In promoting the rise of the central region and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we will strive to be the first
Shen Xiaoming
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has presided over the symposium on the rise of the central region twice and the symposium on the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt four times, scientifically drawing a grand blueprint for promoting the rise of the central region and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the new era. When General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hunan in March this year, he encouraged Hunan to "adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to high-quality development unswervingly, adhere to reform and innovation, seek truth and be pragmatic, and continue to work hard to build a national important advanced manufacturing highland, a highland of scientific and technological innovation with core competitiveness, and a highland of reform and opening up in inland areas, and strive to be the first in promoting the rise of the central region and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt." We must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions on Hunan's work, focus on the goal of "striving to be the first", further deepen reform in an all-round way, continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, enhance social vitality, and strive to work hard and seek practical results in promoting the rise of the central region and the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
1. Adhere to scientific and technological innovation to lead industrial innovation, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions
Scientific and technological innovation is the core element in the development of new quality productive forces. During his inspection in Hunan, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that greater efforts should be made to lead industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation. For the development of Hunan, it is necessary to firmly grasp the "bull's nose" of scientific and technological innovation, develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, and form a strong support and promotion for high-quality development.
Highlight the improvement of independent innovation capabilities in key areas. Hunan is rich in scientific and educational resources, strong in innovation, and ranks among the top in the country in terms of regional innovation ability, but it also faces many "bottleneck" problems in key industries and underlying key technologies. It is necessary to insist on putting innovation at the core of the overall situation of modernization, aim at building a highland of scientific and technological innovation with core competitiveness, continue to make efforts, take the initiative to connect with national strategic scientific and technological forces, actively introduce first-class research and development institutions at home and abroad, strengthen basic research and applied basic research, and accelerate the breakthrough of a number of original and leading key technologies through various methods such as "unveiling the leader". Strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, encourage leading enterprises in science and technology to form systematic and task-oriented innovation consortiums with universities, scientific research institutes and upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and build a number of industrial cluster service platforms integrating research and development, inspection and testing, and achievement promotion, so as to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.
Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing. A modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone is an important engine for high-quality development. At present, positive progress has been made in the construction of Hunan's modern industrial system, and the added value of the province's advanced manufacturing industry will account for more than 51% of the total added value of the manufacturing industry in 2023, and the number of national advanced manufacturing clusters will rank third in the country. It is necessary to aim at building a national important advanced manufacturing highland, based on the advantages of our province's manufacturing base, vigorously promote new industrialization, focus on building a chain, extending the chain, supplementing the chain and strengthening the chain, and guide all parts of the province to find the right subdivision and main direction, implement the key industry multiplication plan, strengthen the industrial base reengineering and major technical equipment research, and continue to expand and strengthen the advanced manufacturing industry. It not only vigorously promotes "old trees sprout new sprouts", but also "cultivates new branches and new seedlings", transforms and upgrades traditional industries such as modern petrochemicals, green mining, food processing, light industry and textiles, consolidates and extends advantageous industries such as construction machinery, rail transit equipment, modern agriculture, and cultural tourism, cultivates and expands emerging industries such as digital industry, new energy, big health, aerospace and ocean, and forward-looking layout of future industries such as artificial intelligence, life engineering, quantum technology, and cutting-edge materials, promotes the high-end, intelligent, and green development of industries, and promotes "4×4" New achievements have been made in the construction of a modern industrial system.
Hunan aims to build a national important advanced manufacturing highland, cultivate and expand emerging industries, look forward to the layout of future industries, and promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of industries. On March 19, 2024, staff at the Battery Technology Center of BASF's Shanshan Battery Materials Research Institute in Xiangjiang New District, Hunan Province, tested battery performance. Hunan Daily all-media reporter Tong Di/photo
Coordinate and promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents. Smoothing the virtuous circle of education, science and technology, and talent is of great importance to cultivating and developing new quality productive forces. The comprehensive strength of education in Hunan is relatively good, but the matching degree between the discipline and professional system of colleges and universities, the technical system and the industrial system is not high enough, and there is a large gap of professionals in the fields of integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, and energy storage technology urgently needed for industrial development. It is necessary to speed up the improvement of the layout and structure of higher education, improve the dynamic adjustment mechanism of the layout of colleges and universities and disciplines, promote the discipline and professional system to be more compatible with the technical system and the industrial system, and create a group of leading talents in science and technology, talents in urgent need, and "high-precision" talents. Promote the collaborative innovation of industry, university and research, support universities, scientific research institutions, enterprises and industrial parks to give full play to their respective advantages, jointly build advanced research institutes, key laboratories and collaborative innovation centers, etc., and promote the organic connection and deep integration of the education chain, talent chain and industrial chain. Promote the reform of the empowerment of scientific and technological achievements and the reform of the evaluation mechanism for scientific research personnel, establish and improve the market-oriented talent policy system, and form an institutional mechanism to support comprehensive innovation and entrepreneurship.
