The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the "first meeting of the year" in each province often has a strong signal significance, indicating the direction and primary task of the new year. Today, Guangdong, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces held the "First Meeting of the Year of the Dragon", invariably focusing on the primary task of "high-quality development" and conveying a strong message of "fighting for the economy".
The economic province takes the lead. For Guangdong, which has led the country in GDP for 35 consecutive years, the "first meeting of the Year of the Dragon" has attracted special attention. The Guangdong Provincial High-quality Development Conference held today focuses on industrial science and technology innovation and seeking the future, focusing on consolidating the foundation of the real economy and manufacturing industry, and continuing to promote high-quality development.
Today, we arrange for representatives of relevant departments of various cities and provinces and the business community, science and technology and education circles to speak, which is not only to highlight the goal and determination, but also to highlight the way of thinking, to create a strong atmosphere of catching up with and surpassing learning, creating a strong atmosphere of striving for excellence, and stimulating the enthusiasm of the whole province to work early, go to the fields more, and do tiring work. ”
At the conference site, Huang Kunming, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, issued a call to the whole province through the live broadcast lens. Immediately afterwards, the secretaries of the municipal party committees in various parts of Guangdong made speeches one after another to express their positions and made military orders.
Drumming and urging, dragon and horse spirit", these two words in Huang Kunming's more than 5,000-word speech are perfect to describe this conference.
Crisis and confidence.
Needless to say, the realistic background of the high-level convening of the "First Meeting of the Year of the Dragon" in many provinces is that the current world economy is in a downturn, the international environment is becoming more complex and severe, and uncertainties are increasing. Under such circumstances, all localities need the "first meeting of the Year of the Dragon" to clarify the direction, strengthen confidence, and inspire enthusiasm.
It is worth noting that the speech made by Huang Kunming, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, at the conference today, with more than 5,000 words, was quoted by many people outside the province such as the Times and China Daily, as well as Hong Kong media such as Hong Kong "Wireless News", Radio Television Hong Kong, and Now News, which aroused many repercussions on the field and sang the "Theory of China's Economic Brightness".
Industrial technology is the focus of Huang Kunming's speech, and he conveys a sense of crisis to the outside world. He pointed out that the world's new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation have developed in depth, and China's transformation to innovation-driven and high-quality development has become a historical convergence, and a new "scientific spring" has come to the fore. This is a magnificent revolution and change, and it is also a competition to seize the strategic commanding heights. By seizing the opportunity, we will be able to change lanes and overtake and rise as latecomers; If we miss the opportunity, our gap may be further widened, and we will hover in a disadvantageous position.
In addition to the sense of crisis, Huang Kunming also conveyed solid confidence to the outside world. "Confidence comes from Guangdong's geographical advantages. Lingnan is full of spring, and it is easy to work all year round. We have 12.7 billion permanent residents, about 1With a population of 500 million in Guangdong, the active popularity brings vigorous vitality and prosperous wealth. We have more than 18 million business entities, more than 750,000 high-tech enterprises, state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises are willing to take root here. ”
He also pointed out that "decoupling and breaking the chain" and "small courtyards and high walls" are small tricks, and international cooperation in the science and technology industry is the general trend. It is necessary to adhere to the principle of promoting reform and innovation through opening up, lay out industrial scientific and technological innovation in a broader space, and enhance the ability of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement in opening up and cooperation.
Entrepreneurs' voices.
In order to adapt to the new requirements of international and domestic changes, on October 18, 2017, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China put forward for the first time in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "China's economy has shifted from the stage of rapid growth to the stage of high-quality development, and is in the critical period of transforming the mode of development, optimizing the economic structure and transforming the growth momentum. * In the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary pointed out that "high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way". Achieving high-quality development is of overall, long-term and strategic significance.
An economic commentary in the Financial Times pointed out that the term "high-quality development" was mentioned 19 times in the first economic work conference held last year. The article argues that "high-quality development" refers to a strategic goal of Beijing: to improve China's position in the technology value chain in the manufacturing sector. The article also notes that there are probably few industries that are better able to carry the ambition behind the term than China's green technology industry, especially Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers.
As a major economic province and manufacturing province, Guangdong has abundant scientific and technological innovation resources and strong scientific and technological innovation strength, and shoulders an important mission and responsibility in high-quality development. In the electric vehicle industry, it is the leader in the provinces.
Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD Co., Ltd., introduced at the conference today that China's new energy vehicles took the lead in breaking technical barriers, and the production and sales volume has been the first in the world for 9 consecutive years, accounting for more than 60% of the world's proportion, forming a complete industrial chain with great resilience and competitiveness, and is a representative industry for high-quality development. Since 2020, the penetration rate of China's new energy vehicles has continued to double, reaching 35% last year, exceeding 40% in a single month at the end of the year, and is expected to exceed 50% in a single month this year. Last year, one out of every four new energy vehicles in the country was "made in Guangdong", and this proportion will continue to increase in the future.
He believes that Guangdong is the largest province in automobile production in the country, but also the largest consumption province, in recent years, the export of new energy vehicles has shown a rapid growth trend, in the production, consumption and export and other aspects are playing a "leading role".
Huang Kunming, Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, specifically mentioned in his speech that Guangdong enterprises dare to innovate and persevere, Huawei, Midea, BYD and other enterprises have grown into world-class innovative enterprises in the long-term market baptism, and a series of specialized and special new enterprises have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, which is a solid foundation and strong confidence for us to promote industrial scientific and technological innovation.
In 2023, Guangdong's GDP will reach 1357 trillion yuan, an increase of 48%, it is the first province in the country to exceed 13 trillion yuan, and the total amount has ranked first in the country for 35 consecutive years. Made in Guangdong and innovation in Guangdong continue to lead the development of the country, and the number of industrial enterprises above designated size in the province exceeds 710,000 and more than 7 high-tech enterprises50,000, ranking first in the country. The comprehensive capacity of regional innovation has ranked first in the country for 7 consecutive years.
Whether it is facing the economic growth target of 5% in 2024 or the long-term development in the future, as Huang Kunming said: "Promoting industrial scientific and technological innovation and developing new quality productivity is Guangdong's strategic move and long-term strategy, and it will also be a hard race, endurance race and relay race." ”
the most prominent shortcomings" and "millions of projects".
The author noticed that Huang Kunming's speech was simple and powerful, and he used the peasants as a metaphor to call on the whole province to "go to work early, go to the fields more, and do tiring work", and the language was quite earthy.
It is worth noting that the first sub-forum of today's conference is also related to the countryside, focusing on promoting the implementation of the "Millions and Thousands of Projects", and striving to write a new chapter in the modernization of Guangdong's agriculture and rural areas and the coordinated development of urban and rural areas.
The "Hundreds of Thousands Project" is the abbreviation of Guangdong's "High-quality Development Project of 100 Counties, Thousands of Towns and Villages" to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, the number one project to promote high-quality development, and one of the "Ten New Breakthroughs" specifically deployed by the "1310" of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee.
Since last year, Huang Kunming has conducted research and presided over symposiums on the "Millions of Projects" many times.
On November 6, 2023, at the on-site meeting of the "Millions of Projects" held in Maoming to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, he pointed out that it is necessary to "clearly see that the imbalance in the development of urban and rural areas is the most prominent shortcoming of Guangdong's development", and at the same time required "anchoring the goal, focusing on hard work, grasping one term after another, and striving to turn the short board into a potential board." ”
According to the data consulted by the author, the GDP of the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta will account for 81 percent of the province's GDP in 202324%, an increase of nearly 10 percentage points over 2022, while the GDP of the 12 cities in western Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, and northern Guangdong accounts for less than 19% of the province's GDP.
What is the strategic intent of the "number one project" led by the secretary of the provincial party committee? To put it bluntly, it is to let the old folks have money to earn and have "counting". Only in this way can the beautiful picture of Chinese-style modernization be perceived by the people on a larger scale and resonate with the people.
One year start, three years of initial results, five years of significant changes, ten years of basic changes", in the face of the "millions of projects" specific goals, Guangdong can only work hard.
People are not lazy, and there will be a harvest for every hard work. Guangdong's high-quality development should "seize the day and grasp the implementation", and like farmers, we must not fool the land and not degenerate into formalism. We look forward to 2024, the Year of the Dragon, which will bring smooth wind and rain, and the economy of Guangdong and even China is by no means "dragon fighting in the wild", but "flying dragon in the sky".
Author丨Xiaoxiang Sanren, special chief writer of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News.