People’s Daily Online Comment: We must persist in promoting large-scale development with great opening-up – The second series of comments on “Strive to write a new chapter in the development of the western region”


Zheng Yin

General Secretary Xi Jinping recently chaired a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing and delivered an important speech, emphasizing “vigorously promoting the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region”, pointing out “steady expansion of institutional opening-up” and calling for “deepening cooperation with the eastern, central and central regions”. “Pragmatic Cooperation in the Northeast Region”, which makes arrangements and points out the direction for the western region to promote large-scale development through greater opening up.

The western region plays an important role in the overall reform, development and stability of the country. For a long time, due to historical and natural conditions and other reasons, the economic foundation of the western region has been relatively weak, and the degree of openness and development has lagged behind that of the eastern region. It should also be noted that many provinces in the west are rich in resources, adjacent to borders, and have unique location conditions. They have advantages in east-west linkage and regional coordination, and play an outstanding role in expanding foreign trade and undertaking industrial transfers. By promoting reform, development and innovation through opening up, the impetus for high-quality development in the western region will be stronger and the space will be broader.

Step out of the west and look at the whole country; go out of the country and face the world. Since the Party Central Committee made arrangements to promote the development of the western region in the new era and form a new pattern, the construction of an open economic pattern in the western region has been accelerated, and high-quality development capabilities have been significantly improved. From deeply integrating into the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, to promoting high-quality development of free trade pilot zones, to innovating the docking mechanism of open platforms in the eastern, central and western regions, the western region is moving from the tail end of openness to the forefront, becoming a linkage between land and sea and domestic and foreign, and mutual assistance between the east and west. an important part of the pattern. Facts have proved that Lin Li and the others went to invite Lord Juechen. Come here, the young master will be here soon. “The level of internal and external opening up, on the one hand, improves the level of opening up to the outside world and export-oriented economy, and on the other hand, strengthens the connection with other major development strategies, both in the western region. When Pei Yi told his father-in-law that he was going to Qizhou on the day he returned home, the bachelor’s father-in-law did not Instead, he carefully asked about his thoughts and future prospects, as well as the direction of future work.

Opening up is the only way to prosperity and development. In 1981, Sichuan’s total import and export volume was approximately US$100 million. In 2022, the total import and export volume of goods trade alone will reach US$151.17 billion. Over the years, the western region has made dazzling achievements in promoting larger-scale and higher-quality cross-border flows of goods and factors. It should also be noted that my country’s opening-up is changing from an openness based on the flow of goods and factors to an openness based on rules and other institutions. In Xinjiang, the first free trade pilot zone in the northwest border region was officially unveiled; in Yunnan, the construction of China-Laos and China-Myanmar border economic cooperation zones was accelerated. Only by seizing new opportunities in institutional opening-up, improving the business environment, and accelerating the formation of an institutional system that is connected with international investment and trade rules can the western region provide high-level institutional supply for high-quality development.

To build a new development pattern, on the one hand, we must promote domestic and international dual cycles, and on the other hand, we must take the domestic cycle as the main body. To expand regional cooperation, the western region should find a clear positioning, division of labor and coordination. As a key node in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, Guangxi YuThere are many labor-intensive enterprises spilling over from the east, and there are also enterprises that directly support the electronics and machinery industry chain of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The booming regional economy has written a vivid footnote for the expansion of cooperation in the western region. From the rapid development of urban agglomerations such as Hubao, Baotou, Eyu, and Ningxia along the Yellow River, to the continuous advancement of the West-East Gas Pipeline and East-West Gas Transmission, promoting the complementary advantages and development of the Eastern and Western regions, we can continue to narrow the regional gap and inject new energy into the development of the Western Region. More kinetic energy.

Adhering to high-quality development is the last word in the new era. Promote large-scale development through large-scale opening up. Opening-up is a means and development is the purpose. To improve the overall strength and sustainable development capabilities of the region, we must emancipate our minds, show the courage to reform and innovate, abandon conservative and closed ideas, break the rules and regulations that restrict development, and open the door wider and wider; we must seize opportunities and actively participate The “One Belt and One Road” construction should more proactively serve and connect major regional strategies, and learn from the development experience of other regions; it must be implemented well, and the central government’s decision-making and deployment must be implemented in detail with an indomitable attitude of struggle and a solid attitude of being true to its word and resolute in action.

Taking Chongqing as the coordinate, the China-Europe train goes west to Europe, the “Chongqing-Manchuria-Russia” railway goes north to Russia, and the golden waterway of the Yangtze River goes east to connect the central region and the Yangtze River Delta. Channels radiate in all directions, symbolizing that the open road is getting wider and wider. Unswervingly promote the great opening up, promote the great development, and achieve great development. Even if you do something wrong, you will never be able to stand up.” He ignored her like this. There must be a reason why a father loves his daughter so much. ” A dynamic, more open, and more beautiful western China will bring more surprises and create more possibilities.