On July 25, the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office held a press conference on the three-year action plan for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region (2024-2026), and Gu Jun, director of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Government and director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, introduced the "three-year action plan for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region (2024-2026)".
The Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office has issued the Three-Year Action Plan for the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta Region (2024-2026), which clarifies the roadmap and task book for the focus of the Yangtze River Delta in the next three years, marking the in-depth promotion of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
The details of the action plan are as follows.
01. Background and main considerations for the preparation of the Three-Year Action Plan
On November 30, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on in-depth promotion of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in Shanghai, emphasizing the need to do a good job in the "four co-ordination", namely: coordinating scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, coordinating the leading and promoting their strengths, coordinating hardware connectivity and mechanism coordination, and coordinating ecological and environmental protection and economic development. focus on improving the ability of safe development", requiring new major breakthroughs in promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
The just-concluded Third Plenary Session of the 20 th CPC Central Committee made new arrangements and put forward new requirements for coordinated regional development. Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and one city will jointly compile and implement a new round of three-year action plans as an important carrier and starting point for implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee.
The preparation of the third round of the three-year action plan focuses on four principles:
The first is to insist on keeping the overall situation in mind and serving the overall situation. Pay attention to the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in the overall situation of national development, and put it in the leading and driving of the country's high-quality development to lay out and plan, so as to better support and serve Chinese-style modernization.
The second is to adhere to a global vision and strategic thinking. We should pay attention to benchmarking against the highest international standards and the best level, expand institutional opening-up, create a high-level opening door, create new advantages in international cooperation and competition, and strive to take the lead in forming a new pattern of reform and opening up at a higher level.
The third is to adhere to an effective market and a promising government. Focus on better playing the role of business entities in demand discovery, project implementation, institutional innovation, etc., enhance the endogenous driving force of integrated development, and at the same time, accelerate the improvement of the integrated development system and mechanism, and promote the rational flow and efficient allocation of resource elements across regions.
Fourth, adhere to leading the demonstration and radiation. Focus on key areas and key regions to explore the way, strengthen the system integration of major reform and innovation measures, further enhance innovation capabilities, industrial competitiveness and development level, and radiate and drive a wider range and deeper coordinated development.
02. The main content of the "Three-Year Action Plan".
The three provinces and one municipality comprehensively benchmarked the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the requirements of the national deployment, combined with the actual situation of the three provinces and one city, and put forward nine aspects and a total of 165 key tasks in the new round of three-year action plan.
The first is to strengthen the cross-regional coordination of scientific and technological innovation in the Yangtze River Delta
There are a total of 20 key tasks, mainly including:
We will further promote the cooperation and joint construction of the two comprehensive national science centers in Zhangjiang and Hefei, and support the establishment of regional science and technology innovation centers in Nanjing, Hangzhou and Ningbo.
Deepen cooperation in basic research in the Yangtze River Delta, explore the establishment of a joint fund for basic research in the Yangtze River Delta, and carry out interdisciplinary basic research in a coordinated manner.
The Yangtze River Delta Innovation Consortium was established around major research tasks.
We will vigorously support the construction of new R&D institutions, and implement more flexible and effective policies in terms of institutional registration, financial support, evaluation and incentives, and asset management.
Deepen the layout of the Yangtze River Delta national technology innovation center system.
Strengthen regional collaborative innovation in talent policies, and promote cross-regional mutual recognition of talent evaluation standards and qualifications.
Promote the global interconnection of science and technology innovation vouchers in the Yangtze River Delta.
Encourage the world's top 500 foreign-funded enterprises and internationally renowned scientific research institutions to set up R&D centers and joint laboratories in the Yangtze River Delta to carry out technical research with various innovative subjects.
In-depth implementation of Yangtze River Delta-Singapore and Yangtze River Delta-Finland industrial innovation cooperation projects.
The second is to coordinate the construction of world-class industrial clusters in the Yangtze River Delta
There are a total of 20 key tasks, mainly including:
Implement high-quality development actions for key industrial chains in the manufacturing industry, and jointly build a new energy vehicle industry chain system in the Yangtze River Delta.
Support the development of low-altitude economy, the development of general aviation, and accelerate the layout of low-altitude industrial infrastructure construction, product research and development and manufacturing.
Jointly promote the development of future industries, jointly strive to create a national-level future industry pilot area, and jointly release future product application scenarios and typical cases in the Yangtze River Delta.
Accelerate the construction of two data center clusters, the integrated development demonstration zone cluster and the Wuhu cluster.
Accelerate the integrated development of science and technology innovation industries in the G60 science and technology innovation corridor, and accelerate the construction of the G60 satellite Internet industry cluster.
The third is to accelerate the improvement of the integrated development system and mechanism
There are a total of 25 key tasks, mainly including:
Deepen the Yangtze River Delta government service "one network", promote the remote virtual window cross-provincial communication model, and innovate cross-provincial "one thing" integrated services.
