◇In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing, emphasizing the need to consistently implement the policies and measures of the Party Central Committee to promote the development of the western region. We will further form a new pattern of great protection, great openness, and high-quality development, enhance the overall strength and sustainable development capabilities of the region, and strive to write a new chapter in the development of the western region in the Chinese-style modernization drive.
◇As my country’s important energy base, modern equipment manufacturing base, and high-tech industrial base, the western region plays an important role in maintaining national ecological security, water security, energy resource security, It has an important strategic position in national defense, border security and other aspects, covering the country’s strategic hinterland. “That’s enough.” Lan Xue nodded and said, he didn’t really want to play chess with his son-in-law anyway, he just wanted to take this opportunity to chat with him and learn more about it. A little about the son-in-law – the law and some things about his son-in-law’s family. “Let’s go to the study room.” The construction of core areas plays a decisive role in the overall reform, development and stability of the country.
◇With the accelerated construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, landmark projects such as China-ASEAN Information Port and Beibu Gulf International Gateway Port are rapidly advancing, and the establishment of China (Xinjiang) Free Trade pilot zones, promoting the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), etc., the construction of an open economic pattern in the western region is accelerating.
◇In Shaanxi, the output of new energy vehicles will increase by 33.9% year-on-year in 2023, ranking among the top in the country; in Sichuan, a world-class lithium battery industry base has begun to take shape, ” The future of “Lithium Battery Capital” is becoming increasingly clear; in Ningxia, as of the end of 2023, the installed capacity of new energy has exceeded 36 million kilowatts, and the per capita installed capacity of new energy has reached 5 kilowatts…
◇According to statistics, the western region has created 9 national-level strategic emerging industry clusters such as new materials and biomedicine, and 5 national-level advanced manufacturing clusters such as electronic information and aviation. The industrial added value has increased from 5.8 trillion yuan in 2019. 8.1 trillion yuan by 2023.
◇Data show that in 2023, coal output in the three provinces of Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang will reach 2.428 billion tons, accounting for the largest share in the country.More than half of the output; in 2023, the oil and gas equivalent in the western region will account for approximately 56% of the national oil and gas equivalent; more than 20 of the country’s 35 ultra-high voltage transmission lines currently in operation originate from the western region…
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The beautiful west, with its picturesque mountains and rivers. Viewed from the air, the vast western land is majestic and colorful. The vast western region covers 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities including Shaanxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Xinjiang. Its total area accounts for about 72% of the country and its population accounts for about 27% of the country.
As my country’s important energy base, modern equipment manufacturing base, and high-tech industrial base, the western region plays an important role in maintaining national ecological security, water security, energy resource security, and national defense. Border security and other aspects have an important strategic position, covering the core areas of the country’s strategic hinterland construction, and play a decisive role in the overall reform, development and stability of the country.
In 1999, the Party Central Committee made a major decision to implement the western development strategy. Entering a new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core takes charge of the overall situation and promotes the development of the western region to form a new pattern. With the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River Basin, the western region is ushering in new opportunities for development.
In March 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Reform, which reviewed and adopted the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Western Region in the New Era and Forming a New Pattern” . In the past five years, the GDP of the western region has increased from 20.5 trillion yuan in 2019 to 26.9 trillion yuan in 2023.
The western region spans mountains and seas to build a new pattern of great protection, great openness, and high-quality development that connects the world, helps each other from east to west, coordinates north and south, and coordinates land and sea. . In the past five years, a total of 35,000 China-Europe freight trains have been launched, accounting for 50.5% of the country’s total; 6 free trade pilot zones and 40 comprehensive bonded zones have been constructed. The total import and export volume of the western region will reach 3.7 trillion yuan in 2023, an increase from 2019 37%, playing an active role in maintaining the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.
In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing, emphasizing the need to consistently implement the Party Central Committee’sPromote the implementation of policies and measures for the development of the western region, further form a new pattern of large-scale protection, large-scale opening up, and high-quality development, enhance the overall strength and sustainable development capabilities of the region, and strive to write a new chapter for the development of the western region in the Chinese-style modernization drive.
