Chapter 040 Layout Xiaonan

Among the people the prime minister is going to meet today, Xiao Chen is the first to come, not only because he is closest to the place where the prime minister is staying, but mainly because the prime minister greeted him in advance and asked him to "come over half an hour early". Therefore, now Xiao Chen has arrived at the room where the prime minister is temporarily staying.

The Prime Minister's clothing has always been very simple except for foreign visits, meetings with foreign guests and major meetings, and now Premier Wen, who is sitting in front of Xiao Chen, is just wearing a black and white shirt, which is so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary, and the old men who usually boxing in the park are really no different.

"Come on, sit by yourself, I'll be fine right away with this batch of documents." This was the first thing the prime minister said to him when Xiao Chen came in. After reviewing the document, he thought for a while, wrote a few words, signed it, put the document aside, and sat down on the sofa in front of Xiao Chen with a smile.

"Don't be restrained, I'm just asking you to consult about the situation in the Northeast, nothing else." Maybe he felt that Xiao Chen was sitting too straight, thinking that Xiao Chen was a little restrained, and the prime minister said with a smile.

Xiao Chen nodded slightly: "Prime Minister, excuse me." He said it very simply, and he didn't say anything nonsense like knowing everything and saying everything.

The prime minister also nodded, more recognized Xiao Chen's performance, and after sitting down, he paused slightly, and said: "At the end of last year, I met with François, senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. Bourguignon and had a more in-depth meeting with him, during which we mentioned the issue of the revitalization of the Northeast. ”

Xiao Chen listened carefully and did not interrupt, and the prime minister said: "François said that the tremendous development that China has made in the past 25 years is shocking, and it is also very remarkable in the history of world economic development. However, there are still many difficulties and obstacles ahead of China, and the economic transformation in Northeast China, which is very urgent to solve, is one example. ”

Xiao Chen asked calmly, "Does he have anything specific?" ”

The prime minister nodded slightly and said: "According to him, in the process of international trade and economic transformation, there is usually a price to pay for it, such as Germany, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, etc. And often, even at a very high cost, the desired results may not be achieved. The transformation of Northeast China is different from or more difficult than that of other countries in that they not only have to overcome some difficulties in regional development and adjustment, but also have to face the policy impact brought about by regional adjustment. For example, in terms of labor mobility, the income of some groups of people will be greatly affected due to the adjustment of industrial layout, which will affect their living conditions. To raise their incomes and improve their lives, some public subsidies are needed.

In addition, François believes that China is currently quite lacking in domestic economic integration, and the communication between different regions is not efficient enough, let alone up to international standards, especially in some poor and remote areas. Since China has joined the WTO, China will be more closely integrated with the rest of the world. In this context, based on the Bank's past experience, heavy industries, such as the more traditional automobile industry in the northeast region, will be affected by WTO accession, and it is necessary to consider how to make the two complementary rather than the opposite. From the perspective of the central government, it should be controlled at the level of the government, and it should not be rushed to fight for the same project.

As for how to position the advantages of the region, François believes that it is necessary to solve the problem of whether it is a political or market choice. It is necessary to improve the investment environment in the Northeast region and make it more attractive. It is necessary to have some new and promising companies formed from the perspective of the market, so as to attract potential entrepreneurs, keep resources and investment in the region, and play a supporting role in the investment environment in the region.

In particular, François stressed that the transition will take a long time and that it is essential to establish a sound social security mechanism to avoid painful results in a particular sector. ”

Xiao Chen nodded again: "What advice does he have?" ”

The prime minister smiled slightly: "He made two proposals: one is to establish a social security network, especially in urban areas, on which a large number of people now need to rely on to make a living." Since the nineties of the last century, due to various reasons, poverty alleviation in some places has stopped due to lack of funds; Second, it is necessary to pay attention to the issue of fairness in income distribution. The impact of the restructuring of old industrial bases on the fairness of income distribution should be considered. World Bank research in the United States and Europe has found that the more unequal the regional income distribution, the greater the social problems. Huaxia should take care to avoid such a situation. ”

Xiao Chen nodded slightly, but Shen Yín was silent.

