#今日看山东 #印象山东
Once upon a time, Shandong was proud to be the country's second-largest economy; once upon a time, Shandong slipped from the country's second-largest economy to the third-largest economy, and people were still discussing how to get back to the second or even first economy. "South Guangdong, North Shandong" was the general consensus of people at that time. However, many years later, Shandong not only did not return to the position of the second largest economy, but even the distance from the second economy, Jiangsu, was getting farther and farther away. In 2019, Shandong's GDP was generally squeezed, and even the third place position was shaky, and the distance was quickly narrowed by the fourth place.
The first three quarters of gdp of the four provinces
From the above figure, we can see that before 2014, the GDP growth rate of the three provinces of Guangdong and Sulu was roughly the same, but since 2015, Shandong has significantly slowed down, and the gap with the top two has begun to widen. After entering 2019, Shandong's cities are generally flooded, and the total economic volume of Shandong Province has suddenly widened with the top two, and the gap with Zhejiang has further narrowed.
GDP of the four provinces in 2019
From the table, it can be seen that the increments of Guangdong and Jiangsu are very tight, while Shandong and Guangdong and Suzhou provinces are not an order of magnitude at all, and it is impossible to look at the same amount at all. But with Zhejiang, Henan into a level. The whole country has entered from the three hegemony to the second hegemony, and Shandong has completely withdrawn from the competition. So, how did Shandong lag behind the two provinces of Guangdong and the Soviet Union step by step?
In fact, since 2018, the voice of Shandong's northeastization has been very loud. Indeed, Shandong and the northeast have many similarities, such as the large number of state-owned heavy industrial enterprises, and people's official-oriented thinking is more serious. However, the difference between Shandong and Northeast China is also obvious, such as Shandong's private economy is more dynamic, and the climate is more suitable for production and life. However, it is also an indisputable fact that the ideological concepts of Shandong people are more backward than those of the southern provinces.
When it comes to Shandong, people always mention that Shandong is heavily influenced by Confucianism. For thousands of years, the spread of Confucianism in China has long been deeply rooted, and it is by no means only Shandong that has been deeply influenced by Confucianism, but all many provinces, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, which province has been less affected? There is no exact investigation and research on this influence, people just think that Confucius and Mengmeng Thought originated in Shandong, and they take it for granted that Shandong has been most affected, which is very irresponsible. At least the Jiaodong Peninsula has been little affected. However, as part of Shandong, the economy of Jiaodong Peninsula is generally subject to Shandong, so it is still necessary to discuss it as a whole. The reason why Shandong is backward is at least two serious influencing factors:
First of all, for a long time, Shandong egalitarian thought has been very serious. As the country's third largest economy, Shandong has not had any influential major cities in the country so far. As the largest city in Shandong, Qingdao ranks about 15th in the country, and Jinan ranks lower as the provincial capital. However, all prefecture-level cities in Shandong have entered the top 100 in the country. The second place in Hubei, Hunan, and Sichuan basically belongs to the position of lao mo in Shandong.
Is this a blessing or a curse for Shandong? Shandong does not have a large city, resulting in the city's attraction is not enough, resources can not be effectively gathered, and can not attract the country and even the world's high-quality resources, which further reduces the attractiveness of the city, resulting in a vicious circle. As we all know, the larger the city, the more concentrated the population, the higher the efficiency of the city, and the stronger the ability to gather resources. Therefore, Shandong cities lack the concentration of resources, and they are less attractive to high-quality talents. Without high-quality talents, how can we talk about development? As a large economic province, Shandong is also a large province of talent outflow, is this not the reason?
Night view of Qingdao
Second, Shandong has a serious official-oriented mentality. The first thing people think of when looking for a job is public servants, teachers and other institutions. Such units have stable work, high social status, and face. At least in the state-owned enterprises, some public institutions can also enjoy the treatment. This is indeed very similar to the Northeast.
In the past, Shandong people relished the position of the third place in the country, but they did not know that Shandong, as a province with a large population, had a GDP and per capita income that was even inferior to that of Liaoning. Shandong is constantly complained that people from other provinces are not rich, and truly reflects the actual situation. At present, Shandong's pacesetters are running farther and farther, while the pursuing soldiers are getting closer and closer, and if they do not work hard, it is absolutely a high probability event to be surpassed by Henan and Zhejiang. Great Shandong, it is time to rise again.