On August 23, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to review “Several Policies and Measures to Further Promote the Development of the Western Region and Form a New Pattern.”
Moving towards a new journey, the western region will further leverage its comparative advantages, adhere to innovation-driven, internal and external linkage, follow the path of ecological priority and green development, and continuously enhance regional competitiveness. , accelerate the reconstruction of the global industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain, deeply integrate into the global economic system and governance system, achieve greater achievements with great potential, and strive to write a new chapter in the development of the western region.
At Shaanxi Pucheng National Civil Aircraft Test Flight Base, AG600 aircraft prepares for test flight (photo taken on July 17, 2024) Photo by Shao Rui/This Journal
Embrace across mountains and seas The world is accelerating the construction of an open economic structure
The latest customs data shows that in the first half of this year, the import and export of 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the west were 1.93 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%. The region with the fastest growth in foreign trade in my country.
With the accelerated construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, landmark projects such as China-ASEAN Information Port and Beibu Gulf International Gateway Port are rapidly advancing, and the establishment of China (Xinjiang) Free Trade The pilot zone promotes the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), etc., and the construction of an open economic pattern in the western region is accelerated.
Innovate the cooperation and co-construction mechanism, gather synergy along the route, and promote the formation of an opening-up pattern of “linkage between land and sea at home and abroad, and mutual assistance between the east and west” through the construction of the new western land-sea corridor.
The New Western Land-Sea Corridor is a new international land-sea trade corridor jointly built by China’s western provinces and ASEAN countries. In the five years since its opening, this international thoroughfare has connected the Silk Road Economic Belt to the north, the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to the south, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, reversing the relationship between the inland areas of the west and the outside world in one fell swoop.Location disadvantages in opening up. Chongqing Guoyuan Port, located at the “golden connection point” between the “Belt and Road Initiative” and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, has gradually become a “transfer station” for world trade from its former bulk cargo terminal, connecting the port city clusters of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Reporters saw at the Chongqing Tuanjie Village Central Station that the rail-sea intermodal train of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, loaded with motorcycle accessories, computer accessories and other goods, was slowly driving. out, heading south all the way to Qinzhou Port in Guangxi.
“Our Haier washing machines, Haier air conditioners, Haier dishwashers and many other products have been exported to Japan, Pakistan and other countries.” Zhu Jizhou, Director of Chongqing Haier Industrial Park He said that last year, Haier’s dishwasher interconnection factory exported more than 100 TEUs via the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, with a value of 10 million yuan. Exports are expected to increase to 500 TEUs this year.
“Recently, we have a batch of durians produced in the labor service area of Pahang, Malaysia, which arrived in Guangxi via the new Western Land-Sea Corridor rail-sea combined transport train. Domestic consumers can taste it Fruit farmers in Malaysia are also beneficiaries, and the large channel can help them export their agricultural products,” said Li Tailin, chairman of Guangxi Beigang Logistics Co., Ltd.
Data from the Logistics and Operations Organization Center of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor show that in the past five years, the channel has had rail-sea combined transport trains, international railway combined transport trains, and cross-border highway shuttle buses. With the three logistics organization methods, destinations have expanded from 166 ports in 71 countries and regions to 523 ports in 124 countries and regions; the total number of trains in operation has exceeded 30,000, and the categories of goods have also expanded from the original ceramics, Dozens of types of plates, etc., have increased to more than 1,000 types of auto parts, new energy materials, etc…. The “circle of friends” continues to expand, and the logistics network accelerates its global expansion.
Using the free trade pilot zone as a starting point, steadily expand institutional opening up and promote economic and trade cooperation between China and Asian and European countries.
Xinjiang, once described as “remote”, is becoming the bridgehead for my country’s opening to the west. In November 2023, the Xinjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone was unveiled. Its overall plan includes 25 items and 129 reform pilot tasks in 8 aspects. Since its inauguration, the institutional innovation of the Xinjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone has attracted a large number of enterprises to develop in Xinjiang. As of the end of February 2024, more than 3,000 new companies have been established in the pilot free trade zone.