2. Give full play to the advantages of location, actively serve and integrate into the new development pattern
Hunan is located in the transition zone between the eastern coastal region and the central and western regions, the junction of the Yangtze River Open Economic Belt and the Coastal Open Economic Belt. General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly asked Hunan to firmly grasp its strategic positioning in building a new development pattern. We must insist on combining the needs of the country with Hunan's capabilities, positioning, planning and promoting all aspects of Hunan's work in supporting the construction of a new development pattern, and achieve greater development in the smooth domestic cycle and the domestic and international dual circulation.
Enhance the initiative to integrate into major national strategies. The construction of a new development pattern is based on the unified national market, and it is not necessary for all localities to engage in their own small circulation. It is necessary to "jump out of Hunan to see Hunan", firmly establish the concept of "a game of chess" in the whole country, deeply participate in the implementation of the development strategy of the rise of the central region and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, accelerate the construction of important national grain production bases, energy raw material bases, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industrial bases and comprehensive transportation hubs, and strive to build an important node of domestic circulation and domestic and international dual circulation. Actively integrate into major national strategies such as the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Hainan Free Trade Port, and the development of the western region, take the initiative to rely on it and integrate it accurately, and leverage the "springboard" function of the reform and opening up gateway area to realize "borrowing ships to go to sea", and better realize the high-quality development of Hunan in strengthening regional coordination.
Smooth transportation corridors. The construction of Hunan's modern comprehensive transportation system has made great progress in recent years, but there are some obstacles to infrastructure interconnection, which restricts the integration and support of the new development pattern. It is necessary to focus on integrating into the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", take the initiative to connect with the new Eurasian land bridge and the new western land-sea corridor, accelerate the construction of important ports such as Yugong Port and Chenglingji Port, speed up the construction of logistics systems, highways, high-speed railways, aviation hubs, etc., and give full play to the role of Huaihua International Inland Port, Hunan-Guangdong non-rail-sea combined transport, Hunan and Shanghai non-river-sea combined transport and other channels, and effectively transform Hunan's location advantages and channel advantages into development advantages.
Build a "reservoir" for undertaking industrial transfer in an orderly manner. The gradient transfer and optimization of industrial layout across regions is an inevitable trend in building a new development pattern. It is necessary to accurately grasp the law of a new round of industrial transfer, give full play to the advantages of the "transition zone" to gather resource elements, give full play to the advantages of the "junction" to undertake industrial transfer, improve the quality and efficiency of investment promotion, vigorously promote the "return of Hunan businessmen", attract multinational companies, well-known enterprises, and industry leading enterprises to settle in Hunan, and realize the two-way transfer and undertaking of industries in a reasonable and orderly manner.
3. Coordinate the promotion of in-depth reform and high-level opening-up, and create a highland for reform and opening up in inland areas
Reform is the driving force of development. When General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hunan, he asked Hunan to continue to work hard to build a highland for reform and opening up in inland areas. Hunan should vigorously carry forward the spiritual characteristics of Huxiang culture of "daring to be the first", adhere to the "two-wheel drive" of reform and opening up, and continuously create favorable conditions and environment for opening up through deepening reform, and promote the "five foreign linkages" of foreign propaganda, foreign trade, foreign investment, foreign economic cooperation, and foreign affairs; In addition, by continuously expanding the regional, field and scope of opening up, we will force in-depth reform, make overall use of domestic and international markets and resources, and strive to create a new path of high-level reform and opening up in inland areas.