The prime minister smiled and suddenly asked: "In the matter of the revitalization of the Northeast, in the central planning, you are the front-line supervisor, especially when you are in charge of employment and income distribution in the National Development and Reform Commission, I want to ask you, what do you think of this question he raised?" ”

"On the issue of economic transformation, I have repeatedly submitted a memorandum to the Government Council and the Leading Group for the Revitalization of Old Industrial Bases in Northeast China, and basically my opinions and suggestions have been written in, simply put, there are nine major points: 1. Optimize the economic structure and establish a modern industrial system; 2. Accelerate the technological progress of enterprises and comprehensively enhance the ability of independent innovation; 3. Accelerate the development of modern agriculture and consolidate the position of agriculture as the foundation; Fourth, strengthen infrastructure construction to create conditions for comprehensive revitalization; 5. Actively promote the transformation of resource-based cities and promote sustainable development; 6. Effectively protect the ecological environment and vigorously develop the green economy; 7. Strive to solve people's livelihood problems and accelerate the development of social undertakings; 8. Deepen provincial and regional cooperation and promote the development of regional economic integration; 9. Continue to deepen reform and opening up and enhance the vitality of economic and social development. ”

"As for the question you just asked, I think the most important thing to pay attention to is Article 7, which focuses on solving people's livelihood problems and accelerating the development of social undertakings." Xiao Chen's face was as usual, and his speech was clear: "This one, I think it should be divided into four aspects. ”

"What four aspects?" The Prime Minister asked.

"The first is to do everything possible to expand employment. It is necessary to earnestly put employment work in a more prominent and important position, implement policies to promote the employment of college students, peasant workers, and groups in difficulty, and ensure that the employment situation is stable. We should give full play to the role of good government investment and major construction projects in driving employment, actively develop public welfare jobs, and strive to achieve at least one employment for 'zero-employment families'. Actively implement various policies and measures to support entrepreneurship, and promote employment through entrepreneurship. Encourage the service industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, and the non-public economy to absorb more employment, and guide and support enterprises in difficulty to adopt methods such as flexible employment, flexible working hours, and skills training, and try not to lay off employees. ”

"I'm fine with anything else, but ...... Try not to lay off employees? I'm afraid this difficulty won't work...... What else? ”

Xiao Chen stretched out two fingers: "The second is to actively improve the social security system. Accelerate the overall planning of urban workers' pension insurance at the provincial level, and appropriately raise the basic pension standard for enterprise retirees. We will further improve the system of guaranteeing the minimum subsistence in urban and rural areas. Actively promote the pilot of new rural old-age insurance, and comprehensively improve the coverage of new rural cooperative medical insurance. Do a good job in social security for land-expropriated farmers. Improve work-related injury insurance policies and regulations, further expand the coverage of work-related injury insurance, and pay close attention to solving the problem of including the treatment of 'old work-related injuries' in the overall management of work-related injury insurance. ”

"The central government has held meetings to study the issue of pensions and subsistence allowances many times, and the central government cannot bear all the money, and must cooperate with the local government to solve the other part, so as to see the effect, otherwise you say that the retirement salary of 600 yuan a month plus 30 or 40 yuan will not play much role - I don't mean every role, I mean that this is not enough, and the local government must cooperate, so the central government will tighten its hand and take a little more, so that we let everyone take an extra hundred yuan, so that the effect will be much better." When the prime minister said this, he obviously meant something else.

Xiao Chen came to his senses: "I will contact the local comrades to see if I can coordinate this matter, and I personally fully agree." ”

The prime minister was very relieved to see that Xiao Chen understood what he meant, and he didn't shirk it, and nodded: "Well, what about other aspects below?" ”

Xiao Chen said solemnly: "Once again, it is to solve outstanding livelihood problems such as housing and winter heating. Specifically, it is necessary to do a good job in the work of letters and visits from the masses, and make great efforts to solve the problems of people's livelihood that the masses have strongly resented. We will intensify the construction of low-rent housing and affordable housing in cities and towns, and the renovation of shantytowns in state-owned forest areas, dilapidated houses in state-owned reclamation areas, dilapidated houses in rural areas, and dilapidated school buildings, and continue to do a good job in the transformation of shantytowns in coal mines. Support the rehabilitation of urban shantytowns. Increase support for cogeneration projects in the alpine region of Northeast China, speed up the transformation of urban central heating pipe networks in Northeast China, and solve the problem of winter heating for urban low-income households. Promote rural development-based poverty alleviation, and support more rural poor people to get rid of poverty and become rich. ”