Kashgar, famous for the ancient Silk Road, is now being re-established in the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.Towards prosperity. The unique location advantage of “five ports connecting eight countries and one road connecting Europe and Asia” makes Kashgar a hot spot for investment and business. In the first four months of this year, the total foreign trade import and export value of the Kashgar Comprehensive Bonded Zone was 16.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44.8%, ranking first among the four comprehensive bonded zones in Xinjiang.
Work Personnel inspect the operating status of the micro-module computer room at China Unicom Gui’an Data Center (photo taken on May 23, 2023) Photo by Tao Liang/This Journal
Ningxia, the China-Arab Expo has not only promoted Ningxia’s open economic development to a new level, but has also become a global open platform jointly created by China and Arab countries.
At Manzhouli Port, the largest land port between China and Russia, open platforms such as railway and highway ports, China-Russia mutual trade zone and comprehensive bonded zone are full of vitality , becoming a new driving force to promote the development of local foreign trade.
The starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Xi’an International Port Station, is the gathering center for the China-Europe Railway Express (Xi’an). Since the beginning of this year, more than 10,000 China-Europe freight trains have been launched, becoming a flagship project and iconic brand of the Belt and Road Initiative, effectively promoting trade between China and Asian and European countries.
In February 2024, the Kazakhstan (Xi’an) Terminal covering an area of about 100 acres was officially put into use at Xi’an International Port Station. This terminal is Kazakhstan’s largest port in China. The trade and logistics distribution center is also a new carrier for the two countries to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.
“After the China-Kazakhstan logistics station project is completed and put into use, a ‘hub-to-hub’ logistics channel between the two countries will be formed, further promoting the development of the China-Central Asia region Deeper, wider and closer win-win cooperation,” said Sun Yimin, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xi’an Chanba International Port.
White Crane Tan Hydropower Station is a major national project for my country to implement the “West-to-East Power Transmission” (Photo taken on August 28, 2024) Photo by Chen Xinbo/This Journal
Using key cities as hubs, we will promote regional linkage between the east, middle and west and consolidate a solid hinterland for domestic and international dual circulation.
On April 29, the Jialing River Lize Shipping Hub Project, a key project in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, was officially opened to navigation, and the Jialing River Lize Shipping Hub Project was officially launched. It has opened up the bottleneck of connecting the river and the sea in Sichuan, and realized the linkage between the Yangtze River and the Jialing River. It will comprehensively promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, accelerate the creation of an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region in the new era, and form a comprehensive hub for inland opening up.
In recent years, urban agglomerations such as the Beibu Gulf, Hohhot, Baotou, Eyu, and Ningxia along the Yellow River have developed interactively; West-to-east gas transmission, west-to-east electricity transmission, and “Eastern Digital “Western Calculation” is accelerating… With key cities such as Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi’an, and Lanzhou as hubs, the western region is accelerating its integration into the domestic and international dual cycles.
“Open the door and you will reach Vietnam, and take two steps to enter ASEAN.” Guangxi is the only province in my country that is connected to ASEAN by land and sea. It is the country’s open cooperation with ASEAN. Frontiers and windows. In recent years, Guangxi has continued to expand its opening up internally and externally, hosting the China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit for 20 consecutive years. ASEAN has become Guangxi’s largest trading partner for 24 consecutive years.
Wu Gang, a researcher at the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, said: “The linkage of industrial transfers in the east, middle and west will help accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and regional coordinated development, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. A new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international dual circulations reinforcing each other.” >
In 2023, the western region’s GDP will account for 21.5% of the country’s total, much higher than the 17.1% at the turn of the century. With the implementation of a series of policies to support the development of the western region, the accumulation of capital, technology and other factor resources has accelerated, the western region’s strategic resource supply guarantee capabilities have steadily improved, and key core technology research capabilities in important fields have continued to increase. Leading industrial renewal with technological innovation and developing new productive forces in accordance with local conditions are becoming important features of the construction of a modern industrial system in the western region.
