This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is also a crucial year to achieve the goals and tasks of the 14th Five Year Plan. To this end, the Office held a series of press conferences on the theme of "promoting high-quality development", inviting major heads of provincial governments to attend the series of conferences, introducing the work measures and achievements of various regions and departments. On March 19, the first press conference was held at the press conference hall of the Beijing State Council Information Office, and Yin Yong, deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and mayor, led a team to attend the conference.
The surging news noted that, in less than three months from March 19 this year, the Office of the National People's Congress held 31 press conferences on "promoting high-quality development". The main leaders of 31 provincial governments answered hundreds of questions raised by Chinese and foreign journalists at the press conference. Among these hundreds of problems, the problems involve all aspects of government work, among which economic development, business environment construction, cultural tourism and other topics have become the focus of attention.
On June 14, with the end of the press conference of Guizhou Field, the series of press conferences themed "Promoting high-quality development" ended successfully.
High frequency of "economic development" and "business environment construction"
After sorting out the surging news, it was found that several series of press conferences responded to issues such as "economic development" and "business environment construction".
Yin Yong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Beijing, said at the press conference that last year, Beijing's GDP grew by 5.2%, its total economic output reached 4.4 trillion yuan, and its general public budget revenue grew by 8.2% to more than 600 billion yuan. In terms of business environment construction, Beijing has launched more than 1200 business environment reform measures, reducing more than 60% of items, 71% of time limit, 74% of materials, and more than 320 certificates.
As the financial center of China, Shanghai achieved a total GDP of 4.72 trillion yuan last year, continuing to rank among the world's cities. At the press conference, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Mayor of Shanghai, said that licensed financial institutions continued to gather in Shanghai. By the end of last year, there were 1771 licensed institutions in Shanghai, including 548 foreign-funded licensed institutions.
In 2023, Zhejiang's GDP will be 8255.3 billion yuan, up 6%. Wang Hao, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Governor of Zhejiang Province, introduced at the press conference that in order to strive to create a market-oriented, legalized and internationalized first-class business environment, Zhejiang has formulated and implemented 32 policies and measures to promote high-quality development of the private economy, boosting market expectations and enterprise confidence.
The economic development momentum in the eastern region is rapid, and the achievements are outstanding. The economic development in the central and western regions is also commendable. According to the surging news, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu and other provinces are catching up.
Ye Jianchun, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee and Governor of Jiangxi Province, introduced at the press conference that the comprehensive economic strength of Jiangxi Province has achieved an overall leap. In terms of the total amount, the gross regional product has increased from 1.28 trillion yuan in 2012 to 3.22 trillion yuan in 2023, leaping over two trillion yuan steps.
Mao Weiming, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Governor of Hunan Province, introduced at the press conference that Hunan's total economic output exceeded 5 trillion yuan last year from 2 trillion yuan in 2012 to 5.013 trillion yuan last year, realizing "four consecutive leaps".
Wang Zhonglin, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and Governor of Hubei Province, said at the press conference that the economic recovery will be better in 2023. Hubei Province will grow by 6% in the whole year, ranking first in the country. In the first quarter of this year, GDP grew by 6.1%, and the economy started strongly and got off to a good start.
In addition, the surging news learned from the press conference that, as a province in the western region, Gansu's economic aggregate exceeded the trillion mark in 2021, and since 2022, Gansu's economic growth has remained the first in the country for seven consecutive quarters.
The issue of "cultural tourism" was answered with emphasis
From Heijiliao, which was out of the circle due to ice and snow last year, to Tianshui Malatang, which became popular this year, all regions are laying out cultural and tourism racetracks. Judging from the 31 press conferences that have been held so far, cultural and tourism issues have become the focus of attention and received key responses.
Hu Yuting, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee and Governor of Jilin Province, introduced at the press conference that Jilin insists on protecting ecology and developing eco-tourism to complement each other, building a world-class ice and snow brand, ice and snow tourism resort and summer resort, and striving to break through trillion yuan in tourism revenue by 2027.
Liang Huiling, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and Governor of Heilongjiang Province, introduced that in the future, it will create a new growth point for the ice and snow economy and develop high-quality all season tourism.
Li Bingjun, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and Governor of Guizhou Province, could not help expressing affectionately when answering questions from reporters, "Tourism is the most advantageous and well-established industry in Guizhou, and is currently focusing on building a number of world-class tourist attractions."
According to relevant data from the surging press conference, in 2023, the number of tourists and tourism revenue in Shaanxi Province will increase by 106.5% and 150.6% respectively. In 2023, Tibet will receive 55.17 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 83.7% over 2022. During the May Day holiday this year, Yunnan received more than 38 million tourists; The number of tourists to Sichuan reached more than 40 million, up 9.5% year on year.
"Opening up" ushers in new opportunities for development
High quality development cannot be separated from high-level opening up. Reporters combed 31 press conferences and found that many places have made outstanding achievements in actively expanding opening up.
Liu Xiaoming, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee and Governor of Hainan Province, introduced at the press conference that the current policy system of Hainan Free Trade Port has basically taken shape, and the business entities and the masses have received real benefits. In 2023, the number and amount of duty-free shopping in outlying islands will increase by 59.9% and 25.4% respectively year on year. At present, the enthusiasm of foreign investment in Hainan is rising.
Guangxi, also a border province, is the only province in China that is connected to ASEAN by land and sea, and is the frontier and window of China's opening-up and cooperation towards ASEAN. Lan Tianli, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and President of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, introduced at the press conference that the Pinglu Canal under construction in Guangxi is the first canal project to reach the sea since the founding of New China. After the completion of the canal, the logistics between southwest, central and southern China, western regions and ASEAN will be more convenient.
As the frontier of China's opening up to the north, Inner Mongolia has unique advantages in opening up to the outside world. Wang Lixia, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Chairman of the Autonomous Region, introduced at the press conference that in recent years, the scale of economic cooperation between Inner Mongolia and Russia, Mongolia and other countries has been expanding, and the level of opening up to the north has also become higher and higher. In 2023, nearly half of China Europe trains in the country will start and run from Inner Mongolia.
As an important strategic fulcrum of the Western Development in the new era and a comprehensive hub of inland opening up, Chongqing continues to strengthen regional cooperation, open up and develop new space. Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and Mayor of Chongqing, shared at the press conference that, as the initiator of the new land and sea channel in the west, the new land and sea channel in the west is now accessible to 514 ports in 123 countries and regions, and more and more Chongqing products are crossing mountains and seas to the world.
