The purpose and reason of Chongqing's construction of inland open highland

This is closely related to the national strategy of revitalizing the western economy.

Has nothing to do with the financial crisis

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Chongqing, the youngest municipality directly under the central government in China, will be the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the future and one of the samples of China's economic development in the 2nd/kloc-0th century.

In 2004, her gross domestic product (GDP) was 266.539 billion yuan, 2. 1 times that of 1996 before direct administration, with an average annual growth rate of 9.8%, exceeding the national level by 0.3 percentage point. Per capita GDP 1 16 1 USD, crossing the 1000 USD mark. 1999, Chongqing's GDP reached148.8 billion yuan, surpassing Chengdu for the first time; In 2002, Chongqing's GDP exceeded 200 billion yuan, which became a milestone in the history of Chongqing's economic development, and doubled before it was directly under the central government. In 2003, Chongqing's GDP reached 225.0 1 1 100 million yuan, ranking 16 in China.

What makes Chongqing people proud is that the map of the world hanging in the United Nations Hall only shows the names of four cities in China, one of which is Chongqing.

Chongqing is located in the southwest of China, on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with a land span of105 ゜17' ~111''and a latitude of 28 65433. With a total area of 82,400 square kilometers and 40 administrative counties (autonomous counties and cities), it is a megacity with the largest administrative area, the largest population and the largest number of administrative units in China.

Extending in all directions is a summary of Chongqing's transportation and geographical advantages-Hubei and Hunan in the east, Guizhou in the south, Sichuan in the west and Shaanxi in the north. The unique geographical advantages make Chongqing the only hub port city in the west.

At the beginning of direct administration, the reality gave Chongqing a heavy burden-located in the junction of China and the West, the "Northeast Phenomenon" of state-owned enterprises with wide losses and many employees to be resettled existed in Chongqing; There is a "western phenomenon" in Chongqing with widespread rural poverty and fragile ecology; The "Central Phenomenon" with weak economic foundation and lagging infrastructure construction also exists in Chongqing. Therefore, Chongqing chose the strategy of "big cities with big countryside" to activate Chongqing's industry. First, a number of military enterprises such as Chang 'an and Jialing turned to produce civilian products such as cars and motorcycles, and then fed back agriculture through industry. Some people say that Chongqing is the epitome of China's economic development in the 20th century.

Traditionally, Chongqing's culture is thick and rich-not only the location of Bayu culture, but also the birthplace of Hongyan revolutionary spirit and Three Gorges immigrant spirit. However, in the memory of most China people, the railway tracks, docks, landscapes and diaojiao buildings have become their deepest impressions of old Chongqing. Emotional dock culture and unyielding Hongyan spirit permeate into the bones of every Chongqing person along the blood, which breeds and breeds the straightforward character of Chongqing people. The most direct expression is to dare to face the oral language that you think in your heart-hope.

Whenever you cross the Yuzhong Peninsula by light rail, when you stand on a "tree" and watch the night scene of Chongqing, when you walk freely between busy scaffolding and green mountains and green waters, you will suddenly feel that Chongqing is full of passion, impulse and hope. Chongqing is changing the reality in its own way. Chongqing is breaking through its own shackles and crossing that historic mountain city with a brand-new leap.

Chongqing has never lacked a leap-they pulled 365,438+million poor people out of their predicament, successfully completed the second phase of immigration of 805,000 people, and initiated the accountability system for chief executives.

Of course, once Chongqing people have determined the goal of building themselves into the "economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River" in the future, they will set a timetable: 15 years. But Chongqing modestly described this goal as an economic highland in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

This modesty found a similar answer in the speech of Huang Zhendong, secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee: "We are not as good as the eastern region; But Chongqing, as a point, I think it has advantages. It's like being on a big plain, sometimes there is a highland and a small mountain peak. "

For the rise of highland, Chongqing people chose Chengdu, Xi 'an and other cities that gradually surpassed GDP and were in the same echelon with themselves. At the same time, it is in line with Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in the first echelon. Compared with other cities, Chongqing always likes to choose Shanghai in the east. Huang, member of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal Committee and executive deputy mayor, said: "Chongqing in 10 years will be like Shanghai now".

In an exclusive interview with Window to the South, he said: Chongqing has three stages of development. The first stage is to give full play to Chongqing's regional advantages as a whole. Chongqing is a bridge between East and West and a window between North and South. Her infrastructure and transportation must be done well.

The second stage is 20 10, which can be called the formation stage of central city framework. This framework is the pillar of industry-industry, commerce, real estate, finance, or tourism, transportation, and various industrial and commercial economies. With these pillars, Chongqing can truly develop into a big city. It may take 10 years, and Chongqing's GDP will increase from nearly 200 billion to more than 400 billion, which is similar to the total GDP of Shanghai now.

