CCTV News (News Network): General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that major economic provinces should take the lead in making contributions to the overall national development. At present, major economic provinces are brave enough to take responsibility, work hard, accelerate the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and promote deep-seated reform and high-level opening up.

This spring, the economic province has bravely taken the lead and has burst into vitality everywhere. In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, an average of more than 1.2 million people are convenient for exchanges between the three places every day, and the flow of factor resources is accelerated, and a world-class urban agglomeration is about to emerge. On the coast of the Yellow Sea, the average daily 130,000 TEUs are passed in and out. This year, four new routes have been opened, making China's closer connection with the world. On the banks of Qiantang River, an average of 720 million yuan in R&D funds are invested in innovation every day, new products and new technologies are launched one after another, and new quality productivity is accelerating.

Open China's economic territory, the "big guys" of the economic scale lead to the "locomotive" that causes national economic growth. Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Fujian, Shanghai, and Hunan, these provinces that ranked in the top ten in 2024, contributed more than 60% of the country's GDP by accounting for nearly 20% of the country.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly put forward high hopes and clear requirements for major economic provinces. He went to Jiangsu delegation to participate in the deliberation during the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for three consecutive years, and all mentioned the keyword "take the lead". He stressed that we must better play the radiation and driving force of economic provinces to regional and even national development. This year, it further explained that the focus points that must be grasped by major economic provinces, and proposed that major economic provinces should take the lead in promoting the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, strive to be the first in promoting deep-level reform and high-level opening up, take the lead in implementing major national development strategies, and set an example in promoting common prosperity for all people. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s instructions and requirements are based on the present and the long-term, guiding one region and planning the overall situation, pointing out the direction for economic provinces to further promote high-quality development.

Technological innovation and industrial innovation are accelerating the integration of new vitality in development, and continue to stimulate new development vitality. More than 80% of the 77 large scientific installations in the country are distributed in ten major provinces, and 6 yuan of every 10 yuan of R&D funding investment in the country comes from ten major provinces. This year, Jiangsu will implement about 40 major scientific and technological research and development projects and 80 cutting-edge technology research and development projects to launch a sprint towards more world-first, first trial and first release results. Shandong accelerates the transformation of new and old kinetic energy and green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and promotes the development of clusters such as new generation information technology, new energy and new materials, and biomanufacturing. Fujian will cultivate more than 1,000 new specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises this year. Shanghai Zhangjiang Science City is accelerating the construction of the world's largest, most comprehensive and most comprehensive photon major scientific and technological infrastructure.

Reform and opening up are advancing in depth and continuously shaping new development advantages. The leading area of ​​Shanghai Pudong Socialist Modernization Construction is speeding up the formulation of special measures to relax market access, and 450 reform tasks have been completed by more than 95%. The Zhejiang Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone is promoting the reform of the "expanding the medium and increasing the low" and the income distribution system, and the income ratio of urban and rural residents has been shrinking for 12 consecutive years. Guangdong Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is deepening the pilot of comprehensive reform, and 3 batches of 48 experiences have been promoted nationwide.

Deeply integrate into major national development strategies and continue to release new momentum for development. Chengdu and Chongqing work together in both directions and launched a list of integrated landmark major reforms this year to further improve the mechanism of project co-promotion, policy sharing and coordination and consultation. Henan, a major central province, innovatively proposed to build a national unified market circulation hub, and efficiently connect the "rice"-shaped high-speed rail network with the aerial Silk Road. Hubei is accelerating the promotion of new urbanization and coordinating the integrated development of urban and rural areas and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Hunan is accelerating the construction of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones and deeply participates in high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". From the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta to the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and then to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, major economic provinces have taken the initiative and coordinated linkage, and their radiation and driving role in national development has become increasingly prominent, injecting strong momentum into the steady and long-term development of China's economic ships.