What do you think about building a twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region?

The recent discussion about the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, including rail, high-speed rail and other infrastructure, large-scale investment, industry introduction, major policies, etc., is actually a big issue for Chongqing and Chengdu. Chance.

For this opportunity, Chengdu and Chongqing must cooperate more than compete, because only when both countries stand at the "fourth pole of China's economy" can the western region have stronger population, industry, and The economic siphon capacity is at arm's length with the eastern region.

As for Chongqing, it is actually “playing cards” quickly.

For example, at the strategic focus level, the "One Circle, Two Clusters" regional coordinated development strategy is the overall thinking for Chongqing.

According to the national "Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration Development Plan", the "Western Chongqing Area" on the left side of the urban circle is the main axis of the development of the twin-city economic circle. Therefore, promoting "Chongqing to the west" and "Western Chongqing becoming stronger" may be the "key" to the entire game in Chongqing.

Chengdu has been developing eastward for several years. This time, the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle is an opportunity for the development of the western trough:

Taking the core upgrade of the university town as the The "Chongqing Science City" integrates "industry, academia and research";

It also uses the Science City as the "intellectual core" to help high-tech industries locate and form the "Chongqing High-tech Zone".

With the wings of "Chongqing heading west", the western trough may become a strategic center-level urban area that "connects the past with the future".

Yibin is adding horses. The first provincial-level key demonstration new area in the province has been approved, which is Sanjiang New Area, the only provincial-level new area in Sichuan Province. The land area for this planned development and construction project is very demanding, including: all three sub-district offices in Lingang New District, the entire Yangtze River Industrial Park, part of the Luolong sub-district office area, and part of Jiangnan Town In the future, we will continue to expand the opening up to the Jiang'an regional river basin distribution, strengthen and improve the feasibility and innovative planning of new district construction projects, its scale space and scope will exceed a very wide range, and it will increasingly become an important and optimal solution in the Chengdu-Chongqing region. The core focus is the integrated construction and development of the twin-city economic circle included in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone and the key construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration.

Secondly, Yibin has a newly built university town and science and technology innovation city, which are also the largest in Sichuan Province. (Except Chengdu) there are national-level economic development zones and Lingang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, etc.

The third one is the largest key port in Sichuan Province. One is its water transport port, entry and exit customs clearance and railway transport port, as well as its airport new area and new city logistics. It has many international express lines opened and international Container operations cooperation.

Because Yibin has advanced planning awareness. Yibin fully meets certain good key planning conditions for the construction of twin cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing region! Yibin has a unique geographical location and very superior environmental and natural resources. Yibin is blessed with the largest port terminal on the Yangtze River. Its logistics and cargo throughput will exceed that for the first time, which is the highest in the province. Yibin Lingang will break through more in the future. Harvest quantity of goods import and export trade. Yibin is increasing its investment in promoting and deepening reforms. Yibin will be prosperous and prosperous in the future! Yibin is advancing into a national new area, which has enabled Yibin's economy to grow faster and faster, with a good foundation and a rich level of improvement. The city of Yibin will take on a new look...

The construction of twin cities is the main direction of Yibin! Providing strong support and guarantee for the construction and development of Yibin's Sanjiang New Area is the source of Yibin's power system. The key is also responsible for the construction of environmental protection and ecological management projects in the Yangtze River Economic Belt basin. Contribute to the country's environmental protection cause!

As early as 1957, French geographer Gottman proposed that it will no longer be a single city that will dominate the spatial economic form in the future, but a polycentric urban agglomeration. The famous Zipf's law reveals the basic fact that because the scale effect completely compensates for the increasing marginal cost, the growth rate of modern large cities will not be slower than that of small cities.

Therefore, the development of cities as a group is much faster than the development of a single city alone. More importantly, the development of urban agglomerations will drive the development of a large number of adjacent cities. Fundamentally, Revitalize a region's economy.

The Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle is a new concept proposed this year, but the cooperation in the Chengdu-Chongqing region has begun a long time ago. In 2011, there was the concept of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, and by 2016, it became the Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration.

Now, it has risen to the concept of national-level urban agglomeration. The "Key Tasks for New Urbanization Construction in 2019" clearly combines the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and Guangdong Hong Kong and Macao city clusters are tied together, and the outside world is generally optimistic that the Chengdu-Chongqing region will become the "fourth pole" of China's economic growth.

(Excerpt from "Key Tasks for New Urbanization Construction in 2019")

The development of the Chengdu-Chongqing region is not rapid, and the more important reason is that , Chengdu and Chongqing are of great significance in the national macro development strategy. Looking at the development of cities in our country, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration takes the lead in the north, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area takes the lead in the south, and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration leads in the east. Only in our west, there is a lack of cohesive development of urban agglomerations, and economic and other areas have always existed. gap.

Take Sichuan and Chongqing as an example. Sichuan Province has a total area of ??about 486,000 square kilometers and governs 18 prefecture-level cities and 3 autonomous prefectures. As of the end of 2019, the permanent population was about 83.75 million, and the regional total production The value is approximately 4.66158 billion yuan. Chongqing has a total area of ??approximately 82,400 square kilometers and governs 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties. As of the end of 2019, its permanent population was approximately 31.24 million people, and its regional GDP was approximately 2,360.577 billion yuan.

These two regions account for about 8.2% of the country’s population and create a share equivalent to 7% of the country’s total GDP (China’s GDP in 2019 is about 9.9 billion yuan). The population is large, but the creation The economy is lagging behind, so there is an urgent need to seek economic breakthroughs.

