Run out of the "acceleration" of the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia
Sun Shaocheng. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the general secretary has always placed high hopes on the revitalization of the Northeast, put forward a series of new ideas, new views and new assertions, and profoundly answered major theoretical and practical questions such as why and how to promote the revitalization of the Northeast in the new era. In September 2023, the general secretary presided over the symposium on promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era and delivered an important speech, clarifying the historical orientation and mission of the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China, making strategic arrangements for the high-quality development and sustainable revitalization of Northeast China, pointing out the direction of progress, providing fundamental follow-up and injecting strong impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China.
The area and population of the five league cities in eastern Inner Mongolia (hereinafter referred to as "Mengdong") account for about half of the whole region, and they have both common and unique tasks in the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi spirit of the general secretary's important exposition on the revitalization of Northeast China and important instructions to Inner Mongolia, and fully implement the opinions on several policies and measures to further promote the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era and make new breakthroughs , promote Mengdong to do a good job in completing the five major tasks assigned to Inner Mongolia by the general secretary and building a model autonomous region in an all-round way, so that the revitalization and development of Mengdong will be more brilliant, and the scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland will be more beautiful.
1. Fully implement the main line of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is the main line of the Party's ethnic work in the new era, and it is also the main line of all work in ethnic areas. In June 2023, this major assertion made by the general secretary during his inspection in Inner Mongolia has important guiding significance for the party's ethnic work and ethnic region work in the new era. To promote the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia, we must firmly forge the main line of the sense of community of the Chinese nation throughout all aspects and the whole process, and closely focus on and do not deviate from this main line to promote economic, political, cultural, social, ecological civilization and party building.
Developing the economy and improving people's livelihood is the basis for uniting people's minds and enhancing unity. At present, the per capita GDP of eastern Mongolia is only 63% of the average level of the whole region, and the per capita disposable income of residents is lower than the average level of the whole region. We must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, combine the implementation of the main line with the implementation of major national policies to support the development of Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, fully reflect the requirements of forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation in the formulation of policies and regulations, planning and preparation, project layout, funding arrangements, etc., promote economic policies and ethnic policies in the same direction, accelerate the expansion of the total economic volume of eastern Mongolia, improve the quality of development in eastern Mongolia, and constantly consolidate the material foundation of the sense of community of the Chinese nation. In the process of promoting development, we should pay attention to improving the compensation mechanism for resource development and benefit distribution and sharing, strengthen the construction of inclusive, basic and comprehensive people's livelihood, and solve the urgent and difficult problems of the masses in employment, education, medical care, pension and other aspects, so that the fruits of development can fully benefit the people of all ethnic groups.
Building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation is the proper meaning of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation. Mengdong has unique historical and cultural resources and thick red genes, and in 1947, China's first provincial-level minority autonomous regime led by the Communist Party of China - Inner Mongolia Autonomous ** was born here. Now, the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region is taking the best cultural thought as the fundamental follow and guidance, systematically integrating the red culture and grassland culture, farming culture, Yellow River culture, Great Wall culture and other excellent cultures on the land of Inner Mongolia, and creating a cultural brand of northern Xinjiang with the basic content of exchanges and exchanges among various ethnic groups, mutual assistance, joint promotion of the "Mongolian horse spirit" and "three-north spirit", and the sense of community of the Chinese nation. We should deeply excavate the historical facts of the exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups in eastern Mongolia and the feelings of family and country that contain them to help each other, draw spiritual nutrients from the fiery practice of cadres and people of all ethnic groups uniting to promote revitalization and development, carefully organize and implement the cultural creation project and cultural benefit project in northern Xinjiang, continue to promote the "learning, creation and performance" of Ulan herding and horsemanship, and extensively carry out mass cultural and sports activities with the theme of promoting northern Xinjiang culture, so as to provide nourishment and support for building a good cultural brand in northern Xinjiang. Combined with the promotion of urban and rural construction and opening up to the outside world, the cultural elements of northern Xinjiang will be fully reflected in the construction of urban blocks, tourist attractions, border ports, characteristic villages and towns, etc., so as to better show the historical charm, ethnic integration and humanistic beauty contained in northern Xinjiang culture, and promote the unity of hearts and spirits of all ethnic groups.
