Here comes the opportunity to “create a new Guangdong” | blog post
After the Lunar New Year holiday in the mainland, last Saturday (January 28), the first day of return to work, calls for “fighting the economy” came from all over the country, especially the trend in Guangdong Province that attracted the most attention.
The Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government held a provincial high-quality development conference in Guangzhou on the same day. More than 25,000 people participated. Officials at all levels in Guangdong Province and representatives of major enterprises attended together. The meeting was broadcast live to cities, counties, and districts in Guangdong province. This conference sent out a strong signal of Guangdong’s “scrambling for time and striving for development”.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China last year, the top leaders in various provinces and cities were adjusted. Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and former head of the Central Propaganda Department, was transferred to the secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. The mobilization of Huang Kunming’s heavy artillery to go south to govern Guangdong is to revitalize Guangdong’s role as the locomotive of the national economy.
The super first-tier cities in the Mainland have always been Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, known as North, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. But last year, a new pattern emerged in the ranking of cities with a GDP trillion in the mainland. Chongqing surpassed Guangzhou to become the “fourth city”. This reflects from one aspect that Guangdong has developed to such a high level. Guangdong has ranked first in GDP for 34 consecutive years, and it is not easy to maintain this position.
Huang Kunming obviously came with the task of pushing Guangdong to a new level. On November 30 last year, Guangzhou was the first city to lift the blockade. The epidemic quickly passed the peak in Guangdong, and now it is back on the road.
Huang Kunming unveiled the grand goal of “rebuilding a new Guangdong” at the provincial high-quality development conference after the Chinese New Year. There are several key points in his speech at the meeting:
1. The old model doesn’t work. Huang Kunming said at the meeting that it is impossible for Guangdong to continue to compete for land, price, and labor. “From the outside, we are now facing fierce competition. At this time, it is not advisable to lie flat, and it is impossible to lie flat and win. Struggle Just in time.”
2. High-quality development. Huang Kunming believes that Guangdong has no other way but “high-quality development”. Only through high-quality development can it break through to the new blue ocean of development and deal with the uncertainty of the external environment. “
3. Rely on the large platform of key projects. Huang Kunming said that as long as new breakthroughs are made in quality improvement, Guangdong can usher in a blowout in quantity and start a new round of development and catch-up. “Relying on the important source of power in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and making full use of major platforms such as Hengqin, Qianhai, and Nansha, we will do a solid job this year, do a good job in the next 5 years, and continue to work hard for another 10 or 30 years. We will definitely be able to create another Create a new Guangdong and create a new miracle that will impress the world.”
The mainland pays attention to the unification of thinking. Guangdong holds a meeting of 25,000 people to unify their thinking and set the goal of “rebuilding a new Guangdong”. It also shows that this is not an expedient measure for economic rebound after the epidemic, but a long-term A new strategy for development.
In the face of changes in Guangdong, Hong Kong must have new ideas:
1. In the past, many elites in Hong Kong regarded Guangdong as an opponent, but now they have to change their thinking and regard Guangdong as a partner for cooperation and development, and work together to find business.
2. “Recreating New Guangdong” is great news. If Guangdong stagnates, Hong Kong will certainly not function. With Guangdong moving, Hong Kong has more opportunities.
3. Strong alliance and integrated development. Hong Kong is a global financial center, commercial center, shipping center, and innovation and technology center. Viewed in isolation, Hong Kong lacks land and people, but combined with Guangdong, it is completely different. Hong Kong needs to strengthen its integration with Guangdong, and use its local advantages and Guangdong’s size to quickly bring about the effect of one plus one equal to three. Hong Kong’s opportunity has come.
