In late April, the Executive Vice Premier of the State Council in charge of economic work held a symposium on the economic work of six provinces and one city in East China in Shanghai, which focused on studying the economic development of East China. Governor Gao Jin and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor Fang Guogang attended the meeting.

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The meeting reported on the economic performance of six provinces and one city in East China last year and the first quarter of this year, and proposed the goal of accelerating economic development in East China and turning East China into a national economic development highland.

During the meeting, Gao Jin and Fang Guogang clearly felt the vigorous development vitality from the brother provinces and cities, and also felt the willingness of the four provinces and cities of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui to further strengthen cooperation, while the three provinces of Shandong, Fujian, and Changchun were excluded.

Shandong Province and Fujian Province are different from Changjiang. The economy of Shandong Province is its own system and does not belong to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Zone. Although it is listed among the six provinces and one city in East China, it is not closely connected with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Zone. Fujian Province

This is because the relationship with Taiwan is closer across the Taiwan Strait. Especially when Taiwanese capital comes in in large numbers, Fujian Province is generally the first choice as the bridgehead. Therefore, there is also a distance from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, except for Changjiang.

Changjiang and Anhui Province in the north basically belong to the same level. They both belong to the central inland area and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. One is to the north and the other is to the south. They are almost opposite each other across the river. At the same time, the two provinces are in terms of population, land, resources and

The degree of economic development is relatively similar, but this time Anhui Province has obviously come to the front among the six provinces and one city in East China. At the same time, the degree of economic cooperation with the four provinces and cities of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui has also come to the front. How can this not be the case?

Gao Jin and Fang Guogang felt both unwilling and a little angry, and at the same time, they felt more pressure.

What Gao Jin and Fang Guogang learned at the three-day symposium is that the reason why Anhui Province can integrate into the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone faster is because the economic development along the river in Anhui Province is faster, the degree of openness is higher, and investment

The environment is better and it can be quickly integrated into the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone. It has become a useful supplement to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone and a backup area for industrial transfer. However, Changjiang has obviously not done well enough in this regard.

This situation made Gao Jin and Fang Guogang feel bitter.

On the Changjiang side, there are three cities adjacent to the Yangtze River Delta region. From south to north and then to the west, they are Liyang, Yishan and Songzhou.

Liyang's economic development ranks at the lower-middle level among the thirteen cities and states in Changjiang Province. So far, there is no expressway in Liyang. Although the Luoyang-Li Expressway is on the agenda, the project has not yet been approved.

Yishan has always been at an upper-middle level in the province's economic development. However, in recent years, Yishan's economic development has been slow and its growth rate has been weak. Its status in the province has also fallen again and again. Its economic aggregate ranking has dropped from the third in 1998.

The fifth place fell to the ninth place in 2002, even behind Xiliang, which was incomparable in the past.

Songzhou was originally regarded as the most powerful and potential city among the three cities. On the one hand, it was a larger city approved by the State Council. On the other hand, it also had excellent conditions in terms of water, land, air transportation and economic foundation. In addition to the previous few

The economy developed rapidly in 2006 and became one of the top three cities in Changjiang Province. However, over the past year or so, Songzhou's economic development seems to have suffered from post-war weakness.

From last year to the first quarter of this year, Songzhou's economic development has been running at a low level. Judging from the development in the first quarter of this year, it is a foregone conclusion that Kunhu will surpass Songzhou again, which also makes the Changjiang Provincial Committee and Provincial Government quite anxious.

Last year, although the economic aggregate of Zhongchangjiang Province, one city in six provinces in East China, was less than that of Anhui Province, its per capita GDP was higher than that of Anhui Province and ranked second. Similarly, among the six provinces in central China, Zhongchangjiang Province also ranked second higher than Anhui Province. However,

At this economic symposium on six provinces and one city in East China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai actually believed that Anhui Province's economic development potential and investment environment were superior to Changjiang. This made Gao Jin and Fang Guogang feel dissatisfied and resentful, but also felt tremendous pressure.

The changes in the investment environment and development growth rate of our northern neighbors are obvious to all, and you can’t deny this.

This meeting gave Gao Jin and Fang Guogang considerable stimulation. As leaders of a province, being ignored at such a meeting is really unforgettable, but the reality in front of them is cruel. Over the years of reform and opening up,

Although the situation in Changjiang has also undergone earth-shaking changes, the gap between it and its surrounding neighbors, especially its neighbors to the east, is getting wider and wider, and it even feels a bit out of reach.

