The Yellow River is a strip of water.
In the recently announced "Zhengzhou 2024 National Economic and Social Development Plan", "focusing on scientific and technological innovation and leading, and focusing on cultivating new momentum and new advantages for transformation and development" was once again placed in the first article of the key work in 2024, and it was clearly mentioned in it: strengthen the linkage between Zhengzhou and Jinan, Qingdao and Luoyang, enhance the ability to curate innovation, and strive to create a national regional science and technology innovation center in Luyu with Zhengji Qingluo as the core.
So, why is Zhengzhou joining forces with Jinan, Qingdao and Luoyang? What are the highlights of these four cities in terms of science and technology innovation? What are the similarities and differences in innovation-driven?
Each has its own strengths and "shines"
GDP is the core indicator of national accounting, and it is also an important indicator to measure the economic status and development level of a country or region.
According to the government work reports released by the four cities in early 2024, in 2023, Zhengzhou's GDP will grow by 7.4%, with a total of more than 1.36 trillion yuan, and the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size will increase by 12.8%, ranking first among the nine national central cities. The development goals for 2024 are set as follows: GDP growth of about 7%, fixed asset investment growth of more than 8%, industrial added value above designated size growth of more than 9%, total output value of construction industry growth of more than 10%, total retail sales of consumer goods growth of more than 8%, general public budget revenue growth of more than 3%, urban surveyed unemployment rate controlled at about 5.5%, and the intensity of R&D investment of the whole society to reach 2.8% The per capita disposable income of residents has kept pace with economic growth, the total value of imports and exports has grown steadily, and consumer prices have increased by about 3%.
To the west of Zhengzhou, the ancient city of Luoyang, has handed over such a development report card: the annual regional GDP will grow by 3.5% in 2023, and the added value of the tertiary industry will increase by 5.1%, 1.1 percentage points higher than that of the whole province. Luoyang has set the development goals for 2024 as follows: GDP growth of 6%, industrial added value above designated size growth of 7.5%, fixed asset investment growth of 7%, total retail sales of consumer goods growth of 7%, total import and export value growth of about 7%, general public budget revenue growth of about 3%, and R&D investment intensity of 3.01%.
With the Yellow River meandering to the east, flowing through Henan, is Shandong.
At the end of last year, the Jinan-Puyang section of the Jinan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway was completed and opened to traffic, marking the completion of the entire line of the Jinan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway, and the fastest between Zhengzhou East Railway Station and Jinan West Railway Station can be reached in 1 hour and 43 minutes, and the twin-city economic circle of the Central Plains urban agglomeration and the urban agglomeration of the Shandong Peninsula is more closely connected.
Jinan, as the capital of Shandong Province, will have a GDP growth of about 6% in 2023, and the general public budget revenue will be 106.08 billion yuan, an increase of 6%. In 2024, Jinan has set the following targets: GDP growth of more than 5.5 percent, general public budget revenue growth of about 5 percent, industrial added value above designated size growth of more than 7 percent, fixed asset investment growth of about 5 percent, total retail sales of consumer goods growth of more than 5 percent, and per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents growth of about 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent respectively.
Qingdao's GDP in 2023 will reach 1,576.03 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9 percent, the general public budget revenue will increase by 5.1 percent, and the per capita disposable income of all residents will increase by 6 percent. In 2024, Qingdao's economic and social development goals are: the city's GDP will grow by about 5.5%, the general public budget revenue will increase by about 5%, the investment in fixed assets will increase by more than 5%, the total retail sales of consumer goods will increase by more than 5%, and the per capita disposable income of all residents will increase by about 5.5%.
Scientific and technological innovation has "risen to the peak"
Zhengzhou, as a national central city clearly supported by the central government, will focus on "being a good national team, enhancing internationalization, and leading the construction of modern Henan" as the overall goal, continue to strengthen the awareness of "three standards", in-depth implementation of the "ten strategies" action and the "ten major construction" projects, focus on the "four highlands, one hub, one heavy land, one center" and the construction of Zhengzhou metropolitan area, continue to expand the total economic volume, and enhance the radiation, driving force and influence.