The prime minister looked at Xiao Chen, and suddenly asked: "I have always felt that you are particularly concerned about the construction of low-rent housing and affordable housing, and now the real estate industry is booming, although the prices in some areas are a little inflated, but the market should be able to adjust itself, are you really so worried that people can't afford to live in housing?" ”

Regarding this question, Xiao Chen was silent for a while, and finally said: "The prime minister also said that there are actually some cities where housing prices are inflated, and there are many problems here, and I think it is more troublesome and not easy to deal with." ”

He sank slightly, and organized the language: "Now when we talk about high housing prices, we scold developers for being unscrupulous, accusing developers of being the driving force behind high housing prices, but in fact, the current excessive market demand and strong purchasing power, the lack of system and the huge liquidity in the society, in the case of not finding a better investment direction and outlet, in the form of speculation and investment, are the main causes of the current sudden rise in housing prices." To sum up, there are five main points. ”

Xiao Chen said: "1. The yù of traditional customs. In the history of our country, except for several generations of peace and prosperity, they were basically spent in the midst of regime change and war shortages. Our ancestors, who had been displaced by the war, regarded having a stable home and a happy life as an important aspiration in life, and they have continued this concept to this day. The Chinese people's complex for houses and land is unmatched by any other country in the world. 'Raising children to prevent old age, home inheritance' has been a common mentality of the Chinese people for a long time, which has been transformed into a deep-rooted pursuit of property.

2. Strong market demand. Although China has not yet entered a substantial well-off society, the per capita living area of some cities has exceeded that of European and American countries. This is not because of how rich the Chinese people are, but because of their good face and the psychology of comparison. I must have what others have, I must have the bigger ones that others have, and I must buy the more expensive ones that others buy. This mentality has also objectively driven the growth of real estate demand. In addition, after more than 20 years of reform and opening up, a large number of migrant workers have poured into the city from the countryside, and after they have adapted to urban life, they have chosen to buy houses in the city.

3. The acceleration of urbanization. The development of a country is inseparable from cities. To achieve urbanization, there will inevitably be a large market demand. As far as I know, if a country wants to achieve urbanization, then its urban population needs to reach 75% of the national population, while China's urban population is only 45%, according to the annual growth rate of 1% of the urban population in the past ten years, China's urbanization development still has 30 years to go, and the rigid demand is still huge.

4. Lack of social security. This is very critical, for a long time, due to political and economic limitations, China has not been able to establish a sound social security system, especially urban residential construction. As a result, while the commercial housing market is developing rapidly, the construction of affordable housing is lagging behind, especially for the majority of middle-income and low-income families, the housing supply continues to be short, resulting in these families 'borrowing money to buy houses' and squeezing into the 'fast train' of high-priced housing purchases against their will. This is the main reason why I attach great importance to low-cost housing and affordable housing.

5. The impact of speculative investment. At present, the business of the state bank is far from standardized, for example, last year the state issued a certain amount of supportive loans to economic entities through the banking system. But in reality, most of this money does not enter the economic entity, but flows into the housing market in disguise. In addition, under the restrictions of the national industrial policy, the 'coal bosses' and 'mining owners' have aimed at the 'cake' of real estate, and a large amount of funds have poured into the real estate market, becoming a strong driving force for housing prices and land prices to reach new highs.

