Make a new chapter in the new year and start a new game in the new year. On January 22nd, Zhejiang Quzhou, Anhui Huangshan, Fujian Nanping, Jiangxi Shangrao, four provinces and four cities held the first meeting of the leading group for the construction of “Alliance Garden” in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi (Qu Huang Nan Rao) by video link, and signed a cooperation framework agreement remotely at the same time, and the “Alliance Garden” in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi (Qu Huang Nan Rao) was officially launched. On the afternoon of the same day, Quzhou immediately held a press conference to build a “bridgehead” for marginal talents gathering in four provinces, and comprehensively introduced and released the relevant policies for introducing talents in Quzhou.
The “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” ended successfully, and the journey of the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” has begun. Quzhou will thoroughly implement the “Eighth Five-Year Plan”, practice the “Eight Entrustments”, advance the “Eight Major Tasks”, anchor new goals, shoulder new missions, start a new journey, and make great strides towards the goal of accelerating the construction of marginal central cities in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces and striving for the pioneering city of marginal socialist modernization in the four provinces.
Feeling the Change of Quzhou in the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan
During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, faced with the profound influence of great changes and events, Quzhou Municipal Committee resolutely implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee, United and led the people of the city, insisted on drawing a blueprint to the end, promoted the implementation of the “1433” development strategy system, and strived to continue writing a new chapter in Quzhou, creating a vivid situation of building a “vibrant new Quzhou and beautiful garden”.
The reform of “running at most once” has become a model for the whole province. The economic structure has been continuously optimized, and the basic supporting role of the service industry for economic development has been continuously improved; The transformation of old and new kinetic energy is accelerated, and the transformation and upgrading of traditional advantageous industries go hand in hand with the cultivation of beautiful economic happiness industries and digital economy smart industries, and the supporting role for high-quality development is continuously enhanced; The reform of “running at most once” has become a model for the whole province, and the construction of business environment has maintained the leading position in prefecture-level cities across the country.
Won the title of “International Garden City” of the United Nations. The construction of large gardens has been continuously promoted, and the ecological environment has been continuously optimized. The proportion of days with excellent air quality in urban areas has been increased to 96%, and the annual average concentration of PM2.5 has been continuously reduced to 26 μ g/m3. The water quality at the exit of the city has maintained the Class II water standard, and it has won the “Five Waters Co-governance” Dayu Ding for six consecutive years. Cultivated land protection, comprehensive land improvement and ecological restoration have been at the forefront of the province, making it the first batch of “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” practice and innovation bases in China.
Create a national civilized city from a high position. The spatial layout of central cities has been continuously optimized and expanded. The pattern of Nankong ancient city, core circle, high-speed rail new city “small three cities” and smart new city, intelligent new city and airport new city “big three cities” has been opened, and the urbanization rate of the city has reached 61%; The national civilized city was created at a high level, and the city brand of “Nankong Holy Land Quzhou Courtesy” continued to start; The rural revitalization has been further promoted, and the construction of “Quzhou Courtesy” poetry and painting belt has been fruitful. Two world heritage sites and a 5A-level scenic spot have been added to create a national forest tourism demonstration city; Open cooperation has been continuously expanded, Hangzhou-Qu high-speed railway started construction, Qu-Ning railway was completed and opened to traffic, the airport relocation site was approved, the navigation of the middle and upper reaches of Qiantang River was resumed after 60 years of suspension, the cooperation between mountains and seas continued to upgrade, and the connection between Hangzhou and Ningbo and Shanghai continued to deepen.
The modernization of municipal social governance was included in the national pilot. Overall epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have achieved remarkable results, and the people’s livelihood security system has been further improved; The grass-roots governance system has been further improved, and the modernization of municipal social governance has been included in the national pilot. The construction of an efficient and coordinated governance pattern of “county and township integration” in the whole city has become a pilot in the province; The construction of cadres has been comprehensively strengthened, and it has been listed by the Central Organization Department as a new era and a new role as a local model; The construction of rule of law and peace in Quzhou has been comprehensively deepened, and the construction of clean Quzhou has achieved remarkable results.
Hand in the high score report in the year of the big exam. In 2020, Quzhou Municipal Committee led the whole city to promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development in a unified way, do a solid job in the “six stabilities” work, fully implement the “six guarantees” task, and vigorously carry out the “three years” activities of winning a well-off society in an all-round way, attracting investment and tackling key problems, and promoting major projects. It was an extraordinary move and a very difficult task, and achieved “grasping with both hands, being hard with both hands, winning in two wars, and two years”
After years of unremitting struggle, the development of Quzhou is striding from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, and profound changes and pattern changes are taking place from the inside out. As the main person in charge of Quzhou Municipal Committee said, the change of Quzhou lies in concepts, systems and mechanisms, ways and means; The change of Quzhou lies in urban energy level, rural appearance and living quality. The change of Quzhou lies in the development of kinetic energy, innovation vitality and business environment; The change of Quzhou lies in its cultural temperament, civilized quality and spiritual characteristics. Now Quzhou has become more open, confident, tolerant, warm and polite, full of vitality and passion.
“Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” Blows the Horn of Endeavour
Standing at the new starting point of the 14th Five-Year Plan, Quzhou once again sounded the horn of endeavor. The just-concluded Ninth Plenary (Enlarged) Meeting of the Seventh Quzhou Municipal Committee proposed that we should anchor the long-term goal in 2035, focus on gathering high quality, competitiveness and modernization, highlight digital empowerment and overall wisdom, persist in practical work and strive for excellence, strive to create a number of landmark achievements showing “important windows”, strive to achieve the growth rate of major economic indicators higher than that of the whole province and ahead of the surrounding areas, and strive to become the leading city of marginal socialist modernization in the four provinces, and put forward
Strive to build an important growth pole for Zhejiang’s high-quality economic development. Sustained, healthy and rapid economic development, quality and efficiency improved significantly. The city’s GDP reached 250 billion yuan, and the per capita GDP exceeded 100,000 yuan. The average annual growth rate of investment was higher than the provincial average, and the proportion of total economic output in the province increased significantly. The scale of the industry continues to grow, the industrial base is advanced, the modernization level of the industrial chain is significantly improved, the growth of new industries and new formats is accelerated, modern agriculture and modern service industries are upgraded, beautiful economic happiness industries and digital economy smart industries have become important supports for high-quality development, and scientific and technological innovation has gradually become the main driving force for economic and social development, becoming the highland of marginal digital economy development in four provinces, the highland of marginal life and health industry in four provinces, and the highland of national new material industry gathering.
Strive to create the most beautiful core area of Zhejiang Grand Garden with poetry and painting. Deeply integrated into the Qiantang River Shilu Golden Tourism Belt and the construction of Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi National Eco-tourism Cooperation Zone, the “Quzhou Courtesy” poetry and painting belt has been fully completed, the construction of modern garden cities, beautiful towns and beautiful countryside has been comprehensively promoted, the coordination of urban and rural development has been further enhanced, and the urban integration development pattern has basically taken shape, taking the lead in building a beautiful garden in the whole region. The pattern of land space development and protection has been further optimized, the green development mode and green lifestyle have been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and the quality of ecological environment is leading in the whole province. The water quality of surface water sections above the municipal control level has reached Class II or above, and the annual average concentration of PM2.5 in urban areas is less than 26 μ g/m3. A national demonstration city for ecological civilization construction has been successfully established, and Qianjiangyuan National Park has been built at a high level, which has become a window to show the international community the practical achievements of the concept of “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”.
Strive to build a benchmark area for modern governance in China. The Party’s leadership has been strengthened in an all-round way, the construction of clean Quzhou has been further promoted, the political ecology has been optimized, the socialist democracy and rule of law have been improved, the modern government of “overall intellectual governance, pragmatism first” has been basically completed, the grass-roots governance system of autonomy, rule of law, rule of virtue and intellectual governance under the leadership of Party building has basically taken shape, and the efficient collaborative governance pattern of “integration of counties and towns, grasping the system in a unified way” has taken the lead, and the ability to prevent and resolve major risks, disaster prevention and relief has been significantly enhanced, and the modern emergency system has been
Strive to build a gathering place of marginal innovation elements in four provinces. Deepen the reform in an all-round way with the traction of digital reform, and fully stimulate the vitality of innovation, market and society, and successfully build a city with the best business environment in China; Major breakthroughs have been made in the construction of multi-level and high-energy innovation platforms, and regional innovation platform systems and enterprise technology innovation systems have basically taken shape; The attraction to young people and talents has been further enhanced, the innovation ability has been significantly improved, and innovative cities have been basically completed, becoming the leading area of marginal digital transformation and the source of scientific and technological innovation in the four provinces.
Strive to build a leading place for marginal open development in four provinces. The functions of the marginal central cities in the four provinces have been significantly enhanced, the hub port of air-water multimodal transport of public railways has been basically completed, and the regional logistics distribution center of “gathering the west of Zhejiang, connecting the four provinces and connecting the whole country” has taken shape initially. The functions of destinations and distribution centers have become more complete, and the agglomeration, radiation, driving force and competitiveness have been continuously improved. The urban population has reached about 1 million, and the urbanization rate of the city has reached 70%. Fully integrated into the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the cooperation between mountains and seas has been deepened, the integration of Hangzhou and Qujiang has been further promoted, and a new pattern of open cooperation and development has basically taken shape. The construction of “Alliance Garden” in Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi (Qu Huang Nan Rao) has made great progress, becoming the gateway to the west wing of Hangzhou metropolitan area and the open bridgehead of Zhejiang inland.
Strive to build a new highland of marginal cultural civilization in the four provinces. Socialist core values are more deeply rooted in people’s hearts, the achievements of civilized city construction have been continuously consolidated, and citizens’ civilized literacy and social civilization have been significantly improved. Cultural exchanges and blending with the marginal areas of the four provinces have been deepened, the influence of Nankong culture in the marginal areas of the four provinces has been further enhanced, new breakthroughs have been made in the excavation and promotion of Go culture, courtesy brands have been deeply integrated with urban characteristics, cultural products have been enriched, the public cultural service system has been improved, the construction of a culturally strong city has been fruitful, and cultural soft power has been continuously improved, making it “the most polite city”.
Strive to build a national first-class poetic living place. To achieve more full and higher quality employment, the per capita disposable income growth of residents is synchronized with economic growth, and strive to be faster than economic growth, the income gap between urban and rural areas is further narrowed, and the middle-income groups are significantly increased. A high-quality education system and a health and wellness system have been basically completed, the social security and old-age service systems have been improved, the average life expectancy has reached over 80 years, the level of equalization of basic public services has been significantly improved, the quality and level of people’s lives have been generally improved, and the ecological life production has been realized, and it has become a desirable poetic living place and a happy and beautiful home.
The general trend has arrived and the future has come! The development of Quzhou has been in full swing, and the spring belonging to Quzhou is speeding up.
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)