1. Reinforce Independent Innovation & Foster Emerging Industry
Seize the excellent opportunity of promulgating a strategic emerging industry rejuvenation program by the State, focus on the nation current requirements and future strategic orientation, reinforce the fundamental capability construction of independent innovation, and constantly improve innovation system and environment.
Vigorously foster innovative enterprises, positively optimize and improve industrial structure, speed up the promotion and application of new energy, energy conservation and environment protection, new material technology and equipment, focus on creating 5 major industry clusters, such as new energy, material, bioprocess, energy conservation and environment protection, electronic information, etc.
, gain the initiative of key technologies and fields and promote the growth of high-tech industry so as to foster the great-leap-forward economic development of Shaanxi Province.
2. Strengthen Modern Facility Supporting Capacity
Firstly, strongly promote the transportation infrastructure construction focusing on railroads and highroads. Secondly, strengthen the facility construction in cities. Further improve internal road network structure, improve road network density and trans-city road transportation conditions, develop urban track traffic and improve urban road standards.
Accelerate the construction of urban infrastructure and pubic service facilities, make every endeavor to create a favorable habitat environment. Thirdly, further improve water conservancy construction. Speed up the development of key water conservancy projects, urban supply works, ongoing and supporting water conservation and modification works in large-scale irrigated areas, drinking water safety projects in rural areas, flood prevention and safety construction as well as strengthening projects for dangerously weak reservoirs.
Intensify and water conservative measures in rural and urban areas, promote water preparation technology and network reconstruction, and improve the utilization efficiency and benefits of water resources.
3. Positively Promote the Development Pattern of Combining Industry & Service Industry
Accelerate the industrial development, promote the new-type industrial road while constantly speeding up modern service industry, and positively promote the development pattern of combining the industry and service industry. Industry shall take the development area and industrial park as the carrier, enterprise as the main body, market as the orientation, pillar industry and advantageous products as the breakthrough point, structural adjustment as the masterstroke, reform and opening up and scientific and technological progress as the driving force, give full play to the guiding role of the government, continuously strengthen the investment in industry, reinforce regional exchanges and cooperation, intensify environmental protection and pollution treatment, develop recycling economy, actively enable the processing industry possess more technologies, high added value and high quality, promote the transformation from focusing on resource development to concentrating on processing and manufacturing, cultivate a batch of advantageous industry clusters and competitive large-scale corporations and groups, promote the sound development of the small and medium-sized enterprises and create a new brand in industry,
region and all over the world.
4. Actively Build Economic Development Driving Structure with Coordination & Propulsion between "3 Carriages"
At present, the investment rate in Shaanxi Province has amounted to more than 70%. There is little space for further improving the investment and growth rate. It is most likely to maintain the synchronous growth between the investment and GDP (current rate); otherwise, the excessive investment growth will exert an influence upon the internal balance and stable growth of the national economy. Resolutely upgrade consumption and take it as an important priority for maintaining the sound and rapid economic development. Concentrate on resolving the bottlenecks and restraining factors in such aspects as facilities, services, policies, market, mechanisms, etc. Influencing people's consumption. The weak export capacity in Shaanxi Province cannot be easily changes for quite a long period of time. During the "12th Five-Year Plan", we shall promote the stable export growth with concentrating on optimizing the exported commodity structure, make a key breakthrough in tourism, consultant, computer and information service, etc., enhance competitiveness and make every endeavor to promote the rapid development of service trade.
5. Accelerate the Development of Urbanization & Urban-rural Integration, Forming a Strong Driving Force Promoting Economic & Social Development
We shall make the best of the idea of facilitating the balanced development between rural and urban areas to enhance the urban and rural construction. Urban construction shall mostly realize the objective of Xi'an-Xianyang Regional Integration and building the Guanzhong Metropolitan Area and accelerate to build a perfect urban system so as to enable Xi'an-Xianyang Metropolis and the above-mentioned Area become the important core driving regions and wealth clusters in China and make urban system can play a positive role in fostering the overall development of Shaanxi Province.