To sum up, the problem of housing prices gradually becoming abnormally high, I think it will become one of the topics of concern of the Chinese people, how to fundamentally alleviate the adverse impact of this problem on the society, I think: the government should make more efforts from policies and regulations, such as improving the current 'commercial housing land transfer bidding, auction and listing system'. The current land bidding, auction and listing are mainly won by the highest bidder, which has played a significant role in pushing up housing prices. Under this system, irrational and even vicious industry competition continues, land prices soar, and 'land kings' are frequent. ”

After listening to this, the prime minister pondered for a moment and sighed softly: "You can think easily...... In fact, you don't have to hide that if the problem of local land sales is not solved, this problem will not be easy to handle, but this problem will not be easy to solve. ”

Xiao Chen was also silent, the prime minister can say this, but he is not easy to echo, in fact, in the final analysis, this matter is due to the dispute between the central and local financial powers. At the beginning, Premier Hong listened to his grandfather's words and insisted that the central government must have economic authority in order to maintain political authority, so he took power with an iron fist, and it is precisely because of this that the central government will become more and more prosperous now, which of course has the reason for the improvement of China's economy, but Premier Hong's success in recovering power is absolutely indispensable.

However, the local government also got another "good policy", that is, the money from the sale of land went to the local government, so housing prices began to rise. Now it is not that no one at the central government realizes that there may be problems with housing prices in the future, but the trouble is that this matter cannot be done by the central government if it wants to, and the local government must think that the central government is further regaining power, or even unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and its resistance is so strong that even the prime minister is difficult to bear.

Seeing that Xiao Chen stopped talking, the prime minister sighed: "I support your idea, and the construction of low-rent housing and affordable housing should be strengthened...... Let's get back to the point, do you have anything to add to the social welfare issues in the economic transformation of Northeast China? ”

Xiao Chen saw that the prime minister had changed the topic back, so he had no choice but to say: "The last is to promote the development of education, health and other social undertakings." Research and promote the reform of various types of education at all levels, improve the quality of running schools, and provide talent support for the comprehensive revitalization of old industrial bases. Give full play to the advantages of abundant higher education resources in Northeast China, and improve the level and level of key colleges and universities. Combined with the optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure of the old industrial base, the vocational education major and the scale of running schools should be reasonably determined. We will continue to increase support for vocational education training bases and basic capacity building of vocational education in Northeast China. Promote the reform of the medical and health system, speed up the establishment of a basic medical security system covering urban and rural residents, improve the primary medical and health service system, and expand the coverage of medical insurance for urban workers and residents. ”

After listening to this, the premier nodded, thought for a while, and said: "You have seen this issue very thoroughly, but as for the specific issue, after we return to Beijing, I will convene a special meeting to let the comrades of the relevant departments gather together to discuss and coordinate." ”

Xiao Chen nodded in agreement: "What the prime minister said is that these things are easy for me to say, and I really want to implement them, but I am afraid that the 29 member units of our leading group for the revitalization of old industrial bases in Northeast China will have to get together to discuss and finally sort it out." ”

At this time, half an hour had passed, and the prime minister was nodding his head, when the doorbell rang, and the prime minister's confidential secretary glanced out of the cat's eye, immediately opened the door, and said a polite word to the visitor, and then led people in.

There were two people who came: Peng Cheng, secretary of the Xiaonan Provincial Party Committee, and You Jing, governor of Xiaonan People's Government.

Peng Cheng is not tall, and his appearance is a little old, but You Jing is dignified, although his height of 175cm is not tall, but it is by no means short, when the two walked in, the contrast was somewhat obvious.

Xiao Chen had been a "soldier" under Secretary Peng Cheng and Governor You Jing, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he stood up with a smile. But the prime minister also stood up without any sham, smiled and stretched out his hand, but Xiao Chen was slightly surprised, it seems that the prime minister is indeed a very peaceful and amiable person.

Everyone sat down, and the prime minister explained the reason for inviting them over - in fact, there is no need to explain, this time I called them to listen to their views on the strategy of the rise of the central part of the country, as well as the strategic and tactical planning of Xiaonan.

With a land area of 1,028,000 square kilometers and a population of 363 million, the six central provinces of Xiaobei, Central Plains, Ninghui, Xiaonan, Jiangxi and Hedong connect the east and the west and connect the south and the north. However, when the opening up of the eastern part of the country is thriving, the development of the western region is booming, and the revitalization of the northeast is inspiring, the central part is "lonely". As a result, the talk of "central collapse" was once noisy. This reminds people of a famous "tripe theory": as a developing country, China has many problems, just like an old buffalo stuck in the quagmire, if you want to get it up, you can't rely on the nose of the cow and the tail of the ox, and you have to use a bamboo pole to pry the belly.

