Give full play to the role of Shanghai as a "growth pole" and "engine", with an average annual GDP growth of 21.2% in the Lingang New Area
On the morning of August 21st, the Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference for the Municipal Government. Chen Jinshan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lingang New Area, and Director of the Management Committee, introduced the achievements of the fourth anniversary development of Lingang New Area and the overall considerations for the next steps.
The reporter learned that in the past four years, the Lingang New Area has always maintained the strength of opening up, the intensity of reform, and the momentum of development. The gross domestic product of the new area has grown at an average annual rate of 21.2%, the total industrial output value above designated size has grown at an average annual rate of 37.8%, the total fixed investment of the whole society has grown at an average annual rate of 39.9%, the total import and export volume has grown at an average annual rate of 44%, and the tax revenue has grown at an average annual rate of 16.2%.
In the first half of this year, the total output value of large-scale industries in the new area increased by 52% year-on-year; The total fixed investment in society increased by 57.2% year-on-year; The total import and export volume increased by 54.6% year-on-year; The tax revenue increased by 47.5% year-on-year, and the average growth rate of these indicators over the past two years was over 30%, which effectively played the role of the "growth pole" and "engine" of Shanghai's economic development.
In the past four years, the high-level reform and opening up in the new area has been further deepened, and a total of 102 typical institutional innovation cases have been formed, including 48 national pioneering cases. The energy level of Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone continues to improve, and the third phase expansion has been successfully approved; China Yangshan Port has registered a total of 47 international navigation vessels at its international port of registry; For the first time in the country, foreign liner coastal transshipment business has been launched and normalized operation has been achieved, with a cumulative coastal transshipment container volume of 31000 TEUs. A number of major functional platforms are accelerating construction, and the international reinsurance business platform has officially landed; The International Oil and Gas Trading Center has completed the first LNG cross-border RMB settlement transaction; The function of the bonded ship supply public service platform continues to enhance, taking the lead in carrying out the "ship to ship" LNG refueling business for international navigation ships, with a cumulative refueling scale of 258000 cubic meters. Enterprises are accelerating their efforts to "bring in" and "go out", with the proportion of actual foreign investment and outward direct investment in the city increasing from 2.6% and 10.2% in 2020 to 8.6% and 15% in 2022, respectively.
The trend of high-quality economic development has been further consolidated. In terms of cutting-edge industries, efforts are being made to build a "6+2" cutting-edge industrial system, and the annual output value of the intelligent new energy vehicle industry has exceeded 230 billion yuan; The integrated circuit industry has formed a full industry chain ecosystem, and key projects such as Wentai and Geke have been put into operation successively; A group of key enterprises such as Ningde Times and Zhongke Chuangda have successively settled in. Establish 9 cutting-edge industry master funds, forming an industry fund system of over 352 billion yuan. Over the past four years, a total of over 500 cutting-edge industry projects have been signed, involving an investment of approximately 563 billion yuan. In terms of modern service industry, high-level institutions such as Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Dishui Lake Senior Financial College and Shanghai Technology Exchange International Trading Center are accelerating their construction, and high-level projects such as Dubai Global Port and HSBC Insurance Brokerage have successively landed.
Further enhance the functions of high-quality cities. Over the past four years, a total of about 58000 talents have been introduced, with an average annual growth rate of 128.5%. Promote the establishment of a number of high-level schools such as the High School Department of Shangzhong Middle School and the Lingang Fengxian Branch of Hua'er Affiliated Middle School. A total of 19 new basic education schools have been opened, 35 have been started, and 16 have been completed. The second phase of the Lingang Campus of the Sixth Hospital is accelerating construction, and the Lingang Campus of Pudong Hospital is about to start construction. The construction of the Nanhui branch of the Lianggang Express has started.