Promoting the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia is inseparable from the common struggle of all ethnic groups. Focusing on ensuring that all ethnic groups are the masters of their own affairs, we have carried out law enforcement inspections on the implementation of the regulations on promoting ethnic unity and progress in all localities and departments, sorted out and sorted out the local laws and regulations that are currently in force, and truly allowed all ethnic groups to enjoy their democratic rights equally and fully in accordance with the law. Focus on promoting the co-construction, co-governance and sharing of all ethnic groups, combined with the creation of a strong fortress "model" branch "bright and sunny" activities to promote the majority of party members to actively create and strive for excellence, in the "feeling the party's kindness, listening to the party, following the party" mass education practice activities, vigorously promote the work for relief, awards for compensation, etc., to gather a strong joint force to jointly build a beautiful Inner Mongolia. In the next step, it is necessary to actively create social conditions that are more conducive to all ethnic groups living and learning together, jointly building and sharing, and working and enjoying together, and come up with more pragmatic measures in building an ecological community and a community of interests, and promoting common prosperity, so that the people of all ethnic groups can do things together, shoulder difficulties together, and share the fruits of development together.
Comprehensively implementing the main line of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation is a long-term task and a systematic project, and it is necessary to give full play to the role of institutions and mechanisms. We must further strengthen the party's leadership, regard the implementation of the main line as a political discipline and political rule that the vast number of party members and cadres in the whole region must strictly abide by, and add the content of implementing the main line to the "three determinations" plan of all departments and units, the responsibilities of the deliberative and coordinating bodies, and the charters of various social organizations, so that forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation has become a statutory duty and a duty that must be fulfilled. Conscientiously implement the "four special" important requirements put forward by the general secretary for cadres in ethnic areas, and implement the main line in the whole process of party member education, management, and supervision, as well as the training and training, inspection and identification, selection and use of cadres. Establish and improve working mechanisms such as overall planning and coordination, inspection and supervision, follow-up and accountability, and supervision and accountability, to ensure that the main line of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is effectively implemented.
2. Firmly adhere to the red line of safeguarding the country's "five major security".
To promote the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era and new journey, we must firmly grasp the important mission of Northeast China in safeguarding the country's "five major security". Mengdong is rich in natural ecological resources, and the comprehensive production capacity of agriculture and animal husbandry and the ability of the industrial chain occupy an important place in Inner Mongolia and Northeast China. We must earnestly shoulder the heavy responsibility of safeguarding national food security, industrial security, energy security, ecological security, and national defense security, and strive to play a greater role.
From the point of view of maintaining food security, the cultivated land and water resources in eastern Mongolia account for the whole region, the grain output and livestock herd account for the whole region, and more than half of the grain produced is transferred to other regions, which is the main support for Inner Mongolia to build an important national production base for agricultural and livestock products. To promote the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia, we must always put ensuring national food security in the first place, especially in the complex situation where the external environment has undergone profound changes, it is particularly important to ensure that "production is available and sufficient in normal times, and it can be topped up and reliable in extreme cases". It is necessary to closely follow the six key points of "land, water, seeds, grain, meat, and milk," persist in the overall planning of grain, economy and feeding, and the simultaneous development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, speed up the development of facility agriculture, house-feeding and captive breeding, and courtyard economy, do everything possible to expand quantity, improve quality, and increase output, and strive to provide the country with more high-quality and green agricultural and livestock products. Promote the intensive processing of agricultural and livestock products in the whole chain, create a number of regional public brands that can stand and be called, improve the interest connection mechanism of agricultural enterprises, and stabilize the "grain bags" for the country at the same time, so that the "money bags" of farmers and herdsmen are also bulging.
