Insist on the development of characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction-one of the series summaries of the symposium on implementing the spirit of promoting the development of th
If the industry is prosperous, all industries will prosper, and if the industry is strong, the economy will be strong. Looking back on the development of the western region and promoting the high-quality development of the western region, industry has always been an important foundation.
On the afternoon of April 23, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over a symposium in Chongqing to promote the development of the western region in the new era and delivered an important speech, giving clear guidance for further forming a new pattern of great protection, great openness and high-quality development with six "persistences". Among them, "insisting on developing characteristic and advantageous industries as the main direction" is in the first place, which highlights the important significance of industrial development for promoting the development of the western region in the new era.
In-depth implementation of the spirit of the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, the western provinces have reached consensus, seized the opportunity, actively planned advantageous industries, and strived to open up a new chapter in the high-quality development of the western region.
Working hard on the word "special": planning industrial development based on resource advantages
At this symposium, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "We must persist in developing industries with distinctive advantages as the main direction, develop emerging industries according to local conditions, and accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading in the western region."
The vast area and rich natural conditions endow the western region with unique resource endowment and industrial development environment: the scenic resources in Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia provide the foundation for the development of new energy industry; Guizhou has many kinds of minerals and large reserves, and is accelerating the high-end development and utilization of mineral resources; The geographical features and ethnic cultures of Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet form a unique tourism resource … …
People play in Tianshan Mingyue City, Shuimogou District, Urumqi, Xinjiang (photo taken on May 4, 2024). Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu photo
Whether it is to speed up the technological transformation of traditional industries, develop emerging industries according to local conditions, or lay out and build future industries, we should work hard on "characteristics" and strengthen our advantages with characteristics.
This is a photovoltaic power station located in Hexi Town, Tongxin County, wuzhong, Ningxia, which was shot on September 16th, 2023. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Zhisen photo
Lingwu, Ningxia, a 2 million-kilowatt composite photovoltaic base in Ningdong, the country, has more than 3.7 million photovoltaic panels undulating along the vast barren beach, and "sparkling" in the hot afternoon sun, constantly transmitting green electricity to Zhejiang and other places.
Ningxia, with high altitude, strong sunshine and high radiation intensity, is one of the regions with the richest solar energy resources in China. As the first comprehensive demonstration area of new energy in China, Ningxia is speeding up the "chasing the wind and chasing the light". By the end of 2023, the installed capacity of new energy has exceeded 36 million kilowatts, and the per capita installed capacity of new energy has reached 5 kilowatts.
Panorama of 3×5.98 MW floating distributed photovoltaic power generation project in Ningdong Power Plant of Ningxia Electric Power Company, National Energy Group (photo of drone, taken on June 17, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng photo
Mao Zhonggen, president of China Western Economic Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, said that developing industries with distinctive advantages in the western region will help to give play to regional comparative advantages, enhance industrial agglomeration and competitiveness, and enhance the economic competitiveness and sustainable development capacity of the western region.
In Xinzhai Village, Lujiang Town, Baoshan, Yunnan, relying on the subtropical climate and Baoshan small coffee, coffee and cultural tourism have met new sparks; In Yulin, Shaanxi, cutting-edge technology has helped coal realize "from black to white", and the traditional coal city has accelerated the transformation to modern coal chemical industry; In Liuzhou, Guangxi, the automobile industry accelerated the transformation and upgrading to new energy vehicles, and the sales of new energy vehicles increased by 160.7% in the first quarter & hellip; …
Exhibitors from Baoshan, Yunnan Province participated in the 7th China — Coffee products were introduced to visitors at the South Asia Expo (photo taken on August 16, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo photo
Integrating superior resources and cultivating new formats, a number of characteristic industries in the western region have grown by the momentum, showing a strong momentum.
Tap the potential on the word "new": take innovation as the dominant industry to improve quality and efficiency
From agriculture, energy and raw material industries to today’s advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, since the implementation of the western development strategy, the western region has realized the transformation of the main industrial structure.
In a new energy automobile battery manufacturer in Liuzhou, Guangxi, robots work on the production line (photo taken on May 10, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Xiaobang photo
"The industrial development in the western region has entered the stage of transformation and upgrading." Sheng Yi, a researcher at Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, said that at present, the industrial development in the western region still faces many difficulties and challenges. The level of industrial structure is not high, and resource-intensive, labor-intensive and capital-intensive industries occupy a high proportion. The industrial innovation ability needs to be improved, the added value of products is low, and the problem of isomorphism is still outstanding.
The key to solving these difficulties is innovation.
At this symposium, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized "strengthening the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation" and made detailed arrangements for innovation: "promoting the upgrading, upgrading and efficiency improvement of traditional advantageous industries", "exploring and developing modern manufacturing industries and strategic emerging industries" and "laying out and building future industries" & HELIP; …
Empower technological transformation, promote equipment renewal, and accelerate the upgrading of traditional advantageous industries — —
Improving the quality and efficiency of traditional industries has brought new opportunities for the adjustment of industrial structure in the western region. Qinghai has accelerated the construction of a new power system with a gradually increasing proportion of new energy, and Shaanxi has promoted the extension of coal-based chemicals to new chemical materials … … A series of policy measures to strengthen muscles and bones have landed one after another.
