Tide Observation | "Number" Talk Northeast Revitalization 5-Year Symposium | Security | Tide

The historical titles "Beidacang" and "the eldest son of the Republic" highlight the importance of Northeast China as an important industrial and agricultural base in maintaining national defense security, food security, ecological security, energy security, and industrial security.

In the past five years, the Northeast region has strengthened the construction of agricultural modernization, actively implemented the innovation driven development strategy, and adhered to ecological protection and restoration. A series of effective work has promoted the stability and improvement of the Northeast region's economy, and released positive signals of revitalization and development.

In the first half of this year, the three northeastern provinces achieved a regional GDP of 2.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. Numerals indicate the tremendous achievements made in the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China over the past five years.

——The position of "ballast stone" in food security has been further consolidated

The vast territory, fertile farmland, concentrated and contiguous areas, and well-developed water systems make the Northeast region a "ballast stone" for maintaining national food security. In the past five years, the Northeast region has deeply implemented the strategy of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, organized the implementation of black soil protection projects, continuously promoted the construction of high standard farmland, firmly held the red line of cultivated land, and continuously consolidated the position of "ballast stone" in food security.

This is rice cultivated by the Suihua Experimental Station of the Northeast Center of the National Salt alkali tolerant Rice Technology Innovation Center. Photo by Wei Hai, journalist from Xinhua News Agency

In recent years, the grain production of the three provinces in Northeast China accounts for more than 1/5 of the national total, and the commodity grain volume accounts for about 1/4 of the national total. In 2022, the total grain production of the three northeastern provinces reached 286.6 billion catties, accounting for 21% of the national total, and soybean production accounted for more than 50% of the national total.

——The ecological security barrier in the north is more stable

From the big and small Xing'an Mountains with green mountains, to the fertile Sanjiang Plain, and then to the sparkling Chagan Lake... rich forest resources, vast grasslands, numerous Rivers and Lakes, and rich wetlands make Northeast China an important ecological security barrier in northern China.

This is a recent photo taken of the natural forest area of Mohe Forest Farm in Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

Seriously implementing the concept that green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver, and that ice and snow are also as valuable as mountains of gold and silver, the ecological security barrier in the northern region of Northeast China has become more solid. The natural forests in the three northeastern provinces have been comprehensively and effectively protected; The water quality in the Liaohe River Basin has reached a good level; Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park has become one of the first five national parks, with a stable increase in the number of tigers and leopards settling down; The industries of ice and snow tourism, ice and snow culture, and ice and snow equipment are constantly developing and growing, and the "golden signboard" of ecological advantages is becoming brighter and brighter.

——The supporting role of energy security continues to strengthen

Continuously increasing the exploration and extraction of oil and gas resources in the Northeast region, increasing investment in energy technology, and continuously promoting the energy supply revolution... In the past five years, a series of measures have continuously strengthened the support role of energy security in the Northeast region.

The annual production of tertiary oil recovery in Daqing Oilfield has exceeded 10 million tons for 21 consecutive years, and the annual oil and gas equivalent has always remained above 40 million tons; The Dalian Zhuanghe 350 MW offshore wind farm is fully connected to the grid for power generation, making it the largest and highest latitude offshore wind farm in northern China; The key energy projects of the "Three Gorges of Land Scenery" in western Jilin and the six major energy bases of tens of millions of kilowatts, including offshore wind power and new energy storage in Liaoning, are accelerating construction to help achieve the "dual carbon" goals.

——Further Consolidating the Industrial Foundation of Heavy Industries in Great Countries

High end CNC machine tools, new collaborative robots, industrial CT... At the 21st China International Equipment Manufacturing Expo, which opened in Shenyang on September 1st, "Northeast Intelligent Manufacturing" attracted a lot of attention.

As important old industrial bases in China, the three northeastern provinces once occupied half of the country's industrial landscape. Nowadays, actively implementing the strategy of building a strong manufacturing country and innovation driven development, transforming and upgrading "old brands", deeply developing "original brands", and cultivating and strengthening "new brands", significant achievements have been made in the independent development of major technological equipment in the equipment manufacturing field in the Northeast region, solving many key technological bottlenecks.

Shen Gu Group independently developed China's first large-scale compressor unit with an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons of ethylene; The million kilowatt hydroelectric unit developed by Harbin Electric Power Group is driving China's hydropower industry to take solid steps towards becoming a world hydropower "no man's land"... The old industrial base is constantly revitalizing.

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