Despite the adverse impact of the covid-19 pneumonia epidemic, Fujian still made a good start in the 14th five year plan. In 2021, the regional GDP reached 4881 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 8% year-on-year.
At the sixth session of the 13th Fujian Provincial People’s Congress, which opened in Fuzhou on the 22nd, the “report card” published in the work report of the Fujian provincial government made specific comments on this: the investment in provincial key projects was 633.1 billion yuan, and 441 new key projects were started; Eight major investment promotion activities focused on 428 signed projects, with a total investment of more than 1.2 trillion yuan; The added value of industries above designated size increased by 9.9% year-on-year, and the total profit ranked fifth in China; The total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 9.4% year-on-year, breaking through two trillion yuan.
The steady growth of investment and consumption is a strong engine for Fujian to achieve a good start in the 14th five year plan. From the Fujian provincial government’s work report, it has been seen that the Xingguo Railway (state) railway section has been opened to traffic in the past year, and the railway construction of Jianning to Guan Zhi Shan Railway has been opened to traffic. The 400 thousand tons of Iron Ore Wharf and the Minjiang Shuikou Dam navigation hub project have been completed and navigable. The Zhangzhou nuclear power, Fuzhou airport two, intercity railway F1 line, Fuzhou (Xiamen) building (high speed rail) have been speeded up, and the Xiamen new airport has been fully started * Gulei refining and chemical integration phase I was completed and put into operation, and major industrial projects such as Wanhua Chemical Group Co.Ltd(600309) and Yongrong Petrochemical caprolactam were solidly promoted.
Meanwhile, one belt, one road, the number of countries and regions increased by 31.8%, and the “Silk Road” alliance broke through 220. The Hayes central legal District landed in Xiamen. Xiamen accelerated the construction of BRICs new industrial revolution partnership innovation base; Foreign exchanges and cooperation have been deepened, with 120 pairs of international sister cities; The pilot Free Trade Zone launched 25 new national initiatives and was approved as a new pilot of offshore International Trade…… The deepening of opening up and cooperation has also boosted the steady growth of Fujian.
Official statistics show that the actual use of foreign capital in Fujian increased by 6.1% year-on-year in 2021; Imports and exports increased by 30.9% year-on-year, of which exports increased by 27.7%, breaking 1 trillion yuan for the first time, and the scale of goods trade reached a record high.
At present, Fujian’s economic and social development faces many challenges, including the more complex and severe external environment, the uncertainty of epidemic development, the triple pressure of shrinking demand, supply shock and weakening expectation, and putting steady growth in a more prominent position.
Facing the expected goal of “the growth of the province’s regional GDP by 6.5%” in 2022, Fujian has planned a number of reform measures and supporting policies in the fields of finance, finance, employment, industry, trade and factor guarantee, promoted the expansion of investment, promoted consumption, stabilized foreign trade and foreign investment, and spared no effort to maintain steady and rapid economic growth.
In expanding opening up, Fujian continues to seek new achievements: promote the expansion and quality improvement of the pilot Free Trade Zone, coordinate and link with the development zone and comprehensive bonded zone, expand and improve the single window of international trade and improve the level of trade facilitation; Promote the expansion and efficiency of cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, cultivate a number of high-quality overseas warehouses, and expand the market procurement trade; Seize the opportunity of the entry into force of the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (RCEP), continue to introduce policies to support import and export, promote “buy the world and sell the world”, and stabilize the good trend of foreign trade.
Zhao long, acting governor of Fujian Province, said that he would give full play to the advantages of Fujian’s “overseas Chinese”, enhance emotional exchanges with the new generation of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, create all conditions to attract overseas Chinese capital, gather overseas Chinese strength and wisdom, and deepen cooperation between Fujian, Hong Kong, Fujian and Macao; We will solidly promote the construction of the innovation base of the Xiamen BRICs new industrial revolution partnership, strengthen economic and trade exchanges with ASEAN and East Asian countries, continue to carry out international sister city exchanges, and improve the level of opening-up and cooperation.