From the perspective of maintaining industrial security, the industrial production of Mengdong is mainly concentrated in the fields of energy, chemical industry, metallurgy and processing of agricultural and livestock products, most of which are the most basic parts of the economic system. In recent years, in accordance with the direction of high-end, intelligent and green, we have accelerated the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and vigorously developed emerging industries such as energy conservation and environmental protection, information technology, biomedicine, and high-end equipment manufacturing with the Mengdong Industrial Transfer Demonstration Zone as the carrier, and made important steps in improving the quality of industrial supply. At present, the situation of the simplification of the industrial structure and the low-end product structure of the five cities in eastern Mongolia has not been fundamentally reversed, especially the lack of innovation elements, the shortage of high-level innovation platforms, and the lack of science and technology enterprises are still very prominent. We should strengthen the overall planning of innovation resources in the whole region, take the initiative to "borrow ships to go to sea", rely on the Beijing-Mongolia cooperation platform and the rich scientific and educational resources of the three northeastern provinces, strengthen innovation cooperation and industrial cooperation, and make substantial breakthroughs in exploring new paths for the transformation and development of resource-based regions as soon as possible, so as to better ensure national industrial security.
The grain output of eastern Mongolia accounts for 76% of the whole region, and to promote the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia, we must always put ensuring national food security in the first place. The picture shows that on September 19, 2023, there was a bumper harvest of millet in Wangyedi Village, Xinhui Town, Aohanqi, Chifeng City, and the villagers were smiling. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
From the perspective of maintaining energy security, at present, the grid-connected installed capacity of new energy in eastern Mongolia exceeds 36 million kilowatts, accounting for half of the whole region, and the installed capacity of thermal power is nearly 40 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 1 3 of the whole region, and the production of coal in 2022 is 3200 million tons, of which about 50% is guaranteed to the three northeastern provinces. **During his inspection in Inner Mongolia in June 2023, the general secretary pointed out that "it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the energy industry and do a good job in the modern energy economy". We must keep pace with the times and optimize the development and utilization of energy resources, strive to expand the total and combined advantages of new and old energy, and better contribute to ensuring the energy security of Northeast China and even the whole country. On the one hand, while steadily promoting the construction of the national coal reserve base in eastern Mongolia, improving the flexible coal production capacity and emergency supply capacity, we will fully implement the "three reforms" of coal-fired power units, and aim at the construction of a modern coal chemical industry demonstration zone to improve the level of clean and efficient utilization of coal. On the other hand, we will accelerate the development of large-scale, high-proportion, and full-scale new energy sources, expand wind, solar, and hydrogen storage industry clusters, vigorously promote green electricity substitution, expand new energy applications and consumption scenarios, and actively explore the establishment of direct transmission channels, and strive to provide more green energy for the country.
From the point of view of safeguarding national defense and security, the border line between Mongolia and Eastern Mongolia accounts for about 70 percent of the whole region, and it bears important responsibilities in guarding the "northern gate" of the motherland and the "moat" of the capital. In accordance with the important requirements of the general secretary of the Communist Party of China to "build a solid barrier for security and stability in the northern part of the motherland", we must adhere to and improve the effective practices of the party, government, military, police, and people working together to strengthen the border and strengthen the defense, and vigorously promote the measures and mechanisms such as the grassland 110, the border police office, the yurt outpost, and the red fortress household, so as to unite the forces of all aspects to defend the border and fortify the defense to the greatest extent. Strengthen the integration of water, electricity, and telecommunications in border areas, improve public service facilities in accordance with local conditions, and enhance the industrial carrying capacity and population agglomeration capacity of border areas. At the same time, we will intensify the promotion of "digital border defense" and "smart border defense", accelerate the construction of a new border protection system of "integration of people and networks", and take multiple measures to build an iron wall to protect the security of the motherland's northern Xinjiang.
3. Carefully care for the green line of an important ecological security barrier in northern China.
A good ecological environment is a valuable resource for the economic and social development of Northeast China, and it is also an advantage for the revitalization of Northeast China. Building an important ecological security barrier in northern China is the "great man of the country" that Inner Mongolia must keep in mind. Mengdong is the region with the best ecological environment in Inner Mongolia, with the vast and magnificent Hulunbuir and Xilin Gol grasslands, as well as the Daxing'an Mountains with dense forests and diverse species. We must further promote the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, and make every effort to fight the tough battle of the "Three Norths" project and the battle of pollution prevention and control.
