The Yangtze River Delta region is one of the most dynamic, open, and innovative regions in my country. As the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta has become a national strategy, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta has entered a new stage of comprehensive improvement.
Recently, "People" magazine published an article by Shen Kunrong, dean of Nanjing University Business School and chief expert of macroeconomic research at the Yangtze River Industrial and Economic Research Institute of Nanjing University. He believes that in the process of accelerating implementation in various places, it is necessary to stand at the height of the overall situation and strategy. Closely following the two keys of "integration" and "high quality", the Yangtze River Delta has become a strong and active growth pole for national economic development, a model area for high-quality national economic development, and is the first to basically realize modernization and regional integration. The demonstration area has become a new highland for reform and opening up in the new era.
The integration of the Yangtze River Delta is an inherent requirement for high-quality development
The important source of modern economic growth is the human capital, innovation and entrepreneurship in urban economic development. The division of labor and trade between regions can obtain huge economic dividends of scale within a large country. Therefore, it is necessary to re-allocate resources between cities and regions to make full use of the leading and leading role of large cities in economic growth, so as to improve national competitiveness.
Looking at from a global standpoint, regional cooperation is the general trend, and urban agglomerations have become an important carrier for the shift of the world's economic center of gravity, and determine the pattern of future world political and economic development.
Comparing the urbanization process of developed countries and regions around the world, it is found that with the continuous expansion and increase of the number of cities, it is necessary to link cities with cities, cities and towns to form urban clusters, and promote the formation of reasonable urban functions within urban clusters Positioning and division of labor make it the region with the highest development quality and efficiency.
World-class urban agglomerations have some common features, such as core cities with international vision and innovative functional areas, networked infrastructure systems, and unified regional governance mechanisms.
From the perspective of regional development , economic geography and agglomeration effects are still decisive factors in the pattern of regional economic development, and the transformation and development of regional economy and innovative development are inseparable from the construction of urban agglomerations.
In terms of innovation and development, the accumulation of human capital causes knowledge spillover, and the concentration of talents in cities makes urban agglomerations a space carrier for innovation.
In terms of coordinated development, the transportation network accelerates the transmission of knowledge and information, and non-central cities achieve coordinated growth by effectively utilizing the positive externalities of central cities.
In terms of green development, an important part of the construction of urban agglomerations is to establish and improve the regional environmental governance mechanism of joint construction and sharing, and to protect the green waters and mountains.
In terms of open development, the construction of urban agglomerations is conducive to the optimization of internal resource allocation, the formation of a unified regional market, and the use of scale effects.
In terms of shared development, the construction of high-level urban agglomerations will create more jobs, promote the smooth transfer of rural surplus labor, and achieve integrated urban-rural development.
From the perspective of the Yangtze River Delta itself, regional integration is an inherent requirement for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta. Along with the phased changes in economic development, the development model of the Yangtze River Delta region has begun to shift from total expansion to quality improvement, and the role of optimized spatial layout and element concentration has become more prominent. It is necessary to build an industry with complementary advantages and coordinated development through regional integrated development. system.
In addition, the Yangtze River Delta is a key hub for my country's opening of two sectors internally and externally. It shoulders the dual tasks of driving the development of the central and western regions internally and participating in global cooperation and competition externally.
Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the spatial layout of the Yangtze River Delta with integrated innovative breakthroughs, better lead the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and cooperate with the construction of the "Belt and Road", the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Improve the spatial layout of China's reform and opening up to better serve the overall situation of national development.
Accelerate the integration of the Yangtze River Delta with the construction of a demonstration zone
The geographical location of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is closely connected.Infrastructure interconnection and energy security should be a step forward. It is necessary to refer to international standards and to absorb and learn from the construction experience of domestic advanced cooperation zones. Set up ecological green integration in Jiangsu Suzhou Wujiang, Jiaxing Jiashan, Zhejiang and Shanghai Qingpu at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Demonstration zones for the development of globalization and exploration and implementation of regional integration system innovation.
benchmarking international first-class, planning and design from a high starting point. benchmarks San Francisco Bay Area, New York Bay Area and other world-class bay areas and world-class city clusters, and takes the lead in exploring and implementing regional integration system innovation in planning management, land management, investment management, factor flow, fiscal and tax sharing, public service policies, etc. , To promote the construction of the Yangtze River Delta integration demonstration zone with a higher starting point, higher quality and higher level.
Strengthen provincial-level coordination, compile a collective action plan for the demonstration zone, and clarify the mission statement, timetable and road map of the demonstration zone. We must focus on high-quality development on the real economy, work hard to increase the economic density of the demonstration zone, increase input and output efficiency, work hard to improve the ability to allocate global resources, strengthen the ability to innovate and source, and accelerate the construction of the real economy , An industrial system for the coordinated development of technological innovation, modern finance, and human resources.
strengthen communication and coordination to form a joint force. Implement the main responsibilities of the demonstration zone, deploy relevant professionals to form a demonstration zone management organization, encourage first trials, and promptly promote successful experiences.
