The Two Sessions · Gao Jian
Last year, the TV series "Hurry Up" made Jiangmen popular. At the beginning of this year, "Jiangmen Little Awakening Lion Bravely Enters the Northeast" once again became popular all over the country.
As the capital of overseas Chinese in China, the hometown of Liang Qichao, and an important node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Jiangmen’s beautiful scenery and delicious food are “unforgettable” and its economic vitality is also amazing. According to statistics, Jiangmen City's GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 5.7% in the past three years, ranking second among cities in the Pearl River Delta. In 2023, the total GDP will exceed 400 billion yuan, ranking seventh in Guangdong Province.
has gone from “Internet celebrity” to “long-lasting popularity” and changed “traffic” to “retention”. Jiangmen has delivered wonderful results in the past year. How will Jiangmen soar in 2024? On the occasion of the National Two Sessions in 2024, Nandu reporters conducted an exclusive interview with Wu Xiaohui, a representative of the National People's Congress, deputy secretary of the Jiangmen Municipal Party Committee, and mayor.
Wu Xiaohui introduced that Jiangmen is seizing the historical opportunities of "bridge economy" and "golden inner bay" to advance the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in a new stage, speeding up the "hundreds and millions of projects", accelerating technological innovation to lead the construction of a modern industrial system, Develop new productive forces and accelerate the pace of high-quality development.
Wu Xiaohui, deputy to the National People’s Congress and mayor of Jiangmen City.
Talking about the popularity of cultural tourism "Kurang Biao"
All people work together to create "Jiangmen 3.3 Wonderful Journey", allowing every citizen to become a spokesperson for the city
Nandu: Last year the TV series "Kurang Biao" made Jiangmen popular, Jiangmen Citywalk, Bidao Marathon, "Jiangmen Xiaoxing" Activities such as "The Lion Bravely Enters the Northeast" and Overseas Chinese Coffee Culture Week have become popular, further increasing Jiangmen's city visibility. How will Jiangmen continue to promote the city's innovation and excellence next?
Wu Xiaohui: Since 2023, Jiangmen's cultural tourism has been very impressive, and the city's popularity has continued to surge. It received nearly 22.8 million tourists throughout the year, and tourism revenue exceeded 25 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 85% and 164% respectively. Among them, Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town opened its doors to welcome visitors and has received more than 2.5 million tourists in total, becoming a typical example of the province's cultural industry empowering rural revitalization.
In 2024, we will make every effort to create "Jiangmen 3.3 Wonderful Journey". At the beginning of the year, the research activity "Jiangmen Little Lions Braving the Northeast" attracted the attention of the entire network. This year we also launched a series of New Year cultural and tourism activities such as "Come to Jiangmen to Celebrate the New Year". During the entire Spring Festival holiday, Jiangmen City received more than 6.1 million tourists and generated tourism revenue of 3.575 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 140%.
"Jiangmen 3.3 Wonderful Journey" poster.
Next, we will continue to organize the "Jiangmen 3.3 Wonderful Tour" series of activities (including a three-day and three-night tour of Jiangmen, a series of themed routes and new gameplay such as "3:30 Afternoon Tea"), and mobilize all people to participate and share the experience. Create, let every citizen become the spokesperson of the city, deeply explore Jiangmen’s beautiful natural scenery, rich historical heritage and unique cultural connotation, so that more people can see, experience and love Jiangmen.
We continue to improve our tourism service reception capabilities. The city's 220 large-scale hotels can provide more than 30,000 beds, and 142 registered tourist B&Bs can provide more than 2,500 beds. This year, we will add five-star standard hotels and a number of special features. Boutique B&Bs allow travelers to stay comfortably, well and with peace of mind.
Jiangmen is full of history and culture everywhere, including the national historical and cultural town Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town and the quaint Changdi Historical and Cultural Street. We will protect, inherit and make good use of the precious historical and cultural wealth left by our ancestors, promote the protection and revitalization of historical buildings, actively apply for national historical and cultural cities, and integrate the urban context into modern life.