Inner Mongolia is vigorously developing the new energy industry, and the land of northern Xinjiang is full of "green electricity" and "green energy". The picture shows the construction site of the Saiyinzhao 500 kV switch station in the right middle banner of Xing'an Mengke in Inner Mongolia taken on October 29, 2023. On November 19, 2023, the project was successfully put into operation, marking that Mengdong's new energy delivery capacity has entered the "wide lane". Photo by Wang Zheng from China News Service
56% of the grassland and 78% of the forest in eastern Mongolia are concentrated, and protecting the grassland and forests in eastern Mongolia is an important task for the protection of the ecosystem in Inner Mongolia. It is necessary to fully implement the subsidy and incentive policy for grassland ecological protection, strictly implement the system of grassland and livestock balance and prohibition of grazing and grazing, implement major projects such as ecological restoration and management of degraded grasslands, and speed up the solution of the problem of overgrazing in grasslands in some regions, so that grasslands can recuperate. It is strictly forbidden to open new open-pit mines in the core area of the grassland, so as to prevent the sacrifice of the original for the sake of "two jujubes". In view of the problem of forest degradation and weakened protective functions in some places in eastern Mongolia, we should vigorously promote the restoration of degraded forests and the transformation of low-quality and inefficient forests and residual forests in connection with the implementation of the six-phase plan of the "Three Norths" project, strengthen the management and protection of natural forests and state-owned public welfare forests, establish and improve the system of forest protection, cultivation and management, and effectively protect the green forest sea of the Daxing'an Mountains.
The Horqin and Hunshandak sandy lands are the closest sources of wind and sand from the capital Beijing. In the second half of 2023, in accordance with the important requirements of the general secretary on fighting the tough battle of the "Three Norths" project, we have formulated plans and plans for the three landmark campaigns of desertification prevention and control, and comprehensively launched the two major battles of annihilation in the sand. Only by jumping out of desertification control and grasping desertification control can we fundamentally solve the problem of desertification and desertification. Efforts should be made to adjust and optimize the economic layout, and in areas where the ecological carrying capacity is close to the limit, the people and productive forces who should be withdrawn should be withdrawn, and the realization of "production and rest areas" and "sand retreat and people should also retreat". Focusing on mobile sandy land and semi-fixed sandy land, we will scientifically increase the intensity of human intervention, and systematically implement governance measures such as banning and protection, afforestation and grass planting, so as to ensure that the mission of the war of annihilation is completed as scheduled. Put resource conservation in a more prominent position, strengthen the concept that although resources are enriched, they cannot be wasted at all, deepen the "five major doxxing" actions, vigorously promote the conservation and intensive utilization of various resources, accelerate the green transformation of key industries and important fields, and promote more output and less energy consumption, more saving and less emissions, more green and less sand production with source management.
56% of the grassland and 78% of the forest in eastern Mongolia are concentrated, and protecting the grassland and forests in eastern Mongolia is an important task for the protection of the ecosystem in Inner Mongolia. The photo shows the Erlun grassland taken on July 12, 2023. Photo by Inner Mongolia ** reporter Wang Xiaobo
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. "The greatest potential for the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia is green, and it is necessary to improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products, scientifically and rationally develop and utilize forest, grass and sand resources, and vigorously promote the construction of demonstration bases for advantageous and characteristic industries such as forest food, characteristic forest fruits, woody grains and oils, forest and grass Chinese medicinal materials, and constantly broaden the channels of "green gold", "green gold", and "green into gold". Forests, grasslands, lakes, wetlands, ice and snow and other natural resources and border, folk customs, farming and nomadism, revolutionary relics and other historical and cultural resources are organically coordinated, planning and designing high-quality routes, from east to west string points into a line, circulation into a circle, increase publicity and promotion efforts, and accelerate the construction of a large tourism pattern of the whole region, all seasons and all industries. The carbon sink industry is a promising sunrise industry. Mengdong is the largest "carbon pool" in Inner Mongolia, and it is necessary to actively integrate into the national carbon emission trading market, actively participate in the development of national ecological carbon sink projects, improve trading rules, formulate standards, etc., strengthen the measurement and monitoring of carbon sinks in forests and grasslands, build the largest state-owned forest carbon sink reserve base in the country, and strive to do the "big deal" of carbon sink trading.
