Press ＂Fast Forward＂ for iterative upgrade of ＂No.1 Project＂ of the Municipal Party Committee.
Aerial photography of downtown Chongqing. Photo by Wang Zhengkun Visual Chongqing
February 18th, the first working day after the Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Loong. In the morning, the atmosphere in the Chinese Hall of Yuzhou Hotel was lively, and Chongqing’s "First Meeting of the Spring Festival"-the work promotion conference of Chongqing’s construction of a twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area was held here. The speakers on the stage aired "transcripts" and "plans" and spoke with development data and work highlights. Under the stage, the participants listened attentively, recorded and applauded from time to time, and absorbed.
After a festive, peaceful and fruitful Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Loong, people’s eyes are focused on the "No.1 Project" of the city-the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area.
The profound meaning behind the "First Spring Festival"
Constantly release the strong signal that the city will do a good job in the "No.1 Project" and constantly promote the construction of the economic circle of the two cities to go deeper and deeper.
Looking back at 2023, it is also the first working day after the Spring Festival, and it is also the same meeting name. At the meeting, it was clearly put forward that the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area should be taken as the "No.1 Project" of the municipal party committee and the general traction of the city’s work, leading the construction of modern new Chongqing to take new steps and see a new atmosphere.
For two consecutive years, the "First Meeting of the Spring Festival" has focused on the "Twin Cities Economic Circle". This intention is very obvious, that is, it constantly releases the strong signal of doing a good job in the "No.1 Project" with the strength of the whole city, strengthens the work situation of high-level promotion and coordination of all parties, and constantly promotes the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle to go deeper and deeper.
Ding Yao, president of the Municipal Comprehensive Economic Research Institute, said that promoting the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing region is a major strategic decision made by the Supreme Leader General Secretary and the CPC Central Committee. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made systematic arrangements for promoting regional coordinated development and Chinese modernization. The status and role of the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area in the overall situation of the country are increasingly prominent, and its mission and tasks are even more important.
She believes that Chongqing’s focus on the construction of the twin-city economic circle in the "First Meeting of the New Year" for two consecutive years and the accelerated implementation of the "No.1 Project" are important measures to accelerate the construction of a modern new Chongqing, and it is also a "landing work" for Chongqing to make greater contributions to the overall development of the country.
To understand this, we need to understand the underlying logic of the construction of the twin-city economic circle. Ding Yao said that the strategic goal of building a twin-city economic circle and singing a tale of two cities in Chengdu and Chongqing is to create a growth pole and power source to drive the high-quality development of the western region of China. The gap between Sichuan and Chongqing’s economic aggregate and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is narrowing, and the "fourth pole" of national economic growth is being accelerated.
Ding Yao said that the burden on Chongqing’s shoulders is not light, and the road under its feet is uneven. This requires Chongqing to strengthen its sense of urgency and responsibility of "being slow" and "being unable to sit still". From now on, it will "tighten up" and move, and constantly make new breakthroughs and see new results in the field of regional development and overall leap.
Secondly, the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing region has been entrusted with the important mission of "optimizing the layout of major productive forces and strengthening the construction of the national strategic hinterland", which requires Chongqing to actively respond to major changes in the international situation, make overall plans for high-quality development and high-level security, give full play to its advantages as an old industrial base and a manufacturing center in the country, actively undertake the layout of major productive forces in the country, and promote the development of a number of strategically basic and regional radiation-led industrial clusters at different levels, in different fields and in different time sequences.
In addition, the positioning of "building a strategic highland open to the west and a new base to participate in international competition" requires Chongqing to build an inland open highland with the new land and sea passage in the west as the traction, so as to better serve and build a new development pattern. Taking the "First Meeting of the Spring Festival" as a new starting point, the pace of Chongqing’s running should continue to accelerate: relying on comprehensive transportation hubs and three-dimensional open channels, accelerate the ability to participate in global resource allocation and overall economic efficiency, and expand the level of open economy.
"In 2024, the construction of the twin-city economic circle will open the source of living water for the modern new Chongqing and draw a beautiful picture." She is full of expectations.
The construction of "double circles" has formed a good momentum.
Adhering to "integration" and "high quality", Chongqing has accelerated the construction of "four beams and eight pillars" and "double circle" and "ten actions" with remarkable results.
2024 is the fifth year of the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area. Gao Jian, director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that Chongqing has been closely following "integration" and "high quality", speeding up the construction of "four beams and eight pillars" to promote the construction of "double circles", and the "ten actions" for the construction of the twin-city economic circle have achieved remarkable results, showing many eye-catching highlights.
Gao Jian said that on the whole, Chongqing’s GDP reached a new level of 3 trillion yuan in 2023, pushing the GDP of the twin-city economic circle to a new level of 8 trillion yuan and helping the GDP of Sichuan and Chongqing to a new level of 9 trillion yuan. From the perspective of key areas, the polar core of the main metropolitan area has led to effective results. In 2023, the GDP of the main metropolitan area reached 2,312.005 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0%.
