Jiaxing Release 20 Year Development Transcript Press Conference | Yangtze River Delta | Jiaxing
Today, the press conference of the Jiaxing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the "88 Strategy" was held. Chen Wei, Secretary of the Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee, introduced that in the past 20 years, under the guidance of the "88 Strategy", Jiaxing's reputation, popularity, and influence as the starting point of the revolutionary red ship have significantly improved, and it is accelerating the construction of an important central city in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration.
Over the past 20 years, Jiaxing's comprehensive strength has been reaching a new level. From 2002 to 2022, the gross domestic product of Jiaxing region increased from 67.8 billion yuan to 673.9 billion yuan, and the per capita gross domestic product increased from 2568 US dollars to 18100 US dollars, which is higher than the latest high-income economic threshold standard of the World Bank; The total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased from 78.7 billion yuan to 1.42 trillion yuan, a 17 fold increase; The total fiscal revenue has exceeded 100 billion yuan, and both the general public budget revenue and the total fiscal revenue have jumped to the third place in Zhejiang Province; The total fiscal revenue of the counties under its jurisdiction exceeds 10 billion yuan. Over the past 20 years, Jiaxing has utilized a total of over 46 billion US dollars in foreign investment, ranking first among prefecture level cities in Zhejiang Province. It has introduced 499 projects worth over 100 million US dollars and 207 investment projects from the Fortune Global 500, all of which are among the top in Zhejiang Province. In recent years, Jiaxing has made new breakthroughs in urban-rural integration. Through the implementation of the "Strong Village and Rich People" plan, the operating income of each village has reached nearly 2.5 million yuan, and the income of farmers has led Zhejiang Province for 19 consecutive years. The public satisfaction with the ecological environment quality has been "ten consecutive increases", and it has been rated as excellent in the assessment of beautiful Zhejiang for four consecutive years. It has successfully created a national ecological civilization construction demonstration zone.
As the gateway for Zhejiang Province to connect with Shanghai and take on Shanghai's radiation, Jiaxing has steadfastly made comprehensive integration into the Yangtze River Delta integrated development the top strategy in the past 20 years, promoting economic and social transformation and leapfrog development. In the future, Jiaxing will achieve higher quality integrated development and enhance its recognition in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. In terms of transportation, Jiaxing's investment in transportation construction will exceed 200 billion yuan in the next five years, and a number of projects such as the Tongsu Jiayong and the Shanghai Jia intercity railway will be vigorously promoted; Jiaxing Airport is fully under construction and will be completed and put into operation by 2025, creating an air intermodal transportation center in the Yangtze River Delta; Improve the port collection and distribution system, and create a "golden waterway" for sea river intermodal transportation... Last week, the National Development and Reform Commission issued 24 policy measures to further enhance the level of the Hongqiao International Open Hub, injecting new momentum into Jiaxing's integration with Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta. Jiaxing will take this as an opportunity to benchmark the functional positioning of the southbound expansion zone, vigorously promote the construction of major projects, accelerate the construction of an international business district integrating culture and tourism, a science and technology innovation function expansion zone, and a digital trade innovation development zone, achieve complementary functions and advantages with Hongqiao, and promote new breakthroughs and improvements in the Shanghai Jiaxing city.