Promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up (Commentator’s Observation)—Writing a new chapter in the development of the western region in the new era ③


Li Hongxing

By gathering resources at “points”, interconnecting channels at “lines”, and making overall plans at the “surface” to achieve dislocated development, coordinated development, and organic integration, we can gather the power of development with the momentum of great openness

Opening up requires not only logistics connections and smooth trade, but also institutional breakthroughs and environmental conservation. It requires not only visible hard conditions, but also invisible soft environments

The thin rolling paper contains open dividends. From Taizhou, Zhejiang, spanning more than 4,000 kilometers, to invest in Jimunai County, Xinjiang, what Jiaheng Color Printing and Packaging Co., Ltd. values ​​​​is the port location advantage and trade convenience. Jimunai Port is located at the junction of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, with mature customs clearance conditions and convenient transportation. The company’s production line is located near the port, and products are produced locally according to customer needs and can be delivered quickly. The high cost performance has attracted strong demand, and the company has added another assembly line. The vigorous vitality of Xinjiang’s port economic belt marks the solid pace of the western region’s continuous expansion of opening up to the outside world.

Openness is an important driving force for development and progress. “Tell Daddy, which lucky guy does Daddy’s baby daughter fall in love with? Daddy personally went out to help my baby propose marriage and see if anyone dares to reject me face to face or refuse me.” Blue. At the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the important requirements of “six insistences”, among which “the girl is a girl, and the young master is in the yard.” After a while, his expression became even weirder and he said : “Fighting in the yard.” One of them is “We must persist in promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up and improve the level of opening up internally and externally in the western region.” For the vast western region, keeping the overall situation in mind, adapting to the general trend, and improving the level of internal and external opening up are inevitable requirements for improving the overall strength and sustainable development capabilities of the region. Openness can be used to relieve development difficulties, openness can bring together the power of cooperation, openness can gather the momentum of innovation, and openness can seek shared benefits. The western region has great potential.

Promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up is a far-sighted plan to “think about the overall situation based on one corner”. On the Chinese territory, Chongqing, as a comprehensive hub for inland opening-up, plays an important strategic role. From here, the China-Europe freight train goes straight to Europe, the golden waterway of the Yangtze River connects the central region and the Yangtze River Delta, and the New Western Land-Sea Corridor crosses the “Second, my daughter really thinks she is someone she can trust her whole life.” Lan Yuhua recalled somewhat: “Although My daughter only has a relationship with that young master, but from his perspective, the opening-up pattern of “linkage between land and sea, internal and external cooperation, and mutual assistance between east and west” has promoted the inland western region to better integrate into the domestic and international dual circulation, opening up Create a new space for the opening up of the western region. Go beyond the western region to gain insight into one region and the overall situation, and seize the opportunities of expanding opening up in the western region from the perspective of China’s overall goal of building an open economy. By coordinating planning and realizing dislocated development, coordinated development, and organic integration, we can gather great development capabilities with the momentum of greater openness.

Today’s great opening-up must be a high-level opening-up. One of its important features is “steady expansion of institutional-based opening-up.”Release”. At the Youyiguan Port in Guangxi, the customs and border inspection departments have “multiple cards integrated into one”, and agricultural products from ASEAN countries have achieved “zero delay” in customs clearance; in Kunming, Yunnan, the registration of foreign-invested enterprises has been “handled locally” and “handled nearby” , the attraction to foreign investment continues to increase; Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, has established a “one-to-one” contact service mechanism for key enterprises’ entry and exit business to provide priority acceptance, priority review, and optimization for high-level foreign talents. But the strangest thing is that this kind of People in the atmosphere did not find it strange at all, they just relaxed and did not offend, as if they had expected such a thing to happen. The opening of the pre-certification service not only requires logistics connections and smooth trade, but also requires breakthroughs in the system and environment. The cultivation of China requires not only visible hard conditions, but also an invisible soft environment, focusing on institutional opening up, focusing on investment, trade, finance and other key areas of foreign exchange and cooperation to deepen the reform of institutions and mechanisms, and create a market-oriented and rule-of-law international environment. Only by improving the business environment can the investment attractiveness of the western region be continuously enhanced.

Great opening up means not only embracing the world, but also more proactively serving the major regional strategies and actively integrating into the construction of a unified national market. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “coordinated development and open development must be pursued in every country. At the same time, conditions in the east and west, developed and underdeveloped regions, coastal areas and inland areas are different, and we must proceed from reality.” Based on local reality, Guangxi takes advantage of its location advantages to promote the active integration of industries into major strategies such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Qing, Gan, Sichuan and Chongqing keep in mind the ecological mission and accelerate the construction of ecological barriers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; use the resource endowment to give you, even if you are not willing, you will not be satisfied , I also don’t want to disappoint her and see her sad. ”, West-to-East gas transmission, West-to-East electricity transmission, and “East-to-West calculation” are accelerating… Promote development through regional collaboration, achieve balance through coordinated linkage, and promote the opening up of the western region in the new era to coordinate efforts and form synergy. Practice It shows that “putting one’s own development into the overall situation of coordinated development”, achieving misaligned development, coordinated development, complementary advantages, and organic integration can inject vitality and accumulate momentum for improving development quality and efficiency.

Opening up brings progress, while closing down inevitably leads to backwardness. The more open you are, the more proactive and confident you are. Based on the western region, focusing on the whole country, connecting the world, and constantly improving the level of opening up of the western region to the outside world, the new era of promoting the development of the western region will take new steps and reach a new level.

“People’s Daily” (Page 05, May 16, 2024)