Outside guangdong, the provinces of the long triangle have remained relatively competitive. Jiangsu, shanghai and zhejiang are among the top. In the case of jiangsu province, for example, GDP surpassed $8 trillion in 2017 and $9 trillion in 2018, and together with guangdong province, it is now the only two “9 trillion” clubs in the country. At the same time, the province's advanced manufacturing industry, science, technology and innovation have continued to grow relatively rapidly, with production of new products such as new energy vehicles and urban orbital vehicles increasing more than one-fold in 2018; 50 projects throughout the province received the national science and technology prize, with the total number of awards ranked highest in the country。
The deputy president of the shanghai academy of social sciences, zhang yuan, analysed journalists, and this year's report on the work of the government clearly stated that the development of regional integration in the long triangle should be elevated to a national strategy. This represents an important strategic opportunity for three provinces and one city in the long triangle region to further enhance competitiveness and quality development in the region and throughout the country。
5 provinces and cities have increased competitiveness rankings
Star provinces attract a lot of attention, but even more noteworthy are those that are less visible but are up to speed. Such provinces are important for regional economic coordination throughout china。
By comparison, the blue book shows that five provinces (municipalities and districts) have seen an increase in the overall economic competitiveness of their provinces, the largest of which was shanxi, where the ranking rose by four places, shaanxi province by three places and chongqing, heilongjiang and liaoning by one place. Among them, shanxi province has seen improvements in industrial economy, sustainable development, finance, the environment for development, level of development and integration。
The residents of the town of paai, binting county, shanxi province, have a deep sense of developments in shanxi in recent years. He stated that sansin had a reputation for “the kingdom of small groceries” and that he had small groceries from various parts of the mountain, ranging from rice, red dates, red beans to peas, bitter products, etc., in a special store west of the street. A few years ago, he saw the advantages of high-quality grains and a variety of small grains of beans in mountain areas, leading the establishment of professional cooperatives and the transfer of more than 500 acres of land from more than 80 farmers exclusively to grow small grains and walnuts. “cooperatives have grown rapidly thanks to the services of the benevolent agriculture service of the ping dynasty. Now, i'm earning $150,000 a year, a lot more than before." li sung-gwang says。
The province of shaanxi, which ranked second, has in recent years increased its level of development, fiscal finance, industrial economy, macroeconomics and coherence, with the highest increase in fiscal and financial competitiveness。
For traditional energy departments such as shanxi and shaanxi, there is always a fear that economic power will be increased by selling resources. A welcome change has been the increased attention given to ecological conservation and long-term institutional development in these provinces。
In shanxi province, the pace of greening has been accelerating in recent years. Starting in february this year, the reforestation project has been rolled out from the south to the north, and spring afforestation has been vigorously implemented by local and forest boards to seize opportunities. As at 10 april, 135. 55 million acres had been planted throughout the province in the spring, bringing the rate of construction to 100 per cent。
The “tax + people's bank + finance” rapid response mechanism has been put in place to achieve “full entitlements” for taxpayers through a combination of treasury and treasury funds. This innovative mechanism has now begun to be replicated throughout the country. Wang wengchang, the owner of the xinjiang new city plate shop in xinjiang, xinxi province, has made a bill for the retailing of a variety of boxes of leather products. After 1 january 2019, a quarterly sale of $255,000 was approved; after the introduction of the gsp policy, the leather shop joined the tax relief “grand army” and saved at least $0. 86 million on a quarterly basis. According to the xian branch of the people's bank of china, as at 25 march, shaanxi province had successfully processed 3677 tax refunds, amounting to rmb 3. 0797 million, and more micro-enterprises had been activated。
The gap between east and west is closing
Another major change in the regional economy is the narrowing of the east-west gap in terms of the provincial economy。
According to the blue book, in 2017 the assessment of the overall competitiveness of the four major regions of the country was divided into 48. 6 in the eastern region, 36. 9 in the central region, 31. 7 in the western region and 34. 0 in the north-eastern region, and the gap between the overall competitiveness of the western region and the eastern region narrowed. Compared to 2016, the gap between the western and eastern regions has narrowed by 0. 8 points, indicating that the gap between the western and eastern regions is narrowing。
Increased competitiveness is fully reflected in the attractiveness of fdi. Data show that in 2017, new foreign investment enterprises in the western region grew by 43. 2 per cent over the same period, which is 15. 4 percentage points higher than the national rate; in 2018, the real use of foreign investment in the western region increased by 18. 5 per cent over the same period, which is 17. 6 percentage points higher than the national rate。
At the same time, new policy measures are being developed to open up the west. In a recent presentation by yuan dao, director of the policy research unit of the national commission for development and development (cndd), beginning in the first half of last year, the commission initiated the drafting of a study entitled " guidance for a new era: towards a new pattern for west development " , which was considered for adoption in march this year. The guidance is currently being further refined and issued in accordance with the procedure. As a next step, the cdrc will work to implement the guidance to promote the development of the west, to give priority to the protection of the ecological environment, to increase the level of openness and outward-looking economic development, to support the strengthening of science, technology and innovation in the west, to expand new spaces, to accelerate the transformation of new and old dynamic energy and to promote the harmonization of economic and social development with population, resources and the environment in the west。
The director of the centre for scientific and technological evaluation and research in china and one of the chief editors of the blue book, li guan-chung, noted that, in the light of the performance of the two years, one of the most striking phenomena was the growing competitiveness of the central region, such as the steady upstream in henan province in the two years, with hubei, hunan and anhu rankings at the forefront of the middle east and the growing significance of the central rise。
While there have been positive developments in regional coordination, many challenges remain. According to the blue book, within the 10 provinces and municipalities in the eastern region, the pattern of competition is uneven and the most obvious gap is between hainan province and other provinces and municipalities. There is also a large gap in competitiveness in the provinces and municipalities of the upper district. The provinces of guangdong, jiangsu, shanghai, beijing and zhejiang all scored more than 50, while the other three provinces all scored less than 50. The six provinces within the central region also showed a marked imbalance. The average score for the western region was only 65 per cent for the eastern region, indicating that there was still a wide gap in competitiveness compared to the eastern region。
The party member of the state council's centre for development studies and chief of staff, yubin, pointed out that, in the current context, there was a need to re-establish relations between the government and the market in order to further enhance the competitiveness of the regions. He suggested, first, that a level playing field be created. Local governments need to have a favourable development environment for different types of enterprises. Second, the creation of a business environment of “one run at the most” has seen china’s international ranking for business last year increase considerably, but there is still much room for improvement. Thirdly, create a good ecological environment for innovative entrepreneurship。
