How is Chengdu doing in terms of sustainability? How to promote the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu and Chongqing in the future? At the Fifth International High-level Forum on Sustainable Urban Development held on October 26, Xu Lin, chairman of the Sino-US Green Fund, said in an interview that "green" should become a new driving force for China's future economic development, and the next step of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle should be to plan an integrated infrastructure network, form an environment that can fully and fairly compete, and protect the enthusiasm of various elements to participate in future development.
Xu Lin
The construction of park cities is the construction of forest carbon sinks
"The International High-level Forum on Sustainable Urban Development has been held in Chengdu for five sessions, and Chengdu has made great efforts and made many achievements in sustainable development in the past five years." In Xu Lin's view, the current construction of a park city in Chengdu is not only conducive to improving the livability level of Chengdu, but also a vivid practice of carbon sinks, "If a city has enough ecological space and ecological density, it is itself a forest carbon sink construction, which is very meaningful for carbon neutrality." Xu Lin said.
"The fact that the International High-level Forum on Sustainable Urban Development has been held in Chengdu for five consecutive years is actually a recognition of Chengdu's sustainable development by UN-Habitat and the National Development and Reform Commission." Xu Lin said that in the past five years, all the delegates to Chengdu said that they had gained a lot.
Xu Lin said that the Sino-US Green Fund is a market-oriented equity investment fund focusing on green and low-carbon investment, so when selecting investment targets, in addition to conducting due diligence on selected projects, it is more important to pay attention to whether they meet green standards. There are two main green standards of the fund, the first is conducive to the reduction of various pollutants and greenhouse gases, and the second is conducive to improving the efficiency of resource utilization and the level of resource recycling. "I think these two issues are the most critical for China's green and low-carbon development." Xu Lin said that green should become a new driving force for China's future economic development.
The free flow of "double circle" elements should be guaranteed by the system
For the construction of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, Xu Lin, who was the director of the Development Planning Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the development of urban agglomerations has certain laws, among which the radiation of core cities and the exchanges between core cities are an important basis for promoting the healthy development of urban agglomerations, especially to form a reasonable division of labor and mutual cooperation group development pattern.
In the recently released "Outline of the Planning for the Construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing Region", it is proposed that the main city of Chongqing and Chengdu will speed up the removal of the restrictions on the settlement of agricultural transfer populations with stable employment and residence for more than 3 years, which Xu Lin believes is the most basic condition. He said that Chengdu and Chongqing are geographically close and people are close, and for the construction of the "double circle", the free flow of factors, including people, should be guaranteed by the system.
"On this basis, the government should plan an integrated infrastructure network to form an environment that can fully level the competition and protect the enthusiasm of various elements to participate in future development." Xu Lin said that in this way, the business environment is attractive, and there is no need to worry about enterprises not willing to invest in Chengdu and talents are not willing to come to Chengdu to develop. "I believe that in the future, the development of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region will certainly achieve particularly good results," Xu Lin said, "Although there are more than 20 large and small urban agglomerations in China, there is only one urban agglomeration with real national influence in the western region." ”
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