130 Many Hong Kong and Macao stars are from Jiangmen.
They will exert their star power, organize performing arts activities, and promote the "two-way rush" of film, television, performing arts and cultural tourism.
Nandu: During the Spring Festival this year, Andy Lau's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" once again became a must-listen song during the Spring Festival. Many Hong Kong and Macau stars, including Andy Lau and Tony Leung, are originally from Jiangmen.How to increase Jiangmen's tourism traffic through celebrity popularity and promote the development of tourism industry?
Wu Xiaohui: Jiangmen has a profound "overseas Chinese culture" and is a famous "hometown of film and television stars". Well-known Hong Kong and Macao stars, such as Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung, Alan Tam, Lin Zixiang, Donnie Yen, Joey Yung, etc., are all from Jiangmen. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 130 Hong Kong and Macao stars from Jiangmen. Hong Kong and Macao celebrities from Jiangmen have always maintained close contact with their hometown and have always cared about the development of their hometown. They often record public welfare videos such as New Year greetings, city promotions, and anti-drug initiatives to speak for their hometown. In January this year, the Hong Kong Star Football Team returned to Jiangmen to trace their roots and hold a friendly match in Jiangmen. Jiangmen has also given birth to a large number of famous actors and actresses such as the master of Cantonese opera Hongxian Nu, Chinese film pioneer Li Minwei, China's first "movie queen" Hu Die, the first generation actor Huang Feihong Guan Dexing, and the early famous actor Lin Chuchu.
On the afternoon of January 14, the Hong Kong star football team Jiangmen friendly match was held at the Jiangmen Sports Center. Hong Kong artist Alan Tam in the competition. According to Jiangmen News Network
Jiangmen, as a prefecture-level city, has so many film and television artists and singers in modern times, which is extremely rare in China. It has become a unique cultural landscape and a cultural business card that Jiangmen people are proud of. We have always been actively making good use of these star resources to help urban development. In particular, Jiangmen is a "natural studio" where you can shoot blockbusters just by setting up a camera. Many stars and directors from Hong Kong, Macao and China have expressed great interest in filming film and television works in Jiangmen, such as "Hurricane", "Let the Bullets Fly" and "The Grandmaster" More than 100 film and television works have been shot in Jiangmen, and since last year, many variety shows have been shot in Jiangmen. Jiangmen has established a film and television shooting coordination group to fully solve key and difficult problems during shooting and provide high-quality and efficient service guarantees. Many stars also like to hold concerts in Jiangmen. Last year, Alan Tam, Miriam Yeung, Angela Chang and other Hong Kong and Taiwan stars successfully held concerts in Jiangmen, attracting fans from all over the country to come to Jiangmen. Hotels reported that the occupancy rate increased compared with last weekend. More than 25%.
With the help of star resources, we promote the "two-way rush" of film and television, performing arts and cultural tourism. For example, last year's "Kurdant" hit Jiangmen. According to estimates, during the 2023 Spring Festival holiday, Jiangmen City received a total of 2.5493 million tourists and generated tourism revenue of 1.454 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.48% and 29.47%.
After "Kurdant" "went out of the circle", we thought about changing "traffic" to "retention" and "internet celebrity" to "long-term popularity". We have continued to attract a lot of attention to Jiangmen by planning a series of exciting activities such as Jiangmen citywalk promotion, "Jiangmen Little Lion Awakening Bravely Travels to the Northeast" and "Jiangmen 3.3 Wonderful Tour". During the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, Jiangmen City’s total number of tourists and tourism revenue increased by 140.3% and 147.07% respectively year-on-year. There are also new changes in the structure of tourist sources. The proportion of tourists from Hong Kong and Macao has increased from 11% in the past to 18%, and the proportion of tourists from outside the province has increased from 10% in the past to 15%. The total proportion of tourists from outside the province exceeds 30%.
We also attach great importance to the protection of the former residences of film and television celebrities and actively protect and inherit them. Nowadays, in Jiangmen you can find the former residences of Hongxian Nu, Hu Die, and the former residence of Mr. Lu Guozhan, an outstanding lyricist known as the "Master of Ci", and many other former residences of film and television celebrities. There is a Starlight Park in Pengjiang District, Jiangmen City, which displays the style of hundreds of Wuyi artists through handprints, statues and star walls to commemorate their important contributions to the development of their hometown.