And in the middle, it's this cow belly.

At the Second Session of the 10th National People's Congress held this year, Premier Wen Chengxi made a "Political Work Report" that clearly stated: "Persist in promoting the large-scale development of the western region, revitalize the old industrial bases such as the northeast region, promote the rise of the central region, encourage the eastern region to accelerate development, and form a new pattern of interaction between the east, the middle and the west, complementing each other's advantages, promoting each other, and developing together."

It seems that it is imperative to pry the "belly", but how? What to pry? It has become a problem, and it is placed in the middle of several provinces in the central part of the country.

For the Xiaonan people, who like to make concepts and have various ideas for regional cooperation, there seem to be few concepts that tug at the heartstrings like "the great rise of the central region".

From April 19th to 25th, the propaganda departments of five provinces and one city in central China, such as Xiaonan, Xiaobei, Jiangxi, Central Plains, Hedong, Jiangcheng, etc., jointly organized and planned the "Focus on the Rise of Central Dialect" interview group, conducted a 6-day in-depth interview with Xiaonan, from Yuezhou on the edge of Yunmeng to Star City, Chuzhou, and Weiguo, which are known as the "Golden Triangle", when feeling the new Xiaonan in the great changes, more than 40 reporters from 23 media, the biggest emotion is that there is a "worry about the world" Sanxiang children, In the face of development and opportunities, we have long taken the step of "daring to be the first". From actively integrating into the "Pan-Pearl River Delta" to the "European Trade Fair", "Pearl River Fair" and "Xiamen Trade Fair", Xiaonan people seem to have been "unwilling to be lonely". However, once upon a time, some "tyrannical" Xiaonan people have also been confused, anxious, and pondered, and the question of "who is the master of the vast earth" has been thrown to themselves again and again: In the new round of economic development, how will Xiaonan go?

"It's not a thing", this is the self-deprecation of Xiaonan people. It is neither east nor west, and the policy advantages of coastal development, western development and the old industrial base in the northeast are not due to the central provinces such as Xiaonan. And between the twin engines of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, where to look? It is also the question that Xiaonan faces.

Shi Yongming, director of the Institute of Industry and Enterprise of the Xiaonan Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with relevant media that Xiaonan's economy lacks endogenous power and should seek strong support from large and medium-sized cities across regions.

From the ideas of "opening up the north and the south" and "one point and one line" to "echoing the strategy of the two easts" and "promoting development with opening up", Xiaonan has been looking for a "strategic partner" with a positive attitude for more than ten years.

From "crossing the river with stones" to "wading through the water with hands and feet", after a few years of mōsuo, Xiaonan gradually found his position. Peng Cheng, Secretary of the Xiaonan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, once said: Xiaonan will take the initiative to accept the economic radiation of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, actively undertake the industrial transfer of the Pearl River Delta, and increase efforts to promote economic cooperation between Xiaonan and Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

According to the relevant data, from 1998 to 2003, Xiaonan and Lingnan implemented a total of 2,810 cooperation projects, with actual funds in place of 24.821 billion yuan, accounting for 32.92% of the total domestic capital introduced by Xiaonan. At present, Lingnan has become the province with the largest number of investment projects and the largest amount of investment in Hunan Province. In 2003, Hong Kong invested US$789.23 million in Hunan Province, accounting for 53 percent of the province's foreign investment, and Macao invested US$38.35 million, accounting for 2.58 percent of the province's total foreign investment. At the same time, most of Xiaonan's import and export trade is to and through Hong Kong.

Xiaonan has provided important support for the prosperity and development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in terms of agricultural product supply, talent and labor export, and leisure tourism.

At the "Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation and Development" forum held by the chief executives of 11 provinces and autonomous regions this year, You Jing, governor of Xiaonan Province, said that actively integrating into the "Pan-Pearl River Delta" is a shortcut to accelerate the development of Xiaonan, and it is necessary to focus on building a development-oriented development system to realize the barrier-free flow of factors and the unhindered exchange of information. It is from this meeting that the concepts of "9+2" and "Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Circle" have gradually become well-known to Xiaonan people, and have become the "backyard" of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, which seems to have become the consensus of the whole province.

