Development and Reform Commission Western Development seize new opportunities in twelve five

 Interview with the National Development and Reform Commission
Western Development Division, National Development and Reform Commission QIN Yu was

QIN Yu Western Development Division was in the said, General Judgement, entered the western region to accelerate the development of important strategic opportunities, opportunities and challenges, the opportunities outweigh the challenges.

He said the next round of the Western Development under the new strategic requirements, the focus started seven, namely: speeding up infrastructure construction; strengthening ecological construction and environmental protection; development of special advantages industry; strengthening technological innovation, strengthen human resources development; to develop social undertakings; strengthen the development of key economic region, expanding internal opening.

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QIN Yu-only: development shows a good trend. GDP accounts for the western region rose from 16.9% in 2005 increased to 18.5% in 2009, the average annual growth rate reached 13.4%, higher than the speed of the first. GDP per capita average annual growth rate of 18.8%, 5 percentage points higher than the eastern region, equivalent to the national average from 59.7% to 66.1%. Local revenue, total fixed asset investment, retail sales and import and export trade volume increased by an average 25.2%, 29.5%, 18.6%, 19.3%, major economic indicators are higher than the national average growth rate, and the eastern region gradually expand the development gap between the trend has been initially curbed. West or two three industries increased from 2005 17.6:42.8:39.6 adjusted to 2009 13.8:47.6:38.6, industrialization trend is clearly accelerating development, characteristics and advantages of development and growth of a number of industries and industrial clusters, and cultivate a group of competitive brands and large enterprises and groups.

Second, breakthroughs in infrastructure construction, ecological construction and environmental protection with remarkable results. . Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba smooth progress of construction of large hydropower stations, such as hydropower station in Qinghai and Guizhou Jishixia Guizhou, Sichuan Tingzikou, next to many other large and medium water conservancy project in Tibet under construction. East Gas transmission and natural gas from the western part of the project is completed the 2-wire ventilation. Farmland to forest, pasture and other key ecological projects to actively promote, an important water source supply Yellow Gannan areas, karst rocky desertification region launched, total 6.81 million hectares of new afforestation, forest cover increased by nearly 3 percentage points. Actively promote the prevention of water pollution, deterioration of water quality in major river valleys under control. Chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emissions decreased significantly.

Third, social development was accelerated, basic public services steadily improved. Three health institutions was basically completed, the new rural cooperative medical system parameters combined rate of 91.5%. Museums, cultural centers, cultural venues and other cultural stations to speed up the pace of construction, basic medical insurance for urban workers, the number and basic medical insurance for urban residents has risen sharply. Income of urban and rural residents 8,783 yuan from, 2379 yuan increased to 14,213 yuan, 3,817 yuan, an average annual increase of 12.8%, respectively, and 12.5%, respectively, higher than the eastern region of 0.9 and 1.5 percentage points, the western region to reduce poverty substantially.

Fourth, deepening reform and opening up, accelerate the development of key areas. Gradually quicken the pace of reform, investment and development environment improved significantly. The establishment of Chongqing, Chengdu, urban and rural comprehensive reform pilot area, actively promote the reform of scientific and technological resources in Xi'an and Manpower. Things further promote mutual cooperation, more than 20 million enterprises in the east to the western region business, total investment of nearly 3 trillion yuan, inland open, the rapid development of open border, the actual utilization of foreign capital amounted to 7.1 billion, 3.7 times the 2005 . Actively promote the ASEAN - Mekong Basin Development Cooperation, the Greater Mekong Subregion economic cooperation, regional economic cooperation in Central Asia, all-round development of a new pattern of external shape. , and other economic areas of North Slope leading role of radiation on the surrounding area is growing.

Although the The development of western regions and eastern regions is still widening gap between the level of per capita GDP gap between the absolute increase from 1.5 million to 2.2 million. Poor infrastructure bottlenecks fragile ecological environment still exists, the western regional transport facilities in both the volume and density or the technical standards and the national average on average there is a big gap between the dry Southwest and the Northwest Territories engineered shortage of water resource very prominent, serious geological disasters, deterioration of ecological environment as a whole has not been fundamentally reversed. Irrational economic structure, weak capacity for self-development conditions still not been fundamentally changed, irrational industrial structure, product market competition is weak. Wide extent of deep poverty in the country 2 / 3 of the poor concentrated in the west. Compared with 2009, 2005, between east and west from the gap between per capita net income of farmers 876 yuan to 1,336 yuan to expand. Weak basic public services remain serious problems, education and health service quality and levels are relatively low. Strengthen national unity, the task of maintaining social stability remains heavy, the western region of China are still difficulties in building a moderately prosperous society and focus.