“We will vigorously promote the development of the county’s industrial chain with a large capacity and a strong ability to innovate and enrich the people. We will vigorously promote the development of the county’s industrial chain with a large capacity and a strong ability to enrich the people in rural areas.” People.Cn Co.Ltd(603000) finance understands that this year’s No. 1 central document has mentioned the county’s economic development many times.
Relevant data show that by the end of 2020, China had 2844 county-level administrative regions. In 2019, the combined area of counties and county-level cities in China accounted for 90% of the country’s 9.6 million square kilometers. China’s economy strives for progress while maintaining stability and develops well. The contribution of county economy can not be ignored.
How to take the road of new industrialization in county areas?
For county industries, opportunities and challenges coexist in 2021. Changyuan City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is located in the northeast of Henan Province and the east of Xinxiang City, with a total area of 1051 square kilometers.
As a national demonstration base of new industrialization industry, referring to the economic development in 2021, fan Wenqing, Secretary of Changyuan municipal Party committee, said in an interview with People.Cn Co.Ltd(603000) finance and Economics: “to promote the high-quality development of new industrialization, innovative R & D resources such as talents and technology are indispensable, but realistically speaking, counties, especially counties in the central and western regions, are not very attractive to innovative R & D resources.” In addition, private enterprises are most sensitive to the heat and cold of the market. In the market competition, the path dependence of homogeneous involution and low-end game also needs to be changed.
The outline of the 14th five year plan proposes to strengthen the dominant position of enterprise innovation and promote the agglomeration of various innovation elements to enterprises. Fan Wenqing introduced that in 2021, Changyuan took this opportunity to implement major projects and “strengthening the chain and supplementing the chain” driven by leading enterprises, guide small and medium-sized enterprises to make efforts in subdivided fields, strive to be the “singles champion”, “supporting expert” and “industry little giant” in subdivided market fields, and was selected into the top 100 counties of national scientific and technological innovation and the top 100 counties of national business environment in the past year.
The development of medical and sanitary materials industry is worth mentioning. “After the outbreak in early 2020, we produced and supplied 1 / 5 masks and 1 / 7 protective clothing at the front line of the epidemic in Wuhan, Hubei and other places. This makes us realize that the medical consumables industry is not only related to the development of one region, but also related to the overall situation of national epidemic prevention and control.” Fan Wenqing said.
Why should we develop county characteristic economy?
In history, Changyuan is a typical poor county and small agricultural county in the beach area. It is located in the back River depression of the “tofu waist” of the Yellow River, which has suffered nine disasters in ten years. It has obvious geographical disadvantages and rare mineral resources. It has always been a blind spot for the investment of superior industrial projects.
“You can’t drink silly in spring, you can’t wear cotton trousers in winter, you can’t see tile roofed houses in all villages, and a young man can’t marry a daughter-in-law”, these are all a portrayal of the poverty situation of that year.
So, how did this poor Yellow River beach area “counter attack” development? “Starting from scratch here depends on the grasp of national development strategic opportunities.” Fan Wenqing said that Changyuan people earned the first pot of gold by developing the “labor economy” in the 1980s, laid the industrial foundation by developing the “return economy” in the 1990s, and historically shortlisted as one of the top 100 counties with comprehensive strength in 2021 by developing the “characteristic economy” after the new century.
Li Jianwei, director of the social development research department of the development research center of the State Council, believes that under the new economic normal, the dividends of factor costs and resources and environment are relatively reduced, but the dividends of government reform and innovation are still increasing. He also said that to realize the “new normal” of development with better quality and better structure in the county, we need to develop a number of leading industries with prominent characteristic advantages, clear functional positioning, obvious agglomeration effect, strong radiation driving force and high financial contribution rate, so as to give full play to the characteristic competitive advantage.
Hoisting equipment, medical consumables and building anti-corrosion are the three leading industries here. In this regard, fan Wenqing said that in a certain sense, the county economy is a characteristic economy. An important aspect of the achievements of county development depends on whether it has cultivated and formed a viable and loud pillar industry.
At present, the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin has become a major national strategy. In 2021, relevant departments issued a series of policies and measures to ensure the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin. Fan Wenqing said: “as an outpost of the great river and an important town of Anlan, we catch up with the ‘free ride’ of development, take the initiative to make a voice, tell the story of the Yellow River, import external resources, and take the lead in the implementation of the Yellow River strategy.”
Why should county development achieve “three together”?
As an important area connecting urban agglomeration, metropolitan area and rural areas, county high-quality development is of great significance to open up the connecting channel between urban agglomeration, National Central City, metropolitan area development strategy and Rural Revitalization Strategy.
The previously proposed “three rises” concept focuses the key and difficult points and focus of county governance on three aspects: strengthening the county and enriching the people, reform and development and connecting urban and rural areas. The so-called “Three Combinations” means “unifying strong counties and enriching the people, combining reform and development, and connecting cities and towns with villages”.
“If the county is strong, the country is strong.” Yuan Jinxing, an associate researcher at the Institute of economics, Henan Academy of Social Sciences, believes that only by promoting the “three rises” to take root in Henan can we lay a solid foundation for more brilliance in the Central Plains. However, in practical exploration, institutional constraints are often the most fundamental constraints on local development. The root cause of the slow progress of work in many places lies in the insufficient institutional supply.
In the process of implementing the concept of “three rises” in County governance, Changyuan focuses on the reform of homestead system, connects cities and villages, optimizes the layout of urban and rural development, deepens land reform, undertakes a new round of relocation of residents in the Yellow River beach area, and implements rural construction actions.
Yuan Jinxing said that county areas need to implement the “three together” in all aspects of economic and social development. According to reports, in 2022, Changyuan and neighboring counties carried out in-depth cooperation in the fields of industrial coordination, transportation and logistics, water conservancy construction, cultural and tourism integration, ecological governance and so on, creating a demonstration area of integration first development, so as to explore experience for the integrated and coordinated development of county-level cities.
“County governance is a systematic project. As the junction of urban economy and rural economy, county economy needs to change the development mode, highlight the development quality, actively adapt to the new normal and fully release the dividends of county reform.” Yuan Jinxing stressed.