And "Xiaonan, to the south" seems to have been "planned" for a long time: during the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period, Xiaonan Province actively elected Lingnan Province as the leader, and established a joint conference on economic and technological cooperation in five provinces and two cities in central and southern China (now six provinces and three cities), [Xiaonan Star City will be in the 12th provincial (city) mayors' meeting] and took the lead in setting up a Xiaonan office in Suixian City. During the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period, Xiaonan formulated an economic development strategy of "echoing the two easts (Lingnan and Pudong)", laid out the regional belts along the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, and built an export-oriented economic corridor.

This is a historical necessity, and if Xiaonan wants to rise in the central part of the country, it must inevitably draw lessons from the experience and lessons of the developed coastal areas, so that it can avoid detours and avoid detours. However, why did Xiaonan become the "backyard" of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and quickly rise in the central part of the country?

"It's not a thing", a kind of black humor that Xiaonan people have about themselves, is not necessarily a bad thing to a certain extent. At the "CEPA and Xiaonan Economic Development Summit Forum" held not long ago, the famous economist Xiao Hao bluntly pointed out that Xiaonan's geographical location of "neither east nor west" is an advantage.

Xiao Hao said that Xiaonan is located in the hinterland of China, is the connection of the two major economic regions, with the east and west, through the north and south, the important central function of the radiation, this advantage is an all-round advantage, compared with the east, Xiaonan has many potentials have not yet been explored, with the advantage of being a latecomer, relative to the western region, Xiaonan has convenient transportation, and the overall environment is better.

First of all, in terms of location, Xiaonan is located at the intersection of the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and the East (Fang) Rui (South Sichuan) Expressway, and there are the Xiaojiang Xianing Port Wharf, which is the largest river container, as well as 6 railway trunk lines such as Beijing-Sui, Hunan Guizhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi, Xianggui, Zhiliu and Shixing, as well as the Luozhan Railway still under construction. In several provinces in the central part of the country, Jiangcheng, Jiangxi, and Xiaonan are actively moving closer to the "Pan-Pearl River Delta", while Ninghui is moving closer to the Yangtze River Delta, and there are relatively few exchanges and cooperation between them. The Xiaonan section of the Chongqing-He Railway, 2 international and 2 domestic airports, and Zhijiang Airport in Hecheng (a major prefecture-level city in the west of Xiaonan) is also under construction.

In terms of resources, Xiaonan has the reputation of "the land of fish and rice", "the hometown of sè metals" and "the hometown of non-metallic minerals", and at the same time has rich human resources, land resources and low labor costs. In 2003, 7.36 million laborers were transferred in the province, and the labor income was 53.9 billion yuan, exceeding the province's fiscal revenue.

Some experts believe that the machinery and petrochemical industries that Lingnan focuses on are the industries in which Xiaonan has a comparative advantage, and Xiaonan's petrochemical, metallurgical, machinery and other industries can make up for the shortcomings of Lingnan's heavy industry; Lingnan's electronics, medicine, building materials and other industries can drive the development of Xiaonan's related industries; Xiaonan's agriculture can also be used as a strong backing for Lingnan's modernization, "the lake is ripe, the world is full", Xiaonan last year's hybrid rice yield increased to 1,504 catties per mu.

What is more "favorable" for businesses is to take advantage of the great opportunity of Xiaonan to speed up the reform of state-owned enterprises to promote cooperation between enterprises. At the state-owned enterprise recommendation meeting held this year, the total amount of state-owned property rights (equity) transfer projects was recommended, with a project amount of 33.92 billion yuan, involving machinery, electronic information, metallurgy, transportation, electric power, textiles, building materials, foreign trade, finance and other industries. In recent years, Xiaonan property rights transfer promotion is the largest. At the meeting, a total of 35 projects were successfully signed, with a signed capital of 10.554 billion yuan, and 22 projects of 100 million yuan were signed. You Jing, former deputy secretary of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee and governor of Xiaonan, said: "It is necessary to combine the reform of state-owned enterprises in Xiaonan with the promotion of investment and promote the reform process of state-owned enterprises in Xiaonan." ”

In addition, in the field of higher education industry, Xiaonan has strong humanistic advantages, and can strengthen the talent sharing mechanism with Lingnan and other central provincial capitals. This year, Xiaonan Star City will issue talent residence permits to 38 experts who are not registered in Xingcheng, and their residence, entrepreneurship and children's education will enjoy the same treatment as Xingcheng citizens. This is the first time in the central region.

