At the end of 2021, my country’s urban permanent population will be 910 million. Among them, 1,472 counties have a permanent population of 160 million. County towns are an important support for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. According to the person in charge of the Planning Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, our country has reached a stage of development in which industry feeds agriculture and cities support rural areas. The coming period will be a window period for improving the system and mechanisms for integrated urban and rural development and breaking the urban-rural dual structure.
Recently, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Promoting Urbanization Construction with County Towns as an Important Carrier.” The “Opinions” pointed out that counties are an important part of my country’s urban system and a key support for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. They are of great significance to promoting new urbanization construction and building a new relationship between industry, agriculture, and urban and rural areas.
The “Opinions” propose that by 2025, the urbanization construction with the county as an important carrier will have made important progress, the shortcomings of the county will be further supplemented and strengthened, and a group of cities with good location advantages, industrial foundation, and resource and environmental carrying capacity will be strengthened. The construction of a county with strong and concentrated population and good economic conditions has achieved remarkable results. The allocation of public resources basically matches the size of the permanent population. The characteristic and advantageous industries have developed and expanded. Municipal facilities are basically complete. Public services have been comprehensively improved. The living environment has been effectively improved. The comprehensive carrying capacity has been improved. The number of farmers settling down in the county has been continuously expanded, and the quality of life of county residents has been significantly improved. After another period of efforts, modern county towns with distinctive characteristics, vitality, livability and industry will be basically built nationwide. The development gap with neighboring large and medium-sized cities will be significantly narrowed, and the role of promoting the improvement of urban systems and supporting the integrated development of urban and rural areas will be further enhanced. Manifest.
In the 210 industrial cluster areas jointly built with the China Textile Federation on a pilot basis, textile enterprises are the leading force in promoting local economic development. Most of the top 100 county economies in the country were developed with textile as the main industry. Most of the top 100 counties in China are closely related to the textile and clothing industry. Obviously, the promulgation of the “Opinions” provides new space for the development of the textile industry.
The National Development and Reform Commission explained that county construction is an important engine for expanding domestic demand. Implementing the strategy of expanding domestic demand and promoting the formation of a strong domestic market are strategic choices to promote highquality development under the new situation. At this stage, there is a big gap between investment and consumption in counties and cities. Per capita fixed asset investment in municipal public facilities is only about 1/2 of that in urban areas at prefecture level and above, and per capita consumption expenditure is only about 2/3 of that in urban areas at prefecture level and above. . Promoting county construction will help expand current effective investment and residents’ consumption, and open up new huge investment and consumption space.
In view of the development direction and positioning of counties, the “Opinions” propose to accelerate the development of counties surrounding large cities. Support counties located within urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas to integrate into the construction and development of neighboring large cities, actively undertake the transfer of population, industries, and functions, especially general manufacturing, regional logistics bases, professional markets, and over-concentrated public service resources, and strengthen With rapid transportation connections, it has developed into a satellite county with convenient commuting, complementary functions, and supporting industries with neighboring large cities.
Actively cultivate professional functional counties. Support counties with resources, transportation and other advantages to develop their professional expertise, cultivate and develop characteristic economies and pillar industries, strengthen industrial platform support, improve employment absorption capabilities, and develop into counties with professional functions such as advanced manufacturing, trade circulation, and cultural tourism. Support border counties to improve infrastructure, strengthen functions such as public services and border trade, and enhance population agglomeration capabilities and the ability to defend and consolidate borders.
The “Opinions” also emphasize the cultivation and development of characteristic and advantageous industries and the steady expansion of county jobs. Specifically, it is to enhance the county’s industrial support capabilities. Focus on developing industries with obvious comparative advantages, strong ability to drive agriculture and rural areas, and large employment capacity, coordinate the cultivation of local industries and undertake externalindustrial transfer, and promote industryTransformation and upgrading. Highlight characteristics, stagger development, and develop general manufacturing industries in accordance with local conditions.