6. Intensify Reform and Opening up & Trans-regional Cooperation Development
Give full play to fundamental role of the market in resource distribution, and cultivate independent growth mechanism of economic development. Deepen the reform of administrative examination and approval system, and conscientiously transfer the economic management functions of the government to serve the main market players and create development environment.
Continue to do a good job in the state-owned enterprise reform, vigorously promote the reform in administrative management system, rural comprehensive supporting facilities and cultural system, and constantly inject vigour into economic and social development. Build a trans-regional strategic and cooperative system, innovate a trans-regional cooperative mode and build a multiple cooperative pattern.
Western Breakthrough for Shaanxi Transformation
There was a sudden drop in the temperature in recent two days; however, people in Shaanxi Province have strong enthusiasm in focusing on discussing the Fifth Plenary Sessionof the 17th CPC Central Committee. It is pointed out at the session that accelerate the transformation of the economic development mode is a profound reform in China's economy and society, which shall penetrate into the whole process and each field of economic and social development.
People cannot help asking that how does Shaanxi transfer its development mode in the future 5 years? What difficulties will Shaanxi encounter?
As a matter of fact, in the early 2008, Mr. Zhao Leji, Secretary of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee pointed out that " promote scientific development, enrich local people and build strong province in the west" shall be taken as the guideline for Shaanxi economic and social development, which means that adjust the strengthen Shaanxi Province strategy to strengthen and enrich people strategy.
Under the guidance of such a principle and spirit, the main economic index of Shaanxi Province can be realized in two years ahead. Last year, GDP ranked top 17 in China, GDP per capita exceeded USD 3,000. In accordance with statistics of the first 3 quarters this year, GDP per capita in Shaanxi Province has ranked top 15 in China.
Enrich people has been given top priority at the afore-said session. Enrich people cannot be realized without strengthen province. At present, both the governmental officials of the Shaanxi Government and common people are full of anticipation to the future of Shaanxi Province.
"12th Five-year Plan" - Shaanxi Development Environment
The future 5-10 years are the key period of Shaanxi Province to become a strong western province and comprehensively realize a well-off society, in which the new changes and trends in the domestic and international environment will exert significant influence upon our economic and social development. At present, Shaanxi Province is confronted with both challenges and opportunities.
In 2008, a sudden international financial crisis disturbed the original development step and rhythm. Under the guidance of core idea of "expanding domestic demand, maintaining growth, adjusting structure and benefiting people", the counter-measures of ensuring growth, people's livelihood and stability" have been published respectively, and numerous important projects have been opened, which have ultimately prevented Shaanxi's economic falling tendency and shown a beautiful shape of letter "V".
However, the aforesaid economic financial crisis also exposed some in-depth contradictions in Shaanxi's economic operation. Mr. Tian Yuan, Deputy Director of Shaanxi Decision-Making& Consultancy Committee believed that during the "12th Five-year Plan", we shall face the said problems: long-term unreasonable economic structure and low-quality economic growth still exist; the scientific advantages have not actually transferred to economic advantages; the residents in rural and urban areas, especially the peasants have relatively low income; 3 major regional development have witnessed increasingly large gap, resulting in unstable economic development in Shaanxi Province. The short-term and long-term problems are interweaved, and positive and passive effects emerged at the same time, which increased the difficulty to maintain stable and rapid economic development and realize economic development mode transformation and economic structure adjustment. Meanwhile, the foundation of world economic recovery is not stable, the influence posed by the international financial crisis cannot be eliminated for a short period of time, and people are confronted with increasingly large pressures from global challenges.
