Promote the orderly transfer of optimized layout of industries along the Yangtze River.
Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, which was held recently, stressed that it is necessary to coordinate the industrial layout and transfer along the Yangtze River, better connect the domestic and international markets, make good use of the two resources, enhance the endogenous power and reliability of domestic large-scale circulation, and enhance the attraction and driving force for international circulation.
The development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is an important strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. In the past eight years, the development quality of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been steadily improved, and the development trend is getting better and better. At present, the problem of insufficient development imbalance in China is still outstanding, and there are still many bottlenecks in promoting high-quality development. The Yangtze River Economic Belt spans three major regions of China, namely, the east, the middle and the west, accounting for half of the country’s population and economic aggregate. It has the foundation, responsibility and ability to show greater achievements in serving and integrating into the new development pattern, and achieve greater breakthroughs in leading the high-quality development of the national economy.
Adhere to scientific and technological innovation as the main force, and transform the advantages of scientific research and talents in the Yangtze River Economic Belt into development advantages. The Yangtze River Economic Belt is an important manufacturing base and innovation source in China. There are more than one-third of universities and scientific research institutions in China, about half of academicians and scientific and technological personnel of the two academies in China, and more than 500 national innovation platforms, initially forming a number of central cities with remarkable innovation leading role. Provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should actively lay out leading technological breakthroughs in new fields and new tracks, vigorously promote the modernization of industrial chain and supply chain, continue to implement actions to enhance the core competitiveness of manufacturing industries, cultivate and expand advanced manufacturing industries, accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries and future industries, promote the deep integration of digital economy and real economy, and promote the extension of chains of advantageous industries and the construction of chains of emerging industries.
Adhere to the green transformation and upgrading of industries as the top priority, and accelerate the cultivation and growth of green and low-carbon industries. Green is the background color of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. At present, the ecological environment protection and high-quality development in the Yangtze River Basin are in a critical period from quantitative change to qualitative change. It is necessary to jointly promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, actively develop green technologies and green products, improve the degree of economic greening, and enhance development potential and stamina.
To further promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, it is necessary to strengthen the coordination and cooperation of industrial chains and promote the orderly gradient transfer of industries. The Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and cities, and the development conditions such as resources, environment, transportation and industrial base are quite different, and the imbalance of economic and social development between the upper, middle and lower reaches is still outstanding. In terms of industrial development, the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should not only show their respective advantages, but also develop in coordination, dislocation and linkage. Coordinate the layout and transfer of industries along the Yangtze River, optimize the layout of major productive forces, and guide the orderly transfer of capital, technology and labor-intensive industries from the east to the central and western regions and from central cities to the hinterland. In recent years, the industrial transfer along the Yangtze River has achieved positive results. For example, in the first three quarters, Chongqing Yangtze River Demonstration Zone undertook 292 industrial transfer projects in the east, with a total investment of 325.97 billion yuan. In the future, the areas along the Yangtze River should actively explore various forms of industrial transfer cooperation models, and promote the formation of a regional economic layout with complementary advantages and high-quality development.
To build a modern industrial system, we must adhere to open cooperation and enhance industrial competitiveness in the global market. The Yangtze River Economic Belt has the unique advantages of crossing the east and west, undertaking the north and south, and connecting the river with the sea. The provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should find their respective positions in the new development pattern of mutual promotion of domestic and international double circulation, actively promote high-level opening up, and strive to win the initiative and grasp the initiative in the new round of global scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. (This article Source: Economic Daily Author: Jin Guanping)