Reading guide: 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the key year to achieve the goals and tasks of the 14th Five Year Plan. In order to promote Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China to take root in Beijing, and to show the vivid practice and fruitful results of the development of the capital in a new era, the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (the Lecturer Group of the Municipal Party Committee) has planned and Qianlong produced and launched a series of short videos (10 episodes, bilingual version) to study and implement Xi Jinping's ideology and theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, to help the capital develop in a high-quality way in a new era, and to strive to write a chapter of Beijing in building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way. Please watch the content of this issue - "Continuously relieving Beijing's non capital functions and striving to promote the high-quality development of the capital".
speaker:
Yang Wisdom
Associate Researcher of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
The report to the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized "accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and focusing on promoting high-quality development". Focusing on relieving non capital functions is an important part of promoting high-quality development of the capital. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Beijing 11 times and delivered important speeches on the work of Beijing 21 times. He has deeply answered the major issue of the era of "what kind of capital to build and how to build the capital", which has provided fundamental guidance for the capital work in the new era. In the past ten years, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has pointed out the direction and path for the high-quality development of the capital, promoted the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, alleviated the non capital function, and tackled the "big city disease", and opened a new journey for the capital to comprehensively build a socialist modernization by adjusting its strategic positioning, promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and so on.
Some people may ask, previously, development was all incremental development, while the new development of Beijing was reduced development, which was to distract Beijing from its non capital function. Will that destroy Beijing's urban charm? Will it reduce our quality of life? Will it limit the future development level of Beijing?
Let's take a look at what Beijing has done. In the past few years, Beijing has taken the strictest governance measures to remove industries that do not meet the functional orientation of the capital. Since 2014, Beijing has withdrawn about 3000 general manufacturing and polluting enterprises in total, and evacuated and upgraded nearly 1000 regional wholesale markets and logistics centers. At the same time, the industry threshold for entering Beijing has been continuously raised. The Catalogue of Prohibitions and Restrictions on New Industries in Beijing was updated for three times, and nearly 24000 new establishment or change registration businesses were not handled. After ten years of efforts, Beijing has become the first city with reduced development in China from gathering resources for growth to relieving functions for development, and has achieved the goal of "slimming down and keeping fit".
How is the development of the capital city?
In terms of ecological environment protection, we can clearly feel the effectiveness of Beijing's in-depth efforts to prevent and control pollution. Have you noticed that in recent years, the blueprints of the "most beautiful sky" in the circle of friends often brush the screen - the Qionghuaguan White Tower in Beihai, and the star orbit in front of the Palace Museum. From "APEC Blue" and "Military Parade Blue" to "Two Games Blue" and "Winter Olympics Blue", blue sky and white clouds have gradually become the norm in Beijing. In 2022, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing will reach a new low of 30 micrograms per cubic meter, a decrease of 66.5 percentage points compared with 2013, which is praised by the United Nations Environment Programme as the "miracle of Beijing". This miracle is just the vigorous writing of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's firm practice of the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" in the land of Beijing.
In terms of the overall protection of the old city, it has also made great contributions to relieving non capital functions. The beauty of the old city lies in its historical context and its capital spirit. As one of the "Eight Small Scenic Spots in Yanjing" selected by the people in the Qing Dynasty, "Yinding Mountain View", with the rapid development of the city, built a high-rise building with more than 10 floors more than 30 years ago. The size and height of this building damaged the flat and open city skyline around Shichahai. It is in the landscape corridor of "Yinding Mountain View", The rolling Xishan ridge line is rigidly cut into two sections. In 2021, all evacuation and demolition work (in this area) will be completed. Today, when I stood on the Yinding Bridge and looked west, the mountains in the distance were clearly visible. The tranquil picture of "Yinding Mountain View" reappeared. In the words of an old Beijing Hu Tong, it was described as "the scenery I saw on my father's shoulder when I was a child has returned"! 2024 is an important time node for applying for world cultural heritage. The protection of Beijing's central axis has entered the "fast lane", grasping the important opportunity of relieving non capital functions, and making the historical and cultural "pearls" scattered in the capital string into a line and reappear across time and space, which is the specific embodiment of relieving non capital functions in the overall protection of the old city.
In terms of traffic pressure relief, significant results have also been achieved in relieving non capital functions. We all know that Beijing has concentrated medical resources, but the space of major hospitals is very limited. Every day, patients from all over the country are overwhelmed, and the traffic environment around the hospital has become a major problem. "Less than one kilometer of the road, it can be blocked for more than 40 minutes." In order to avoid the rush hour of the hospital traffic, nearby residents have to go out to work at more than 6:00 in the morning. At present, many hospitals are trying to ease the construction of new hospital areas. As the new hospital areas are gradually put into use, the functions of the old hospital areas in the central city will be adjusted in an orderly manner, the distribution of medical resources in the city will be further optimized, and the traffic congestion around the hospital will also be significantly improved.
Beijing has found a new way to solve the "big city disease" with Chinese characteristics by relieving its non capital functions.
In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was proposed to "adhere to the principle of building people's cities for the people and people's cities for the people". As a researcher of urban governance, I have undertaken relevant projects and participated in the voluntary service of garbage classification in the community in recent years. What makes me feel most is that volunteers, whether they are children or gray haired retired people, wear red vests and are conscientious and responsible in their work, it is these countless glimmers of light that converge into a warm current, It highlights the power from the grassroots in Beijing's urban governance.
Life is bright because of dreams, and youth is brilliant because of dreams. In the great process of striving to promote the high-quality development of the capital, I hope that we can join hands and contribute our wisdom and strength to writing more "wonders of Beijing"!