Shaanxi economic growth is facing numerous contradictions and challenges; however, the advantageous conditions are noticeable: firstly, material base is relatively abundant. Since the Western Development has been implemented for ten years, Shaanxi GDP has witnessed relatively rapid growth, in particular in recent years, 5 100 billion yuan have been realized in succession. In 2009, the total amount has reached 818.6 billion yuan, which is expected to amount to 1,000 billion yuan this year, with sound overall economic operation; secondly, the financial income has witnessed relatively rapid growth, realizing the great leap from 10 billion yuan to 100 billion yuan; thirdly, grain production has experienced steady increase for consecutive years. Based upon the increases in grain production in the previous consecutive five years, the total grain output in Shaanxi Province has amounted to more than 10 million tons for consecutive 6 years, which provided important guarantee for containing inflation and social stability. Fourthly, the income of rural and urban residents has been improved somewhat, which doubled the original figure from 2003 to 2008; fifthly, the macro-regulation level has been improved significantly, and the scientificity, predictability and flexibility of macro-regulation of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government have been enhanced constantly. In addition, a new round of opportunities such as initiating the Western Development, Guantian Economic Zone, etc. have laid a solid foundation for the economic development during the period of "12th Five-year Plan" in Shaanxi Province.
4 Major Pressing Concerns
The Several Major Issues Studied and Resolved In "12th Five-year Plan" in Shaanxi Province which submitted by Shaanxi Decision-making & Consultancy Committed to Provincial Development and Reform Commission pointed out that there is still no breakthroughs in structural adjustment, resource-oriented and investment-driven economy have prominent characteristics, modern service industry has witnessed backward development, and low-quality economic growth prevail. Therefore, during "12th Five-year Plan", we shall still give priority to promote the transformation of economic development mode and industrial structure adjustment.
Focusing on the afore-said emphasis, experts suggested that the measures shall be taken, such as intensify the development of high-end energy and chemical industry and promote industrial structure upgrade; develop strategic emerging industry and promote industrial structure adjustment; vigorously develop modern productive service industry and foster the great improvement of equipment manufacturing industry; promote energy-saving and emission-reduction and develop low-carbon economy; improve achievement appraisal evaluation mechanism and promote the transformation of economic development mode.
Apart from structural adjustment, the scientific advantage has not actually transferred to the economic advantage, which shall also be deemed as one of the pressing problems. Shaanxi is densely covered by universities and colleges and scientific research institutions, possessing prominent advantages in science & technology, high education and talents.
However, the advantages of science eduction have not truly transferred to economic advantages for many years, with backward economic development and relatively low income level of rural and urban residents, forming a huge contrast between the the advantages of science eduction and economic growth. In accordance with the understanding, numerous achievements in scientific research and original innovations have not been transferred in Shaanxi Province, rather being realized by the coastal provinces and cities, which resulted in the fundamental reason of usually called "Shaanxi Phenomenon".
"We shall do a good job in summarizing the experience of enabling apple industry to become the world top 1 industry by means of promoting practical technologies, make every walk of life pursue, promote and apply the advanced and applicable technologies in each field so as to truly make the scientific technologies become the primary productive force," stated by the comrades in charge from the Planning Department of Shaanxi Development and Reform Commission.
The issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers have not yet been resolved, and the income level of rural residents is relatively low. Thus, we can settle this "long-standing problem" from such aspects as take increasing peasant income as the core, coordinately promote industrialized agriculture and counties and urbanization process, and spare no efforts in forming the resultant force promoting the continuous increase of farmers; expand agricultural organization scale and improve scale merit; enhance agricultural infrastructure construction, intensify agricultural insurance and improve disaster-relief capacity; accelerate the planning and construction of rural areas, counties and central communities and promote the centralization from urban areas to communities; coordinate the labour employment between urban and rural areas; improve the income level of urban residents and intensify the radiation effect upon rural areas; take numerous measures, reduce agricultural cost and improve peasants' income level.
