The integrated development of urban and rural areas is an inherent requirement to solve the problems of unbalanced urban and rural development and insufficient rural development, and the process of making up for shortcomings and strengths and weaknesses is also a process of stimulating potential and releasing vitality.
Only by accelerating the construction of a high-standard market system and promoting the free flow and efficient allocation of commodities and factors can we continue to enhance the balance and coordination of development and inject strong momentum into promoting high-quality development.
In the early years of Zhejiang, bounded by the "Qingda Line" connecting Qingliangfeng Town in Lin'an, Hangzhou and Cangnan Dayu Town in Wenzhou, the development gap between "mountains and seas" was once large. Over a long period of time, the "mountain-sea cooperation" has effectively promoted the integrated development of urban and rural areas and the complementary development of regions. Today, Zhejiang has become one of the provinces with the most balanced regional development in the country, and the ratio of disposable income of urban and rural residents has shrunk to 1 in 20229. The difference between the highest and lowest incomes of regional residents has narrowed to 158. The per capita disposable income of rural residents has ranked first in the country for 38 consecutive years. On the road to common prosperity, Zhejiang's development process is a vivid embodiment of the coordinated development of urban and rural areas in the new era.
**The general secretary stressed: "We must firmly grasp the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, correctly handle the major relationships in development, and continuously enhance the integrity of development. "High-quality development is the development of coordination as an endogenous feature. It is necessary to profoundly understand that coordination is both a means of development and a development goal, and at the same time a criterion and yardstick for evaluating development. The ** Economic Work Conference held not long ago deployed nine key tasks for economic work in 2024, and "promoting urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development" is one of the important ones. Coordinated development focuses on solving the problem of unbalanced development. Only by realizing the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and regions can the space of the domestic circulation be broader and more sufficient. This important deployment has pointed out the direction of efforts to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas and the coordinated development of regions to a higher level and higher quality.
Promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas is where China's domestic demand potential lies. The biggest imbalance in China's development is the imbalance between urban and rural development, and the biggest inadequacy is the inadequate development of rural areas, and agriculture and rural areas are still the shortcomings of China's modernization drive. The integrated development of urban and rural areas is an inherent requirement to solve the problems of unbalanced urban and rural development and insufficient rural development, and the process of making up for shortcomings and strengths and weaknesses is also a process of stimulating potential and releasing vitality. It is both a challenge and an opportunity to continuously improve the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment, so that rural areas can have modern production and living conditions. In the first half of 2023, the sales of green smart home appliances in the countryside on major e-commerce platforms increased by 12 percent year-on-year7%；Since 2023, the charging volume of township charging piles in five provinces, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, has increased significantly year-on-year. Putting rural construction in an important position in socialist modernization, coordinating the layout of rural infrastructure and public services, accelerating the interconnection of urban and rural infrastructure, and promoting the two-way flow of talents, land, capital and other elements between urban and rural areas will expand space for building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development.
Playing a good game of chess across the country and coordinating development is the key to victory. At present, China's regional development situation is good, but the regional economic development is differentiated, the polarization of development momentum is becoming increasingly prominent, and the development of some regions is facing great difficulties. Only by taking the path of rational division of labor and optimizing development according to the conditions of each region can we promote coordinated development, dislocation development and linkage development. Taking the C919 domestic large aircraft as an example, in Shanghai, about 10% of the parts, 50% of the aluminum, and 50% of the composite structural parts come from Jiangsu, and the doors and engine insulation materials come from Zhejiang, drawing a vivid picture of the Yangtze River Delta. Looking at the whole country from the Yangtze River Delta, newly opened railways and highways provide stronger support for land-sea linkage and east-west mutual aidThe growth poles, power sources, and development belts have accelerated their rise, making the flow of factors more active and adding impetus to economic development. Only by deeply implementing the strategy of coordinated regional development, resolutely breaking regional blockades and market segmentation, accelerating the construction of a high-standard market system, and promoting the free flow and efficient allocation of commodities and factors, can we continue to enhance the balance and coordination of development and inject strong momentum into promoting high-quality development.
Looking back on 2023, the balance of China's economic development will continue to increase. Looking forward to the new year, we will be able to unleash more development vitality and potential by respecting objective laws, giving full play to our comparative advantages, promoting urban-rural integration and promoting coordinated regional development, and providing strong support for promoting economic recovery, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and striving to promote high-quality development. (Zhou Shanshan).