On China’s economic map, the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, located in the hinterland of the southwest, connects the east to the west, connects the north and the south, and plays an important role in the country’s coordinated regional development strategy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle and form an important growth pole for high-quality development in the west.
In October 2021, the “Outline Plan for the Construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle” issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council was released.
On the afternoon of April 23, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing, pointing out that “vigorously promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, actively cultivate urban agglomerations, and develop and expand a number of provincial sub-centers cities, promoting infrastructure connectivity and sharing of public services among cities.”
Chongqing and Sichuan join hands to sing the Chengdu-Chongqing “Tale of Two Cities” and accelerate the construction of an important economic center with national influence, a scientific and technological innovation center, a new highland for reform and opening up, and a high-quality livable place.
Towards an important economic center
67 in 2021, 160 in 2022, 248 in 2023, 300 in 2024… The construction of major projects in the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle continues to accelerate, and the formation of a modern industrial system is accelerated.
In the field of transportation, major projects are “connecting dots to form lines and connecting lines to form networks”——
On land, the Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed railway is fully open to traffic, and the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Middle Line, Chengda-Wanzhou, and Yuxi high-speed railways has been accelerated. There are 21 inter-provincial highways between Sichuan and Chongqing under construction or have been completed; on the water, Wanzhou Xintian Port and Fuling Longtou Port have realized The railway has entered the port, and the construction of the second phase of Wanzhou Xintian Port and the Jialing River Lize Shipping Hub has been accelerated; by air, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Sichuan Dazhou Jinya Airport have been officially opened to navigation, and the construction of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport reconstruction and expansion projects has been accelerated…
Traditional advantageous industries are integrated and promoted, and emerging industrial clusters are gradually taking shape——
Sichuan and Chongqing have built an online docking platform for the automobile, electronic information, and equipment manufacturing industries. The total scale of the electronic information manufacturing industry exceeds 1.6 trillion yuan. The construction of major application scenarios such as the “Hydrogen Corridor”, “Electric Corridor” and “Smart Mobility Corridor” in Chengdu and Chongqing is in depth.
Data show that the GDP of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle has increased from 6.3 trillion yuan in 2019 to 8.2 trillion yuan in 2023, and the permanent population has increased from 96 million to 98.536 million. The characteristics of an important economic center have further emerged. .
Gathering scientific and technological innovation resources
Sichuan and Chongqing cooperate to build the Western Science City and jointly carry out scientific research on major technical difficulties.
By the end of 2023, the number of national key laboratories in Sichuan and Chongqing has reached 27, there are 3,197 major science and technology platforms, the number of science and technology enterprises has exceeded 70,000, and a large number of scientific research projects have been settled or put into operation.
Focusing on key areas such as integrated circuits, smart cars, new materials, and biomedicine, the two places have jointly implemented 161 key R&D projects, forming innovative achievements such as super smart car platforms.
Rise to new heights of reform and opening up
Sichuan and Chongqing join hands to advance reform and innovation in depth. A number of “national first” reform achievements were born in the Chengdu-Chongqing region: the country’s first inter-provincial provincial new district – Sichuan-Chongqing Gaozhu New District, the country’s first inter-provincial joint river chief office – Sichuan-Chongqing River Chief Joint Production Office, the first China-Europe freight train cooperation across provinces and cities in the country (Chengdu-Chongqing)…
Opening up continues to expand in all directions and in all fields. The two places have worked together to build the New Land-Sea Corridor in the West, built 12 comprehensive bonded zones, and accelerated the construction of high-level open platforms such as the Sichuan-Chongqing Free Trade Pilot Zone Collaborative Opening Demonstration Zone and the “Belt and Road” External Exchange Center…
Today, China-Europe freight trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) have covered 110 cities in Europe and Asia, with a total of more than 15,000 trains. As of the end of March this year, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, with Chongqing as the logistics and operation organization center, has reached 121 countries and regions around the world. of 503 ports.
Enter the high-quality “Twin Cities Life”
Public services are available online. Sichuan and Chongqing have launched 311 “Sichuan-Chongqing universal services” items, covering employment, social security, medical treatment, provident fund and other people’s “near things”, realizing “one-stop” cross-provincial services for all types of household registration transfers in the whole region.
Cooperation and sharing in the field of people’s livelihood. Sichuan and Chongqing have jointly established 18 provincial-level industry-education consortiums; 291 hospitals have achieved mutual recognition of 112 inspection results; public transportation in the central urban areas of Chongqing and Chengdu has implemented “one card”.
Ecological co-construction and environmental protection. Sichuan and Chongqing have established an ecological environment collaborative co-management mechanism, and the water quality of the Sichuan and Chongqing section of the Yangtze River has stabilized to Class II, making the sky bluer, the ground greener, and the water clearer in Bashu.
Reporters: Zhao Yufei, Wu Kunpeng, Zhou Siyu
Vision | Editor: Zhang Aifang, Bao Yuhan
Jointly produced by Xinhua News Agency and Chongqing Branch
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