What are the reasons for the backwardness of northwest Guangdong?

In the late 1980s, due to the rapid development of Guangdong's economy, in order to focus on cultivating some central cities that can drive the development of surrounding towns and rural areas, accelerate industrial upgrading, and accelerate industrialization and modernization, the provincial government made major adjustments to the original administrative regions of our province: the original Guangzhou city and eight major regions, including Zhanjiang, Shaoguan and Zhaoqing, were successively adjusted to set up cities; Upgrade some strategic counties such as Yangjiang, Qingyuan and Jieyang to prefecture-level cities; Some counties with rapid economic development in the Pearl River Delta, such as Dongguan and Zhongshan, will be upgraded to prefecture-level cities. By the mid-1990s, there were 2 1 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong, ranking first in China.

At the beginning, this decentralization of authority and functions, decentralized governance, and giving some qualified areas greater authority for social and economic management and development planning were aimed at mobilizing the enthusiasm of local economic development, creating better conditions for local economic development, and successfully cultivating a number of regional central cities, which undoubtedly played a very big role in promoting the economic development of our province.

The world economy, China economy and Guangdong economy are constantly changing. The emergence of various new phenomena, such as the return of Hong Kong in the 1990s, the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, the rise and decline of the knowledge-based economy industry fever, and the relocation of foreign capital to the north at the beginning of the century, has made Guangdong's economy face a new situation, with both opportunities and challenges.

The establishment of 2 1 prefecture-level city played a positive role under the historical conditions at that time. However, at present, the layout of such administrative divisions has seriously affected the development of productive forces and become the fundamental reason for the economic backwardness in eastern and western Guangdong.

1, the development of zoning is in anarchy. In the 1990s, especially after the 20th century, the fragmented administrative layout of Guangdong Province was very unfavorable to the Guangdong economic model which was changing from extensive economic to intensive economy, which greatly affected the in-depth upgrading and development of our province's economy, improved the randomness and risk of government governance, and reduced our province's economic competitiveness. 2 1 century, economic development pays more attention to rational division of labor, overall planning and development among regions; However, it is undoubtedly difficult to carry out unified planning and development of cross-regional development in our province, which makes it difficult to realize and implement unified planning.

2, increased costs, increased the burden on the people. Originally, the distance between the two places was short, but they had to contact each other by long-distance telephone, which increased the communication cost and business cost. After a long time, it will be natural to be separated for a long time. Between brother cities, traffic is blocked from each other, which leads to an increase in travel costs.

3, increased administrative costs, increased the burden on the people, and local finance became official finance. The excessive occupation of resources by the government is directly reflected in the huge scale of the government and the rising cost, as well as the excessive and improper control of the economy by the government. Ren Yuling, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the State Council Counselor, once pointed out, "Our official-civilian ratio has reached 1:26, which is 306 times higher than that of the Western Han Dynasty and 35 times higher than that of the late Qing Dynasty, which is unprecedented. During the 25 years from 1978 to 2003, China's administrative expenses increased by 87 times, with an average annual increase of 23% in recent years! In 2003, the proportion of administrative expenses in total fiscal expenditure has risen to 19.03%, which is higher than Japan 19%, Britain's 4. 19%, Korea's 5.06%, France's 6.5% and Canada's 7. 1%. Mr. Li Jinhua, the best gatekeeper of the China Treasury of the Audit Commission, once said that "the government costs a lot, and cleanliness is a waste of taxpayers' money", not to mention the word cleanliness. Not all these government expenditures are used for public facilities. In 2005, bus consumption, public funds for eating and drinking, and public funds for traveling added up to 600 billion, accounting for 20% of the national fiscal revenue, equivalent to five times the investment in compulsory education for all. China's investment in education exceeded 3% this year, which is no small achievement. A small piece of land, a large number of government officials, consumes a lot. It is no wonder that people complain in recent years, and it is no wonder that Cantonese criticize Guangdong for its serious inland in recent years. I said that the layout of Guangdong is not even as good as that of African countries, let alone compared with Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The local finance has become the official finance. What funds are there to carry out the construction and development of various social undertakings?

4, leading to repeated construction, poor construction, killing each other. In order to speed up local development, various localities have seized resources and carried out various redundant constructions, resulting in a lot of unnecessary waste. High pay, low return, high waste, waste of people and money! In order to win the investment of overseas Chinese, you rob me and fight endlessly, which leads overseas Chinese to invest in the north in order not to hurt the feelings of the two families. Think that day, Li Ka-shing and others were robbed by several cities, so as not to offend people, they simply stopped investing in their hometown.

Without the drive of the central city, the center everywhere is equal to no center, and the stars all over the sky without the moon are equal to swarming. Lack of leading cities to drive the region, after all, it is difficult to form a brand and produce concentrated radiation. It is difficult to form a talent highland and a capital depression. Difficult to develop.