We will further promote the interconnection and interoperability of health information, and explore the interconnection and mutual recognition of medical examinations and inspections.
Optimize medical insurance services for medical treatment in other places, and gradually expand the number of designated medical institutions.
Establish a working mechanism for the integrated operation and promotion of rail transit, and study the establishment of a Yangtze River Delta rail transit operation company.
Promote the establishment of a multimodal transport center in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Establish and complete mechanisms for the unification and coordination of standards for the application of laws and policies across regions, and promote the unification of standards for the application of laws in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Strengthen the functional construction of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office.
Improve the whole life cycle management system for the implementation of land and space planning in the demonstration area, increase the guarantee of land use indicators for construction projects in the demonstration area, continue to promote the construction of water town living rooms, and establish a mechanism for the regular release and replication and promotion of institutional innovation achievements.
Fourth, accelerate the improvement of the level of regional market integration
There are a total of 23 key tasks, mainly including:
Formulate and introduce measures for the Yangtze River Delta market supervision department to serve the construction of a national unified market pilot zone.
Strengthen the unification of market access norms such as the access of investment enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, and establish a system for reporting and aggregating cases of violations of the negative list for market access.
Jointly formulate and implement the action plan for improving the quality, efficiency and cost reduction of logistics in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Jointly build the "Yangtze River Delta on the track" and run a large ring train connecting key cities in the Yangtze River Delta.
To create a more distinctive water transport Yangtze River Delta, a number of waterway improvement projects have been completed and started.
Explore the establishment of a regional financial integration service mechanism in the Yangtze River Delta.
We will further promote the integration and application of financial electronic bills in the Yangtze River Delta.
Formulate and implement the "Implementation Plan for Power Coordination and Mutual Aid between Provinces and Cities in the Yangtze River Delta".
Fifth, actively promote the high-level coordinated opening up of the Yangtze River Delta region
There are a total of 22 key tasks, mainly including:
Formulate and implement special measures to relax market access in Pudong New Area, build a high-level market access system, and pilot the bunkering of new fuels such as bonded liquefied natural gas, biofuel, and methanol for international voyage ships.
Support Hongqiao International Central Business District to build a "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot area and radiation leading area, and increase the linkage between the CIIE and exhibitions in the Yangtze River Delta.
Support the three provinces and one municipality pilot free trade zone to carry out differentiated exploration in the allocation of bulk commodity resources and biomedicine.
The Yangtze River Delta "Belt and Road" High-quality Development Promotion Association was established.
Encourage the participation of private enterprises in the formulation of economic policies through various forms, and strengthen the legal guarantee for the development of the private economy.
Sixth, we should earnestly strengthen the joint protection and management of the ecological environment
There are a total of 17 key tasks, mainly including:
Strengthen the seamless connection of ecological protection red lines. Continue to promote the "10-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River.
Strengthen the coordinated management of estuaries and bays in key waters of the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay, and promote a new round of comprehensive water environment management in the Taihu Lake Basin.
Research and formulate a regional co-construction and joint management plan for the Yangtze River Delta "zero-waste city", and strengthen the joint supervision of solid waste in the Yangtze River Delta.
Jointly build a public service platform for green and low-carbon supply chains in the Yangtze River Delta.
In-depth implementation of green manufacturing projects, the construction of low (zero) carbon parks, factories.
Formulate and implement a plan for the construction of a new energy system, and accelerate the construction of a green energy storage base of tens of millions of kilowatts and a pumped storage base in East China.
Promote the effective connection of charging platforms in three provinces and one city and the sharing of charging infrastructure data and information, and build a network of regional new energy vehicle charging and swapping infrastructure.
explore the establishment of a cross-regional emission rights trading system.
Seventh, it is necessary to actively explore the building of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation
There are 10 key tasks, mainly including:
We will carefully organize the "Liangzhu Forum", jointly participate in major projects such as the Chinese Civilization Exploration Project and the "Archaeological China", and support the joint declaration of the ancient water towns in the south of the Yangtze River as world cultural heritage.
Jointly promote the construction of the Yangtze River and Grand Canal National Cultural Parks.
Develop and launch interconnected red tourism, "travel with archaeology" and "travel with events" and other routes.
Formulate and implement a new round of integrated development plan for the sports industry in the Yangtze River Delta, and jointly hold major cross-regional sports events and brand activities.
Coordinate the construction of a world-class leisure, vacation, health and wellness tourism destination in Dahuangshan.
Supporting the promotion of outstanding cultural works, cultural heritage and high-quality tourism products to overseas markets.
Eighth, vigorously expand the breadth and depth of urban cooperation
There are a total of 15 key tasks, mainly including:
Cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources to prepare the Yangtze River Delta land and space plan, and jointly compile and implement the overall land and space plan of the Shanghai metropolitan area.