Persist in being problem-oriented and comprehensively deepen reform. Reform is forced by problems and deepened through continuous problem solving. It is urgent to make good use of the important magic weapon of reform and innovation to solve the problems that Hunan is facing that restrict the construction of a new development pattern and promote high-quality development, the pain points and difficulties in the field of development environment and people's livelihood, and the hot issues that are contrary to social fairness and justice. It is necessary to go to the problems and focus on the problems to be reformed, resolutely eliminate the ideological concepts and institutional mechanisms that hinder the promotion of Chinese-style modernization, strive to break down the deep-seated institutional and institutional obstacles and structural contradictions, and continue to inject strong impetus and provide strong institutional guarantees for economic and social development. It is necessary to vigorously promote the reform of key areas and key links such as the market-oriented allocation of factors in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Zhuzhou-Zhuhai-Tan, state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, the management system and operation mechanism of industrial parks, and the government investment and financing system, and promote the rational flow and optimal allocation of various factors across regions. It is necessary to pay more attention to system integration, adhere to the overall concept and systematic thinking to plan and promote, strengthen the coordination and matching of various reform measures, promote the reform measures in all fields and all aspects to work in the same direction, form a joint force, enhance the overall efficiency, form a "1+1>2" effect, and launch a number of replicable and promotable institutional innovation achievements.
Adhere to the people-centered value orientation and promote in-depth reform. The people's yearning for a better life is our goal, and grasping reform and promoting development is, in the final analysis, to let the people live a better life. It is necessary to plan and promote reform from the overall interests, fundamental interests and long-term interests of the people, take the mass line of the party in the new era, pay attention to finding the force and breakthrough point of reform from the urgency and anxiety of the people, such as employment, income increase, school enrollment, medical treatment, housing, errands, childcare and elderly care, and life and property safety, and continue to do a good job in the "ten key livelihood facts", so that the reform can give the people more sense of gain, happiness and security.
Adhere to the broad vision of comprehensively expanding opening up. Hunan people have always had the gene of openness, and they have led the trend many times in modern times. In recent years, Hunan's open economy has developed in depth, with the number of China-Europe freight trains ranking first in the country, and the trade volume with Africa ranking first in the central and western provinces, but compared with the developed provinces along the eastern coast, the economic extroversion and openness level are not high enough. It is necessary to adhere to both internal and external opening-up, actively connect with the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership" (RCEP) and other international high-standard economic and trade rules, steadily expand the opening up of rules, regulations, management, standards and other institutions, build the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone with high standards, promote the integration of port cooperation and customs clearance supervision, vigorously build a pilot zone for in-depth economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa, carry out a pilot project for new barter trade between China and Africa, and upgrade advantageous industries such as construction machinery and rail transit equipment and new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, The export competitiveness of the "new three" photovoltaic products will accelerate the construction of a new pattern of open economy. With the core of reducing the comprehensive operating costs of enterprises, we will continue to strengthen the construction of a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment, and attract more resource elements to gather in Hunan.
4. Adhere to ecological priority and green development, and contribute to the construction of a beautiful China
The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Hunan is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, more than 96% of the land area belongs to the Yangtze River Basin, and has an important position in the overall situation of national ecological civilization construction. We must promote the construction of a beautiful Hunan and an ecologically strong province with greater determination and tenacity, and make new contributions to the construction of a beautiful China.
Hunan is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and plays an important role in the overall construction of national ecological civilization. The picture shows the little swan photographed in the Donggu Lake Wetland in the Quyuan Management Area of Yueyang City on November 27, 2023. Xinhua News Agency Cao Zhengping/photo
Unswervingly fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control. In 2023, the province's national examination section excellent water quality rate and days of good air quality ranked first and second respectively in the central region, and the green development index entered the top ten in the country. At the same time, we must also be soberly aware that there are many historical debts in the field of ecological and environmental protection in Hunan, and the structural, root cause, and trend pressure on ecological environmental protection has not been fundamentally alleviated.
We will unswervingly promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the development mode. Hunan is still in the stage of accelerated development of industrialization and urbanization, and if it does not take the initiative to accelerate the transformation of its development mode, the pressure on the environment will become increasingly prominent. It is necessary to resolutely abandon the practice of sacrificing the ecological environment in exchange for economic growth at one time and one place, coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, strengthen the intensive conservation and recycling of resources, cultivate and expand green and low-carbon industries, encourage and support the development of prefabricated buildings, expand the green comprehensive utilization space such as reeds and straw, accelerate the construction of a new energy system, promote the construction of pilot cities for carbon peaking, effectively reduce the resource and environmental costs of development, and strive to promote the quality of economic development, efficiency and power change. Continue to enhance the potential and stamina of development.