These "late-mover advantages" have made Xiaonan the first choice for the transfer of labor-intensive industries in the Pearl River Delta. On April 19 this year, at the signing ceremony of Hunan and Guangdong economic and trade cooperation projects held in Xingcheng, a total of 98 cooperation projects were signed, with a signed capital of 35.834 billion yuan, exceeding the total investment of Lingnan in Xiaonan in the previous five years. The once lonely "depression" has become a "cornucopia" of economic flows.

In the 6-day interview in Xiaonan, many "newcomer" reporters praised the rapid development of Xiaonan in recent years, and some reporters from Xiaobei Jiangcheng even said that the rapid development of Star City made Jiangcheng feel nervous!

In a list of "Huaxia 1000 Manufacturers" released not long ago, a total of 125 companies in the central region were shortlisted, and a total of 33 companies in Xiaonan were shortlisted, accounting for 3.3% of the total, ranking first in the central region, and Langliu's Far East Rare Metals Industrial Company became the top of the list in Xiaonan, even surpassing the original "twin stars" of Xiaonan economy, Langliu Cigarette Factory and Xingcheng Cigarette Factory.

For a long time, the weakness of industrial projects has always been Xiaonan's "heart pain", and in recent years, the obvious feature of investment promotion is to give priority to the introduction of industrial manufacturing projects.

For the economic development of a region, industry should play a major driving role.

Experts pointed out that the transfer of capital industries in the eastern region should be relatively concentrated to regions and industries with certain advantages, so as to effectively promote the high-speed and large-scale development of related industries and form a strong driving force for development.

From this point of view, the process of "Xinghuawei integration" proposed a few years ago just plays a role in realizing the close and rapid aggregation of exogenous capital and local industries.

In Xiaonan, Xinghuawei three cities are the most economically developed central areas in the province, accounting for 13.3% of the province's area, 18.9% of the province's population, accounting for about 40% of the province's industrial output value, half of the province's actual use of foreign capital, and most of the province's major academic institutions and scientific research personnel are concentrated in these three cities.

"This is a golden combination", Xiao Chen once described it when he came to Xing Weiwei for research and guidance last time, looking down from the air, it is difficult to have the concept of separation. In reality, the southernmost point of Xingcheng City has been extended to Datuo Town, the northeast end of the great cause has reached Bantangpu, and the northwest end of Chuzhou has reached Baimayuan. The distance between the three points is no more than 30 kilometers, and the distance between Chuzhou and Weigu is only about 5 kilometers.

Next year, the intercity bus is about to start, the convenience of transportation has also brought the smooth flow of information, the three cities have now been adjusted, the near future will be unified telephone area code, the three cities have also developed the overall plan, Xiaojiang scenery belt planning and industrial belt planning.

Bao Kexin, member of the Standing Committee of the Xiaonan Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Xingcheng Municipal Party Committee, said that in the development of the three cities, it is necessary to avoid duplicate construction and learn to "think in dislocation"; Xingcheng should focus on the development of high-tech industries and tertiary industries; Chuzhou should rely on the foundation of the original locomotive chemical industry to create new industrial advantages, and Weizhou should accelerate the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries such as iron and steel, textiles, etc., and build a new processing industry center and science and education base. At present, the three cities have begun to clean up some documents to achieve policy sharing.

Chen Zhiqiang, planning director of BBK commercial chain company, said that in the development strategy of BBK, Xing Weiwei is often considered together, and will focus on the development of the Star City market this year and next year.

If the three cities are strictly integrated, then the scale of its city has surpassed Jiangcheng, and in 2003, the sum of the GDP of the three cities of Xinghuawei is only 6.26 billion yuan in Jiangcheng, which ranks 13th, and it is not a fool's dream to catch up with Jiangcheng within a few years.

