Continuously reach new levels and strive to write a new chapter – General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era boosts confidence and guides the direction – Current Affairs – People’s Daily Online

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 23Title: Continuously reach new levels and strive to write a new chapter – General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era boosts confidence and guides the direction

Xinhua News Agency reporter

On the afternoon of April 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing and delivered an important speech, drawing a blueprint and guiding the helm for promoting high-quality development in the western region. The broad masses of cadres and the masses expressed that they must follow the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech as a fundamental guide, forge ahead with determination, take responsibility, and make contributions over a long period of time, and strive to write a new chapter in the development of the western region in the new era and new journey.

　Take greater steps to boost confidence in development

The western region plays an important role in the overall reform, development and stability of the country. In the past five years since the Party Central Committee made arrangements to promote the development of the western region in the new era and form a new pattern, the high-quality development of the western region has taken greater steps, and the regional GDP has increased from 20.5 trillion yuan in 2019 to 26.9 trillion yuan in 2023. The average annual growth rate is 4.9%.

“General Secretary Xi Jinping fully affirmed the development achievements achieved by the western region in recent years, which has further strengthened our confidence in development.” Gao Jian, director of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that Chongqing is the only municipality directly under the central government in the western region. In 2023, its GDP will account for 20% of the total. The proportion of the western region reached 11.2%. Chongqing will continue to improve its role in taking the lead in opening up in the western region, promoting opening up capacity building, shouldering the main responsibilities, giving full play to its own advantages, and making greater contributions to promoting the development of the western region in the new era.

In April, Minning Town, Yongning County, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, located at the foot of Helan Mountain, was green as far as the eye could see. The buildings in the style of ancient folk houses in southern Fujian told the deep friendship between Fujian and Ningxia.

“Based on the cooperative relationship between Fujian and Ningxia, and by introducing high-quality enterprises from Fujian and other places to promote industrial development, last year, the per capita disposable income of local households lifted out of poverty in Minning Town increased by more than 19% year-on-year, and people’s lives are becoming more and more prosperous. ” Tian Peng, deputy secretary of the Minning Town Party Committee, said that the general secretary proposed to “implement the rural revitalization strategy in depth and increase support for the country’s key rural revitalization counties” and “resolutely prevent large-scale return to poverty”, allowing us to be more optimistic about the future. With confidence and more ambition, we should promote development through cooperation, realize a “two-way rush” where the two places complement each other’s advantages, and work together to promote comprehensive rural revitalization.

“The general secretary mentioned in his speech ‘promoting employment and income increase for farmers nearby’, which gave our farmers a ‘reassurance’.” The 14th Company of the 64th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Kekedala City Planting Company Hu Abdulshkul Yari said that this year, he relied on the national agricultural machinery subsidy policy, planting industry loans and other farmer-friendly financial loans to purchase a seeder and a high-horsepower motorcycle, which greatly improved the planting efficiency. “The general secretary always cares about us, the party’s policies always take care of us, and the days ahead will be Yaxi!”

After in-depth study and understanding of the “exploration and development of modern manufacturing and strategic emerging industries” emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping, Wang Jinbao, Director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has further strengthened his confidence in taking the path of high-end, intelligent and green development of manufacturing. He said that in recent years, Inner Mongolia has vigorously promoted the application of new generation information technology such as 5G technology and big data to promote the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of the industry. “In the future, we will make breakthroughs in the high-quality development of manufacturing and focus on ‘high-end’ products to promote the cultivation of manufacturing clusters.”

The whistle blows and the train speeds. Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, cargo transportation has radiated to 12 “Belt and Road” countries including Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar and major cities in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in my country.

“Relying on the China-Laos Railway, Yunnan is forming an open pattern with Kunming as the gathering center, connecting the New Western Land-Sea Corridor to the east, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor to the west, radiating ASEAN countries to the south, and connecting the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle to the north.” China Railway Xu Ance, general manager of Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said, “We will thoroughly implement the spirit of the General Secretary’s important speech, strengthen the construction of transportation infrastructure and public service facilities in border areas, and let the China-Laos railway drive the prosperity of border people and promote the beauty of border areas.”

High-level protection and high-quality development

“We must persist in taking the development of characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction”, “deepen scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the east, central and west”, and “promote the upgrading, quality and efficiency improvement of traditional advantageous industries”…General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech points out the direction for high-quality development in the western region. .