The regional development is not balanced, and there is an increasingly large gap between Guanzhong, North Shaanxi and South Shaanxi. During the "11th Five-year Plan", Shaanxi pointed out that Guanzhong takes a leading role in developing its economy, North Shaanxi is experiencing the great-leap-forward development and South Shaanxi is witnessing a breakthrough development. However, at present, Guanzhong does not take the lead in economic development and South Shaanxi does not make a breakthrough. In recent years, the superior resources such as coal, oil, gas, salt, etc. In North Shaanxi have witnessed relatively rapid development, the great-leap-forward development possesses a strong momentum, and proportion of GDP has witnesses a continuous increase in Shaanxi Province. Guanzhong and South Shaanxi have experienced certain but relatively backward development, and there is an increasingly large gap between the regions. The report pointed out that during "12th Five-year Plan", we shall take effective measures to give top priority to promote regional coordinated development: grasp and put in place the opportunity of Guanzhong - Tianshui Economic Zone Development Plan, and build Tianzhong into China inland economic development strategic region; seize the chance of building Great Erdos Energy Base and build Yulin into the second economic pole in Shaanxi Province; rely on resource advantage and speed up infrastructure construction, thus create excellent conditions for South Shaanxi to make a breakthrough in economy.
Breakthrough for Competition
In numerous discussions concerning "12th Five-year Plan", the voices for building a "Western Triangle" have been running high.
Last year, the Two Sessions pointed out the"Western Triangle Economic Circle", which stated that combining Chongqing Economic Circle + Chengdu Economic Circle + Guanzhong Urban Agglomeration with Xi'an as the center" Economic Circle, Southwestern Region + Northwestern Region to jointly build the 4th growth pole in China. Numerous scholars believed that only positively promote the "Western Triangle", can the South Shaanxi make a breakthrough. "Western Triangle" will not only play an important role in the development of Shaanxi, Chongqing and Sichuan, but also exert significant influence upon facilitating the Western Development.
In this economic circle, among the 3 strong western cities, which city will fight for hegemony ultimately?
As a matter of fact, the aggregate economic volume in Xi'an amounted to 270 billion yuan in 2009; however, this figure was only equal to 50% in comparison with that of Chengdu, and around 30% of Chongqing. Moreover, the internationalization degree of Chengdu and Chongqing are increasingly high; Chengdu has become the "3rd Consulate City" following Shanghai and Guangzhou in mainland China, possessing 9 consulates; and Chongqing became a region with the largest number, largest scale and top-level bonded areas. Since Chongqing incorporated the original Wanxian Prefecture, Fuling City and Qianjing Region, while Chengdu incorporated the original Wenjiang Region, which possess huge population, large economic aggregate and market and numerous businesses. Nevertheless, although Xi'an is well-known to the world and boasts favorable regional advantages, it is a small city with such constraining conditions as small population and market, etc., and has a long way to realize the cosmopolitan city. "We shall step up the Xi'an - Xianyang integration. If we postpone the opportunity, there will be an increasingly huge gap between Xi'an, Chongqing and Chengdu," stated by Mr. Zhang Bao, Deputy Director of the Scholarship Committee of Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences.
Notwithstanding, Xi'an is deemed as an international city, Chengdu and Chongqing is not the case. Mr. Zhang Bao believed that to build an international city, we shall give full pay to core, leading and important roles of Great Guanzhong, Great Northwestern Region and Euro-Asia Continental Bridge Economic Zone, thus Xi'an can contend against Chengdu and Chongqing, respectively.
In addition, develop a central city is closely related to the county economic development. Zhang held that Shaanxi occupied the majority proportion of whole province and population. Only county economy witnesses great development, can the per capita income.and economic volume in Shaanxi Province experiences significant development be realized, "Shaanxi Phenomenon" can be conquerred, and the objective of strengthening province and enriching people can be accomplished. Promote county economic competition through enhancing county economic examination to make Shaanxi rank the top level in the western top 100 counties during the period of "12th Five-year Pan".
