“Government work report of this year is a strong political and people-orientated one, for the achievements in the report are based on real data, the problems are analyzed accurately, and the arrangements are very pragmatic.” said Li Chunqiu, a deputy to the National People’s Congress, deputy secretary of the CPC Huaihua Municipal Committee and mayor of Huaihua City.
On March 7, representatives of the two sessions of the National People’s Congress reported to the settlement for the sessions. Li Chunqiu, who had just finished meeting the whole Hunan delegation, did not bother to eat and talked with reporters about his feelings about the two sessions.
During the two sessions this year, the new quality productive forces have become a hot word, which Li Chunqiu pays most attention to. In his view, the new quality productive forces issue from the breakthroughs in technological innovation, innovative allocation of elements, and industrial structural transformation, with innovation being the core and industry the carrier, which represents the development direction of advanced productive forces. Bolstering new-quality productive forces in line with local conditions is not only a scientific path to comprehensively promote the development of a powerful country with Chinese-style modernization, but also an inevitable requirement for turning into reality the beautiful blueprint of “Three Highlands and Four New Missions”and deeply promoting high-quality development.
Meanwhile, the new quality productive forces also urge him to think about the development of Huaihua in the future. How to adapt measures to local conditions? Li Chunqiu deems that efforts should be made in three aspects.
“First of all, it is of necessity to develop a modern industrial system dominated by new display, new medicine, new port-friendly industries, and new energy, and to step up more efforts to cultivate ‘new manufacturing’ represented by strategic emerging industries and future industries.” said Li Chunqiu. At present, a “‘5 plus N’ modern industrial system” is being created in Huaihua and new breakthroughs continue to be made in advanced manufacturing, cultural tourism, and pharmaceutical health industries. “To develop new quality productive forces, we should not only cultivate emerging industries, lay out and develop future industries, but also transform and upgrade traditional industries, which is a necessity for the development of new productive forces.”
Secondly, we should focus on such sections as transportation, financial services, warehousing and express logistics, and strive to develop “new services” represented by high value-added producer services. In Li Chunqiu’s view, the industrial system, especially industrial manufacturing and productive service are not only essential contributors, but also an important supplement and support. To this end, he made an analogy with the reporter: when ordinary people buy houses, they will first consider whether there are schools, hospitals and other supporting facilities around them, which belongs to the living service industry and will stimulate individual consumption. By the same token, producer services will also support industrial manufacturing and industrial systems. “Nowadays, compared with developed countries, the proportion of producer services in our country is relatively low, so how to make up for the shortcomings? a key step should be taken in the process of promoting the development of new quality productive forces.” Li Chunqiu said.
“Third, we should rely on Huaihua International Land Port, deeply participate in the development of global industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain, and continue to enrich new forms of business characterized by globalization and digitalization.” Li Chunqiu said that Huaihua is the only intersection of the new land and sea passage in the west and the international land and sea passage facing the Indian Ocean in the central region, and it is an important hub for “Belt and Road Initiative” connecting Europe and Asia in the north and ASEAN in the south. Huaihua International Land Port has become a landmark project to build a highland for reform and opening up in inland areas and the only international land port in Hunan province. “How to rely on Huaihua International Land Port to sell abroad what we produce at home? This is a new form of business.” Li Chunqiu said that 2024 is not only a key year for the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, but also the initial year for the integration of Huaihua International Land Port into the joint construction of “Double Passages”. Next, Huaihua will also rely on the “Double Passages” to build a new pattern of opening up to the outside world, actively integrate into the Yangtze River Delta, the Greater Bay area, the central urban agglomeration, and the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, support high-quality development with a high level of opening up, deeply implement the Strategy of Five New Missions and Four Orientations and show new achievements in the process of turning into reality the beautiful blueprint of “Three Highlands and Four New Missions Strategy”.
(Translated by Yang Sigui)