A series of modern infrastructure networks are being built and put into use. The scale of railways under construction ranks among the top in China, and Chongqing East Railway Station has accelerated the construction of a new high-speed rail city integrating stations and cities, becoming a national demonstration model; The density of expressway network reaches 5.03km/100km2, ranking first in the west. Build the world’s largest mountain city rail operation network; Unit 1 of Qijiang Panlong Pumped-storage Power Station, the first large-scale pumped-storage power station in Southwest China, is put into operation, which will play an important role in improving the peak shaving capacity of our city.
The construction of a modern industrial system is also accelerating. In 2023, the city’s industrial added value increased by 6.6%, 2 percentage points higher than the national average, industrial investment increased by 13.3%, 4.3 percentage points higher than the national average, and the output of key products such as photovoltaic glass and glass fiber achieved double-digit growth.
The energy level of inland open highlands is also constantly improving. The freight volume passing through the new land and sea corridor in the west accounts for 28% of the total freight volume along the route, and the number of trains in China and Europe (Chengdu-Chongqing) accounts for about 23% of the total national freight volume, making it the first "five-type" national logistics hub city in China.
Gao Jian said that under the high promotion of the municipal party Committee and the municipal government, it has become a craze for the "top leaders" to grasp the "No.1 Project", and all districts and counties "catch up with each other". He believes that the traction capacity of the current twin-city economic circle for Chongqing’s development is continuously enhanced, and Chongqing is striving to build more tangible carriers and effective grasping hands with Chongqing’s recognition, so as to better lead and demonstrate in the modernization of the western region.
Drive the overall progress with key breakthroughs
Determination of "small goal": Chongqing will strive to make positive progress in ten aspects and promote the formation of major landmark achievements in the fifth anniversary of the construction of "double circle"
This year is a crucial year to realize the objectives and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan", an important year for the construction of a modern new Chongqing to be fully deployed and pushed forward in depth, and a year of struggle for reform and breakthrough. It is timely to do a good job in the "No.1 Project".
At the promotion meeting held on the morning of the 18th, Chongqing set a "small goal" on its own "construction drawing": the overall idea, objectives, tasks and measures of iteratively upgrading the construction of the twin-city economic circle, connecting with the deployment of the promotion meeting last year, and striving to create landmark achievements in the construction of the twin-city economic circle around six major work goals.
Key breakthroughs can drive the overall progress, and achieving landmark results is to achieve key breakthroughs.
Gao Jian said that Chongqing will firmly grasp the major projects, major reforms, major policies and major platforms, focus on key areas, grasp the outline, integrate and tackle key problems, and strive to implement the major tasks of building a national strategic hinterland, build a western benchmark for leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation, reshape the governance system and mechanism of digital empowerment megacities, and lead the modernization of mountain reservoir areas with new urbanization to achieve leap-forward development, and make positive progress, running out of the new speed of building a twin-city economic circle and promoting the formation of ".
For example, to build a western benchmark leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation, many districts and counties have identified the starting point, constantly improved their goals and refined the runway, and continued to exert their efforts around the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system. Yongchuan District will vigorously develop industrial clusters such as intelligent networked new energy vehicles, new materials, science and technology film and television; Jiangbei District focuses on finance, commerce, advanced manufacturing, etc., attracting headquarters enterprises and head enterprises to create an advantageous industrial ecosystem. In addition, other counties and industries are also seizing development opportunities, building characteristic industrial clusters based on their own resource endowments, and striving for development initiative.
Take the intelligent networked new energy automobile industry as an example: in 2023, Chongqing’s automobile output reached 2.318 million, ranking second in the country, where the output of the first new energy automobile reached 500,000, occupying a favorable position on the new track. Among them, the sword refers to the first-class automobile company’s Sailis automobile, and its development momentum is booming.
The person in charge of Sailis Automobile said that in 2024, Sailis will strengthen core technology research, ensure high-quality and mass delivery, and strengthen cooperation with Huawei, Bosch, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited and other enterprises to launch leading products for the market; Strengthen the development of export market, and strive to achieve the output of new energy vehicles of more than 500,000; The local supporting rate has increased to 60%, and the supporting rate of Sichuan and Chongqing has increased to 75%, helping Chongqing to build a trillion-level intelligent networked new energy automobile industry cluster.
"At present, the competition in China’s new energy automobile industry is becoming increasingly fierce, and enterprises are also facing challenges such as accelerating the’ involution’ of the energy automobile industry and climbing the production capacity of super factories, but we are confident to overcome difficulties and break the waves." The person in charge said with confidence.
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Chongqing’s GDP has reached a new level of 3 trillion yuan
Push the GDP of Shuangcheng Economic Circle to a new level of 8 trillion yuan.
Help the GDP of Sichuan and Chongqing provinces and cities reach a new level of 9 trillion yuan.
Accelerate the construction of modern industrial system
The city’s industrial added value increased by 6.6%, 2 percentage points higher than the national average.
Industrial investment increased by 13.3%, which was 4.3 percentage points higher than the national average.
The energy level of inland open highlands continues to increase.
The freight volume passing through the western land and sea new channel accounts for 28% of the total freight volume along the route.
The number of China-Europe trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) accounts for about 23% of the total number of trains in China.
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