Simulcast + "The western region plays a pivotal role in the overall situation of national reform, development and stability. On April 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era and delivered an important speech during his inspection and investigation in Chongqing. The general secretary put forward ardent expectations for the western region: "further form a new pattern of large-scale protection, large-scale opening-up, and high-quality development" and "strive to write a new chapter in the large-scale development of the western region".
The western region covers 12 provinces, has a population of more than 300 million, and has 72% of the country's land area. Navigating the western region and solving the problem of unbalanced and insufficient regional development has always been a major task planned by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Build a solid national ecological security barrier
Under the warm spring sun, the ice and snow of the source of the three rivers melted, and the clear water of the river rushed forward. As the core area of the Yellow River Source Park of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Maduo County in Qinghai is known as the "County of a Thousand Lakes". However, for a long time in the past, due to overgrazing and other reasons, the grasslands here have been seriously degraded and desertified, and the number of lakes has decreased sharply. Today, through the implementation of ecological protection and restoration projects, the number of lakes in Maduo County has increased to more than 5,800.
Not far away, the Qinling Mountains are harmonious with the north and south, and Ze is the world. This is the ancestral heritage of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of Chinese culture. However, there was a time when part of the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains was occupied by illegal villas. In 2018, under the direct promotion of the Party Central Committee, a vigorous and resolute special rectification action was launched in Xi'an, at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, and 1,194 illegal villas were disposed of in accordance with the law.
One increase and one subtraction confirms the simple truth - all things have their own harmony to live, and each has its own nourishment.
The western region is rich in resources but fragile in the environment, and shoulders the heavy task of building a solid national ecological security barrier. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has conducted more than 30 in-depth investigations and investigations in the western region, personally "accepted" the ecological protection of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, exhorted to protect the "China Water Tower" in Qinghai, and deployed the "Three Norths" project in Inner Mongolia...... The general secretary stressed that it is necessary to "take ecological environmental protection as the basic premise and rigid constraint of high-quality development" and "adhere to the correct ecological outlook and development outlook".
△ Tourists walk on the wooden plank road on the shore of Donggezona Lake in Maduo County, Qinghai.
Over the years, the western region has always placed ecological and environmental protection in a prominent and important position, and has continuously expanded its green territory. Since the implementation of the strategy for the development of the western region, more than 320 million mu of farmland has been returned to forests and grasslands, and the PM2.5 concentration in the Fenwei Plain in 2023 has decreased by 18.8% compared with 2019.
"We must adhere to high-level protection to support high-quality development and build a solid national ecological security barrier. At the symposium, the general secretary clearly pointed out that it is necessary to "optimize the pattern of land space development and protection", "strengthen the protection of ecological resources", "vigorously promote the energy-saving and carbon-reduction transformation of traditional industries", "improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products and the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism", and provide a "methodology" for the western region to "green".
The level of opening up of the western region to the outside world should be raised
Looking at the west, despite its inland hinterland, the pace of opening up to the outside world has always been strong and vigorous.
In February 2018, the general secretary inspected Sichuan and heard that the Wowo tea of a tea workshop is exported to the "Belt and Road" countries, and he hopes that everyone will "make more contributions to the construction of the "Belt and Road". In July 2022, the general secretary came to Urumqi International Dry Port Area for inspection and encouraged everyone to "promote the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt". In June 2023, when listening to the work report of the Party Committee and Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the general secretary urged everyone to "actively participate in the construction of the 'Belt and Road' and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and improve the level of opening up."
△ In the railway freight yard of Erenhot Port in Xilin Gol, Inner Mongolia, the gantry crane is hoisting the container of the China-Europe train.
In today's west, the roar of trains replaces the sound of ancient camel bells, and a number of international passages are born. All provinces are actively integrating into the construction of the "Belt and Road", focusing on building a multi-level open platform for inland areas, and connecting the road of regional open development. Statistics show that in the past five years, a total of 35,000 China-Europe trains have been operated in the western region, accounting for 50.5% of the national total. In Chongqing, the new western land-sea corridor, the China-Europe freight train and the golden waterway of the Yangtze River have been seamlessly connected, continuously promoting the agglomeration of resource elements, promoting trade prosperity and industrial development, and driving a higher level of regional opening up.
Breaking through the disadvantages of its former location, the western region is speeding up from the end of opening up to the forefront. "It is necessary to persist in promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up and raise the level of opening up the western region to the outside world. At the forum, the general secretary pinned high hopes on the development of the western region.
It is necessary to "vigorously promote the construction of a new land-sea corridor in the western region", "improve the layout of various industrial parks, border economic cooperation zones and cross-border economic cooperation zones in border areas", "create a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment", and "deepen pragmatic cooperation with the eastern, central and northeastern regions...... The general secretary's exhortation is like a clarion call to stimulate the strength to forge ahead for the expansion of the opening up of the western region.
Develop industries with special advantages
Overlooking the west, it has many resource advantages.
Relying on its unique resource endowment and strong industrial foundation, the western region has accelerated the cultivation and development of characteristic industries: in Sichuan and Chongqing, four trillion-level industries, including electronic information, automobiles, equipment manufacturing, and consumer goods, jointly built by the two places, are booming. In Ningxia, the mainland's largest demonstration project for the entire carbon capture, utilization and storage industry chain is stepping up construction, and the first phase will be put into operation in September this year. In Shaanxi, the total output value of the photonics industry has increased by more than 50% per year for two consecutive years, and the number of enterprises has increased from less than 100 to more than 320......
In today's western region, new industries and new forms of business are rising day by day, and solid steps have been taken in high-quality development. Up to now, the western region has built 9 national-level strategic emerging industrial clusters such as new materials and biomedicine, and 5 national-level advanced manufacturing clusters such as electronic information and aviation. The regional GDP increased from 20.5 trillion yuan in 2019 to 26.9 trillion yuan in 2023.
△ A heavy truck is assembled at the unmanned workstation for automatic tire assembly and tightening in the automobile assembly line.
At the same time, we must also realize that the development of the western region is still facing many difficulties and challenges. At this forum, the general secretary said concisely and Yifeng drew a blueprint for the industrial development of the western region.
Bright direction -- we must persist in taking the development of characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction of attack, develop emerging industries in accordance with local conditions, and accelerate the industrial transformation and upgrading of the western region.
Set the goal - strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, actively cultivate and introduce high-level scientific and technological innovation talents, and strive to overcome a number of key core technologies.
Benchmarking - Deepen scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the eastern, central and western regions, and build a national independent innovation demonstration zone and a demonstration zone for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Seek the future - develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, explore the development of modern manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, lay out and build future industries, and form new momentum for regional development.
Seek a domain from the overall situation, and lead the whole world with a domain. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the CPC Central Committee's arrangements for promoting the large-scale development of the western region in the new era and forming a new pattern. At this special juncture, the general secretary convened a forum to place new hopes on the development of the western region. A more beautiful, more open, and more vibrant western region has promising prospects.
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