Taking "scientific and technological innovation" as the first of the "ten strategies", Zhengzhou, as the capital of Henan Province, is clear at a glance. When mentioning the work in 2024, Zhengzhou made it clear that it is necessary to highlight the core position of innovation and solidly promote the construction of innovation highlands. Focus on innovation platforms, innovation subjects, innovation ecosystems, and innovative talents, make comprehensive efforts to expand results, strive to become a national and regional science and technology innovation center, and accelerate the forging of a core engine for high-quality development.
During the two sessions of the National People's Congress in 2024, He Xiong, a deputy to the National People's Congress and mayor of Zhengzhou, mentioned the development of Zhengzhou, pointing out that Zhengzhou will continue to improve the laboratory system, strive to build national laboratories, strive to create a number of national key laboratories, increase support for the construction of innovation platforms such as Songshan Laboratory and Shennong Seed Industry Laboratory, and strive to build 100 innovation platforms at or above the provincial level such as key laboratories and enterprise technology centers. Actively lay out major scientific and technological infrastructure, take the initiative to connect with the national strategic scientific and technological force system, build a new major scientific and technological infrastructure group, and promote the construction of large scientific device projects such as the "Light of the Central Plains" ultra-short and ultra-strong laser laboratory device and the intelligent sensor MEMS pilot platform.
At the same time, we will vigorously promote the construction of the Central Plains Science and Technology City, accelerate the construction of the key functional areas of the Central Plains Science and Technology City, and build a regional comprehensive R&D functional area of "basic research + applied research + future science and technology research + pilot test + achievement transformation" with the Zhengluo New Self-created Zone as the guide and the Central Plains Science and Technology City as the core carrier, and strive to create a national regional science and technology innovation center and a comprehensive national science center.
"New quality productivity", as this year's "high-frequency word", has also been "concrete" in Zhengzhou according to the actual situation: to promote the formation of strategic emerging industrial clusters, accelerate the transformation of high-end, green, intelligent and service-oriented, expand and strengthen the "No. 1 industry" of electronic information, and cultivate and expand five strategic emerging industries such as new energy and networked vehicles, intelligent equipment, new materials, biomedicine, and green environmental protection. Vigorously implement the forward-looking layout of future industries, seize the layout of cutting-edge industries such as quantum information, artificial intelligence, metaverse, satellites, blockchain, hydrogen energy, and computing power, and strive to create a national future industry pilot demonstration zone. Focus on building a "quantum city", accelerate the construction of the Central Plains Quantum Valley, and build a 10-billion-level quantum industrial cluster.
The development of new quality productivity is an inherent requirement and an important focus to promote high-quality development.
Xu Yixian, mayor of Luoyang City, said in an interview that Luoyang City will build a modern industrial system in a forward-looking manner and vigorously develop new quality productivity. Gather the "six new" breakthroughs, deepen the coupling of the "five chains", implement the high-quality development actions of key industrial chains in the manufacturing industry, accelerate the construction of five advanced manufacturing clusters and 17 advantageous industrial chains, and achieve annual revenue of more than 460 billion yuan. Promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, accelerate the promotion of key projects such as Luozhou new energy bearing production base, and strive to create a national advanced agricultural machinery and equipment industry cluster. Accelerate the agglomeration of emerging industrial clusters, promote the first 30GWh production line of the first phase of Zhongzhou Times to be put into operation by the end of June, complete the construction of infrastructure such as intelligent management and control platform for the million-ton ethylene project by the end of June, accelerate the implementation of supporting projects in the industrial chain, and build a 100-billion-level new energy production base and a first-class green petrochemical advanced materials industrial base in China.
Similarly, during the two sessions of the National People's Congress, Yu Haitian, deputy to the National People's Congress and mayor of Jinan, also made it clear that accelerating the cultivation of new quality productivity is not only the proper meaning of promoting high-quality development, but also a strategic choice to open up a new track for development, cultivate new momentum for development, and enhance new competitive advantages.
