Original title: Strive to write a new chapter of the rise of the central region

The central region, connecting the east to the west and the south to the north, is an important region to support China's high-quality economic development. It is also the region with the most potential to expand domestic demand and improve the level of opening up. It has a pivotal strategic position in the new development pattern. Recently, six provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui gathered in Changsha to jointly hold the 13th Central China Investment and Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "Central China Fair"), and issued a sincere invitation to the world to invest in and cultivate the Central China. More than 1000 enterprises participated in the exhibition, bringing together goods from more than 30 countries and regions; More than 6400 merchants gathered, attracting more than 600 foreign guests from 47 countries and regions to attend the conference, including 220 multinational companies, 75 overseas Fortune 500 enterprises, 284 signed projects, with a total investment of 251.148 billion yuan, highlighting the great opportunities in the central region and demonstrating the firm confidence of the world in investing in the central region.

Since 2006, the Central China Expo has been successfully held for 12 times. Over the years, the Central China Expo has been committed to building a platform for opening up the central region, which has become an effective carrier for the country to implement the strategy of the rise of the central region and an important channel for the six provinces in the central region to expand foreign economic and trade exchanges and cooperation. Different from the past, this Expo has adopted some "new methods". For the first time, six provinces have joined forces and held six industry chain investment promotion conferences, each led by one province and coordinated by five provinces, reflecting the integrated development of industries in the central region. We will implement the spirit of the forum on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era, and take on the important benefits released by the Central Committee on Several Policies and Measures to Accelerate the Rise of the Central Region in the New Era. The central region should continue to build a more competitive inland open highland, and turn the potential energy of major development strategies into a driving force for regional coordinated development.

The criteria for measuring the high-quality development of a region are specific. For example, the quality of manufacturing development mainly depends on the amount of profits, the level of scientific and technological innovation mainly depends on the contribution rate of high-tech industries to economic growth, and the degree of reform and opening up mainly depends on the degree of economic extroversion and the structure of foreign capital introduction. At present, the central region still has some weak points in promoting the development of self height and quality and serving the "biggest country", which are mainly reflected in the lack of focus on comparative advantages, the poor structure of foreign capital, the low proportion of high-tech products with high added value, the low local supporting rate of industries, etc., in terms of playing a pivotal role, import and export scale, economic operation costs The awareness of differentiated development and other aspects also need to be further optimized.

It takes a good blacksmith to make good steel. The best invitation from the central region is to show the surging power of industrial development and the vitality of innovation. We should adjust the industrial layout in the direction of "excellence", build a solid foundation for development based on "uniqueness", strengthen regional linkage with "integration" as the driving force, firmly base ourselves on the main battlefield of modern industrial system, the initiative of scientific and technological innovation, the main direction of deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, the main position of industrial parks, and the main color of green and low-carbon, and adhere to the principle of complementary size Pay equal attention to the old and the new, combine the main features, and promote the chain group scale and energy level jump. In particular, we should focus on strengthening new industrial forces, vigorously build a future industrial pilot area, actively create new growth engines such as intelligent connected vehicles, emerging hydrogen energy, new materials, and low altitude economy, and nurture a number of characteristic industries. At the same time, it is also necessary to build an efficient and coordinated ecology of the real economy, modern finance and resource elements, so as to inject new momentum into the opening of a new track.

Where enterprises invest, where funds flow, and where projects fall depends on where there are more opportunities, fewer obstacles, and good services, that is, the investment environment. In the final analysis, a good investment environment is to form a strong atmosphere of marketization, rule of law and internationalization. The central region should comprehensively benchmark China's business environment assessment index system, focus on the enterprise activity and fair competition environment, vigorously promote the whole chain optimization of approval, the whole process of fair supervision, and the whole cycle improvement of services, abide by the commitments made to enterprises, do everything possible to reduce the costs of enterprise labor, energy, land, logistics, and strive to create a business environment that leads the country, Make the central region truly become the "big magnetic field" of all parties' investment, and shape the new advantages of a high-level open economy.

Modern market economy is an open economy with the global radius of activity. Whether the "backbone" of the central region can be straightened and strengthened depends largely on its ability to attract external resources. The central region should further enhance the level and level of reform and opening up. In terms of foreign investment, on the basis of deepening the expansion of the European and American markets, we should find the right springboard, and take advantage of the "Belt and Road", the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the New Eurasian Continental Bridge, and the Western Land and Sea New Passage to "ride the tide" in larger waters. In terms of domestic capital, we should find the right direction, deepen the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, strengthen industrial transfer, strengthen industry university research cooperation aimed at the Yangtze River Delta, connect Beijing Tianjin Hebei to strengthen the docking of central enterprises, and achieve a high level of going out and bringing in in in the precise internal and external connection. We should put the integrated innovation of institutions in a more prominent position, vigorously promote the pioneering reform and leading opening up, form a batch of landmark institutional innovation achievements, attract more international and domestic innovation resources and projects, and accelerate integration into the global innovation chain and the national unified market.

Attracting investment is the source of regional development. Attracting investment is the current investment, promoting the development of tomorrow, and cultivating the future strength. Compared with the eastern region, the economic foundation of the central region is not strong enough. We must pay more attention and make greater efforts to attract investment. It is necessary to leverage a new round of investment promotion to promote a new round of development, highlight the recruitment of new talents, strengthen the chain to supplement and extend the chain, vigorously attract headquarters, research and development, chain oriented and leading projects, and achieve new breakthroughs in industries, enterprises and projects. Investment promotion is not a "one shot deal", but a systematic project that requires continuous follow-up services before, during and after the event. The centralized signing of investment attraction for this exhibition is only preliminary and intentional. To truly implement the project, we need to do a good job of "the second half of the article", provide full process guarantee in the follow-up approval, commencement, construction, completion, production and other links, and truly turn the exhibitors into "golden egg laying" and rooted investors.

Each Central China Expo is a common growth of enterprises, government and the undertaking area. The central region is strong, energetic, and has great potential. It has unlimited opportunities and hopes. As long as we strengthen the docking of strategic planning, joint construction of platform channels, complementary industrial development, scientific and technological innovation cooperation, and work together to move towards the new, efficient, and green, we will certainly be able to paint a new picture of the rise of the central region, and show the central region's responsibility Make contributions to the central region.

(Author: Zhou Xiangzhi, Special Research Fellow of Hunan Academy of Social Sciences (Development Research Center of Hunan Provincial Government)