For example, the per capita GDP of Zhejiang Province last year reached more than 15,000, which was nearly three times that of Changjiang. The per capita GDP of Fujian Province also reached more than 11,000, more than twice that of Changjiang. If you want to catch up with such a huge disparity,

It's easier said than done. It's not just as simple as introducing a few big projects. It involves increasing the entire economic aggregate. This issue must be considered from a unified perspective across the province.

On this issue, Gao Jin and Fang Guogang talked for a long time on the plane back to Changzhou.

It is a top priority to further attract investment and promote the implementation of large-scale projects. All projects that can be implemented in Changjiang must be personally handled by the leaders of the local party and government. This has also become the unanimous view of Gao Jin and Fang Guogang.

At the same time, in their opinion, the total economic volume and population of the three cities of Changzhou, Songzhou and Kunhu account for more than one-third of the province. At the same time, the economic foundation of these three cities is also the largest in the world.

The province has the greatest development potential. It can be said that as long as the economy of these three cities develops, it will inevitably drive the economic development of the surrounding areas and even the entire Changjiang Province. This is also the consensus reached by the two people on the plane.

How to promote further economic development in these three cities has become a difficult problem facing the Changjiang Provincial Committee and Provincial Government.

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"Let's have a meeting." After listening to Gao Jin and Fang Guogang's introduction to the economic work symposium of six provinces and one city in East China, Rong Daosheng said without thinking much, "It is indeed time to have a meeting.

After Lao Peng came to work in Changjiang, our secretary's office meeting has not been held yet. This first meeting is to study economic work, which is very necessary."

Because Rong Daosheng caught a severe cold on the day Gao Jin and Fang Guogang came back and took two days off, he listened to their reports during the first day of work.

Peng Haibo, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization, replaced the resigned deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in late March, and Mo Jicheng, secretary of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee, served as deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and secretary of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee.

Hearing Rong Dao's serious tone, Gao Jin and Fang Guogang both nodded subconsciously.

"Secretary Rong, it is indeed necessary to hold a meeting dedicated to economic work. I suggest that not only the secretary's office meeting should be held, but also a standing committee of the provincial party committee should be held to focus on studying the current economic operation situation and countermeasures of our province." Fang Guogang is still unfinished.

"This time Governor Gao and I attended this meeting and had extensive exchanges with the leaders of our brother provinces and cities. Only then did we realize the gap between our Changjiang River and the Yangtze River. This gap is not simply a gap in economic aggregate."

, but a gap in ideas, ways of thinking, and awareness of opinions. While we are still thinking about how to win a certain project, others are already thinking about how to raise funds to promote the project to start construction as soon as possible. I

This is just an analogy. What I want to express is that others think further than us, move faster than us, and are bigger than us, but we are still sitting in a well and looking at the sky, and we are arrogant."

"Lao Fang is right. Only by going out can we feel the gap, the gap in all aspects, but the biggest gap is still in the ideological concept." Gao Jin also sighed: "The closed thinking mentality in the inland areas must be broken.

It is indeed necessary to persevere in instilling concepts. It can be said that we must talk about it at every meeting, so that they can understand and accept it, and they must accept it even if they don’t understand it. Otherwise, we will really not be able to catch up with the brother provinces and cities in the coastal areas. Not only will we not catch up, but we will also surpass them.

Pull farther and farther.”

"It seems that you two are deeply stimulated." Rong Daosheng smiled and nodded, "It's a good thing if you can realize our differences and shortcomings. I'm afraid you can't. Now there are many people in our province who have them.

This kind of mentality of being content with being a little rich, and there are quite a few people like this, feel that they can be tall among the dwarfs, and the feeling of pride and complacency comes out, allowing them to compare with developed cities in other provinces and cities.

He found various objective reasons, but in short he still felt that he had made great contributions and had outstanding achievements. What did he want? Didn’t he just want an official title? "

Rong Daosheng's words seemed to be on point, and Gao Jin and Fang Guogang felt it was difficult to respond for a while.

"I said, you have made achievements, and everyone in the province can see it. Do your work down-to-earth, and the provincial party committee will not let honest people suffer. You have really made achievements, and no one can erase them. Don't move all day long.

These little thoughts are useless." Rong Daosheng shook his head, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. The current situation in our province is not optimistic. The development speed of Changzhou and Songzhou has slowed down, and the task of poverty alleviation in backward areas is still very heavy.

Now that the government has confirmed it, I judge that this epidemic will have a considerable adverse impact on our national economy and will certainly affect the economic development of our province. Therefore, on the one hand, we must make all kinds of preparations and fight well.

In this battle of **, we must not be intimidated by **, so that we dare not do anything. We huddle in the house all day long and dare not go out. Crisis is also an opportunity. People are frightened and dare not do anything.

, then it may be an opportunity for those who are prepared.”
Chapter completed!