Blossoming branches and lush leaves take shape - "numbers" look at the fifth anniversary of Shenzhen's promotion of the construction of pilot demonstration zones
2024-08-26
In August, Pengcheng is blessed with lush vegetation. From Dapeng Bay to the Pearl River Estuary, there is a school of vitality. In August of this year, Shenzhen celebrated its fifth anniversary as a demonstration zone for building socialism with Chinese characteristics. According to the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Shenzhen to Build an Advanced Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Shenzhen has set a strategic position in the "Five Great Wars" for five years in terms of elevation and quality development highland, rule of law city demonstration, urban civilization model, people's wellbeing benchmark, and sustainable development pioneer, making breakthroughs in reform, innovation and demonstration in a series of fields such as economy, society, and people's livelihood, and creating a sample of Chinese path to modernization cities. Some data outline the appearance of the advanced demonstration zone. The average output per square kilometer is 1.73 billion yuan, opening up the "report card" of Shenzhen's economy in the past five years, and each data is intriguing. From 2019 to 2023, Shenzhen's GDP will grow at an average annual rate of 5.1%, reaching a new level of 3.46 trillion yuan, with an average output of 1.73 billion yuan per square kilometer, which is outstanding among first tier cities; The scale of fixed assets investment in the city also increased from 735.56 billion yuan in 2019 to 992.17 billion yuan in 2023, with an average annual growth of 7.8%, 3.8 and 4.5 percentage points higher than that of the whole country and Guangdong Province respectively; In the first half of this year, Shenzhen delivered an impressive result - the regional GDP was 1.730222 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, exceeding the average growth rate of the country and Guangdong Province, and ranking among the top in first and second tier cities; Against the backdrop of the ongoing global economic storm, for Shenzhen, which only has a county-level area but carries a provincial-level economic volume, the pressure of economic growth is greater than any city. The 5.9% growth rate is even more commendable, providing a solid material foundation for Shenzhen to create a socialist modernized strong country as an urban model Huang Zhe, Director of the Development Research Center of Shenzhen Municipal Government, said. To promote Chinese path to modernization, the first thing is to modernize the economic foundation. In order to build a modern industrial system and lay a solid material and technological foundation, Shenzhen has accelerated the implementation of the innovation driven development strategy in the past five years, taking the development of strategic emerging industries and the cultivation of future industries as important hands to accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces and promote high-quality economic and social development. New progress has been made in the construction of comprehensive national science centers and Shenzhen Academy of Medical Sciences; The construction of Guangming Science City, Xili Lake International Science and Education City, Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, etc. is accelerating; The R&D investment of the whole society accounts for 5.81% of GDP... Relying on these platforms, Shenzhen has gained a continuous stream of new momentum for high-quality economic development under the support of the innovation ecological chain of "basic research+technological breakthroughs+industrialization of achievements+science and technology finance+talent support" throughout the entire process. Grasping the new trend is the key to leading technological innovation. In the past five years, Shenzhen has built a series of industrial development "new engines" represented by new energy vehicles, new energy storage, and low altitude economy. In 2023, the added value of strategic emerging industries in Shenzhen will reach 1.45 trillion yuan, accounting for 41.9% of GDP, up from 37.7% in 2019. At present, there are 742 national level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises and 24700 national high-tech enterprises in Shenzhen. "To make a sample for Chinese path to modernization, we must make contributions to high-quality development and create a richer and more solid material foundation." Song Ding, Deputy Director of the China Urban Economy Expert Committee, said that to grasp the innovation trend, we need to focus on traditional industries and also break through from the forefront. Shenzhen is a model city for China's economic growth mode to achieve strategic transformation and upgrading. The basic trend of Shenzhen's economic growth clearly shows the dominant strategy and overall direction of China's economy in the future. On June 20, 2023, the bankruptcy court of the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court delivered a ruling to Mr. Liang, the applicant of the first personal bankruptcy case in China, approving the exemption of his debt repayment responsibility to creditors within the debt scope specified in the