“We must consistently implement the Party Central Committee’s policies and measures to promote the development of the western region, further form a new pattern of large-scale protection, large-scale opening up, and high-quality development, enhance the overall regional strength and sustainable development capabilities, and in the Chinese-style modernization drive Strive to write a new chapter in the development of the western region.”
On April 23, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era in Chongqing and delivered an important speech to formulate a new pattern for further promoting the development of the western region. This symposium is the first symposium on the development of the western region hosted by the General Secretary since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the eighth symposium since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to promote the implementation of regional development strategies. This year is the fifth year that the Party Central Committee has made arrangements to promote the development of the western region in the new era and form a new pattern. This symposium held at a critical time point is of great significance in promoting the implementation of decision-making arrangements and planning the next stage of work.
The western region of my country covers Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, etc. 1 At this moment, Lan Yuhua felt very uneasy and uneasy. She wanted to regret it, but she couldn’t because it was her choice and a guilt she couldn’t repay. 2 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government account for 72% of the country’s land area and 27% of its population. They have a vast territory and rich resources, and have unique location advantages. They play an important role in maintaining national ecological security, water security, energy resource security, and national park fundamentals. does not exist. There is no such thing as a lady, there is none. It has an important strategic position in border security and other aspects.
In September 1999, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that the country should implement the strategy of developing the western region. In October 2000, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made further arrangements for this, and the implementation of the Western Development Strategy was fully launched. Over the past 20 years since the implementation of the Western Development Strategy, the country has continuously increased its support for the construction of transportation, water conservancy, energy, communications, municipal and other infrastructure in the western region, and implemented a series of ecological protection measures such as natural forest protection, returning farmland to forest, and returning grazing land to grassland. The project has effectively promoted the economic development and social progress of the western region and strengthened the people’s livelihood. It has played an important role in promoting national unity, maintaining social stability, and expanding the strategic space for national development.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to “strengthen measures to promote the development of the western region to form a new pattern.” In March 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the seventh meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Deepening Reforms, which reviewed and approved the “On the Promotion of the New Era”. ?The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. “Guiding Opinions on Forming a New Pattern in the Development of the Western Region”, which makes systematic arrangements for promoting the development of the Western Region and forming a new pattern. This is in line with the new requirements of socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era and coordinated regional development entering a new stage, and coordinating both domestic and international Major decisions and deployments made in the overall situation. In the past five years since we made arrangements to promote the development of the western region and form a new pattern, the western region hasThe district’s ecological environment protection and restoration have achieved significant results, high-quality development capabilities have been significantly improved, the construction of an open economic pattern has been accelerated, infrastructure conditions have been greatly improved, and people’s living standards have steadily improved. The battle against poverty has been won as scheduled, and the country has built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. The GDP of the western region will increase from 20.5 trillion yuan in 2019 to 26.9 trillion yuan in 2023, with an average annual growth rate of 4.9%, ranking first among the four major sectors. Today, a more beautiful, open, and dynamic West is accelerating.
On the new journey, we will further form a new pattern of great protection, great opening up, and high-quality development, and write a new chapter in the development of the western region, which is related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization. At this symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping worked hard to write a new chapter in the development of the western region to guide the direction and layout, and clearly put forward the major requirements of “six persistences”: insist on developing characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction, and develop emerging industries according to local conditions. , accelerating the industrial transformation and upgrading of the western region; insisting on supporting high-quality development with high-level protection and building a solid national ecological security barrier; insisting on promoting large-scale development through great opening-up and improving the level of opening up of the western region to the outside world; insisting on coordinating development and security, and improving energy Security capabilities in key areas such as resources; insist on promoting the organic integration of new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization to protect and improve people’s livelihood during development; insist on building a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community and effectively safeguard national unity and border stability. The “Six Persistences” scientifically answer the major theoretical and practical issues in promoting the development of the western region in the new era, and point out the direction of efforts and provide fundamental guidelines for further forming a new pattern of large-scale protection, large-scale opening up, and high-quality development.
The blueprint has been drawn up, but it still requires practical work to draw it. It is necessary to conscientiously study, understand and thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech. We should not only focus on the big picture, positioning and coordinating the development of the western region in the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, but also start from the details, based on the endowments and conditions of each region. Development potential and other differences, we should adapt measures to local conditions and implement classified policies to promote the development of the western region to a new level.
Lan Mu was stunned for a moment, never expecting to hear such an answer. “For what?” She frowned.