China News Service, March 6th Title: Xi Yandao｜How to take the lead in economic provinces?

"Economic provinces must take the lead." On March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized this when he participated in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Open China's economic territory, it is not difficult to understand the importance of a large economic province.

Take 2024 as an example, in terms of size, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Fujian, Shanghai, and Hunan, these 10 provinces have contributed more than 60% of the country's GDP by accounting for nearly 20% of the country's area.

In terms of speed, in 2024, among the top ten economic provinces mentioned above, 7 provinces outperformed the national growth rate of 5%, among which Jiangsu and Hubei had an economic growth of 5.8%, ranking first.

The Political Bureau meeting of the Central Committee held in July 2022 proposed for the first time that "a major economic province must take the lead." Since then, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made many arrangements on this on different occasions.

Since 2023, the General Secretary has participated in the Jiangsu delegation's deliberation three times during the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and has emphasized Jiangsu's responsibility to "take the lead".

How should I choose to "take the lead"? This time, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized several keywords.

Take the lead

The General Secretary specifically talked about the basic path to developing new quality productivity - scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.

"It not only produces more scientific and technological achievements, but also transforms scientific and technological achievements into real productivity", "Adhere to the equal emphasis on promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and opening up strategic emerging industries and the future industrial track", "Let the innovation chain and industrial chain seamlessly connect"...

The economic provinces have a good industrial foundation and sufficient innovation momentum, and "take the lead in promoting the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation", General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward clear requirements.

Striving for the first place

The economy is large in size, and moving forward requires greater driving force. The General Secretary demanded that Jiangsu should "striving to be the first in promoting deep-level reform and high-level opening up."

Last year, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to complete more than 300 important reform measures within five years, each pointing to the difficulties and bottlenecks that restrict high-quality development and the "urgent, difficult and worrying" that concern the people.

How to continuously remove obstacles and increase momentum through deepening reform and opening up, major economic provinces must dare to "take the best" and set an example.

Be ahead

"Be ahead in implementing major national development strategies." This requirement put forward by the General Secretary for Jiangsu is of universal significance to major economic provinces.

When talking about the development of Jiangsu, the General Secretary talked about a series of national strategies, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area...

We must take the initiative in this region and coordinate with external regions. The General Secretary emphasized that major economic provinces should have greater responsibilities.

Get a demonstration

"Full wealth first lead to wealth later, push the rich later forward." General Secretary Xi Jinping once explained the connotation of common prosperity in this way.

This time he participated in the Jiangsu delegation's deliberation, the General Secretary said that economic provinces are developing faster, and they should actively explore experience and play a demonstration and leading role in promoting common prosperity for all people.

Promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and the integrated development of urban and rural areas, strengthen basic, universal and basic livelihood construction, enhance the balanced accessibility of basic public services, etc. The greater the ability of the economic province, the greater the responsibility.

This year's government work report proposes to support major economic provinces to take the lead and formulate support policies in terms of factor guarantee, scientific and technological innovation, reform and opening up first and for trial.

With top-level design and policy support, a major economy and great achievements are achieved.

｜Producer: Chen Lujun

｜Producer: Zhang Mingxin

｜General planning: Yu Lan

｜Planning: Wu Qingcai

｜Coordinator: Ma Xueling

｜Written by: Kan Feng

｜Proofreading: Sun Jingbo

｜Visual: Si Fang

｜Produced by "Xi Yandao" Studio in China News Network