In the third stage, by 2020 or earlier, the central city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be formed-not only with good infrastructure and developed industrial functions, but also with economic radiation to the surrounding areas and the whole region.

In fact, Chongqing, which stands on the mountains and rivers, has its own unique terrain, which makes the main city of Chongqing commanding and overlooking the Yangtze River and Jialing River. As far as Chongqing's financial advantages are concerned, last year, in terms of per capita loan amount, our city was nearly twice that of Sichuan Province, and it has become a financial highland in the west.

Industrial achievements are also particularly gratifying: last year, Chongqing's total industrial output value reached 3.2/kloc-0.00 billion yuan, double the/kloc-0.53 billion yuan in 2000. In other words, it will take four years for Chongqing to rebuild an industry. It is predicted that the total industrial economy of Chongqing will increase six times in 20 10 compared with 2000. No wonder some experts assert that China is the processing base of the world's manufacturing industry and Chongqing is the processing base of China's manufacturing industry.

In terms of regional cooperation, Chongqing has objectively formed a "human"-shaped highland-the Sichuan-Chongqing urban belt connecting Chongqing (the main city) and Chengdu (the main city), the Chongqing-Guizhou urban belt connecting Chongqing (the main city) and Guiyang, and the Three Gorges urban belt connecting Wanzhou, Chongqing and Yichang, Hubei. The main city of Chongqing is in the center of "people" and occupies the advantage of the west.

Besides obvious advantages in finance and industry, Chongqing also has incomparable advantages in talents, logistics, education, information, tourism and transportation.

There are indications that Chongqing has the strength to become a highland, but only for a long time.

And the development of this highland, of course, is quietly rising under the background of an opportunity of the times.

To talk about opportunities in Chongqing, we must first talk about what policies Chongqing has.

The reality is that Chongqing is a collection of "favorites"-Chongqing's direct administration, the development of the western region, and millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges. Chongqing government officials once said with a smile: Chongqing's policy is "nothing special, there is nothing special in it".

Facing the trend of Chinese mainland's economic sector, after more than 20 years of reform and opening-up, the pattern and mode of economic development in the east have basically matured. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration with Shanghai as the center and the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration with Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the center have become two arrows, followed by other regions, forming different levels of urban development. At the same time, Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu, headed by Beijing in the north, and Bohai Bay, represented by Shandong and Liaoning, form China economic urban agglomeration.

How to develop the western region? Chongqing budding, Chengdu thinking, Guizhou thinking. Finally, the three parties began a high-level meeting, and Chongqing also began a historic handshake with Chengdu. Finally, an industrial cluster centered on Chongqing and Chengdu and surrounding cities was formed, which was also called "the fifth growth pole of China" by experts.

It is against this background that Chongqing established and developed this highland.

How to build Chongqing highland?

Han, a researcher at Chongqing Academy of Social Sciences, theoretically spent four tricks on Chongqing Highland: First, based on the integrated construction of Chongqing's core city circle, Chongqing Economic Cooperation Zone is the main promotion platform. The second is to strengthen Sichuan-Chongqing cooperation as the core; Focus on promoting Chongqing-Guizhou urban belt and Chongqing-Wan Yi Three Gorges urban belt. The third is to strengthen the cooperation between the governments and cities of Chongqing, Guangdong, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Macao, Chongqing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guangxi, Chongqing and Shaanxi. Fourth, through exchanges and cooperation between government, industry, people and schools, we will promote cooperation in government-led industries such as regional transportation and tourism.

Difficulties need to be overcome, and opportunities are before Chongqing.

Facing the opportunity, Huang Zhendong, secretary of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, said that only by grasping the rich human resources, the institutional advantages of the central government, the location advantages of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, the opportunity of the relocation of the Three Gorges immigrants, and the development advantages of the old industrial base and historical and cultural cities, and adjusting the economic structure, the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be built by 2020.

Facing the opportunity, Mayor Wang said that Chongqing is a hot spot for investment, and Chongqing will seize the rare opportunity to promote industrial optimization and development.

The rise of Chongqing Highland is only a platform, which will also drive a large-scale economic group centered on Chongqing, including Chengdu-Chongqing, Guizhou-Chongqing, Xi, Yichang and other large and medium-sized cities, as well as the economic dragon dancing the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Today's special issue of the eighth anniversary of Chongqing's direct administration is a review and summary of Chongqing's highlands. Perhaps the hill that has not been completed today will become a highland that keeps pace with the East tomorrow.

We look forward to the early realization of such predictions: Shenzhen in the 1980s, Shanghai in the 1990s and Chongqing in the 20th century!