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In order to further promote friendly cooperation and exchanges between Shanghai and Beijing and better serve the overall situation of national development, the Shanghai municipal delegation today (September 28) in Beijing to study the valuable experience of the capital's reform, opening up, innovative development and urban construction, feel the spirit of the first good place to work hard and be promising, and discuss the plan of deepening cooperation between the two places. Li Qiang, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee, and Chen Jining, deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and mayor, held a symposium on the exchange of work between Beijing and Shanghai.
Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone Data Map.
As China's first national-level independent innovation demonstration zone, Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone has boldly tried and boldly broken through institutional innovation, and scientific and technological innovation has continuously accelerated and achieved new leaps, and is accelerating the construction of the world's leading science and technology park. The Shanghai delegation listened to the introduction of the development process of Zhongguancun and the transformation and application of innovative achievements at the exhibition center, and made a specific understanding of the role of giving play to the role of the experimental field of scientific and technological system reform and creating a unique innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Li Qiang said that the purpose of this inspection tour of Beijing is to better benchmark Beijing and learn from Beijing, better undertake the mission and tasks entrusted to Shanghai by the party Central Committee, and speed up the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with world influence. The delegation had in-depth exchanges with Comrades Beijing on the operation system and mechanism of Zhongguancun and the exploration and practice of building a platform to serve scientific research institutes and innovative enterprises. Everyone said that Beijing and Shanghai are accelerating the construction of science and technology innovation centers in accordance with the requirements of the central government, and both undertake the strategic mission of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and we must deeply study and learn from the reform and innovation experience and practices formed in Zhongguancun, combine the actual situation of scientific and technological innovation in Shanghai, further strengthen the source function of scientific and technological innovation, give full play to the role of Strategic Platforms such as Zhangjiang National Comprehensive Science Center, better gather national strategic scientific and technological strength, attract and cultivate technologically leading innovative enterprises, and promote the formation of a closer innovation community. Accelerate the development of a science and technology innovation center with global influence.
Beijing City Sub-Center Data Map, courtesy of Beijing Daily.
With the comprehensive upgrading of the Zhongguancun Forum, the official opening of Universal Resort, the countdown to the Winter Olympics, the vitality of Beijing's urban sub-center, and the continuous development of Beijing's new atmosphere. The delegation listened to the briefing on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games and the planning and construction of the urban sub-center in the exhibition hall of the administrative office area of the Beijing Urban Sub-Center, and learned in detail about the overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and the preparation of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as well as the progress of the work related to the city sub-center's efforts to build a world-class harmonious and livable capital demonstration area, a new urbanization demonstration area and a Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional coordinated development demonstration zone, and more deeply felt the rapid development of the capital, the new pattern and the greatness of the handwriting. Everyone said that Shanghai and Beijing are both megacities, and both focus on building urban functions, and strive to promote high-quality development, create high-quality life, and achieve high-efficiency governance. Beijing and Shanghai have common ground in many areas of urban development, and they are focusing on optimizing and improving the urban spatial layout. Shanghai should learn from the high-level and high-standard planning and construction of Beijing's urban sub-center, learn from each other's strong points, complement each other's advantages, and make concerted efforts to achieve win-win results in future development. Running the Winter Olympics well is a glorious task of Beijing and the common responsibility of all localities, and Shanghai will certainly go all out to cooperate with and support Beijing in doing a good job in service guarantee work.
Infographic of the urban green heart forest park, provided by Beijing Daily.
Once an ancient canal road and the location of industrial sites, the urban Green Heart Forest Park has become a high-quality green open space shared by Beijing citizens after ecological restoration and large-scale landscape construction. Here the flowers and grasses are luxuriant, and nearly one million kinds of shrubs are planted, and the blue and green are intertwined, and the water city is integrated. The delegation inspected all the way and carefully inquired about the effectiveness of Beijing's construction plan and progress in building a national forest city. Seeing that the park is already a "forest" that the people can approach and relax, everyone sighed at the determination and strength of Beijing to promote the ecological green transformation, and talked about the need to combine the actual construction of Shanghai Park City, better benchmark, adapt to local conditions, fully tap the potential, awaken the sleeping resource space in urban renewal, inject ecological green background, let the city have parks everywhere, parks are beautiful everywhere, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security.
At the forum, Li Qiang, on behalf of the municipal party committee and municipal government, thanked Beijing for its long-term support and assistance to Shanghai's development. He said: Beijing is the national political center, cultural center, international exchange center, and scientific and technological innovation center, and is an example for Shanghai to learn from the benchmark. Entering the new era, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, always bear in mind the "great power of the country", create many new experiences, and set up many new benchmarks.
Li Qiang pointed out that Shanghai regards the study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions as the clear theme and prominent main line of all work, accelerates the improvement of urban energy level and core competitiveness, fully promotes reform and opening up, optimizes the urban spatial pattern on a larger scale, comprehensively promotes the digital transformation of cities, and actively explores new ways of megacity governance. Entering a new stage of development, implementing the new development concept, and building a new development pattern, Shanghai should take the initiative to join hands with Beijing to deepen cooperation and exchanges in the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, achieve mutual promotion and common progress, and make greater contributions to national development. Strengthen coordination in the implementation of the national strategy, benchmark the highest standards and the best level, deepen comprehensive reform and institutional opening up, and better represent the country in international cooperation and competition. In the promotion of urban core functions to empower each other, around the key areas of scientific and technological innovation to carry out joint research, to fight the key core technology battle. In exploring the new road of megacity governance, we have learned from each other's experiences and continuously improved the level of scientific, intelligent and refined.
Cai Qi welcomed the Shanghai delegation to Beijing and thanked Shanghai for its long-term support and assistance to Beijing's work. He pointed out that Shanghai is an important window for the country's modernization construction, the vanguard of reform and opening up, and the benchmark of refined management, and all kinds of work have always been at the forefront of the country. In recent years, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have deeply implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on inspecting Shanghai and the spirit of important speech at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Pudong's development and opening up, strengthened the "four major functions", deepened the construction of the "five centers", and made new and remarkable achievements in various undertakings, and many experiences and practices are worth learning from Beijing.
Cai Qi pointed out that all aspects of Beijing's work have always been fundamentally guided by the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech to Beijing, implementing the strategic positioning of the capital city, strengthening the construction of the "four centers" function, improving the level of "four services", and better meeting the needs of the people for a better life. The focus of this year's work is to grasp well the "one beginning," "two major events," and "three tasks." Beijing and Shanghai are both super-large cities, and they both shoulder important responsibilities and missions in the overall situation of the work of the party and the state. Entering a new stage of development, we hope to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Shanghai and jointly create a model of regional cooperation in service and integration into the new development pattern. Promote each other in the construction of national laboratories and international science and technology innovation centers. Strengthen exchanges in developing the digital economy, building an international consumption center city, and promoting tourism and cultural consumption. Learn from each other's strong points in normalizing epidemic prevention and control, promoting regional integrated development, and refined urban management. Jointly make good use of platforms such as the China International Import Expo and the China International Trade in Services Fair, and continuously improve the level of open development.
Chen Jining and Wu Qing, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee and vice mayor, respectively introduced the economic and social development of the two places.
Shanghai municipal leaders Zhuge Yujie and Zhu Zhisong, and Beijing municipal leaders Cui Shuqiang, Zhang Jiaming, Sui Zhenjiang, and Jin Wei attended the relevant activities.
(Photo by Chen Zhengbao in this article)
Editor-in-Charge: Liu Wen