restructuring plan, stating that the first batch of 40 authorized matters have been fully implemented. The rule of law is an important guarantee for Chinese path to modernization. In October 2020, the central government supported the implementation of comprehensive reform pilot projects in Shenzhen, granting Shenzhen more autonomy in important areas and key links of reform through batch authorization based on a list. In the past few years, Shenzhen has made significant breakthroughs in a number of key areas and key links of reform, from taking the lead in promoting the "ice breaking" of the personal bankruptcy system and steadily moving forward, to the comprehensive implementation of the registration system reform by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and then to the trial of mixed use of land in the secondary and tertiary industries. The first batch of 40 authorized items in the comprehensive reform pilot points have been fully implemented. In the past three years, the National Development and Reform Commission has issued three documents to promote 87 reform and innovation measures in Shenzhen nationwide. Taking the comprehensive reform pilot as the driving force, Shenzhen is promoting comprehensive and deepening reforms, strengthening legislative exploration in emerging fields, making full use of the legislative power of the special economic zone, and introducing a number of national pioneering local regulations such as the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Intelligent Connected Vehicle Management Regulations, Artificial Intelligence Industry Promotion Regulations, Low altitude Economic Industry Promotion Regulations, and Cell and Gene Industry Promotion Regulations. On February 1st of this year, the "Regulations on the Promotion of Low altitude Economic Industries in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" were officially implemented, paving the way for the rule of law for the "soaring" of Shenzhen's low altitude economy. In addition, Shenzhen has also released the "Action Plan for Cultivating and Developing Low altitude Economy and Aerospace Industry Clusters in Shenzhen (2024-2025)", introduced "Several Measures to Support High quality Development of Low altitude Economy in Shenzhen", and constructed a low altitude policy system of "Regulations+Action Plan+Several Measures". In terms of deepening the business environment, Shenzhen has continuously released multiple plans to optimize the market-oriented, rule of law, and international business environment, continuously building a market-oriented business environment with effective market mechanisms and government guarantees, fully cultivating and protecting business entities, and stimulating their vitality. Shenzhen has a very forward-looking vision and can provide 'first step' policy support for many emerging fields and cutting-edge technologies As a globally leading provider of comprehensive solutions for battery materials, the relevant person in charge of Betray New Materials Group Co., Ltd., which has been rooted in Shenzhen for more than 20 years, said. Wang Yunxing, Director of the Public Economy Research Institute of China (Shenzhen) Institute of Comprehensive Development, stated that based on the needs of reform, opening up, and innovative development, Shenzhen has strengthened legislation in key areas, emerging fields, and key links, steadily promoted the demonstration of rule of law, and "from pilot projects to demonstration projects, the story of Shenzhen's reform is becoming more vivid." As a window for China's reform and opening up, with newly established foreign-invested enterprises accounting for 13.7% of the country's total, Shenzhen is promoting reform and opening up at a higher starting point, higher level, and higher goal, forming a new pattern of comprehensively deepening reform and expanding opening up. Supporting foreign investment in the biopharmaceutical field, continuously strengthening foreign investment protection, comprehensively optimizing the service system for foreign talents, and increasing support for foreign investment projects in the manufacturing industry... In May of this year, Shenzhen issued the "Implementation Measures for Further Increasing the Attraction and Utilization of Foreign Investment", proposing 20 specific measures around promoting high-level opening up of key areas to the outside world and improving the mechanism for promoting foreign investment. This is China's' Silicon Valley 'with unique advantages, and we will continue to increase our investment in Shenzhen Not long ago, Jeff Williams, the Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc., visited Shenzhen and said. Since the beginning of this year, executives from multinational giants such as Apple, Tesla, DMG Exhibition in the UK, Panasonic in Japan, and Decaux in Switzerland have frequently appeared in Shenzhen to negotiate projects and sign investment contracts. Data shows that in the first half of this year, there were 3683 newly established foreign-invested enterprises in Shenzhen, accounting for 13.7% of the national total. At present, there are over 310 Fortune 500 companies investing in Shenzhen, demonstrating a strong 'magnetic attraction'. In the view of Cao