Unswervingly promote the transformation of lucid waters and lush mountains into gold and silver mountains. A good ecological environment is not only a matter of "face" and "appearance" for local development, but also a problem of "job" and "survival". It is necessary to actively explore the development model based on the ecological environment orientation, improve the compensation mechanism for ecological protection in cross-provincial river basins, establish a win-win model for the development of ecological compensation profits and losses between regions of "capital compensation + industrial chain co-construction", implement major projects for biodiversity conservation, protect the ecological green heart of Changzhutan at a high level, carry out forestry carbon tickets and wetland carbon sink pilots, explore the construction of a "three-water overall planning" index system, launch a number of medium and long-term, low-cost green financial products, promote industrial ecology and ecological industrialization, and let more people get a "golden job" Eat "ecological rice".
5. Promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas
During his inspection in Hunan, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is the general starting point of the "three rural" work in the new era and new journey. Hunan is a large agricultural province, the biggest imbalance is the imbalance between urban and rural development, the biggest inadequacy is the insufficient rural development, we must focus on the goal of building a strong agricultural province, continue to work hard to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and strive to write a new chapter of "great changes in mountains and townships".
Efforts should be made to get a firm grasp of grain production. Hunan is one of the 13 major grain-producing provinces in the country, and ensuring a stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is the top priority in building a strong agricultural province. It is necessary to fully implement the joint responsibility of the party and government for food security, firmly guard the red line of cultivated land, resolutely curb the "non-agricultural" conversion of cultivated land and the "non-grain" of basic farmland, orderly promote the expansion and upgrading of cultivated land in the plain and lake areas, and the adjustment of the structure of cultivated land in hilly and mountainous areas, so as to continuously improve the comprehensive production capacity and quality and efficiency of grain. Vigorously promote the deep integration of good seeds, good methods and good opportunities, grasp the construction of Yuelu Mountain laboratory, strive to break through a number of seed industry "stuck neck" problems and cutting-edge breeding technologies, actively develop and promote agricultural machinery and equipment adapted to the terrain characteristics of Hunan, and make more contributions to ensuring that the rice bowl of Chinese is firmly in their own hands.
Focus on building a modern rural industrial system. Industrial revitalization is the top priority of rural revitalization, and there will be no rural revitalization without industrial revitalization. It is necessary to steadily promote the industrialization of agriculture, make overall plans for rural characteristic industries within the county, vigorously develop the intensive processing of agricultural products, continuously increase the added value, and promote the upgrading of the whole chain of rural industries. It is necessary to adhere to the concept of big agriculture and big food, support the development and growth of famous and high-quality products such as Hunan rice, Hunan oil, Hunan cuisine, and Hunan tea, and create a number of well-known brands with the brand name of "Hunan". High-quality planning to promote the development of Hunan's fruit industry, out of a small-scale, multi-variety, specialized, high-yield path, better promote industrial efficiency, product value-added, farmers' income.
Hunan is one of the 13 major grain-producing provinces in the country, and ensuring a stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is the top priority in building a strong agricultural province. The picture shows a view of Daping Village, Hecheng District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province from the air on June 6, 2024. People's photo by Tian Min/photo
Efforts should be made to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas. In recent years, Hunan has achieved remarkable results in the integrated development of urban and rural areas, but there are still problems such as the unsmooth flow of various factors between urban and rural areas and the unreasonable allocation of public resources. It is necessary to vigorously promote the construction of a new type of urbanization with county towns as important carriers, smooth the two-way flow of urban and rural population, capital and technology, and develop and expand the county economy. Resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of the first initiative of "targeted poverty alleviation", promote the effective connection between the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements and rural revitalization, improve the monitoring, early warning and assistance mechanisms for preventing poverty return, and firmly guard the bottom line of not returning to poverty on a large scale. Learn to use the experience of the "Ten Million Project" to coordinate rural planning and construction management, promote the quality and upgrading of rural infrastructure, public services and human settlements, improve the efficiency of rural governance, and build "Hemeixiang Village".
Sixth, better undertake the new cultural mission and enhance the cultural soft power
The land of Sanxiang has a long history and culture, a strong revolutionary culture, and an active modern culture, which provides rich resources and a deep foundation for enhancing cultural soft power. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that Hunan should better shoulder the new cultural mission and show new achievements in building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of deep cultural origin, wide cultural context and sufficient cultural atmosphere, vigorously promote the development of cultural inheritance, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Huxiang culture, and strive to hand over an excellent answer sheet to undertake a new cultural mission.