According to the introduction, Jinan will take scientific and technological innovation as the engine, new industries as the leading, industrial upgrading as the direction, and enhance core competitiveness as the goal, and embark on a new growth path with low input in production factors, high resource allocation efficiency, low resource and environmental costs, and good economic and social benefits, and accelerate the activation of new momentum for high-quality development in the provincial capital. The specific work can be summarized as "123": "1" is to focus on the "leading" of scientific and technological innovation, and strive to consolidate the new support for high-quality development; "2" is to focus on the two "directions" of greening and digitalization, and strive to seize the new outlet of high-quality development, and "3" is to focus on accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, seizing the commanding heights of the development of emerging industries, and opening up new tracks for future industries, and focusing on cultivating new momentum for high-quality development.
For sub-provincial-level cities, cities with separate planning, megacities, and Qingdao, the core city of Qingdao metropolitan area, Qingdao Mayor Zhao Haozhi made it clear in an interview with the media that Qingdao has a solid industrial foundation and will earnestly grasp the construction of a modern industrial system led by scientific and technological innovation, and strive to show greater achievements in the overall development of the whole province. Specifically, with the goal of creating a "national new industrialization demonstration zone", Qingdao will promote high-level technological transformation, deepen the internationalization strategy and accelerate the cultivation of world-class industrial clusters and world-class enterprises in the fields of intelligent home appliances, rail transit equipment, shipbuilding and offshore equipment, expand the scale of emerging industries such as virtual reality, integrated circuits, and new displays, actively seize new tracks for the development of deep-sea aerospace, biomanufacturing, quantum information and other fields, and accelerate the construction of future industrial pilot areas.
Luyu joins hands to cast a "new engine" for development
In the book "China's Urban Megatrends", it is mentioned that in the past, regional competition was fought by cities alone. However, with the introduction of the strategy of urban agglomeration and metropolitan area, group competition is expected to become the mainstream, and the scale and strength of metropolitan area will also become one of the important indicators to measure the comprehensive strength of cities.
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In 2022, Henan and Shandong provinces submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology the "Plan for Building a Science and Technology Innovation Center with National Influence in Shandong and Henan (2022-2035)". In January 2023, the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Work Conference revealed that it will accelerate the creation of the Luyu National Regional Science and Technology Innovation Center and strive to be approved as soon as possible.
At the beginning of this year, the General Office of the Henan Provincial People's Government and the General Office of the Shandong Provincial People's Government jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for the Cooperation and Development of Adjacent Areas in Shandong and Henan". This plan emphasizes "striving to create a national regional science and technology innovation center in Shandong and Henan, and jointly build a regional innovation center with national influence." Strengthen the synergy and linkage of the Shandong Peninsula and Zhengluo New National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, and build a collaborative innovation community in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. ”
Luyu joins forces to build a new future of science and innovation.
In an interview with the media, Song Xiangqing, vice president of the China Business Economics Association, pointed out that the strategic creativity and policy innovation of the development of Shandong and Henan provinces are of positive significance for reconstructing and strengthening the science and technology innovation center, industrial system, market pattern and development ecology of Henan and Shandong. "Shandong and Henan are both major economic provinces, and the two provinces have a broad foundation for cooperation, and there is no shortage of successful cases of inter-provincial cooperation in Henan and Shandong. Many years ago, the agreement and institutionalized cooperation between the two provinces in ecological protection in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River has benefited the people of the two provinces. However, compared with ecological protection and water conservancy projects, the cooperation between the two provinces in science and technology innovation and industry was relatively weak, which is in stark contrast to the cooperation model of the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in which industry is first and ecology is second. The joint construction of a regional science and technology innovation center has become an important opportunity for Henan and Shandong, two major economic provinces in the north, to move towards comprehensive cooperation. Song Xiangqing analyzed.
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