Related links:
Theoretical Micro Publicity | Great Practice of "Red Star in the North"
Reading guide: 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the key year to achieve the goals and tasks of the 14th Five Year Plan. In order to promote Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China to take root in Beijing, and to show the vivid practice and fruitful results of the development of the capital in a new era, the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (the Lecturer Group of the Municipal Party Committee) has planned and Qianlong produced and launched a series of short videos (10 episodes, bilingual version) to study and implement Xi Jinping's ideology and theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, to help the capital develop in a high-quality way in a new era, and to strive to write a chapter of Beijing in building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way. Please watch the content of this issue - "Continuously relieving Beijing's non capital functions and striving to promote the high-quality development of the capital".
speaker:
Yang Wisdom
Associate Researcher of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
The report to the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized "accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and focusing on promoting high-quality development". Focusing on relieving non capital functions is an important part of promoting high-quality development of the capital. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Beijing 11 times and delivered important speeches on the work of Beijing 21 times. He has deeply answered the major issue of the era of "what kind of capital to build and how to build the capital", which has provided fundamental guidance for the capital work in the new era. In the past ten years, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has pointed out the direction and path for the high-quality development of the capital, promoted the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, alleviated the non capital function, and tackled the "big city disease", and opened a new journey for the capital to comprehensively build a socialist modernization by adjusting its strategic positioning, promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and so on.
Some people may ask, previously, development was all incremental development, while the new development of Beijing was reduced development, which was to distract Beijing from its non capital function. Will that destroy Beijing's urban charm? Will it reduce our quality of life? Will it limit the future development level of Beijing?
Let's take a look at what Beijing has done. In the past few years, Beijing has taken the strictest governance measures to remove industries that do not meet the functional orientation of the capital. Since 2014, Beijing has withdrawn about 3000 general manufacturing and polluting enterprises in total, and evacuated and upgraded nearly 1000 regional wholesale markets and logistics centers. At the same time, the industry threshold for entering Beijing has been continuously raised. The Catalogue of Prohibitions and Restrictions on New Industries in Beijing was updated for three times, and nearly 24000 new establishment or change registration businesses were not handled. After ten years of efforts, Beijing has become the first city with reduced development in China from gathering resources for growth to relieving functions for development, and has achieved the goal of "slimming down and keeping fit".
How is the development of the capital city?
In terms of ecological environment protection, we can clearly feel the effectiveness of Beijing's in-depth efforts to prevent and control pollution. Have you noticed that in recent years, the blueprints of the "most beautiful sky" in the circle of friends often brush the screen - the Qionghuaguan White Tower in Beihai, and the star orbit in front of the Palace Museum. From "APEC Blue" and "Military Parade Blue" to "Two Games Blue" and "Winter Olympics Blue", blue sky and white clouds have gradually become the norm in Beijing. In 2022, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing will reach a new low of 30 micrograms per cubic meter, a decrease of 66.5 percentage points compared with 2013, which is praised by the United Nations Environment Programme as the "miracle of Beijing". This miracle is just the vigorous writing of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's firm practice of the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" in the land of Beijing.
In terms of the overall protection of the old city, it has also made great contributions to relieving non capital functions. The beauty of the old city lies in its historical context and its capital spirit. As one of the "Eight Small Scenic Spots in Yanjing" selected by the people in the Qing Dynasty, "Yinding Mountain View", with the rapid development of the city, built a high-rise building with more than 10 floors more than 30 years ago. The size and height of this building damaged the flat and open city skyline around Shichahai. It is in the landscape corridor of "Yinding Mountain View", The rolling Xishan ridge line is rigidly cut into two sections. In 2021, all evacuation and demolition work (in this area) will be completed. Today, when I stood on the Yinding Bridge and looked west, the mountains in the distance were clearly visible. The tranquil picture of "Yinding Mountain View" reappeared. In the words of an old Beijing Hu Tong, it was described as "the scenery I saw on my father's shoulder when I was a child has returned"! 2024 is an important time node for applying for world cultural heritage. The protection of Beijing's central axis has entered the "fast lane", grasping the important opportunity of relieving non capital functions, and making the historical and cultural "pearls" scattered in the capital string into a line and reappear across time and space, which is the specific embodiment of relieving non capital functions in the overall protection of the old city.
In terms of traffic pressure relief, significant results have also been achieved in relieving non capital functions. We all know that Beijing has concentrated medical resources, but the space of major hospitals is very limited. Every day, patients from all over the country are overwhelmed, and the traffic environment around the hospital has become a major problem. "Less than one kilometer of the road, it can be blocked for more than 40 minutes." In order to avoid the rush hour of the hospital traffic, nearby residents have to go out to work at more than 6:00 in the morning. At present, many hospitals are trying to ease the construction of new hospital areas. As the new hospital areas are gradually put into use, the functions of the old hospital areas in the central city will be adjusted in an orderly manner, the distribution of medical resources in the city will be further optimized, and the traffic congestion around the hospital will also be significantly improved.
Beijing has found a new way to solve the "big city disease" with Chinese characteristics by relieving its non capital functions.
In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was proposed to "adhere to the principle of building people's cities for the people and people's cities for the people". As a researcher of urban governance, I have undertaken relevant projects and participated in the voluntary service of garbage classification in the community in recent years. What makes me feel most is that volunteers, whether they are children or gray haired retired people, wear red vests and are conscientious and responsible in their work, it is these countless glimmers of light that converge into a warm current, It highlights the power from the grassroots in Beijing's urban governance.
Life is bright because of dreams, and youth is brilliant because of dreams. In the great process of striving to promote the high-quality development of the capital, I hope that we can join hands and contribute our wisdom and strength to writing more "wonders of Beijing"!
Related links:
Theoretical Micro Publicity | Great Practice of "Red Star in the North"
