Qinhuangdao strives to promote project construction, green development, and rural revitalization
Accelerate the construction of a first-class international tourist city.
Qinhuangdao insists on giving priority to green development of ecology, protecting and polishing the ecological brand. This picture shows the seashore of Qinhuangdao after the rain, with green trees, clear sea, and beautiful city. Photo provided by the Publicity Department of Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee.
2021 is the first year of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Recently, the Sixth Session of the Fourteenth People’s Congress was held in Qinhuangdao City, proposing that the main goals for this year’s economic and social development are GDP growth of more than 6.5%, general public budget revenue growth of more than 6.5%, fixed asset investment growth of 8%, added value of industrial enterprises above designated size growth of more than 7%, urban employment growth of 52,500, consumer price index growth of about 3%, the total retail sales of consumer goods growth of about 8%, and the per capita disposable income of residents growth of 8%. The environment continues to improve, and relevant provincial targets will be achieved.
Concrete Measures
•Promote project construction, stimulate the vitality of economic and social development
Industry is the foundation of development. Qinhuangdao City proposes to adhere to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and increase the stock, the increment and the total volume. We will revitalize and strengthen the manufacturing industry, which is the key to increase the economic aggregate and boost Qinhuangdao City. We will develop and upgrade the tourism and health industry as a key measure to cultivate characteristic industries and demonstrate comparative advantages, to build a first-class international tourist city. We will actively cultivate numerous, dynamic, chained clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises as a key measure to enhance the vitality of the city’s economy and build an innovative city.
At the same time, we will launch the “532” industrial action plan to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional advantageous industries with large basic scale and outstanding comparative advantages in equipment manufacturing, food processing, metal rolling, cultural and sports tourism, and port logistics; we will vigorously develop strategic emerging industries with good market prospects and strong driving force in life and health, information intelligence, green building and energy saving and environmental protection; we will accelerate the development of future high-potential industries in high-end software and creative design.
Qinhuangdao City will focus on project construction, firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, organize project construction in accordance with the “four batches”, and promote 167 key construction projects of more than 100 million yuan throughout the year, with a total investment of 117.7 billion yuan, and the annual planned investment of 29.4 billion yuan. We will highlight the basic support and core position of the manufacturing industry, and make every effort to do a good job in the construction of 120 key industry projects and a number of industrial chain projects for small and medium-sized enterprises. We will build a modern infrastructure system, and do a good job in 34 key infrastructure projects including the Qinhuangdao section of the Qintang Expressway.
We will stimulate the vitality of economic and social development with the reform and innovation as the basic driving force. In 2121, Qinhuangdao City will focus on 48 national and provincial reform pilots, to and fully integrate the pilot reform tasks, so that the authorized items are acceptable, the reform tasks are effective, and the reform experience is reproducible. We will optimize the ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship, expand the main body of innovation, and plan to add more than 30 high-tech enterprises, more than 300 high-tech SMEs, and more than 20 innovation platforms such as technological innovation centers. We will support the private enterprises, and add 20,000 market players.
Qinhuangdao proposes to vigorously develop strategic emerging industries such as life and health. This picture shows a medical experiment conducted by medical personnel in the embryo laboratory of the Hechao Reproductive Medicine Center in Beidaihe New District. Photo by Sun Yeda/Hebei Daily
With park construction and investment promotion as the main focus, we will continue to improve the level of opening to the outside world. Qinhuangdao City will support the Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone for starting a new undertaking, and expanding the scale of equipment manufacturing, grain, oil and food, automobiles and parts. We will accelerate the development and high-level opening of comprehensive free trade zones, and carry out modern logistics, financial leasing and bonded maintenance services.We will promote the optimization and integration of provincial-level development zones, with the focus on centralized agglomeration, comprehensive measures such as relocation, on-site transformation, and new project construction, to promote the acceleration of industrial chain related enterprises in specialized parks, and promote industrial cluster, chain, and supporting development, so as to form a number of characteristic industrial clusters with national influence. We will vigorously develop the port and sea economy, and conduct in-depth study to promote the transformation of Qinhuangdao Port.
•Promote green development, build a green and beautiful port city
The ecological environment is the “red line” that Qinhuangdao must hold in its development. Therefore, Qinhuangdao City insists on giving priority to green development of ecology, and protects and polishes the ecological brand of Qinhuangdao.
