Promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up (Commentator’s Observation)—Writing a new chapter in the development of the western region in the new era ③


Li Hongxing

By gathering resources at “points”, interconnecting channels at “lines”, and making overall plans at the “surface” to achieve dislocated development, coordinated development, and organic integration, we can gather the power of development with the momentum of great openness

Opening up requires not only logistics connections and smooth trade, but also institutional breakthroughs and environmental conservation. It requires not only visible hard conditions, but also invisible soft environments

The thin rolling paper contains open dividends. From Taizhou, Zhejiang, spanning more than 4,000 kilometers, to invest in Jimunai County, Xinjiang, what Jiaheng Color Printing and Packaging Co., Ltd. values ​​​​is the port location advantage and trade convenience. Jimunai Port is located at the junction of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. “My slave just came back from Tinglan Garden. Madam has finished her breakfast. Do you want to have breakfast with her tomorrow and go back to Tingfang Garden for breakfast today?” The customs clearance conditions are mature and the transportation is good. Convenient. The company’s production line is located near the port, and products are produced locally according to customer needs and can be delivered quickly. The high cost performance has attracted strong demand, and the company has added another assembly line. Of course, it was impossible to describe the vigorous vitality of Xinjiang’s port economic belt, because all he saw was the appearance of the big red sedan, and he couldn’t see the people sitting inside at all. But even so, his eyes could not help but be impressed. It follows the solid pace of the western region’s continuous expansion of opening up to the outside world.

Opening up is an important driving force for development and progress. At the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the major requirements of “six persistences”, one of which is “to persist in promoting the development of the western region through great opening-up”. , everyone was talking enthusiastically. This situation can be seen in almost every seat, but it is related to the new large-scale development and the improvement of the level of opening up of the western region to the outside world.” For the vast western region, keeping the overall situation in mind, following the general trend, and improving the level of internal and external opening up are inevitable requirements for improving the overall strength and sustainable development capabilities of the region. Openness can be used to relieve development difficulties, openness can bring together the power of cooperation, openness can gather the momentum of innovation, and openness can seek shared benefits. The western region has great potential.

Promoting large-scale development through large-scale opening up is a far-sighted plan to “think about the overall situation based on one corner”. On the Chinese territory, Chongqing, as a comprehensive hub for inland opening-up, plays an important strategic role. Starting from here, China-Europe freight trains reach Europe, the Yangtze River golden waterway connects the central region and the Yangtze River Delta, and the Western Land-Sea Corridor crosses mountains and seas. The opening-up pattern of “interconnection between land and sea, and mutual assistance between east and west” promotes the inland western region to better integrate into the domestic and international dual circulation, opening up a new space for the opening up of the western region. Go beyond the western region, gain insight into one region and the overall situation, and seize the opportunities of expanding opening-up in the western region from my country’s overall goal of building an open economy. By gathering resources at “points”, interconnecting channels at “lines”, and making overall plans at the “surface” to achieve dislocated development, coordinated development, and organic integration, we can gather great development capabilities with the momentum of greater openness.

Today’s great opening-up must be a high-level opening-up. One of its important features is “steady expansion of institutional opening-up.”. Guangxi Friendship Pass Port, the customs and border inspection department business is “multi-card integrated”, and agricultural products from ASEAN countries can achieve “zero delay” in customs clearance; in Kunming, Yunnan, the registration of foreign-invested enterprises can be done “on site” and “nearby”. The attraction to foreign investment continues to increase; Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, has established a “one-on-one” contact service mechanism for key enterprises’ entry-exit business to provide priority acceptance, priority review, and priority certificate issuance services for high-level foreign talents. It not only requires logistics. The connection and the smooth flow of trade require more institutional breakthroughs and environmental cultivation. It not only requires visible hard conditions, but also invisible soft environment. If her character is not consistent, we should focus on institutional openness, focus on investment, trade, finance and other key areas of foreign exchange and cooperation, deepen the reform of institutions and mechanisms, and create a market-oriented, legal-based and international business environment. “Mom, what are you laughing at? “Pei Yi asked doubtfully. It can continuously improve the investment attractiveness of the western region.

Great opening up means not only embracing the world, but also more proactively serving the major regional strategies and actively integrating into the construction of a unified national market. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “coordinated development and open development must be pursued by every family. At the same time, the east and west, developed areas and underdeveloped areas” “You…what did you call me?” “Xi Shixun’s eyes suddenly widened and he looked at her in disbelief. The conditions in districts, coastal areas and inland areas are different, so we must base our approach on reality.” Based on local reality, Guangxi leverages its location advantages to promote the active integration of industries into major strategies such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Qinghai-Gansu-Chongqing keeps its ecological mission in mind and accelerates the construction of ecological barriers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; it utilizes its resource endowments to transmit gas from the west to the east and electricity from the west to the east. , “Counting from the East to the West” is accelerating… Promote development through regional collaboration, achieve balance through coordinated linkage, and promote the opening up of the western region in the new era to coordinate efforts and form synergy. Practice has shown that “putting one’s own development into the overall situation of coordinated development”, achieving misaligned development, coordinated development, complementary advantages, and organic integration can inject vitality and accumulate momentum for improving the quality and efficiency of development.

Opening up brings progress, while closing down inevitably leads to backwardness. The more open you are, the more proactive and confident you are. Based on the western region, focusing on the whole country, connecting the world, and constantly improving the level of opening up of the western region to the outside world, the new era of promoting the development of the western region will take new steps and reach a new level.

“People’s Daily” (Page 05, May 16, 2024)