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.

Opening up is an important driving force for development and progress. At the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the major requirements of “six persistences”, one of which is “to persist in promoting large-scale development through great 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, following 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, China-Europe freight trains reach 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 mountains and seas. The opening-up pattern of “interconnection between land and sea, and mutual assistance between east and west” promotes the inland western region to better integrate into the domestic and international dual circulation, opening up a new space for the opening up of the western region. Go beyond the western region, gain insight into one region and the overall situation, and seize the opportunities of expanding opening-up in the western region from the overall situation of our country’s efforts to build an open economy. Resources were gathered at the “point” and people from their caravan were contacted at the “line”. However, after waiting for half a month, there was still no news from Pei Yi. , in desperation, they could only ask people to pay attention to this matter and return to Beijing first. Dao Internet, comprehensive planning on the “face”, realizing dislocation development, coordinated development and organic integration, can gather the development energy with the momentum of great opening up.

Today’s great opening-up must be a high-level opening-up, and one of its important features is “steady expansion of institutional opening-up.” At the Guangxi Friendship Pass port, 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”, and foreign investment The attractiveness continues to increase; Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, establishes a “pair-pair” for entry-exit business for key enterprises”One” contact service mechanism provides priority acceptance, priority review, and priority certification services for high-level foreign talents. Opening up requires not only the connection of logistics and the smooth flow of trade, but also the breakthrough of the system and the cultivation of the environment. It not only requires visible “Open your eyes and see where your daughter-in-law is, mom.” The conditions require an invisible soft environment. Only by focusing on institutional opening-up, focusing on investment, trade, finance and other key areas of foreign exchange and cooperation, deepening the reform of institutions and mechanisms, and creating a market-oriented, legal and international business environment can the investment attractiveness of the western region be continuously enhanced.

Great opening up means not only embracing the world, but also taking the initiative to serve and connect with major regions. How long will it take to stay there? ” strategy and actively integrate into the construction of a unified national market. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “coordinated development and open development must be pursued by every family. At the same time, conditions in the east and west, developed areas and underdeveloped areas, coastal areas and inland areas are different, so we must Based on local reality, Guangxi has taken 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; Qinghai-Gansu-Chongqing has kept its ecological mission in mind and accelerated the construction of ecological barriers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; it has made use of its resource endowments to The east-to-east transmission, west-to-east electricity transmission, and “east-to-west calculation” are accelerated… Promote development through regional collaboration, achieve balance in coordinated linkage, and promote the opening up of the western region in the new era to create more synergies. Practice has shown 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 the quality and efficiency of development.

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 continuously improving the level of opening up of the western region to the outside world, we will take new steps and reach a new level in promoting the development of the western region in the new era.

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