Through the design of the system, a benefit-sharing mechanism and a competition coordination mechanism are formed to unify work standards, especially environmental governance standards, urban management standards, and social security standards. Strengthen the centralized implementation of reform measures, take the lead in breakthroughs, and system integration to promote the integrated development of infrastructure, basic public services, social security, and social governance.
cooperates with the new area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone to give full play to the advantages of policy stacking. The new area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone should benchmark against the highest international standards and best levels, conduct differentiated explorations and form unique institutional results. The intensity of reform and opening up it needs will be extraordinary.
It is necessary to do a good job in docking with the new area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, so that it and the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone will jointly promote resource integration, functional complementarity, industrial coordination, and policy linkage, and jointly build a high-level portal hub and long-term opening to the outside world. A triangular world-class city cluster.
Establish a world-class talent gathering highland. According to the functional positioning of the integrated demonstration zone, attracts talents through planning, industry and market, and realizes the optimal allocation of talents of different types and levels.
Strengthen the construction of various innovation and entrepreneurship service platforms, intellectual property trading platforms and other public service facilities for innovation and entrepreneurship, and create a low-cost entrepreneurial environment conducive to innovation, so that talents are "strengthened" and technology and knowledge are "usable".
Improve life service facilities, improve flexible governance and refined service levels, and vigorously promote the construction of public rental housing and low-rent housing, so that all kinds of talents are truly "retainable."
Jiangsu's positioning and path selection for the integration and high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta
The Yangtze River Delta region has complementary advantages and cultural connections. In the face of new strategic opportunities, Jiangsu needs to find the right positioning, optimize the path, and take active actions. Achieve high-quality development in integration.
Take advantage of the real economy and accelerate the improvement of the transportation system. makes full use of the manufacturing development advantages of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, relying on Shanghai, a global innovation center, to focus on improving the secondary development and technological incubation capabilities of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, enhance the industrialization capabilities of emerging technologies in the coastal economic belt, and promote the industrial upgrading of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration and coastal areas The economic belt has formed several industrial clusters and built a world-class high-end manufacturing base.
Give full play to the advantages of the vast coastal space of Jiangsu and the population advantages of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, vigorously develop advanced service industries such as finance, cultural innovation, and tourism for high-end consumers, and realize the coordinated development of high-end manufacturing and advanced service industries. Traffic "shortcomings" have become a major constraint to Jiangsu's high-quality development. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, especially railway construction, aviation construction, and river crossing construction, and take the lead in realizing the interconnection of infrastructure in the province.
insistWork collaboratively to strengthen planning docking. actively integrates into the integrated planning of the Yangtze River Delta, clarifies spatial development goals and development strategies, and promotes the rational layout and orderly flow of elements through spatial coordination, and promotes regional integrated development.
First, based on the overall development and long-term interests of the Yangtze River Delta, deepen the full docking of various plans, focus on resource integration and functional layout interaction, and form a space pattern with reasonable division of labor, complementary advantages, and distinctive features.
Second, deepen and improve the "three-level operation" cooperation mechanism of decision-making, coordination and executive levels, explore new models and new paths for joint office, pay close attention to planning and implementation, and strive for substantial breakthroughs every year.
Third, establish a normal and long-term coordination mechanism in the Yangtze River Delta, covering regional strategic planning, regional cooperation, and interregional benefit compensation, emphasizing cost sharing and benefit sharing, and providing institutional guarantees for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
Improve the quality of thematic cooperation and create high-level cooperation results. The "Three-year Action Plan for the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta Region (2018-2020)" covers 12 key cooperations in transportation, energy, information, technology, environmental protection, credit, social security, finance, foreign-related services, urban cooperation, industry, and food safety Topic.
It is necessary to highlight demand-oriented, problem-oriented, and effect-oriented, promote the in-depth expansion of thematic cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta, and create a batch of high-level cooperation results with a demonstration effect. It is necessary to strengthen the integrated construction of transportation infrastructure by opening up inter-provincial dead ends,
strengthen the integrated construction of communication infrastructure with the starting point of 5G trial and first use, and strengthen the policy by building the G60 science and technology corridor as the starting point Proliferate the integration of construction, strengthen the integration of regional markets with the promotion of industrial Internet platform cluster linkage as the starting point, and strengthen the integration of social governance with the implementation of the joint credit reward and punishment system in the environmental protection field.
Adapted from "the masses" 2019 No. 13, formerly titled "Regional Integration in Yangtze Delta and Jiangsu high-quality development path selection"
Author: Shen Kunrong (The author is president of Nanjing University, Nanjing University Institute of the Yangtze River Sankei Chief Expert of Macro Research)
Editor in charge: Wang Ting
