What does Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei mean?

As an important economic cooperation region in northern China and one of the regions with the greatest development potential in the Asia-Pacific region, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area is another new growth pole of cooperation region after the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta. But it is much slower than the latter two regions in development. How to effectively promote Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional cooperation and promote regional economic development?

1 Coordinate the intergovernmental relations between ZY and local government in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

The overall governance of metropolitan area can not be separated from the coordination of intergovernmental relations and the division of intergovernmental power. In the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area, ZYZF should introduce policies and regulations to support the cooperation of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area as soon as possible, and guide and fund the development of the metropolitan area. According to these policies and regulations, ZYZF needs to coordinate the interests of local ZFs in metropolitan areas through vertical transfer payment, and allocate special funds for the governance of cross-domain public affairs.

For example, in order to alleviate the cross-domain governance problems of local ZF in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area in air pollution and water pollution, explore the use of ecological taxes and environmental taxes, and establish a market-oriented trading mechanism for water rights and emission rights, ZYZF needs to define water rights and emission rights at the legal level.

Secondly, due to the differences in administrative levels between local ZFs in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area, ZYZF needs to balance the interests of local ZFs, such as giving certain transfer payment arrangements, encouraging local ZFs to provide public goods and services with positive spillover effects, reducing negative spillover effects between local ZFs and avoiding the phenomenon of "beggar-thy-neighbor".

2. Establish a unified information network system of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area.

Driven by the era of big data, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cooperation region needs to establish a regional information network support system, link the local ZF database resources, break down the barriers of cooperation regions and departments, integrate public services, ecological environment, transportation and other aspects in the cooperation region, realize the information sharing of talents, science and technology and commerce in the cooperation region, and emphasize the overall coordination decision-making mode of metropolitan area.

For example, establish a platform for information sharing and exchange in cooperation areas, realize the docking between local ZF functional departments in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and functional departments of cross-regional cooperation organizations, and realize real-time information sharing and convenient exchange. For another example, in terms of traffic integration, learn from Singapore's "intelligent" traffic management system integration, collect and process traffic information from all parts of ZF in the cooperation zone, and provide timely traffic information to users through the Internet, electronic information bulletin boards, mobile phones, televisions, radios, etc., to prevent users from entering too busy or accident-prone sections.

At the same time, in order to solve the problem of urban traffic congestion, expressway electronic toll collection systems can be gradually established in Beijing, Tianjin and the surrounding cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. At certain times of the day, vehicles passing through the central business district should pay extra fees for using certain roads through the electronic system. In this way, drivers can choose toll roads to save time during peak hours, and choose free routes to avoid busy hours and road sections to save money.

3 the establishment of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cross-regional integration cooperation governance organization

Under China's current system, it is feasible to set up a cross-regional cooperation organization led by ZYZF, with the participation of all local ZF in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area, to coordinate regional development planning as a whole. The organization should be given the power of financial distribution and supervision over cross-regional public affairs to ensure the legitimacy and authority of the cooperative organization itself, thus ensuring the effective implementation and enforcement of the entire cooperative regional policy. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei trans-regional cooperation organization can plan the development of the whole region and coordinate the functional orientation and industrial division of ZF in various places.

Under this cooperative organization, special committees in air pollution control, water resources allocation, infrastructure construction, social undertakings and other fields will be set up to be specifically responsible for allocating special funds for the cooperation areas between local ZFs in the metropolitan area and coordinating the interests and ecological compensation between local ZFs. Especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with the help of cross-regional cooperation organizations, the water resources of Beijing and Tianjin in the cooperation region can be compensated to cities in Hebei, and special funds can be used to control air pollution in the cooperation region.

If there is a dispute between local ZF, it can also be mediated through cooperative regional cooperation organizations and ZYZF. In the governance of public affairs in cooperative areas, in addition to the special funds allocated by ZYZF and local ZF in metropolitan areas, funds and donations from the private sector, foundations and other organizations can be further raised through cooperative organizations.

4. Construct a multi-cooperation mechanism for the overall governance of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area.

The multi-cooperative governance mechanism of metropolitan area means that local ZF in the cooperative region absorbs all kinds of non-profit organizations, private sector, citizens and regional cooperative organizations to participate in the overall governance of the cooperative region, and relies on flexible horizontal governance networks to enhance the coordinated development of the cooperative region. In the practice of the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cooperation region, the multi-cooperation governance mechanism has not yet been established, and the degree of participation of enterprises, non-ZF organizations and citizens in the cooperation region is not high.

In this regard, the domestic Yangtze River Delta region has developed well. For example, the Yangtze River Delta Economic Coordination Committee plays an important role in promoting regional integration. The Coordination Committee introduces intermediary organizations such as associations and chambers of commerce to participate in regional governance in the Yangtze River Delta. In foreign practice, the existence of cooperative regional alliance or city alliance also promotes the realization of local ZF cooperation in the cooperative region to a great extent. For example, the Pittsburgh City Alliance, established in Pittsburgh, USA, mainly focuses on the private sector (chamber of commerce) and public sector participation, aiming at promoting cross-regional social participation and ZF cooperation.

As a new growth pole of regional cooperation in China, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area has its own advantages and disadvantages. After the reform and opening up, after more than 30 years of exploration, the cooperation between local governments in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cooperation region has been deepening. In the future development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration, ZYZF needs to participate in collaborative governance, as well as cooperation among local ZF, local ZF, private sector and non-profit organizations, whether it is to ease the "non-capital function", optimize the spatial layout of cooperation areas, build a modern transportation network or improve the performance of ecological governance.

The biggest problem in the three provinces and cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei is that the regional development is obviously unbalanced. Unlike the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, it has a balanced development and a high level of economic cooperation. Therefore, through the effective cooperation between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, narrowing the gap and enhancing economic vitality will be the top priority for a long time to come.