new urbanization.

  Implement urban renewal actions to create livable, resilient and smart cities.

  “To implement urban renewal actions steadily, we must adhere to the connotative development path, enhance development potential, optimize development space, and promote the continuous improvement of urban business formats, functions, and quality.” Representative Wu Chen, chief architect and chief planner of the Beijing Architectural Design Institute He said that it will focus on serving the people, providing convenience and comfort to the people, focusing on transforming old communities, strengthening community services, and improving the level of grassroots social governance to better meet the daily needs of residents.

Promote solutions to problems such as installing elevators and parking in old communities, strengthen the construction of barrier-free and aging-friendly facilities, and create a livable, resilient, and smart city.

  We will solidly advance the new people-centered urbanization and improve refined management and service levels.

  "New urbanization embodies people-centeredness everywhere, fully respecting people's wishes, focusing on promoting people's development, mobilizing and giving full play to the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of good people." Representative Qi Meiwen, secretary of the Chongqing Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County Party Committee, said that currently, Youyang Yangzhou is vigorously building new cities, increasing investment in education, medical care, elderly care, housing and other fields to improve its economic and population carrying capacity.

At the same time, we will renovate and upgrade the old city, improve infrastructure and public service levels, solve the urgent, difficult and anxious problems of the people, and make the city healthier, safer and more livable.

  Improve the level of coordinated regional development and continue to inject strong impetus into promoting high-quality development

  High-quality development is development in which coordination becomes endogenous characteristics.

The government work report proposes to improve the level of coordinated regional development.

Representative members said that the implementation of the regional coordinated development strategy is related to the overall economic development of our country and is an important part of implementing new development concepts and building a modern economic system.

  Give full play to the comparative advantages of each region and actively integrate into and serve the new development pattern.

  "Promoting coordinated regional development is an important support for promoting high-quality development. It is necessary to strengthen policy coordination, deepen division of labor and cooperation, gather strong synergy, and accelerate the formation of a unified national market." Meng Hui, deputy mayor of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, said that all regions must Respect objective economic laws and differences in regional endowments, give full play to comparative advantages, and follow a path of rational division of labor and optimized development.

Wuhan has comprehensive advantages such as a rich concentration of scientific and educational talents, superior location and transportation, and a vast domestic demand market. It must further promote the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerate the construction of an important hub for domestic and international dual circulation.

  “We will continue to proactively strengthen cooperation with cities on the east coast of the Pearl River Estuary, comprehensively improve the quality of services in education, medical and other fields, continue to expand the ‘cross-city service’ of government services, and continue to explore the connection of rules and mechanisms to allow more companies and residents to operate in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Enjoy dividends from the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area." Representative Xiao Zhanxin, Mayor of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, said.

  Promote coordinated regional development and promote the rational flow and efficient aggregation of various factors.

  “Since the Yangtze River Delta integrated development strategy was proposed and implemented, the planning policy system has been formed and continuously improved, the strong and active growth pole functions have been continuously consolidated and improved, the establishment of a modern industrial system has been accelerated, and major breakthroughs have been made in coordinated regional development. This has laid the foundation for building a new development pattern and promoting High-level opening up has won the strategic initiative." Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences weighed in on the representative. We will promote major regional strategies with high quality, achieve reasonable regional division of labor, complementary advantages, and positive interactions, and continue to open up vast new space for China's economic development.

  "In recent years, various regions along the Yellow River have explored new high-quality development paths with regional characteristics based on reality." Member Wang Dubo, Secretary of the Party Committee of North China University of Water Resources and Hydropower, suggested that to promote high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, we must support each region in leveraging its comparative advantages. Strengthen the interconnection and coordinated development of population, industry, commodities, and information among the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration, the Central Plains urban agglomeration, the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, and the Yellow River "Ji" bend urban area.

  Support the accelerated development of old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas.

  Representative Luo Qing, leader of the Xilingol League of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, said that in recent years, the production and life of farmers and herdsmen have been significantly improved, and the good situation of national unity and border tranquility has been consolidated.

In the next step, we must accelerate the improvement of industrial development, basic public services, and basic infrastructure security in border areas, so that people of all ethnic groups can have a real sense of gain, and further build a security and stability barrier for the northern border of the motherland.

  Build a regional economic layout and land space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development

  The government work report proposed to optimize the layout of major productive forces and strengthen the construction of the national strategic hinterland.

Formulate an optimization implementation plan for the main functional areas and improve supporting policies.

Vigorously develop the marine economy and build a maritime power.

  Representative members said that implementing new development concepts, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development have put forward new requirements for coordinated regional development.

It is necessary to adapt to the new situation, build a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development, and promote coordinated regional development to a higher level and higher quality.

  Optimize the layout of major productive forces and strengthen the construction of the national strategic hinterland.

  "Sichuan is the strategic hinterland for my country's development and has a unique and important position in the overall development of the country, especially in the implementation of the Western Development Strategy." Representative Yang Wuyun, vice president of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that it is necessary to strengthen the production of grain and strategic mineral resources. Supply and build a strategic base to ensure the supply of important national primary products.

Increase the protection of germplasm resources and provide stronger scientific and technological support for the revitalization of the seed industry.

At the same time, Sichuan must actively serve the security of the national industrial chain and supply chain, build a modern industrial system with characteristics and advantages, and drive high-quality development in the western region.

  We will improve the main functional zone system and optimize the land and space development pattern.

  "Qinghai's greatest value lies in ecology, its greatest responsibility lies in ecology, and its greatest potential lies in ecology. Qinghai's cadres and masses have always placed ecological protection in a prominent position and resolutely built a national ecological security barrier." Deputy Party Committee of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province Representatives of Secretary and Governor Sonam Tenzin said that to comprehensively strengthen the main function of ensuring national ecological security, Qinghai will strictly implement the layout of main functional areas, accelerate the improvement of the ecological civilization system, and assume the responsibility of maintaining ecological security, protecting the sources of the Three Rivers, and protecting the "Chinese Water Tower" "The important mission of the country is to take the lead in establishing a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, so that green waters and green mountains can benefit the people and benefit future generations.

  Vigorously develop the marine economy and build a maritime power.

  "The ocean is a strategic area for high-quality development. Deeply cultivating the blue land and strengthening the ocean economy is the general trend and there is great potential for it." Representative Feng Hongchang, chairman of the labor union of Fujian Xiamen Container Terminal Group Co., Ltd., said that the ocean economy has broad prospects. It will expand domestic demand and ensure food security. It plays an irreplaceable role in aspects such as energy security and accelerating the conversion of old and new kinetic energy.

Ports are an important part of the marine economy. The terminal equipment has been converted from oil to electricity, and ships have full shore power coverage... which has made positive contributions to promoting the development of the marine economy.

It is necessary to accelerate the pace of marine scientific and technological innovation, improve marine resource development capabilities, and cultivate and expand strategic emerging marine industries.

  (Our reporters Wang Zhou, Ju Yunpeng, Liu Xinwu, Wang Yongzhan, Jia Fengfeng and Wang Yinxin participated in the reporting)

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