Zhongxiong, Director of the Institute of Digital Strategy and Economics at the China (Shenzhen) Institute of Comprehensive Development, the frequent increase in foreign investment in Shenzhen is not only due to the advantages of talent gathering and a complete and stable industrial and supply chain, but also due to the key factors of expanding open cooperation policies and optimizing the business environment for foreign investment. Bring in "with swift and steady steps, and spare no effort in" going out ". At the Xiaomo International Logistics Port in the Shenzhen Shantou Special Cooperation Zone, new energy vehicles are neatly arranged and driven onto roll on/roll off ships parked on the shore for long-distance transportation before finally entering the global market. As a port characterized by its automotive roll on/roll off export business, Xiaomo Port has achieved a cumulative export of over 50000 new energy vehicles in just one and a half years since opening its foreign trade routes. The busy Xiaomo Port is a microcosm of Shenzhen's booming foreign trade. According to statistics from Shenzhen Customs, in the first half of this year, Shenzhen's cumulative import and export volume reached 2.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.7%, setting a new historical high for the same period, accounting for 10.4% of the national total and 50.4% of Guangdong Province's total. It is worth noting that since 1993, Shenzhen's export scale has ranked first in the country for 31 consecutive years, and its export advantages are still expanding. Data shows that the advantages of Shenzhen's "old three" such as mobile phones, automatic data processing equipment (computers), and household appliances continue to be stable, while the momentum of "new three" such as new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products is surging, becoming the backbone of Shenzhen's foreign trade exports. Based on the coast of the South China Sea, Shenzhen has always been regarded as the forefront of China's opening-up to the outside world Huang Zhe said that in the journey of building a demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics, Shenzhen will continue to play the role of an "open bridgehead" and be a pioneer and model in serving the domestic and international dual circulation. Every 15 minutes, you can walk to a community park where the azure sky, low hanging white clouds, brilliant sunset glow, towering buildings, and lush green trees complement each other, creating a breathtaking sight. Strolling in Shenzhen, one can experience the ups and downs and romance of the mountains and seas connecting the city. It's hard to imagine that on this land of less than 2000 square kilometers, there are 1260 parks of all sizes distributed, and citizens can "look up to see blue, open the window to see green, and open the door to see the park". Chinese path to modernization is a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. On the banks of Dameisha Sea, Biosphere 3 Park is a beautiful scenic line between mountains and seas. The photovoltaic panels on the rooftop, covering an area of over 8000 square meters, shine brightly under sunlight, generating green electricity annually that can meet 85% of the park's electricity demand. We utilize the pioneering 'dual carbon brain' across the entire network to establish a near zero carbon indicator system, achieving dynamic monitoring of carbon emissions data for the entire Dameisha community Li Yingjie, Deputy Director of the Carbon and Big Data Department at the Data Intelligence Center of Southern Power Grid Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, said. In addition to the ecological environment, the creation of civilization in Shenzhen has become a trend, and the cultural industry is thriving and developing. For two consecutive years, the Summit Forum on Building a Cultural Powerful Country was successfully held. The Cultural Expo, Shenzhen Design Week, Shenzhen Reading Month and other "cultural cards" were brilliant. They were selected as national civilized cities for many consecutive years. Literary and artistic masterpieces represented by Wing Chun continued to "break the circle". In 2023, Shenzhen added 210000 square meters of public cultural facilities, and there were more than 1800 libraries (rooms), cultural museums (stations), museums, and art galleries in the city... Chinese path to modernization is a modernization that continues to improve people's well-being. The 9-year integrated school project of Xin'an Middle School (Group) Longtian School, constructed by China Construction Second Engineering Bureau in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, can provide 2250 school places after completion, effectively alleviating the academic pressure on families in the surrounding areas; The new campus of Longhua District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, is under full construction in Longhua District, Shenzhen. This maternal and child health institution integrates medical treatment, health care, prevention, scientific research, teaching, grassroots technical guidance, and information management, including 800 beds of maternal and child health care and 200 beds of public health centers... In terms of education