Not long ago, the 2024 China Industrial Transfer and Development Matchmaking Event (Sichuan) was successfully held. More and more companies have deployed key processes, production bases, and R&D centers in Sichuan. Zhu Jian, deputy director of the Chengdu Municipal Economic and Information Technology Bureau, said that Chengdu will take the initiative to connect with the transfer wishes of key industries and leading enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and other regions, and use the best resources and the largest We sincerely accept key enterprises, major projects, and important platforms to develop in Chengdu, and jointly build an important national advanced manufacturing base.

Guizhou Provincial Computational Technology Co., Ltd. is an important carrier for the local promotion of “digital computing in the east and computing in the west”. Yang Yunyong, general manager of the company, said that in accordance with the requirements of “developing new productive forces in accordance with local conditions” proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping, the company will strengthen computing power dispatching operations, vigorously develop the computing power market, and do a good job for the in-depth implementation of key projects such as “Counting in the East and Counting in the West” Service support and make positive contributions to the construction of Guizhou’s modern industrial system.

In recent years, Qinghai has made great efforts to build a highland of ecological civilization, solidly promoted the protection and restoration of natural ecology, and continued to improve the quality of the ecological environment. Tang Wanfeng, director of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to insist on supporting high-quality development with high-level protection and build a solid national ecological security barrier. In accordance with this requirement, we will give priority to ecology and green development in a more prominent position, and by persevering in the battle against pollution and strictly carrying out ecological and environmental protection inspection and law enforcement, we will effectively shoulder the responsibility of “protecting the sources of the three rivers and protecting the ‘China Water Tower'” ‘”A big mission.

Energy security is related to the overall economic and social development. Yumen City, Gansu Province, located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, is a nationally designated first-class light resource area and second-class wind resource area. As of now, the city’s new energy installed capacity has nearly doubled compared with 2020.

“The General Secretary emphasized the need to coordinate development and security, and called for making a number of important national energy bases bigger and stronger. This gives us more confidence in the development of the new energy industry.” Shi Xuelei, director of the Yumen Green Energy Development Service Center, said it is expected that By the end of the “14th Five-Year Plan”, the total installed capacity of new energy in Yumen City will reach 10 million kilowatts, forming a multi-energy complementary system such as new energy power stations, energy storage peak shaving, equipment manufacturing, integration of source, grid, load and storage, and coordinated development of upstream and downstream. The new energy industry pattern contributes to ensuring national energy security.

　　Keep working hard and achieve greater breakthroughs

The number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains passing through the Horgos Port at the northwest tip of the motherland reached 1,848 in the first quarter of this year, a record high for the same period.

“The General Secretary emphasized that we must persist in promoting large-scale development with great opening-up and improve the level of opening up internally and externally in the western region. We customs people deeply feel the heavy responsibility on our shoulders.” Chen Pengde, deputy director of Horgos Customs, said that Horgos Customs will Fully support the implementation of the “Railway Express” model at the Horgos Port, use practical recruitment, hard recruitment and new recruitment to help the western region’s opening-up level continue to improve, in order to maintain the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain and supply chain, and jointly build the “Belt and Road” with high quality Provide strong support.

Yang Xiaobao, director of the Free Trade Comprehensive Information Division of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce, learned the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping immediately. “The General Secretary’s important speech pointed out the direction for us to promote high-quality development of the free trade pilot zone and develop hub economy and channel economy.” Yang Xiaobao said that in the future, the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone will focus on institutional opening, open channel construction, and key industries. We will implement improvement actions in six major aspects, including opening up, optimizing the business environment, integrating into the overall pattern of jointly building the “Belt and Road”, and building a risk prevention and control system, to better play a leading role in demonstrating and supporting the expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world.

Bai Songtao, director of the Development and Reform Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said: “General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the development of the western region still faces many difficulties and challenges. We must work together, face the difficulties, and promote the development of the western region to a new level. Based on its own location characteristics, Guangxi will strive to build the new western land-sea corridor industrial belt, use the construction of the China-ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Zone as a carrier, increase investment attraction, strive to expand the scale of industry, and effectively play the driving role of the corridor in economic development.”

The west is a beautiful homeland for the integrated development of my country’s multi-ethnic groups.

“The General Secretary requested that ethnic minority areas should implement the awareness of the Chinese nation community into the entire process and all aspects of development, which puts forward new requirements for our future work.” Basang, executive deputy mayor of Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, said that in the new era In the new journey, we will keep in mind the general secretary’s instructions, comprehensively and accurately implement the party’s ethnic policies, promote exchanges and integration among people of all ethnic groups, and contribute more to promoting high-quality development in the western region with greater responsibility and action.

(Editors: Niu Yong, Yue Hongbin)

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