Focus on key areas for the construction of the national innovation system, strengthen the construction of regional innovation systems, promote key core technologies, and accelerate the formation of innovation ecosystems.
Aim at “”Produce major original results and break through key core technologies”, Chengyu (Xinglong Lake) Comprehensive Science Center has accelerated the construction of “building large platforms, implementing large projects, and gathering large teams”, and has deployed 35 national-level innovation platforms, national major science and technology 3 infrastructure facilities, 11 academicians and more than 6,000 high-level talents have been trained. The scientific research team of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used the high-altitude cosmic ray observatory “Raso” to explore the “mystery of the century” about the origin of cosmic rays.
Located in Garze, Sichuan Province Yalong River Kela Photovoltaic Power Station in Kela Township, Yajiang County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (photographed on June 21, 2023) Photo by Xue Chen/This Journal
Chongqing Science and Technology The relevant person in charge of the bureau stated that in 2023, the science and technology departments of Sichuan and Chongqing will break the restrictions of administrative divisions and jointly implement 115 core technology research projects, investing more than 100 million yuan.
Shaanxi leverages its advantages in science and education resources, accelerates the construction of Xi’an’s comprehensive national science center and science and technology innovation center, promotes the construction of the Western Science City at a high level, creates a new driving platform for Qinchuang originality, and has made many achievements to solve the industry’s “stuck neck” problem, photovoltaic cells Conversion efficiency has repeatedly broken world records, and technologies in fields such as superconductivity, ultra-high voltage transmission, and new displays have reached internationally advanced levels. In the past three years, the number of invention patents owned by the province has increased by 1.8 times, and the turnover of technology contracts has increased by 2.3 times. Enterprises are the main innovation entities. The status of the country has become increasingly prominent, and the number of high-tech enterprises has grown rapidly, from more than 6,000 in 2020 to more than 16,000 in 2023.
“From the focus of the western region. Looking at the construction of the city’s science and technology innovation system, an excellent innovation ecology from R&D to incubation to industrialization is accelerating. “Wu Gang said.
Digitization and intelligence lead the upgrading of traditional industries and build a solid economic foundation in the western region.
In Xianyang, Shaanxi, Shaanxi Dupu Garment Co., Ltd., a long-established textile industry enterprise, is ushering in gratifying changes from technological innovation to market update. Stepping into the workshop, each semi-finished garment on the automatic assembly line has its own “secondary” “QR code”, scan it to know the customer’s height, weight and specific customization needs.
“The construction of digital and intelligent systems has greatly improvedImproved efficiency. ” Yang Wenying, Chairman of Dupu Clothing Co., Ltd. introduced. Now, through the online “VR Online Body Measurement” application, foreign customers can automatically collect 19 parts and 22 dimensions of the human body in 7 seconds. The data is transmitted to the factory. After the system is installed, the factory produces according to the “one version for one person, one garment for one model” and can be delivered to customers within 7 days.
In Chongqing, the “flower of digital”. “Give traditional industries a new look. By the end of 2023, 144 smart factories and 958 digital workshops have been built locally. The production efficiency of the smart factories that have been put into use has increased by an average of 50% and the production costs have been reduced by an average of 30%. In Yunnan, the energy and non-ferrous metal industries and other traditional industries are accelerating their transformation and upgrading, glowing with new vitality; in Guizhou, enterprises are “going to the cloud and using data to empower intelligence” to promote the traditional manufacturing industry to achieve all-round, full-chain digital transformation and upgrading. In 2023, the numerical control rate of key processes will reach 57.1 %, a significant increase from 2022. Traditional industries in western China such as textiles, non-ferrous metals, metallurgy, and food are accelerating into a new stage of high-quality development.
