Why did Chongqing separate from Sichuan and become a municipality directly under the central government?

1June 997 18 Chongqing municipality was officially listed.

Chongqing was upgraded to a municipality directly under the central government, and the initial background was the construction of the Three Gorges, which can only be solved under the direct leadership of the central government. After the central government put forward the development of the western region, Chongqing has grown into the growth pole of the western region under the new policy.

Whether a city has the potential of "direct administration" depends on the regional development strategy and background. Among the six central provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, if there is a municipality directly under the central government, it must be the provincial capital.

The word "municipality directly under the central government" is too tempting for a city. Under the economic and political system of China, "municipality directly under the Central Government" means huge economic and political resources and intangible influence. "Directly under the Central Government" is a policy to maximize external effects for any city. Therefore, whether in Wuhan or Zhengzhou, there are more "rumors" about the proposal of the rise of central China, which are debated endlessly on the Internet.

However, everything is just a "rumor".

The popular view is that Wuhan is higher than Zhengzhou, with a large economic aggregate, a large urban framework and strong economic strength. The golden waterway of the Yangtze River enters the sea, occupying the best time and place. But Wuhan belongs to the "Shanghai-Chongqing" economic corridor, connecting Shanghai in the east and Chongqing in the west. In this corridor, Shanghai and Chongqing at both ends are municipalities directly under the central government, and there can be no "third party" in the middle. Moreover, Wuhan is "one city alone", and there are few provincial cities within the range of east, west, north and south 150 km. Only Ezhou in the east can not achieve the purpose of driving the development of surrounding urban agglomerations. Moreover, Wuhan is too big, but the surrounding cities are too small, forming a gradient relationship, so the driving role of Wuhan is limited.

First, by 2005, the gross domestic product will reach 265 billion yuan, and the per capita income will be 1000 US dollars; Do a good job in the "four major events" of resettlement, poverty alleviation, state-owned enterprise reform and ecological environment protection in the Three Gorges reservoir area; Second, by 20 10, the gross domestic product will reach 430 billion yuan, and the per capita income will be about 1800 US dollars; Basically complete the "four major events" and build the basic framework of the economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; Third, by 2020, the gross domestic product will reach 950-1000 billion yuan, and the per capita income will be 3,500 dollars; Run a well-off society in urban and rural areas and build an economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

When it comes to the construction of the Three Gorges reservoir area, Huang Zhendong looks serious. He said that there are 560,000 immigrants in the first and second phases of the Three Gorges reservoir area. With the help of brother provinces and cities, 70,000-90,000 of them were resettled in developed coastal cities such as Shanghai, but what about the vast majority of the remaining immigrants? Therefore, the government now has to face not only the problem of immigrants "moving out", but also "moving in" to help immigrants "get rich step by step" in new immigrant areas.

Regarding the traffic construction in Chongqing, Huang Zhendong revealed that in the next eight years, Chongqing will invest10 billion yuan to build expressways 1600 kilometers and high-grade highways of 3,000 kilometers, so as to realize the pattern of "two-ring radiation" on the basis of the current "one-ring radiation". Huang Zhendong particularly emphasized that Chongqing has a unique water transport system in the west, and the hub port in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River can only be in Chongqing. After the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the navigation conditions of Chongqing Yangtze River Channel will be greatly improved. 175 dam level, backwater can reach Jiangjin in the upper reaches of Chongqing main city, 10,000-ton fleet can reach Chongqing directly, and 3,000-ton ships can reach Chongqing directly.

Regarding the reform of state-owned enterprises, Huang Zhendong's personal view is that "it is the most basic way to allocate resources according to marketization and decide the life and death of enterprises according to marketization". He said that the establishment of SASAC symbolizes that the owners of state-owned assets are in place, and this reform will be more conducive to the management of state-owned assets and the formation of a modern enterprise system. He revealed that the state will also introduce a state-owned assets regulation, and there will be major reforms in this regard from the central government to the local government.

In short, Chongqing has made great achievements, a big gap and a long way to go! Finally, Huang Zhendong outlined Chongqing in his eyes in three sentences!

China Net March 7, 2003