After the conclusion of the National Two Sessions this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Hunan for his first local inspection. On March 20, in Changsha, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era and delivered an important speech.
This is the second time since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that General Secretary Xi Jinping has hosted a symposium on the coordinated regional development strategy of the rise of the central region.
After five years, from "Nanchang, Jiangxi" to "Changsha, Hunan", the theme remains unchanged, and the name has been upgraded from "Work Forum on Promoting the Rise of the Central Region" to "Symposium on Promoting the Rise of the Central Region in the New Era", with richer connotation and more layout. It is far-reaching and demonstrates the strategic determination of the Party Central Committee to accelerate the rise of the central region.
On the afternoon of March 20, 2024, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, hosted a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era in Changsha City, Hunan Province and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
Throughout the two symposiums, General Secretary Xi Jinping consistently emphasized major propositions related to high-quality development such as manufacturing, innovation, high-level opening up, and ecological protection.
What has changed is the upgrading of the connotation, but what remains unchanged is the emphasis on "manufacturing".
At the 2019 symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized “promoting high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.”
At this year’s symposium, “advanced manufacturing” became one of the keywords.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that based on the foundation of the real economy, we must make advanced manufacturing bigger and stronger, actively promote new industrialization, transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and strengthen emerging industries, plan and build future industries in advance, and accelerate the construction of modernization supported by advanced manufacturing. industrial system.
What changes is the extension of the theme, but what remains unchanged is the concern for "innovation".
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 2019 symposium that "improving independent innovation capabilities in key areas".
"We must lead industrial innovation with technological innovation and actively cultivate and develop new productivity." At this year's symposium, the much-anticipated "new productivity" was mentioned again.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we should pay more attention to the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, strengthen major scientific and technological research, and enhance the technical support capabilities for industrial innovation and development.
From May 20 to 22, 2019, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission visited Jiangxi, chaired a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
What has changed is the expansion of layout, but what remains unchanged is the systematic thinking about "regional development."
"Strengthen the connection with the eastern coastal areas and relevant international regions." At the 2019 symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed.
At this year’s symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen the connection with other major development strategies and better integrate into and support the new development pattern. Strengthen in-depth docking with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and strengthen integration and linkage with the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.
General Secretary Xi Jinping specifically mentioned that "we will deeply integrate into the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' and actively connect with the New Eurasian Continental Bridge and the New Western Land-Sea Corridor."
Cartography: Du Boluan, People's Daily Online
In recent years, the central region has developed vigorously and continues to break new ground.
In terms of economic size, from 2019 to 2023, the GDP of the central region increased from 21.8 trillion yuan to 27 trillion yuan, and the total economic output of Henan, Hubei, and Hunan ranked among the top ten in the country.
Zhang Liqun, a researcher at the Macroeconomic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that the overlay of multiple regional development strategies such as the rise of the central region, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has provided opportunities for the central region to gather and allocate resources at a higher level and in a wider field. Big opportunity.
In July 2021, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting High-Quality Development in the Central Region in the New Era" was released, outlining a blueprint for creating a new situation in the rise of the central region.
"The central region connects the east to the west and connects the south to the north, which is of great strategic significance in promoting Chinese-style modernization." Jiang Fei, chief macro analyst of Great Wall Securities, said that through in-depth docking and integration with other regions' major development strategies, By persisting in developing a game of chess, the overall strength and competitiveness of the central region have been continuously improved.
A blueprint has been drawn to the end, and the rise of the central region has opened a new chapter.
Author: Xiao Congcong