Fourth, vigorously carry forward the "Mongolian horse spirit" and "three north spirit".
**The general secretary has repeatedly encouraged the majority of party members and cadres in Inner Mongolia to carry forward the "Mongolian horse spirit" of "bearing hardships and standing hard work, moving forward, and never giving up until the goal is achieved";In June 2023, when presiding over a symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three Norths" in Inner Mongolia, the "Three Norths Spirit" created by the cadres and masses in the "Three Norths" region was condensed and summarized. These two spirits are interrelated and intrinsically interconnected, and fully embody the valuable qualities of the people of all ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia who have fought against heaven and earth, guarded against wind and sand, stepped on snow and ice, and persevered in guarding the motherland's frontiers and building a beautiful homeland under difficult conditions for a long time. The revitalization and development of Mengdong is in the critical stage of climbing over hurdles and rolling stones up the mountain, especially it is necessary to stimulate the motivation of entrepreneurship and the strength to overcome difficulties with these two spirits.
Always maintain indomitable tenacity. Promoting the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia is not a one-day effort. It is necessary to cultivate the mind of "success does not have to be in me" and the responsibility of "success must have me", work hard, do one thing after another, grasp year after year, no matter how heavy the task is, and never retreat no matter how hard the conditions are. Combined with the theme education, we will carry out in-depth thematic Xi and discussion on "promoting advantages, finding gaps, and promoting development", deepen self-understanding with a broader vision and pattern, not only see the advantages and strengths to enhance the confidence, but also see the gaps and shortcomings to work hard, and exchange diligent efforts for solid revitalization and development results.
Always keep moving forward. In the face of the conspicuous problems restricting the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia, only by daring to struggle and being good at struggle can we have a way out. It is necessary to resolutely abandon the mindset of "not daring to prescribe medicine without a prescription", establish "solution-oriented thinking" and "optimal solution-oriented thinking", take the initiative in the face of "slopes" and "hurdles", open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, dare to fight tough battles, and dare to gnaw hard bones. Efforts should be made to emancipate the mind, renew concepts, comprehensively eliminate closed ideas and ways of thinking, expand opening up to the outside world with a more proactive attitude, and comprehensively strengthen cooperation with the three northeastern provinces, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. We will further extend our tentacles to Russia, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, and relevant parties in Europe and the United States, go out to find opportunities, seize opportunities, and strive to break new ground.
Always keep motivated to work hard. To realize the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia, we must take the lead. Leading cadres should take the lead in opposing formalism and bureaucracy, take the lead in doing practical things, seeking practical measures, and seeking practical results, adhere to the principle of "I will implement the meetings I have held, I will implement the instructions I make, I will implement the policies I have formulated, and I will promote the research and research I have done", and promote the work at each level to improve the standard, speed up and improve the efficiency. Further encourage cadres to take responsibility, thoroughly implement the 12 measures of positive incentives and 8 opinions on fault tolerance and correction of the party committee of the autonomous region, improve the system and mechanism of being able to go up and down, and enter and exit, and guide the majority of party members and cadres to enhance their subjective initiative, take the initiative, act on orders, and draw inferences from one case to another.
Always maintain the courage to fight and win. "A good horse runs to the end, and a good man does things to the end. "For the things that are seen and decided, do it quickly, push it day and night, and rush forward as much as possible if you can rush forward, and those who can "hand in" in advance will not be "stuck". Adhere to the problem-oriented, goal-oriented, and result-oriented, enhance the awareness of accounting, submission, and results, dare to face risks and challenges, and step up to solve any problems encountered.
Always maintain a strict grasp of the hard strength. Abide by the bottom line of not taking, not pushing, not procrastinating, not deceiving, not hiring, not annoying, not conniving and not covering up, benchmarking the high line of marketization, rule of law, and internationalization, and promoting the overall improvement of the business environment. Promote the integration of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, improve the efficiency of the supervision and coordination mechanism, do a good job in the normalization of violations of laws and regulations in the field of coal resources, and strive to solve the stubborn diseases such as "three more, three less, and three slow", and escort the revitalization and development of eastern Mongolia with a clean and healthy atmosphere.
Author: Secretary of the Party Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Author: Sun Shaocheng.