Improve the functions of the industrial platform. Relying on platforms such as various development zones, industrial clusters, and entrepreneurship parks for migrant workers returning home, we will guide the concentrated development of industries in counties. Support qualified counties to build industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration parks. Configure public supporting facilities as needed, and improve standard workshops, general basic manufacturing equipment, common technology research and development instruments and equipment, quality infrastructure, and warehousing, distribution and recycling facilities. Encourage industrial parks and enterprises where migrant workers are concentrated to build collective dormitories.
Improve the commercial circulation network. Develop logistics centers and professional markets to create a distribution and transit center for industrial products and agricultural products. Build special railway lines as needed, and build logistics facilities based on transportation stations. Build a logistics distribution center with transportation, warehousing, collection, distribution and other functions, develop joint logistics distribution, and encourage social forces to deploy smart express boxes.
Improve consumption infrastructure. Focus on industrial transformation and upgrading and residents’ consumption upgrading needs to improve the county’s consumption environment. Renovate and upgrade department stores, large-scale stores, and specialty commercial streets, and develop new consumer clusters. Improve consumer service centers and public transportation��Site, intelligent guidance system, security facilities, e-commerce hardware facilities and software systems, and a public space for display and transaction. Improve tourist service centers, tourist roads, tourist toilets and other supporting facilities.
Strengthen vocational skills training. Carry out large-scale vocational skills training for migrant workers, especially migrant workers in need, to improve their skill quality and stable employment ability. Coordinate and give full play to the role of enterprises, vocational schools and technical schools, focus on new occupations, new types of work and in-demand positions, strengthen vocational skills training, and improve the fit with market demand. Promote the co-construction and sharing of public training bases and build an online platform for vocational skills training. Implement training subsidy policies and smooth channels for training subsidies to reach enterprises and trainers.
How to cultivate and develop the characteristic and advantageous industries of the county? The National Development and Reform Commission stated that industry is the foundation for county construction and development. Only with industry can there be jobs and population concentration. Industrial supporting facilities can be shared by many enterprises, which directly affects whether factors flow in and the level of enterprise costs. The industrial platform functions of many counties are relatively weak and the supporting facilities are unsound, which increases the production costs and transaction costs of enterprises, offsetting the advantages of relatively low labor and land costs in counties. It is necessary to promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the county’s industrial supporting facilities, consolidate the county’s industrial foundation, promote local and nearby employment and sustained income growth, and drive high-quality development of the county economy. The first is to enhance industrial support capabilities, highlight characteristics and dislocate development, focus on developing industries with obvious comparative advantages, strong ability to drive agriculture and rural areas, and large employment capacity, and coordinate the cultivation of local industries and undertake the transfer of external industries. The second is to enhance the function of the industrial platform, configure public supporting facilities as needed, and guide the concentrated development of industries in the county. The third is to improve the commercial circulation network, develop logistics centers and professional markets, and create a distribution and transit center for industrial products and agricultural products. The fourth is to improve consumption infrastructure, focus on industrial transformation and upgrading and residents’ consumption upgrading needs, and improve the county’s consumption environment. The fifth is to strengthen vocational skills training to improve the skill quality and stable employment ability of migrant workers, especially those in need.
“Cultivation and development of characteristic and advantageous industries” is the foundation of county construction and development, which undoubtedly provides new opportunities for the development of the textile industry. In terms of employment, the textile industry has created more than 20 million direct jobs in society. The development of the industry directly benefits “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” and provides jobs with suitable difficulty and broad prospects for rural migrant workers. From the perspective of promoting urban and rural development, county and township economies are the most important forms of textile industry clusters. Township-level clusters account for nearly half of the industrial clusters that have established pilot relationships with China Textile Federation. The development of textile industry clusters has played a key role in promoting rural revitalization and new urbanization development, and building a new relationship between industry, agriculture, and urban and rural areas.
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