Focus on standing at the forefront, setting high standards, and expanding ideas, deepening high-level reform and opening up, and promoting high-quality development as the center | International | Standards
Deepening high-level reform and opening up, promoting high-quality development, has pointed out the direction for Shanghai's emergency response bureau, nurturing new opportunities, and opening up new bureaus, highlighting Shanghai's special and greater responsibilities in the new era and new journey.
"Stand in front"
To be a good "vanguard of reform and opening up and a pioneer of innovation and development" is the ardent hope of the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping, and it is also an inevitable demand for Shanghai's economic and social development.
From the perspective of total economic development and quality, Shanghai's gross domestic product has reached 4.4 trillion yuan, ranking fourth among global cities; The per capita GDP exceeds 180000 yuan, reaching the level of moderately developed countries; A modern industrial system with modern service industry as the main body, strategic emerging industries as the guide, and advanced manufacturing industry as the support has initially taken shape.
As the birthplace of the Party, the birthplace of its original aspiration, and the birthplace of the great spirit of founding the Party, Shanghai has undertaken a series of major national strategic missions. The heaviest burden and the most difficult bone to gnaw on all require Shanghai to lead by example, boldly explore, experiment, and innovate independently, and then launch a batch of strategic, creative, and leading new measures for reform and opening up, forming a set of replicable and promotable practical examples and experiences.
"Standard height setting"
Firstly, to boost morale and focus on national strategies for breakthroughs.
High level reform and opening up, as well as high-quality development, need to be planned within the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world. It should be considered and planned in the construction of a new development pattern and the overall deployment of the country for the development of the Yangtze River Delta.
It is necessary to participate in international cooperation and competition on behalf of the country. From the strategic perspective of dealing with complex changes in the external environment, it is necessary to strive to show the new atmosphere of Chinese path to modernization, and build Shanghai into an important window to show the Chinese concept, spirit, and path.
Secondly, benchmark against the highest international standards and the best level, and deepen the construction of the "Five Centers".
As of 2022, the total transaction volume of Shanghai's financial market reached 2933 trillion yuan, and the total volume of port cargo trade remained the world's largest. Shanghai Port's container throughput has ranked first in the world for 13 consecutive years, and the proportion of research and development expenditure in the city's GDP has increased to 4.2%. Starting from this, we need to deepen the construction of the "Five Centers", not only to strive for domestic first-class, but also to compare and compete internationally.
For example, deepening the construction of science and technology innovation centers should focus more on strategic cutting-edge fields and strategic scientific and technological forces, gather internationally advanced laboratories, research institutes, research institutions, and research-oriented universities, and establish world-class major scientific and technological infrastructure clusters.
For example, deepening the construction of international economic centers requires benchmarking against global industrial upgrading and the creation of world-class industrial clusters, forming a "five chain integration" of global industrial chains, supply chains, innovation chains, funding chains, and talent chains.
Thirdly, institutional construction should be integrated at a high level.
In the new situation, institutional openness centered around the continuous improvement of the business environment and characterized by system integration involves many aspects such as rules, regulations, management, and standards. We should not only focus on individual breakthroughs and single point reform pilot projects, but also attach importance to system integration and major institutional innovation linkage, connection, and matching, fully stimulating the innovation and entrepreneurship vitality of market entities.
"Enlarge the train of thought"
We need to continuously enhance the "four major functions".
From the perspective of global resource allocation functions, as of the end of 2022, there have been a total of 891 regional headquarters and 531 foreign R&D centers of multinational companies in Shanghai. As of May 2023, the total number of licensed financial institutions in Shanghai reached 1736. Among them, there are 539 foreign-funded institutions, and foreign-funded corporate banks, joint venture fund management companies, and foreign-funded insurance companies headquartered in Shanghai account for about half of the mainland.
In terms of leading high-end industries, a new industrial system consisting of three leading industries and six key industries has been basically formed. Emerging industries are rapidly developing and growing, with 22000 high-tech enterprises and 4942 specialized, refined, and new enterprises, respectively.
In terms of opening up hub portals, the CIIE has been successfully held for five sessions, with a total import and export volume exceeding 4 trillion yuan for two consecutive years. As of 2022, Shanghai's cumulative outward direct investment has reached 88 billion US dollars, and its economic and trade investment network covers 189 countries and regions worldwide.
Next, Shanghai should better coordinate high-quality "imports" and high-level "going out", better coordinate "in China and for the world", better coordinate "onshore and offshore", continuously enhance the "four major functions", open up new fields and tracks for development, and shape new driving forces and advantages for development.
Secondly, we need to continue to strengthen the "big platform".
Since the 14th Five Year Plan, Shanghai has actively built strategic channels with unique advantages around factor links, production capacity links, market links, and rule links.
For example, Shanghai has built and is currently constructing 14 national major scientific and technological infrastructure projects, solved 225 bottleneck technology research projects, laid out 523 research projects, deepened the construction of a unified market system in the Yangtze River Delta region, and orderly promoted the overall plan for the construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub.
For example, both domestic "supply chain" and "strong chain" and international two-way opening "extension chain" are emphasized, and the spillover effect of import expos continues to amplify. The institutional open system framework of free trade zones with "five freedoms and one convenience" as the core has basically been formed.
Next, more innovative, leading, and integrated reform measures can be launched around the construction of a large platform with internal and external dual circulation.
Thirdly, we need to further improve the overall framework.
Guided by the important concept of "People's City, People's Building, People's City for the People", Shanghai adheres to the development concept of putting the people at the center of urban governance, continuously enhancing the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the general public, and striving to improve the city's level, functions, and core competitiveness.
Next, we should further focus on the multi-level and diversified needs of the people, improve the public service system, enhance the modernization level of urban governance, increase the organic unity between technological innovation, market driven, and fine governance, build a beautiful home of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and create a better city and a happier life.