Relying on resource endowments. , give full play to comparative advantages, accelerate the growth of strategic emerging industries
Based on the development of characteristic industries based on comparative advantages, the western region vigorously promotes new energy vehicles, new materials, and biology. The development of strategic emerging industries such as technology and aerospace, new energy vehicles, photovoltaic cells, etc. are becoming the business cards of emerging industries in the west.
In Shaanxi, new energy in 2023. Automobile production increased by 33.9% year-on-year, ranking among the top in the country; in Sichuan, a world-class lithium battery industry base has begun to take shape, and the future of the “Lithium Battery Capital” has become increasingly clear; in Ningxia, as of the end of 2023, new energy installed capacity exceeded 36 million kilowatts, with new The per capita installed energy capacity has reached 5 kilowatts…
According to statistics, the western region has created 9 national-level strategic emerging industry clusters such as new materials, biomedicine, and electronic information. , aviation and other five national-level advanced manufacturing clusters, the industrial added value will increase from 5.8 trillion yuan in 2019 to 8.1 trillion yuan in 2023.
Open up the “Ren and Supervision” of industry and innovation, plan the layout of future industries, and build new advantages for regional development.
In the Shaanxi Optoelectronics Pilot Institute located in Xi’an High-tech Zone, In the spacious and clean dust-free workshop, there is only the sound of roaring machines, and staff in white lab coats observe the data intently.. Yellow light fills the entire workshop, and customer-customized chips roll off the assembly line one by one.
“On the one hand, we provide scientific and technological services to the optoelectronics-related companies that were incubated in the early stage to help them achieve industrialization. On the other hand, we also undertake product OEM.” Shaanxi Optoelectronics Introduction by the relevant person in charge of Pioneer Technology Co., Ltd.
A complete process technology team of more than 100 people, more than 100 sets (sets) of key equipment for advanced compound chips, and 8,000 square meters of 1,000-, 10,000-, and 100,000-level facilities Clean factory… A professional service platform in the field of optoelectronic chips integrating R&D and pilot services has been formed here.
The fields of photons, hydrogen energy, low-altitude economy, and artificial intelligence in the western region have become blue oceans for investment, and a large number of future industries are ready to develop.
Ma Lili, dean of the School of Economics and Management at Northwest University, said that by strengthening the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, the western region has opened up the industrial chain and innovation chain, and promoted a number of New industries are rising strongly, and new momentum for development is accelerating.
Looking to the southwest, the Chengdu-Chongqing region is engaged in collaborative innovation in high-end manufacturing, electronic information, new energy vehicles, biomedicine, aerospace, nuclear industry and other fields. Carry out basic and applied research, strive to build a competitive innovation chain nationwide and around the world, and create a strong industrial chain and supply chain.
Chongqing City scenery (photographed on March 25, 2024) Photo by Wang Quanchao/This magazine
Technology drives green transformation and builds a solid foundation for development security
The western region is an important energy base in my country, with renewable energy resources accounting for more than 70% of the country’s total. It is a national ecological security barrier and a “treasure basin” for ensuring the country’s sustainable development.
” Supported by national key projects, traditional energy sources play the role of “ballast stone”.
The west is rich in fossil energy such as coal, oil, and gas. Wind,New energy resources such as light are also very abundant, with strong power generation capacity and sufficient supply. They are the best choice for “power generation” in the east. “North-to-South Coal Transmission”, “West-to-East Electricity Transmission”, “West-to-East Gas Transmission”…a number of national key projects have been settled in the west, becoming an important guarantee to support economic development.
In midsummer, the construction of the Northern Shaanxi-Anhui ±800 kV UHV DC transmission project is in full swing. The transmission distance of this project exceeds 1,000 kilometers, spanning three provinces including Henan, and is expected to be Increase Anhui’s power supply capacity to 6 million to 8 million kilowatts. After the project is put into operation, the scale of Shaanxi’s power transmission will exceed 31 million kilowatts, forming a strong network for North China, East China, Central China, and Southwest China. Strong power support.
Looking west to China, from the Ordos Basin to the Tarim Basin to the Sichuan Basin, ancient reserves buried deep underground have built an energy security barrier.