Nandu: Jiangmen is known as the "Capital of Overseas Chinese in China", with more than 5.3 million overseas Chinese from Wuyi and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan spread across 145 countries and regions around the world. It is an important window for overseas Chinese to observe Guangdong and even China. "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay" The "District Development Plan Outline" clearly states that "support Jiangmen in building an important platform for overseas Chinese cultural exchanges and cooperation." How can Jiangmen leverage its advantages as a capital of overseas Chinese, unite the hearts and minds of overseas Chinese, and jointly participate in the construction of the Greater Bay Area?
Wu Xiaohui: Jiangmen is "China's first overseas Chinese hometown" and "China's overseas Chinese capital". It is an important window for overseas Chinese to observe Guangdong and even China.We implemented the six major actions of Green Beauty Jiangmen and the three-year action plan for the forest chief system, and continued to promote the integrated protection and restoration project of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand. The river and lake chief system work has been awarded the province's excellence for five consecutive years, and has been inspected and encouraged by the State Council again. , the city has become greener and more beautiful, and has become a demonstration of Chinese modernization showing the harmonious coexistence of man and nature to overseas.
Next, we will continue to do a solid job in "overseas Chinese" articles in the new era, accelerate the construction of a national platform for overseas Chinese cultural exchanges and cooperation, and enhance the four major functions of "cultural exchanges, economic and trade cooperation, protection of rights and interests, and overseas Chinese affairs think tank". In terms of cultural exchanges, this year we will continue to organize overseas-related activities such as the Seventh World Youth Conference, promote Chinese cultural identity through cultural exchanges, strengthen the overall protection of overseas Chinese buildings and historical and cultural blocks, tell the story of Jiangmen, and activate the hometown of overseas Chinese. memory.
In terms of economic and trade cooperation, promote the pilot experience of reforming the investment system to facilitate overseas Chinese, optimize Hong Kong and Macao cross-border government affairs services, promote the accelerated development of "Overseas Chinese Dream Garden" and other projects, and expand the space for the new generation of overseas Chinese to return to their hometowns to start businesses. In terms of safeguarding rights and interests, we will further accelerate the layout of foreign-related legal services, strengthen the construction of offshore public legal service centers for overseas Chinese, create a highland for dispute resolution and legal services for overseas Chinese, and support the Shenzhen International Zhongjiangmen Center to build international commercial, securities, and financial services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Arbitration base to promote more professional and considerate services for overseas Chinese. As for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Think Tank, it strives to build a national platform for global overseas Chinese affairs information policy research and talent training to better unite the new generation of Chinese Americans to actively participate in the construction of the Bay Area.
Seize the major opportunity of "Bridge Economy"
Promote the Daguang Bay Economic Zone to create a new national platform for cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the Greater Bay Area
Nandu: Jiangmen has the location advantage of connecting the river to the sea and connecting the east and west. Important node cities. In 2023, Jiangmen's GDP will officially reach a new level of 400 billion yuan. The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor and the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Bridge will be opened in 2024. How will Jiangmen promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the new stage?
Wu Xiaohui: In 2023, Jiangmen achieved the "four hundred billion" development goals - GDP exceeded 400 billion yuan, Xinhui became the first strong district with GDP worth 100 billion yuan, the city's industrial investment exceeded 100 billion yuan, and investment in new industrial projects was The total amount exceeds 210 billion yuan, and high-quality development has reached a new level. With the completion of large-scale cross-river and cross-sea passages connecting the east and west sides of the Pearl River Estuary such as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Channel and the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Bridge this year, Jiangmen will usher in a window period and a golden period for the "bridge economy".