In 2003, Forbes Huaxia had a GDP of more than 10 billion yuan, and among the top 100 cities with the most commercial value, Star City ranked 23rd, the first in the central and western regions. - As an aside, the first place in this list is Jiangdong Wucheng, and the second is Jiangnan Lin'an. Because these two surpassed the third-ranked Dongfang and the fourth-ranked Beijing, the media in the East and the Beijing unanimously "condemned": Why are we inferior to Wucheng and Lin'an? This led to a nationwide discussion.

To get back to the point, some scholars say that as China's first real experiment in regional economic integration, regardless of success or failure, Xing Chuwei will become a textbook in the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Lintang region.

In several provinces in the central part of the country, Jiangcheng, Jiangxi, and Xiaonan are actively integrating into the "Pan-Pearl River Delta" economic circle, while Ninghui is moving closer to the "Yangtze River Delta" economic circle.

In Yuezhou, the first stop of Xiaonan where the interview group entered, several reporters from Xiaobei were moved by the scene they saw, on the most prosperous Yunmeng Road pedestrian street in Yuezhou, the Yuezhou Shopping Center of Wushang Group from Jiangcheng was holding a grand investment promotion activity here, and before that, Jiangcheng Zhongshang Department Store had opened the group's first branch outside the province here. According to the reporter from Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng has 4 state-owned commercial groups, more than 40 large stores, competition jī lie, in order to find another way, Chinese businessmen, military businessmen have set their sights on the surrounding market, Yuezhou is only more than 2 hours away from Jiangcheng, within a radius of 300 kilometers, the distribution cost is not high.

A businessman in Jiangcheng said that on the streets of Yuezhou, there is hardly any "psoriasis", a common urban disease found in many cities, and the local government has opened up more than 60 free public welfare billboards to gather them all in order to improve ———the environment.

"Although the matter is small, it is the 'stubborn disease' of the city, and the local government is using the method of eliminating the 'stubborn disease' to help us purify the investment environment." In the past four years, Yuezhou has spent more than 20 million yuan to compile a recent urban master plan with a population of 1 million and a scale of 100 square kilometers, and demolished about 1 million square meters of illegal and obstructive buildings, which is the total demolition area since the establishment of New China. Yi Wanlong, secretary of the Yuezhou Municipal Party Committee, said that in the future development of Yuezhou, it will focus on doing a good job in "urban beauty" and creating a "people-oriented Yuezhou".

The central provinces, each with its own regional characteristics, industrial characteristics, not only to cooperate, but also to compete, "in the next 3 to 5 years, Xiaonan must be in the forefront of the rise of the central region" You Jing said this, full of ambition.

As someone said, all along, the humanistic feelings of "worry first and then be happy" have added a bit of heaviness to the Xiaonan people in the process of moving forward, but they don't know that this sentence is engraved on the Yuezhou floor with a poem by the Taoist immortal Lu Dongbin, one of which is "the sleeve has the courage of the green snake". Hidden in the world, it naturally has the courage of "connecting distant mountains and swallowing the Yangtze River".

In a few days of interviews, the reporters felt that in the new round of economic development, Xiaonan clear strategic positioning, clear development ideas, but also inevitably hear this voice, in the rise of the development of the central region, the country in the grasp of macro policies, should have a heavy and slow, in the scale of credit, tax reduction, industrial layout, land adjustment should take into account the actual situation faced by the central region, for example, under the national land tightening policy, Xiaonan is still a developing place, compared with the development of land resources in the east, There's still a lot of space.

At this time, the two main leaders of Xiaonan, who are in charge of the direction of Xiaonan's development, are in this room, and they want to explain to the prime minister their own policies - or the leadership team's governance. At the same time, presumably the Prime Minister also intends to give them a face-to-face lecture to remind them of something.

It's just that Xiao Chen was slightly suspicious, why didn't the prime minister even leave the comrades from the Policy Research Office of the Government Council, but just called him here and stayed here? ——

In the double monthly pass, seeking a monthly pass, Xiao Chen's layout in Xiaonan is not only the layout of the economy, but also the layout of personnel, but the personnel must be well arranged, and the economy must be completed first...... It's best to have a commuter pass!