Data shows that in 2023, the coal output of Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang provinces will reach 2.428 billion tons, accounting for more than half of the national output; in 2023, the oil and gas production in the western region will reach 2.428 billion tons. The equivalent of oil and gas equivalent accounts for about 56% of the country’s oil and gas equivalent; more than 20 of the country’s 35 ultra-high voltage transmission lines currently in operation originate from the western region…
Leading the way of high-end, diversified and low-carbon development, clean energy has entered the fast lane of development.
In Sichuan, clean electricity from the Yalong River Basin can be “flash-delivered” to Sichuan, Chongqing, East China, and Central China in just 3 to 5 milliseconds. power load center. As one of the nine major clean energy bases in the country, the cumulative power generation of the water, wind and solar integrated base in the Yalong River Basin has exceeded 1 trillion kilowatt hours, and the green and clean energy power generation has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 800 million tons.
In Qinghai, the Qinghai Talatan Photovoltaic Power Station covering an area of 609 square kilometers has become a photovoltaic power generation park. In addition to sending electricity to Jiangsu and Henan, it also allows Desert dunes have turned into grassland oasis; in Inner Mongolia, the Kubuqi Desert is becoming a gathering place for many photovoltaic power generation companies; in Xinjiang, the installed capacity of new energy power exceeds 60 million kilowatts, ranking among the top in the country in terms of proportion and scale…
” Electric power highways” carry clean energy such as wind power, photovoltaics, and hydropower to the north and south of the Yangtze River, which not only ensures stable energy supply, but also injects strong momentum into green development.
Technological empowerment, energy companies accelerateGreen transformation.
From mining and selling coal to “turning coal into gold”, the western region is accelerating green transformation while ensuring energy security.
In the Ningdong Chemical Energy Base, shiny black coal comes from the ground to the ground. Through clean and efficient development and utilization, it is transformed into bulk chemical raw materials and transported to all parts of the country. . At present, the coal chemical production capacity of Ningdong Energy and Chemical Base reaches more than 28 million tons per year, forming my country’s largest coal-to-liquid and coal-based olefins production base.
The reporter walked into the Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd. of Shaanxi Coal Group. The modern coal chemical project under construction-the coal quality utilization project with an annual output of 15 million tons stands in the desert. among. “This project will enable higher resource utilization, lower energy consumption, and lower carbon emissions, and promote the development of my country’s modern energy industry toward high-end, diversified, and low-carbon development.” Pointing to the smart large screen, the lines are connected in series to form a network. multiple technical routes, said Zheng Baoxiang, deputy general manager of the company.
In the Ordos Basin, the carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project is gradually realizing large-scale application. The International Energy Agency predicts that this technology will contribute more than 15% to global carbon dioxide emission reductions.
“The western region has a good foundation for carbon storage and utilization. The development of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology will provide mankind with more low-carbon energy.” Yanchang Petroleum said Wang Xiangzeng, chief geologist and chief scientist of the group.
Input Gas workers conduct inspections at the installation area of the first station of the West-to-East Gas Pipeline in Tarim Oilfield (photo taken on February 6, 2023) Photo by Li Xiang/This Journal
The public sentiment is This unites the great power of endeavor
In the vast western land, people’s living standards are increasing day by day, and the quality of life continues to improve. Statistics show that the per capita disposable income of residents in the western region has increased from 24,000 yuan in 2019 to 31,000 yuan in 2023, and the urbanization rate of the permanent population has increased to 59.94%. The western region must not only promote economic and social development, but also strive to improve people’s livelihood, enhance national unity, and forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
” Driven by major projects such as transportation and water conservancy, the infrastructure in the western region has undergone earth-shaking changes, and people’s living standards have steadily improved.
In the old revolutionary base of Yan’an, the construction of the high-speed railway from Yan’an to Yulin is in full swing. Yan’an and Yulin are located in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. Due to long-term wind and rain erosion and soil erosion, the roads are often encroached by long stretches of yellow sand. In the past, transportation in northern Shaanxi could only rely on camels, and Yulin was known as the “Camel City”. Later, regular-speed trains and highways were opened one after another, but people in northern Shaanxi have always had a “high-speed rail dream” in their hearts.