This year, we will focus on the new positioning of "one point, two places" in the Greater Bay Area, based on "the direction of the Bay Area, the needs of Hong Kong and Macao, and the capabilities of Jiangmen" to help build a world-class Greater Bay Area and the best-developed Bay Area.
is first of all a "two-way effort to connect software and hardware". Accelerate integration into the "Greater Bay Area on Track", promote the construction of the Shenzhen-Jiangsu Railway and the Zhuhai-Zhaozhou High-speed Railway, and enhance the hub function of Jiangmen Station; proactively plan transportation connections across the Pearl River Estuary, promote the completion and opening of the Huangmaohai Cross-Sea Bridge this year, and complete the expansion of the Zhongjiang Expressway. Strive to speed up the construction of the Nan-Xinhua Expressway.
The Huangmao Sea Cross-Sea Channel Gaolan Port Bridge is under construction. The Huangmao Sea Cross-sea Channel is another large-scale cross-sea project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, connecting Zhuhai and Jiangmen, with a total length of approximately 31 kilometers. Xinhua News Agency announced
through "cross-city cooperation and win-win cooperation." Actively participate in the construction of the "Golden Inner Bay", work with Hong Kong and Macao to accelerate the development of the Daguang Bay Economic Zone, and create a new national platform for cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the Greater Bay Area; actively undertake the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong and the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone; In line with Macao's "1+4" moderately diversified development strategy, we will strengthen the cooperative development of finance, general health, education, cultural tourism and other industries; we will plan and build the Shenzhen Economic Cooperation Zone Start-up Area with Shenzhen's high standards to support enterprises in building a "reverse enclave" in Shenzhen "; Strengthen cooperation with counterpart industries in Zhongshan and take the initiative to undertake industrial transfers from Foshan, Dongguan and other places.
We will also "benchmark the best warm enterprises and benefit enterprises". Last year, in a business environment survey conducted by tens of thousands of private enterprises organized by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Jiangmen was one of the five prefecture-level cities with the most significant progress in the country.We have always regarded optimizing the business environment as the "No. 1 reform project", learning from the experience of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and creating a first-class business environment in the Bay Area that is market-oriented, legal, and international.
Develop new quality productivity
Be a new force in the high-quality development of Guangdong's manufacturing industry
Nandu: "New quality productivity" has become a hot word at the beginning of the year. Jiangmen's industrial added value increased by 6.8% last year, ranking third in the province, and becoming the first in Guangdong. How will six cities with industrial investment exceeding 100 billion yuan adhere to the leadership of scientific and technological innovation and promote new industrialization?
Wu Xiaohui: The development of new productivity is an intrinsic requirement and an important focus to promote high-quality development. Industry is the main carrier and form of realization of productivity. In 2024, Jiangmen will anchor the development of new productive forces, adhere to the leadership of manufacturing, vigorously promote new industrialization, and lead the construction of a modern industrial system with technological innovation.
First, strengthen technological innovation. New productive forces are advanced productive forces in which innovation plays a leading role. We will strengthen basic research and make good use of platforms such as the Jiangmen Neutrino Laboratory, a large scientific facility, to incubate more original innovative results. Comprehensively deepen cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions such as the Provincial Academy of Sciences and South China University of Technology to promote the joint development of government, industry, academia and research. Strengthen the main position of enterprises in innovation, strive to increase the R&D funding of the whole society by 10%, and have the number of high-tech enterprises exceed 3,000, and strive to build local technology-based backbone enterprises; continue to promote the "unveiling the list and take charge", support enterprises to jointly solve "stuck" problems, and accelerate localization substitute.
The second is to optimize the industrial structure. New productivity is generated by the in-depth transformation and upgrading of industries. We will continue to implement the "chain length system" and focus on the development of new generation information technology, new energy vehicles and parts, new energy batteries, smart equipment, silicon energy, food, new petrochemical materials and other industrial chains, and accelerate the creation of new energy, new generation electronic information, two major 100 billion industry clusters; consolidate and upgrade traditional advantageous industrial chains such as metal products, home appliances, papermaking and paper products, motorcycles, textiles and clothing, and vigorously support the technological transformation and digital transformation of traditional enterprises; cultivate and strengthen biomedicine, shipbuilding and marine industries. Industrial equipment, rail transportation and other industrial chains, and actively deploy future industries such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy, deep-sea equipment, and low-altitude economy.
