At an important moment in implementing the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Fujian, a frontier province of reform and opening up, went deep into Xiamen Special Economic Zone, inspected the Free Trade Pilot Zone, and released a new message of further comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-level opening-up to the outside world.
Adhering to the 'system' and expanding high-level opening-up to the outside world——
Xiamen, meaning "the gate of a building". As one of the earliest four special economic zones established during the reform and opening up, Xiamen has always been a window for opening up to the outside world and a hotbed for innovative development.
Comrade Xi Jinping clearly emphasized during his work in Xiamen that "without reform and opening up, socialism cannot progress" and "the task of economic zones is reform. Economic zones should be born from reform, and we must shoulder this responsibility". He also put forward the "three-step" strategy for special zone construction and the concept of building a "free port". Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, Xiamen has continuously introduced "reform vitality" and made breakthroughs in multiple fields of economic and social development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly in Fujian this time: "Today, the requirements for reform and opening up, both in depth and breadth, are higher than before." General Secretary Xi Jinping called on Fujian and Xiamen to "adapt to the development of the situation, steadily promote institutional opening up, deeply cultivate and refine international high standards, produce more institutional and policy achievements, and make new contributions to expanding high-level opening up to the outside world.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a systematic deployment to improve the high-level opening-up system and mechanism, clearly proposing to promote reform through opening up and build a new high-level opening-up economic system.
Adhering closely to the word "system", the General Secretary's visit carries profound implications: by promoting institutional openness such as rules, regulations, management, and standards, we aim to create a favorable internal and external environment for high-level opening-up, win the initiative of reform and development through openness, and promote the formation of new advantages in international competition and cooperation.
Focus on "improvement" and leverage the role of being a pioneer and experimental field——
'Leading by example' is an important responsibility of special economic zones, and 'experimental fields' and' new highlands' are distinctive features of free trade pilot zones.
General Secretary inspected the Xiamen area of China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Since its establishment in 2015, Xiamen Free Trade Zone has leveraged its advantages of being a pioneer and pilot. It has launched a total of 606 innovative measures, including 142 national initiatives and 31 reform pilot experiences that have been replicated and promoted nationwide.
From exploring Xiamen's experience to carrying out comprehensive reform pilot projects, from serving the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" and building the "Silk Road Maritime Transport" to deepening the integration and development of both sides of the Straits... The pilot free trade zone is a national pilot system, seeking development for local areas, and constantly injecting impetus into the construction of new development patterns and promoting high-quality development.
The Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China explicitly proposed to implement the strategy of upgrading free trade pilot zones and encourage innovative and integrated exploration. The sixth meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Reform has reviewed and approved the "Opinions on Implementing the Strategy of Upgrading Pilot Free Trade Zones", proposing to "take institutional innovation as the core, encourage pioneering and integrated exploration".
During this inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to "deeply implement the strategy of upgrading free trade pilot zones". Focusing on "improvement", the purpose is to explore in a wider range and at a deeper level, achieve comprehensive improvement in the level of institutional openness, systematic reform effectiveness, and quality of open economy in the pilot free trade zone.
Emphasize 'experience' and encourage grassroots exploration and innovation——
Fujian is located on the southeast coast and was at the forefront of reform and opening up. This has produced reform experiences such as collective forest tenure system reform, "Jinjiang experience", Sanming medical reform, and science and technology special envoy system.
General Secretary Xi Jinping once pointed out that "localities are an important force in promoting reform" and "we should fully respect the pioneering spirit of grassroots and masses, and encourage innovation and exploration".
To comprehensively promote the integrated reform of the education, science and technology talent system and mechanism, highlight the leading role of economic system reform, prioritize various reforms in the field of people's livelihood, and build a demonstration zone for cross-strait integration and development, the reform measures proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping need to be implemented and rooted, requiring a positive interaction and organic combination of top-level design and grassroots exploration.
During his inspection in Fujian, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of "innovating and developing the Jinjiang experience", "deepening the reform of the collective forest tenure system", and "fully implementing the" four grassroots "system. This is not only a hope for the land of Fujian, but also for other parts of the country to continue to" boldly experiment, boldly explore, and independently reform ", fully stimulating the vitality of investment and entrepreneurship in the whole society, stimulating the creative power of the people, and striving to be the first in the comprehensive deepening of reform and expanding high-level opening up.