“What do you mean if you are not a fool? People say that Spring Night is worth a thousand yuan, but you are a fool. You will be with your mother.” It’s a waste of precious time here.” Pei’s mother rolled her eyes, and then said like Zeng Yong, the person in charge of the Yanyu High-Speed Railway project of the Third Railway Company: “The people in northern Shaanxi went out to ‘drive the animals away’ in the past, and now they will sit down in the future. Traveling by high-speed rail is a sea-change.”
At the Qinzhou Port Terminal in Guangxi, multiple sea vessels are queuing up to unload cargo (photo taken on March 28, 2024) Photo by Zhang Ailin/This Journal
Tunnels pass through mountains and ravines, iron dragons race across the Gobi Desert, and stories of natural chasms turning into thoroughfares are frequently “played out” in the west: In Tibet, the total mileage of highways in the region has doubled in ten years, and the Lhasa-Japan Railway and the Lhasa-Linux Railway have been completed successively. With the opening of the Fuxing train to the snow-covered plateau, the “Century Project” Sichuan-Tibet Railway is accelerating; in Qinghai, with the continued construction of 20 highway projects from Huangyuan to Xihai, Qinghai will achieve a highway mileage of more than 90,000 kilometers.
In July 2023, the major national water conservancy project – the Han-Wei River Diversion Project will achieve early access to water. The water drawn from the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, will pass through the nearly 100 kilometers of Qinling Water Conveyance Tunnel and then supply the Wei River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River, realizing a successful “handshake” between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in Guanzhong.
Reporters have recently seen that the construction of the second phase of the Han-Jiang-Wei River Diversion Project is being stepped up. Yang Jiangpeng, the technical director of the Xianyang Yuan Tunnel Project of the Phase II North Main Line of the China Railway Construction Bridge Bureau, said that during the construction process, the builders adopted measures such as long tunnels and short tunnels, “trackless transportation + vertical transportation”, and used a number of new technologies across the entire line. Ensure efficient advancement of tunnel construction.
Accelerate the planning and construction of major projects such as the Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway and the West (Ning)-Chengdu (Du) Railway; open dead ends and bottleneck roads, strengthen access to the sea, poverty alleviation channels, and tourism transportation foundation Facilities construction; strengthen the construction of aviation ports and hubs, and actively develop general aviation…A series of infrastructures that promote the development of the western region are steadily advancing, effectively making up for the shortcomings of the western region, and driving the steady improvement of people’s living standards.
Consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, promote comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and accelerate the cultivation of advantageous and characteristic agricultural industries.
Continue to improve the monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent return to poverty. Chongqing has implemented dynamic adjustments to the monitoring scope to prevent return to poverty, gradually adjusting the per capita net income from less than 6,000 yuan in 2021 to less than 8,000 yuan in 2023; optimizing the big data monitoring platform to prevent return to poverty, strengthening departmental data comparison and dynamic management, and cumulatively identifying monitoring objects There are 106,000 people in 35,000 households, and each household enjoys 4.9 relevant assistance measures.
Improve the regular mechanism covering the rural population to prevent their return to poverty. Guizhou gives full play to the role of the rural revitalization cloud system, strengthens cross-department data exchange, integration, and sharing, makes good use of the “one-click poverty report” information method, improves farmers’ independent declaration, department clues early warning, cadre visits and inspections, and promptly reports qualified difficulties. Farmers are included in the monitoring scope. Establish a “green channel” for farmers who have been hit hard by major disasters, first provide assistance and then improve the procedures, so as to promptly resolve the risk of returning to poverty due to disasters. Explore and promote the integration of the province’s assistance policies to prevent people from returning to poverty and the regular assistance policies for rural low-income populations.