6. The Pearl River Delta enjoys a friendly relationship with the right place and the right time, and its rapid development has promoted the economic development of South China. However, while the Pearl River Delta is developing rapidly, it is also like a monster bottle in The Journey to the West, which can suck the Monkey King in. It can be said that the metropolitan area effect of the Pearl River Delta is very attractive, which not only attracts funds and talents from the whole country and even the whole world, but also strongly attracts talents and capital from its surrounding areas, thus hollowing out the surrounding areas. Taking Chaoshan and Meizhou as examples, it is estimated that as many as 5 million people emigrate or live and work in Shenzhen. What they bring is capital, talents, capital, business skills, cooking, shops, interpersonal relationships, capital and logistics circle. In the past 20 years, talents and capital from northern Guangdong around the Pearl River Delta have rapidly flowed to the Pearl River Delta, Shanghai and overseas, while college graduates have basically applied for jobs in the Pearl River Delta, sharply causing the hollowing out, paleness and marginalization of its periphery.

In a word, I think the establishment of 2 1 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong is the chief culprit of the backwardness in the eastern and western regions of Guangdong! At this historical moment of life and death in the backward areas of Guangdong, our cadres and masses in the backward areas of Guangdong should fight our way out quickly with the help of the provincial party Committee and the Central Committee!

While Secretary Wang Yang was in charge of Guangdong, the development of backward areas in Guangdong ushered in a rare opportunity. I hope that Secretary Wang Can will re-plan the administrative layout of Guangdong in the spirit of being the best in the world, and that he can help the backward areas in Guangdong develop in a short time. If so, the people in the backward areas of Guangdong are very lucky, the people of Guangdong are very lucky, and the vast number of overseas Chinese who care about the development of their hometown are very lucky!

I quite agree with the suggestions of netizens of Xinhua. After revision, it is now arranged as follows for the reference of the new leadership team in Guangdong. I hope to speed up. Because in today's China, it takes five years to learn! How many 5 years are there in life? Chairman Mao said: "Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day!"

Adjustment plan of administrative divisions of Guangzhou and Foshan.

It is suggested that Foshan, Nanhai, Shunde and Sanshui should be included in Guangzhou, and Foshan District and Nanhai should be established in Guangzhou.

District, Shunde District, Ronggui District and Sanshui District; Gaoming District is under the jurisdiction of the newly established Zhuhai City, and Gaoming District and Heshan City merged to form Gaohe City. The original Guangzhou Conghua City and Zengcheng City were changed to Conghua District, Zengcheng District and Xintang District of Guangzhou City; Establish Guangzhou Nansha District within the management scope of Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone; The former Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone was changed to Guangzhou Guangkai District, and the former Dongguan Mayong was included in the newly established Guangkai District. After adjustment, Guangzhou is the residence of Guangdong provincial government, with a total area of 1030 1 km2, which governs Yuexiu, Liwan, Dongshan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Haizhu, Fangcun, Huangpu, Panyu, Guangkai, Huadu, Conghua, Zengcheng, Xintang, Nansha, Nanhai, Shunde, Foshan and Sanshui. Guangzhou's future development plan is positioned as an important opening city in China, an important economic center in Southeast Asia, an international metropolis and a transportation hub in South China.

2. Adjustment plan for administrative divisions of Shenzhen, Huizhou and Dongguan.

It is suggested that Dongguan should be under the jurisdiction of Shenzhen except Machong, which is divided into Dongguan District, Humen District, Chang 'an District, Changping District and Zhang Xia District of Shenzhen. The original Huizhou City was all included in Shenzhen City, and Huiyang District, Daya Bay District and Dongjiang District of Shenzhen City were established, while Boluo County, Huidong County and Longmen County were retained. After adjustment, Shenzhen is a municipality directly under the Central Government of Guangdong Province, with a total area of 16560 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over three municipal districts including Luohu, Nanshan, Futian, Yantian, Baoan, Longgang, Dongguan, Humen, Chang 'an, Changping, Zhang Xia, Huiyang and Daya Bay, and three counties including Boluo, Huidong and Longmen. Shenzhen's future development plan is positioned as the window of China's opening to the outside world, the experimental field of China's economic reform, an important part of the Greater Hong Kong economic circle, a world-class manufacturing base, an important financial center in China and a business center city with international influence.

Three. Adjustment scheme of administrative divisions of Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen.

It is suggested that Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen be merged to form a new Zhuhai. At the same time, the original administrative regions of the three cities are adjusted as follows: the original administrative system of Zhuhai remains unchanged; The former Zhongshan City was divided into Xiangshan District, Shi Qi District and Xiaolan District of Zhuhai City. The original Jiangmen City was changed to Jiangmen District, Zhuhai City; The original Xinhui District of Jiangmen City was changed to Xinhui District of Zhuhai City; The original Taishan City, Kaiping City and enping city City remained unchanged in their original organizational system and jurisdiction, and were placed under the jurisdiction of Zhuhai City; Gaoming District of Foshan City and Heshan City of Jiangmen City merged to form county-level Gaohe City. After the adjustment, Zhuhai is a sub-provincial municipality under the leadership of Guangdong Province. . . . . . . . . . . .