Promote the linkage development of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Ningbo, Suzhou, Xichang metropolitan areas, and strengthen cooperation in industrial division of labor and cooperation, collaborative innovation in science and technology, and high-level opening-up.
Promote the deepening of the integrated development of Suzhou and Shanghai, and the comprehensive integration of Jiaxing and Shanghai.
Accelerate the construction of resilient and safe cities, and strengthen urban cooperation in flood control and drainage, grassroots emergency management, and other fields.
Accelerate the construction of the "one place and six counties" industrial cooperation zone, and deepen the promotion of the Suzhou-Anhui cooperation demonstration zone.
Promote the construction of Jiakun Tai's collaborative innovation core circle, etc.
Ninth, we will strive to improve our ability to develop safely
There are a total of 13 key tasks, mainly including:
We will continue to implement the action of strengthening the industrial chain and supplementing the chain and extending the chain, and support the main enterprises of the chain to drive the collaborative innovation of enterprises on the chain.
Accelerate the construction of Shaanxi power into Anhui and Gansu power into Zhejiang UHV project, and promote the preliminary work of Mongolian power into Jiangsu and Mongolian power into Shanghai UHV project.
Establish a strategic alliance for the integrated emergency supplies and emergency equipment support system in the Yangtze River Delta.
Coordinate the preparation of the Yangtze River Delta seismic monitoring station network integration plan.
03. Strengthen cooperation in ecological and environmental protection in the Yangtze River Delta region
Under the guidance of the new round of three-year action plan, the Yangtze River Delta Regional Ecological and Environmental Protection Coordination Group Office issued the "Yangtze River Delta Regional Ecological and Environmental Protection Coordination 2024 Work Priorities", detailing 54 key tasks. There are three main aspects:
The first is to jointly consolidate the regional ecological foundation. Focus on the coordinated management and control of ecological space, the construction and protection of ecological barriers, the "ten-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River, and improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products. This year, we will carry out a pilot project of regional spatial ecological environment assessment in the integrated demonstration zone, refine the management and control evaluation unit, formulate a regional ecological environment management list, and implement differentiated and refined management. In the Yangtze River Delta region, we will complete the preparation of special plans for the construction and protection of the Yangtze River ecological corridor, sort out and form a list of tasks for the construction and protection of the Yangtze River main stream and related water system ecological corridors in the Yangtze River Delta, and at the same time will unswervingly promote the "ten-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River and carry out the value accounting of ecological products in the demonstration area.
The second is to strengthen the coordinated governance of the regional environment. In the field of atmosphere, we will focus on promoting the coordinated management of ozone and PM2.5, and will deepen the coordinated management of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in key areas such as Hangzhou Bay Petrochemical and Chemical Industries, that is, the "three unifications" of standards, monitoring and law enforcement, and coordinate the implementation of the national III diesel truck restriction policy to realize the normalized sharing of data from regional air monitoring stations. In the field of water environment, it is necessary to continue to fight the battle for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River and the comprehensive treatment of the Yangtze River estuary-Hangzhou Bay sea area, continue to carry out the comprehensive treatment of the water environment in the Taihu Lake Basin, implement the implementation plan for the special treatment of cross-border water bodies and ecological construction in the integrated demonstration zone, and establish an emergency linkage mechanism of "one river, one map and one policy" in the whole Taipu River basin. In the field of solid waste, the construction of "zero-waste cities" will be taken as the traction of regional cooperation, and while studying and formulating the regional co-construction plan of "zero-waste cities", we will accelerate the collaborative sharing of solid waste and hazardous waste utilization and disposal capacity, the coordinated supervision of cross-border transfer of solid waste, and the joint law enforcement of illegal dumping.
The third is to promote regional green and low-carbon development. The first is to vigorously promote the optimization of the energy structure, while ensuring regional energy security, continue to promote the total control of coal consumption in key areas, promote the low-carbon transformation of energy and power, and improve the ability of mutual assistance and mutual protection between provinces. The second is to promote the green and low-carbon development of transportation, jointly build the Yangtze River Delta on the track, promote the development of sea-rail intermodal transport, increase the proportion of water and water transfer, and deepen pollution prevention and green cooperation among regional ships and ports. The third is to promote the green development of the industry, continue to accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity and the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries; Through the cultivation of green and low-carbon supply chains and green leading enterprises, we will improve the level of green development of the industry. In addition, we will accelerate the promotion of regional emission rights trading, green finance and other institutional innovations, and strive to further form a number of replicable and generalizable policies and systems.
In the next step, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and one city will fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and persistently refine the grand blueprint drawn by General Secretary Xi Jinping into construction drawings and transform them into real-life paintings, so as to jointly write a new chapter in integrated development and be the pioneer of Chinese-style modernization.
Source: Shanghai Publishing, Decision Magazine