(Sichuan-Chongqing region)

It will definitely not work if this continues. After all, our ultimate goal is to achieve common prosperity, looking at the people in other regions. As we become richer step by step, the West certainly cannot hold us back. And this year happens to be the last year of my country's first 100-year goal, so it is urgent for us in the Chengdu-Chongqing region to build a national-level city cluster. This is why we are moving so quickly this time, because now the west urgently needs a national-level city. group.

First, the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle should be China’s fourth pole. There are Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in the north, the Yangtze River Delta in the east, and the Pearl River Delta in the south. Which one is in the west? In the western region, except for the Sichuan Basin and the Guanzhong Plain, the rest are underdeveloped areas. Chongqing and Chengdu are both among the top ten cities in the country, and Xi'an is one of the twenty largest cities in the country. Speaking of qualifications, the urban agglomeration with the greatest development potential in the west is the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. Someone asked, what about the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Shandong Peninsula, the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, etc.? Not to mention the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Shandong Peninsula and the west bank of the Taiwan Strait urban agglomeration are located between the three major urban agglomerations, and their strategic significance is slightly less significant than the rise of the eastern region and the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration for the development of the west.

Second, the key to the development of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle lies in the leadership of Chengdu and Chongqing. Chengdu drives the Chengdu metropolitan area, including Chengdu, Deyang, Meishan, and Ziyang. Chongqing drives the Chongqing metropolitan area, including the old Chongqing area, Fuling District, and Nanchuan District. The next level is the development of regional central cities, including Mianyang, Nanchong, Yibin, Luzhou, Dazhou, Leshan in Sichuan, Wanzhou and Qianjiang in Chongqing.

Third, the collapse of the central part of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle is a major contradiction that hinders development. Ziyang, Neijiang, Suining, and the western part of Chongqing need to further upgrade their energy levels. But how can these cities not continue to suck blood from the collapse of the middle to the rise of the middle is a bigger problem. After Ziyang's Jianyang was taken over by Chengdu, Ziyang's economy declined rapidly. How can Ziyang integrate its resource utilization advantages? Without top-level design, relying on Ziyang's capabilities is far from enough. Ziyang moves westward and connects with Chengdu. Who knows whether Xianyang will end up like the Xixian New Area. Neijiang can be said to be bordering Chongqing, but its economic connection with Chengdu is much greater than that of Chongqing. Can Chengdu and Chongqing promote the rise of Neijiang? In terms of internal self-integration, it remains to be seen how big or small cities can be.

Suining, through the integration of Suining and Tongnan, has all buses connected. However, Chongqing’s positioning of Tongnan is also a bigger problem, not as good as Jiangjin, Yongchuan, Hechuan, etc. In the future, Daying may withdraw from counties and form districts, and it may not directly border Chengdu. It may still be a bit difficult to get a share of Chengdu's development. Only top-level design can break the current situation of some middle-level collapses. Sichuan's long-term development focus lies on the Chengdu-Mian line. Chongqing has diverted the economy of the main urban area to the Three Gorges area for construction. Only recently has it paid relative attention to the Chengdu-Chongqing middle line, which may encounter many difficulties.

Fourth, how can secondary central cities develop? Mianyang will develop Science City, Yibin will develop Sanjiang New District, and Nanchong will develop Linjiang New District? We’ll have to wait and see what happens to Dazhou and Luzhou in the future!

The "Key Tasks for New Urbanization Construction in 2019" clearly lists the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration alongside the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao urban agglomeration. Among the four major regions in China, Chengdu and Chongqing are the only ones located in the inland west.

Significance: Cultivating and developing the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle is conducive to leading the development of western China and expanding new space for national economic growth; it is conducive to leveraging the unique geographical advantages of connecting the southwest and northwest, and connecting domestic and foreign countries. Promote the strategic fit and interaction between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Silk Road Economic Belt; it is conducive to exploring new urbanization models in the western region and guiding 100 million people to urbanize nearby in the central and western regions. It is a key area for the country to promote new urbanization and develops regionally in China occupies an important position in the pattern.

The Sixth Meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission pointed out: Promoting the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle is conducive to forming an important growth pole of high-quality development in the west and creating a strategic highland for inland opening-up, which is important for promoting high-quality development. development is of great significance. We must respect objective laws, give full play to comparative advantages, promote the coordinated development of the Chengdu-Chongqing region, promote the reasonable flow and efficient agglomeration of industry, population and various production factors, strengthen the leading role of Chongqing and Chengdu as central cities, and make the Chengdu-Chongqing region a nationally influential region. It is an important economic center, a scientific and technological innovation center, a new highland for reform and opening up, and a high-quality living and livable place to promote high-quality development.

The construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle is a systematic project. It is necessary to strengthen top-level design and overall coordination, highlight the leading role of the central city, strengthen the market-oriented allocation of factors, firmly establish the concept of integrated development, and achieve Unified planning, integrated deployment, mutual cooperation, and joint implementation will make the "Tale of Two Cities" a good one. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of transportation infrastructure, accelerate the construction of modern industrial systems, enhance the capacity for collaborative innovation and development, optimize the spatial layout of land, strengthen ecological and environmental protection, promote institutional innovation, and strengthen the sharing of public services, construction, and construction.

The eldest brother and second brother in Sichuan have become the core cities of the economic circle. Zigong, the third brother in the past, is now far behind! Zigong should strive forward.

Only by establishing the Chengdu-Chongqing Central New District and building a strong central region can the coordinated development of Chengdu and Chongqing be truly brought into play and drive development.

I just read the news and listen to the legends.

The strategy is good, but the strategy is bad. The slogans are loud, but the implementation is as slow as a snail!