We will continue to fight against the pollution, and ensure that the proportion of days with good air quality and the average concentration of PM2.5 meet the provincial requirements. We will take systematic prevention and control of water pollution, strengthen investigation and remediation on pollution sources. The water quality compliance rate of 3 prefecture-level centralized drinking water sources maintains 100%, and the national and provincial examination section water quality compliance rate reaches 100%. We will strictly control soil pollution, deepen the treatment of agricultural non-point source pollution, and strengthen the collection and disposal of medical waste. We will promote the re-greening of 57 tailing ponds. We will strengthen water conservation and ecological water replenishment, and promote the comprehensive management and ecological restoration of the water environment of key lakes such as Qilihai. We will fully implement the forest chief system, and complete afforestation and forest tending of 200,000 mu.
At the same time, Qinhuangdao City will strive to be the first in Hebei Province and on the top in China for building a first-class international tourist city with high-value and high-quality, through coordinated planning, construction and management.
Qinhuangdao will innovate and optimize the talent policy, improve the guide catalog for the introduction of talents in shortage of key industries, and actively introduce high-level talents to settle down. We will improve the carrying capacity and attractiveness of the downtown areas and county towns, deepen the reform of the household registration system, promote the orderly transfer of rural population to urban areas, and effectively increase the population of the downtown areas and county towns, so that the urbanization rate of permanent residents will reach 63%.
We will renovate and upgrade old residential areas, continue to promote the transformation of 8 old residential areas including Kuangyuanli community, accelerate the development and construction of 6 areas including Qinhuangdao Railway Station, to improve the scale, energy level, industrial support and influence of the downtown area.
We will implement urban greening, beautification, and lighting projects, and add 40 hectares of urban green space. We will vigorously improve the environment of urban and rural junctions, and the entrances and exits of the urban areas, and replant and green the 200,000 square meters of exposed land at the corners of urban roads and public spaces.
•Promote rural revitalization, and focus on the people’s concerns
In 2021, Qinhuangdao will accelerate the pace of agricultural and rural modernization. We will consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, continue to provide preferential policies to Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County in the following 5 years, to improve its sustainable development capabilities.
We will promote the high-quality development of agriculture, build 130,000 mu of high-standard farmland, and maintain a stable grain sown area and yield. We will deepen the structural reforms on the agricultural supply side, and improve advantageous industries such as Changli grapes. The coverage rate of improved varieties of major crops will be 98%, the coverage rate of standardized agricultural production will be 73.5%, the use of fertilizers and pesticides will continue to maintain a negative growth, and the number of certified green foods will reached 95.
We will cultivate modern agricultural parks, cultivate and develop agricultural product logistics, storage and processing industries, we will develop rural tourism, e-commerce and modern service industries, and promote the integrated development of tertiary industries in rural areas.
We will cultivate the family farms and farmer cooperatives, and the number of demonstration sites for family farms will reach 120 farmer cooperatives 220. We will improve domestic sewage in 106 villages and renovate 30,000 harmless sanitary toilets in rural areas.
Qinhuangdao will strengthen the construction of the social security system to develop social undertakings, we will raise and arrange employment subsidies of RMB 93.217 million to ensure the employment of key groups such as college graduates, veterans, and migrant workers; we will deepen the reform of the pension insurance system and establish the pension insurance gap sharing mechanism at the level of city, and counties (districts); we will deepen the reform of the medical and health system, and build some provincial-level pilots for modern hospital management system.
At the same time, we will develop education, culture and sports, and support the construction of Yanshan University’s “Double First Class” and the accelerated development of Northeastern University’s Sydney Institute of Intelligent Technology. We will promote the construction of national sports consumption pilot projects, and make every effort to create a model city for national sports and fitness.
Paying more attention to the people’s concerns, Qinhuangdao proposed to provide free vocational skills training for 45,000 urban and rural enterprise employees, college graduates, migrant workers, and veterans, support 56 entrepreneurial service organizations to provide 60,000 people with high-quality entrepreneurial assistance, and provided 200 million yuan of guarantee loans for SMEs entrepreneurship. We will built and renovate 5 primary and secondary schools, 6 public kindergartens, add 50 inclusive kindergartens, and add 10,000 inclusive degrees.
We will increase the types of chronic diseases in the basic medical insurance outpatient clinics for urban employees and urban and rural residents by 4 and 8, respectively, which could be determined by designated medical institutions; we will set up 22 day care service stations in residential areas, implement barrier-free upgrading for 580 impoverished disabled families. We will renovate 98 old communities, improve supporting facilities, and renovate 13,000 shanty towns, among which 2,500 have been completed. We will build and upgrade 10 vegetable markets and fresh food supermarkets in urban districts and county towns. We will build 100 kilometers of rural roads and no less than 7,500 public parking spaces.
We will improve 100 services relevant to the people’s most concerns, 30 services relevant to administrative approvals , and 60 services relevant to access permits and qualifications.
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