Inherit history and culture. Huxiang culture is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture and plays an important role in the history of Chinese cultural development. The Chu culture represented by the Mawangdui Han Tomb, the farming culture represented by Chengtou Mountain, and the Confucian culture represented by Yuelu Academy are rich and colorful, with distinctive characteristics, which have nurtured and created a vivid atmosphere of "only Chu has materials and is prosperous". It is necessary to continue to promote the inheritance and protection of Huxiang culture, comprehensively strengthen the protection of historical and cultural heritage such as cultural relics, ancient buildings and historical blocks, traditional villages and towns, and do a good job in the systematic protection, excavation and utilization of intangible cultural heritage, so that Huxiang culture can be used, livened and brightened.
Continuing the revolutionary culture. Hunan is a red hot land, where Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi, Peng Dehuai, He Long, Luo Ronghuan and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation have come out. It is our political responsibility to let the red gene be passed on from generation to generation. It is necessary to regard the rich revolutionary culture as the most valuable cultural resource in Hunan, continue to promote the excavation of the party's revolutionary historical materials and the repair and protection of old revolutionary sites, build and make good use of revolutionary historical commemorative facilities, relics and patriotic education bases, and guide the cadres and masses to carry forward the fine traditions, continue the red blood, practice the core values of socialism, and cultivate a new style and new look of the times.
Develop advanced socialist culture. Hunan's modern culture is very active, and cultural industries such as radio and television, publishing, film and television, and animation have strong influence, but there is still room for improvement in the scale and quality of industrial development and the development of new cultural formats. It is necessary to vigorously implement the project of creating high-quality cultural products in Huxiang in the new era, promote the construction of urban and rural public cultural service systems, and improve the quality of cultural supply. Explore effective mechanisms for the integration of culture and science and technology, encourage the development of new forms and models of cultural industries, and form more new growth points for the cultural industry. Promote the in-depth integration of culture and tourism, adhere to the cultural and plastic tourism, promote culture with tourism, implement the all-for-one tourism strategy, build a world tourist destination, and better transform the natural scenery and cultural customs into the lasting charm of Hunan's tourism brand.
7. Fully implement the overall national security concept, and better coordinate development and security
Security is the foundation of development, and stability is the prerequisite for prosperity. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "If the foundation of security is not solid, the edifice of development will be shaken. "The major risks and hidden dangers faced by Hunan in its development are multifaceted, and it is necessary to maintain a sense of responsibility of "always rest assured", deeply practice the overall national security concept, and contribute to the stability of the overall situation with the security of one region.
Do a good job in the active battle to prevent and defuse major risks. With the acceleration of Hunan's development, transformation and upgrading, all kinds of hidden risks accumulated for a long time will inevitably "come to light", and we must be vigilant against "black swans" and "gray rhinoceros" on the way forward. It is necessary to learn to "walk with a basin of water", strengthen the analysis and judgment of various risk sources, grasp the trend of risks, predict where the risks are, play a good first move, take the initiative, think about the worst in everything, work hard for the best, and take precautions and prevent problems.
We will do a good job in preventing and defusing major risks. Preventing and resolving major risks cannot be done evenly, "grasping the eyebrows and mustaches". It is necessary to grasp the main contradictions and the main aspects of the contradictions, focus on the prominent problems in the fields of local debt, illegal fund-raising, real estate, production safety, social security, ideology, and negative corruption, find out the bottom number one by one, continue to tackle tough problems, eliminate them one by one, and accurately defuse bombs, so as to ensure a new development pattern with a new security pattern.
We will do a good job in the overall battle of preventing and defusing major risks. All kinds of security risks are intertwined, interacting, and influencing each other, and if they are not prevented and responded to, they will be transmitted, superimposed, evolved, and escalated, making the "storm in the teacup" suddenly become a tornado in reality. It is necessary to strengthen systematic thinking, fully consider the correlation between various risks, establish a mechanism for isolating and blocking various risks, cut off the transformation channels of risks in different fields in a timely manner, prevent small risks from evolving into large risks, individual risks from evolving into comprehensive risks, and economic risks from evolving into political and social risks, so as to maintain the bottom line of no systemic risks.
Strengthening and improving party building is the fundamental guarantee for striving to be the first in promoting the rise of the central region and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. We will adhere to the party's political construction as the guide, consolidate and expand the achievements of theme education, practice the correct view of political performance, firmly establish the correct selection and employment orientation, solidly promote party building to lead grassroots governance, continue to deepen the rectification of formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots, organize and carry out party discipline study and education, strengthen the regulation and supervision of leading cadres' use of power, carry forward the style of seeking truth and pragmatism, and promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the party to develop in depth. Ensure that the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions on Hunan's work is fully implemented.
Source: Qiushi 2024/13
Author: Shen Xiaoming, Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress