Tianjin: Striving to Achieve a Virtuous Cycle of Economic Development and Improvement of People's Livelihood

July 1, Tianjin Port. The Kilimanjaro Wheel, which can carry 14566 TEUs, began to remotely control loading and unloading, marking the completion of the whole process automation upgrading project of the port's traditional container terminal. The upgrade of a port reflects the development of a city.
Serving the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, testing reform measures first, and promoting the deep integration of science and technology and the economy ...... Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Tianjin four times for investigation and research, drawing up a national strategy, guiding reform and development, and endowing this hot land with unlimited power. Following the requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping to "achieve a virtuous circle of economic development and improvement of people's livelihood", Tianjin plans policies, pays close attention to implementation, strives to transform economic momentum, adheres to green development, improves people's livelihood and well-being, and takes solid steps on the new journey.

　　Conversion of kinetic energy to create advantages
On June 25, at the closing ceremony of the 6th World Intelligence Conference, a cool blue car drove to the center of the stage-China's first pure solar car "Tianjin" made its first public appearance.
"This is a fully automatic driverless car with 100% solar energy. The integration of perception technology allows it to cope with complex road conditions and weather." Gong Ke, executive director of the China New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategy Research Institute, introduced at the scene that the car was jointly researched and independently developed by 42 units in Tianjin and did not use any fossil fuels or external power sources.
The birth of "Tianjin" is inseparable from the transformation of Tianjin to improve the quality of development.

An intelligent robot developed by Tianjin Karel Robot Co., Ltd., photographed in Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (photographed on January 29, 2019). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran

Since the 1990 s, heavy chemical industry has become a strong driving force for rapid economic growth in various places. Relying on investment in oil and natural gas extraction, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing, "Tianjin Speed" has led the country for many years. "After entering the second decade of the 21st century, the momentum of old industries and old models has gradually weakened, and technological innovation has become a new driving force for economic development. However, the development inertia of Tianjin at that time has not been eliminated." Liu Gang, director of the Economic Research Institute of Nankai University, said.
In February 2014, under General Secretary Xi Jinping's personal planning, personal deployment, and personal promotion, the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei opened. Tianjin's positioning is more clear: the national advanced manufacturing research and development base, the northern international shipping core area, the financial innovation and operation demonstration area, and the reform and opening-up pioneer area.

Overlooking downtown Tianjin (taken on May 16, 2021, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo

The road to breaking the game is laid out here. In October 2014, the Tianjin High-end Equipment Research Institute of Tsinghua University was formally established to open up the equipment manufacturing industry-university-research chain; in April 2015, the first free trade pilot zone in the north settled in Tianjin, exploring institutional innovation in many aspects such as financial leasing; 2016 In November, Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park was established to promote the complementary advantages of innovation and research between Beijing and Tianjin.
In 2017, Tianjin will face up to the problems existing in the process of converting new and old kinetic energy and will not be afraid of "fading away the rouge face and looking ugly"-Binhai New Area will change the statistical caliber from the place of registration to the actual location and actively squeeze out the "water" of GDP in 2016 of more than 300 billion yuan. The city's "iron fist pollution control" will shut down and renovate enterprises that "contribute" non-green GDP. Optimize GDP and complete the production capacity of 3.8 million tons of pig iron. That year, Tianjin's GDP growth slowed to 3.6 percent from 9 percent in 2016.
While the growth rate has slowed down, the momentum of high-quality development has been obvious-that year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 10.4, and the number of newly registered private market entities exceeded 220000, an increase of nearly 40%; the World Intelligence Conference began to settle in Tianjin in 2017, Intelligent technology has become the leader of Tianjin's modern industrial system; strategic emerging industries such as biomedicine and new materials have grown rapidly; and the supporting role of advantageous industries such as equipment manufacturing and aerospace has been strengthened.

This is the Tianjin Port Container Terminal that has undergone a full-process automation upgrade (photographed on January 17, 2021, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo

Zhang Jianqiang, deputy director of the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics, said that Tianjin's industrial chain is now speeding up in the direction of high-end. In 2021, the high-end equipment industry chain in the industrial machine, intelligent equipment, marine equipment and other three sub-industry chain operating income have achieved double-digit growth; green petrochemical industry chain operating income increased by 42.8, the total profit increased by 1.2 times, are significantly faster than the city's industrial average.

In the workshop of Tianjin Helicopter Co., Ltd. of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, staff are carrying out riveting operations for AC332 civil helicopters (photo taken on May 19, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo

　　Green development is wide
"The coordinated development of'Beijing-Tianjin Twin City' has opened up a new pattern for my career, and the'Jinbin Twin City' with continuous improvement of urban functions has allowed our family to live peacefully and happily." Hu Jianlong, who is committed to "integrating artificial intelligence into agriculture", moved the headquarters of Koxin Company from Beijing to Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science Park in 2018 and settled a family of three in 2019.

This is Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (UAV photo) taken on May 12, 2022. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo

After the development and opening of Tianjin Binhai New Area was incorporated into the national development strategy in 2006, in the process of expanding with the central urban area of Tianjin, many "scattered and polluted" enterprises took root in the middle zone and the ecology was destroyed. At the same time, Binhai New Area focuses on the development of industries, and urban public services are relatively weak. By 2016, more than 300,000 people will have to travel between the two urban areas every day.
Systemic issues need to be addressed systematically. In May 2017, Tianjin began to focus on the rectification and banning of 22000 "scattered pollution" enterprises; in November of the same year, Tianjin began to comprehensively protect 875 square kilometers of wetlands; in May 2018, the 736 square kilometers between Binhai New area and the central urban area The green ecological barrier was officially delineated to create a "green lung" for the eastern part of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei ".
"736 square kilometers is about twice the area of the central urban area of Tianjin. At first, some people think that this locks the space for economic development, but facts have proved that it contains the'green code' for development '." Bian Weiguang, director of the office of Tianjin green ecological barrier construction site headquarters, said that whether it is the "green bank" role of forest land carbon sink, or the gathering of exhibition enterprises brought by the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin) within the ecological barrier, it is a green economic benefit.

This is the Tianjin green ecological barrier taken in Xiqing District, Tianjin (taken on July 7, 2022, UAV photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo

On the basis of the construction of ecological barriers, in November 2020, Tianjin proposed to build a "Jincheng" (central city) "Bincheng" (Binhai New Area) twin-city development pattern-"Jincheng" focuses on the combination of Chinese and Western, ancient and modern historical and cultural heritage characteristics, "Bincheng" focuses on highlighting the characteristics of marine culture and modern industrial culture.
The development path after "greening" has brought a better sense of gain to the people-in 2021, the number of "twin-city commuters" in Tianjin has decreased to about 40000 people every day. The average concentration of PM2.5 also dropped to 39 micrograms per cubic meter from 96 micrograms per cubic meter in 2013.

　　Improve people's livelihood and warm people's hearts
Hearing the question of "which policy in Tianjin has warmed up", Gao Lihua, a resident of Xinyuan apartment community in Nankai District, blurted out: "extend heating!"
Once, the annual heating period in Tianjin was only about 120 days. Starting from 2016, Tianjin has extended the heating time to about 150 days for six consecutive years, and the municipal and district governments have spent more than 4.5 billion yuan, not allowing the masses to spend an extra penny on heating.
Satisfying people's yearning for a better life is the foothold of development. At the beginning of each year, Tianjin will deploy the 20 most concerned and realistic problems that the masses will focus on solving that year. In 2022, the promotion of community elderly care services will rank first.

In a large elderly care community in Jinghai District, Tianjin, elderly people are taking dance classes (photographed on August 30, 2021). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran

With a service radius of 700 meters, Hexi District, while encouraging enterprises to bid for the operation of home-based elderly care service centers, has provided special fund subsidies to provide meals, medical assistance, cleaning assistance, bath assistance and other services for the surrounding elderly., Party and government assistance, public welfare support ", to achieve a security for the elderly. At present, this experience has been extended throughout the country.
During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Tianjin's livelihood expenditure accounted for more than 75% of total fiscal expenditure. In the past five years, Tianjin has solved the historical problem of real estate certificates for 360000 households, and completed the renovation of more than 160 million square meters of shanty towns, 94 million square meters of old communities, and 22000 rural households in need.
On the day he moved into the building, Luo Xuefa, who was over 70 years old, threw away the "ancestral" baffle. His family used to live in Tongyizhuang, a shanty town in Hongqiao District, Tianjin. The terrain is low-lying and flooded when it rains. Almost every household has a baffle to prevent rainwater from pouring back.
At the end of 2016, Tianjin decided to use 3 years to realize the urban "shed to zero". Cadres come to help Luo Xuefa "tailor-made" relocation and compensation plan. By the end of 2019, all 300000 residents, including Luo Xuifa, will go out of the shed and enter the building, and the average household area will increase from about 20 square meters to more than 65 square meters.
The collective of Ding Jia Qu Kan Village, Nancai Village, Wuqing District, had almost no income in 2013. In 2014, the district and town governments guided the village to transfer 157 mu of land from 32 farmers, set up a professional fruit and vegetable planting cooperative in Jinhetan, and invested 2.55 million yuan to build a stone mill flour factory in the village in 2015. In 2021, the collective income of this village will reach 1.07 million yuan, and the per capita disposable income of villagers will increase from 16000 yuan in 2013 to 27000 yuan.
"By planting grapes, I bought cars and buildings and had a good life." Villager Yang Zhengang is busy in the greenhouse and is full of hope for the next 10 years of his life.

Workers visit the "horizontal transport robot" at the intelligent container terminal in Section C of Beijiang Port in Tianjin Port (photographed on April 29, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran

Keeping in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Tianjin will steadily promote high-quality development, promote sustained and healthy economic development, strive to ensure and improve people's livelihood, and continue to move towards building a modern socialist metropolis in an all-round way.

Source: Xinhua