This is a photo of a photo-thermal power station (drone) taken in Delingha Photovoltaic (Photothermal) Industrial Park, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province on April 23rd, 2024. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Long photo
"To upgrade traditional industries, we must improve the efficiency of comprehensive utilization of resources and the degree of deep processing of products." Li Hengchao, deputy mayor of Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, said that based on the rich local mineral resources, efforts will be made to do a good job in the article "Rich in Minerals and Fine Mining" to make the advantages better and stronger.
Overcome core technologies, make good use of innovative talents and promote the development of emerging industries — —
The first domestic self-developed F-class 50 MW heavy-duty gas turbine (G50) rolled off the production line in Sichuan. The advanced attosecond laser facility of Xi ‘an Institute of Optics and Mechanics, China Academy of Sciences passed the preliminary design review; Chongqing and other western regions should establish and improve the performance appraisal and incentive mechanism for talents, and give them long-term stable hard and soft support … …
Fill in the shortcomings of development and accelerate the application of innovation results; To break through the core technology, innovative talents should also be continuously cultivated. Relying on innovation and development, the western region has built nine national strategic emerging industrial clusters such as new materials and biomedicine, and five national advanced manufacturing clusters such as electronic information and aviation.
Gao Qiaoli, a staff member, prepared a small sample of catalyst in the laboratory of process amplification platform of Zhongke Clean Energy Innovation Research Institute in Yulin, Shaanxi Province (photo taken on February 28, 2024). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zou Jingyi photo
Layout and construction of future industries, forming new kinetic energy for regional development — —
Not long ago, the 2024 Western Low-altitude Economic and Industrial Ecology Conference was held in Pengzhou, Sichuan. Pengzhou continues to explore the road of low-altitude economic development by creating a special flight airspace for drones, innovating drone food delivery services and promoting some application scenarios.
Future industry is the key "winner" to build a new engine of economic growth. Looking at the western land, from accelerating the cultivation of a new generation of electronic information technology to actively building a "number of valleys in the west", a new industry story facing the future is being written.
Making a fuss about the word "integration": optimizing the industrial spatial layout through cooperation
"Deepening the cooperation of scientific and technological innovation in the eastern, central and western regions" and "promoting the integrated development of central enterprises and the western region" … … At this symposium, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader gave guidance for the development of industrial cooperation in the western region.
It only takes 14 milliseconds! This is the transmission speed of data from Ningbo in the east to Guiyang in the west. Relying on the 400G all-optical inter-provincial backbone network, Guiyang can provide more efficient computing services for eastern cities, and the time delay between hubs is less than 20 milliseconds. This artery of "counting the east and calculating the west" is a microcosm of the new round of cooperation between the east and the west.
The staff inspected the running status of the micro-module computer room in Gui ‘an Data Center of China Unicom (photo taken on May 23rd, 2023). Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Liang photo
Sheng Yi believes that from the past "West-to-East Power Transmission" and "West-to-East Gas Transmission" to the present "East Counting and West Counting", the industrial division of labor between the western region and the eastern and central regions has formed a good situation of "you have me, I have you, division of labor and cooperation, and coordinated progress".
Not long ago, 2024 China industrial transfer and development docking activities were held in Sichuan, Guizhou, Ningxia and other places. Sichuan launched promotion around characteristic industries such as electronic information, equipment manufacturing, materials and chemical industry; In Guizhou, 298 projects signed involve deep processing of resources, new energy vehicles and other fields; Ningxia negotiated with more than 50 enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, including digital information and modern chemical industry, based on its resource endowment and development status … …
Professor Che Wenhui from the Economics Teaching and Research Department of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) said that the western region should base itself on the industrial base and resource endowment, undertake the industrial transfer in the eastern region according to local conditions, focus on introducing industries with market prospects, and combine undertaking industrial transfer with adjusting its own industrial structure and establishing a modern industrial system to cultivate and develop new kinetic energy.
With the implementation of a series of measures, such as "supporting the youth through science and technology", "entering Yunnan through science and technology" and "supporting Ningxia through science and technology", the ability of independent innovation and the level of transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the western region have been significantly improved, and more and more enterprises have laid out key processes, production bases and R&D centers in the western region.
By the end of 2023, there were 27 national key laboratories and 3,197 major scientific and technological platforms in Sichuan and Chongqing. Ningxia organized and implemented more than 1,700 scientific and technological cooperation projects between the east and the west; Guizhou actively explores various modes such as "eastern enterprises+Guizhou resources" and "eastern R&D+Guizhou manufacturing" … … High-quality development momentum continues to be released in the western region.
Taking the development of new quality productivity as an important focus, guiding the orderly transfer of industries and optimizing the spatial layout of industries, the western region is accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing industries.
Text reporters: Yan Fujing, Li Xiaoting, Pan Dexin, Chen Weiwei.
Editor: Chu Xinghua, Ren Zhenglai, Wu Jianlu, Wang Haocheng, Hu Bixia
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