The third is to strengthen the corporate echelon. Enterprises are the main force in developing and applying new production tools. We will always work hard with enterprises and strive to have 12 enterprises with an output value exceeding 5 billion yuan, and achieve new breakthroughs in enterprises with an output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, and add 1 national-level, 5 provincial-level individual champion enterprises and 8 headquarters economic enterprises; Implement the doubling plan of specialized, special and new enterprises, and strive to add 9 new "little giant" enterprises, and the total number of provincial small and medium-sized enterprises with special specialties and new technologies will exceed 1,000; vigorously carry out investment promotion, and strive to introduce the planned investment amount of projects to continue Over 200 billion yuan.
The fourth is to build a strong industrial platform. Industrial parks provide a carrier for the gathering of various factor resources and innovation entities, and are the main front for promoting new industrialization and developing new productive forces. We will solidly promote the construction of Jiangmen's large-scale industrial clusters and the main platform for the orderly transfer of industries, and strive to remain at the forefront of the province in various key indicators. Promote the coordinated development of eight industrial towns, including Xinhui Daze and Siqian, Taishan Dajiang and Shuibu, Kaiping Shuikou and Yueshan, Heshan Gonghe and Zhishan, to create an important engine for coordinated regional development.
Promote the "Hundreds and Thousands Project"
Ensure that the total collective income of more than 80% of villages exceeds 1 million
Nandu: "The High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns and Thousands of Villages" is a good medicine for Guangdong to solve the imbalance of urban and rural development. In 2023, Jiangmen will make every effort to promote the "High-quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns and Tens of Thousands of Villages" to achieve a good start. What are the key directions and deployments in 2024?
Wu Xiaohui: Since the implementation of the "Hundreds and Thousands Project", Jiangmen has vigorously implemented the action of cultivating a strong county with a hundred billion economy and achieved new breakthroughs in the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. The first is to form a sprint echelon to become a county worth 100 billion. In 2023, Xinhui will reach the GDP mark of 100 billion, and Kaiping and Heshan will reach the GDP level of 50 billion. Secondly, rural industries are booming. In 2023, the city's total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery will be 63.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%, and the growth rate has remained at the forefront of the province for consecutive years.The total output value of the entire industry chain of the six distinctive and advantageous agricultural industries of tangerine peel, rice, eel, Magang goose, tea, and poultry eggs reached 69.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.3%. Among them, the output value of the entire industry chain of Xinhui tangerine peel exceeded 23 billion yuan, ranking first among the " Ranked first in China's Regional Agricultural Industry Brand Influence Index". In addition, the living environment continues to improve. For example, Heshan's river and lake chief system work has been supervised and encouraged by the State Council, and it is the only county (city, district) in Guangdong Province to receive this honor.
In 2024, Jiangmen will learn from and apply the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Improvement" project to promote the strengthening of counties, promote towns and villages, and provide a model for the province to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. In terms of expanding the county area, we will accelerate the construction of a large-scale industrial cluster with a total area of 1,395 square kilometers, the largest new round layout area in the province, and the only major platform for the orderly transfer of industries supported by the province in the Greater Bay Area; in developing and expanding the town area In terms of economy, we strive to have more than 12 towns and streets with GDP exceeding 10 billion and more than 27 towns with GDP exceeding 5 billion this year, and cultivate more top 1,000 towns in the country and top 100 towns in the province; in terms of enriching the people and revitalizing villages, we will do a good job in "local specialties" The article promotes the output value of the six distinctive and advantageous agricultural industries to exceed 80 billion yuan, vigorously develops food processing, prepared dishes, facility agriculture and other industries, ensuring that the collective income of more than 80% of villages will exceed 1 million yuan this year, and that 90 villages will exceed 10 million yuan.
Nandu National Two Sessions Reporting Team
Written and written by: Nandu reporters Zeng Yujun, Guo Ruichuan, Cheng Shuwen, from Beijing