Tibet Farmers in Baza Township, Bailang County, Shigatse City, are harvesting highland barley (photographed on September 10, 2024) Photo by Jigme Dorje/This Journal
Strengthening the advantages and characteristics of agriculture industry. In Wuling Mountain District, Qiaotou Town, Shizhu County, Chongqing, the local rural industry is quietly changing from “working alone” in each village to “joint development” in the town’s seven village collective economic organizations, and establishing a town-level “Strong Village Company”. Today, there are more than 4,300 such “strong village companies” in the city, which can bring 1.16 billion yuan in operating income to rural industries a year.
Liu Guizhong, director of the Chongqing Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commission and director of the Municipal Rural Revitalization Bureau, said, by continuously building more institutional “infrastructure” that promotes the integration of urban and rural factors, allowing capital and technology to flow to the countryside more smoothly, revitalizing more rural resources, driving the strengthening of agriculture and increasing farmers’ income.
Nangou Village, Ansai District, Yan’an City, located in the Loess Plateau, used to be covered in gray on sunny days and muddy on rainy days. When calling, I had to go to the top of the mountain to find a signal. There are almost no decent industries in the village. In recent years, Nangou Village has promoted the integrated development of modern agriculture, ecological tourism, and rural tourism. The environment has improved and the people have become rich.
“I can earn 90,000 yuan a year from growing apples. I also prune and layer branches in other orchards, and now I am a skilled worker in the village.” Villager Zhao Yongdong Calculating the accounts carefully, “My wife now works in a scenic spot in the village and can earn 30,000 yuan a year.”
Baiyiyi Nong in Linxia, Gansu The International Flower Port produces 180,000 flowers a day and goes abroad, driving local employment; Yueyahu Township, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia is the largest ecological resettlement area in Yinchuan City, and the locally produced fresh-cut flowers sell well in domestic and foreign markets… County specialty industries continue to grow , driving farmers to increase their income and become rich.
Promote the all-round development of people and build a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
The changes in industry are the most gratifying, and the changes in people are the most vivid. Today, in the west, the people on the border are prosperous, the borders are beautiful, the borders are stable, and the borders are fortified… all ethnic groups live in harmony and live in peace and contentment. From snow-capped mountains to grasslands, clear and passionate love is only for China.
In July 2022, Tibet implemented the second batch of high-altitude herdsmen ecological relocation in Shuanghu County. Herdsmen from four southern towns bid farewell to the bitter cold and high altitudes of northern Tibet and headed for their new homes. From Duoma Township, Shuanghu County, which is more than 5,000 meters above sea level, to Senburi Village, Gongga County, Shannan City, which is more than 3,600 meters above sea level, 42-year-old villager Sangzhu used several “better” words to describe his new life: “The climate is better. The house is better, and the life is better.”
The West is a homeland where multi-ethnic groups live in harmony and coexistence. “Ethnic groups are as close as pomegranate seeds. Hug each other tightly.” Lan Yuhua took the opportunity to tell these things. The apology and repentance that have been weighing on my heart for so many years and that it was too late to express my apology and remorse to my parents came out together to promote the action of revitalizing the border and enriching the people in the new era, continuing to promote all ethnic groups to work together and forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region promotes private enterprisesEntering the border areas, it drives the development of industries in border areas and promotes the employment and income increase of farmers and herdsmen; Lan Yuhua has been reduced to a life of having to please others. People want to live a better life) Promote the construction of modern border villages and promote border villages to become models for enriching the border, demonstrating border stability, and protecting the border; the Tibet Autonomous Region develops the border Rural tourism creates a new business card for ecological civilization demonstration villages and towns, attracting tourists to linger.
In the great practice of Chinese-style modernization, the future of the western region is promising and promising. A more dynamic, open, and beautiful West is taking advantage of the momentum to write a new chapter of high-quality development at a new starting point.
(Reporters: Shen Hongbing, Liu Shuyun, Shi Zhiyong, Zhang Bin, Lei Xiaoxiao, Li Xiaoting, Li Like, Pan Dexin, Wang Zehao, Gao Han)
(“Lookout” Issue 39, 2024)