Chapter 2991

These large projects, as well as other government-invested infrastructure projects, have strongly driven the economy of Yinshan County. It is almost a foregone conclusion that Yinshan County's GDP ranking has jumped from the middle and lower reaches of the six counties and two districts to the leader among the six counties.

The leapfrog development of Yinshan County's GDP will also have a relatively large impact on Baozhou City's GDP, with a relatively large increase. Coupled with Angao Industrial Park and Baozhou City's old city renovation project, these will all be important growth points for Baozhou City's GDP.

The rapid development of Yinshan County made the Baozhou municipal government realize the importance of the county economy. This is just an Yinshan County. If all six counties develop as rapidly as Yinshan County, then the economy of Baozhou City will not have to worry.

Baozhou City held a county economy research discussion meeting. Mayor Wei Ziming and Vice Mayors Cai Jianguo, Xin Jing, and Su Xinghui all attended this seminar. The municipal government invited the main leading cadres of each county, the leaders of relevant municipal departments, and some experts in economics to participate in this seminar together to discuss how the county economy should develop in the new era.

Through discussion, the participants reached a consensus, believing that the county economy is a regional economy with county-level administrative divisions as the geographical space, county-level political power as the regulatory subject, market-oriented, optimized resource allocation, regional characteristics, and complete functions.

The participants believe that the county economy should not be closed, but should be open. That is to say, the six counties of Baozhou City should not close their doors to build cars, but should be more open, strengthen cooperation between counties, and can even break through the restrictions of Baozhou City and cooperate with the county economy of neighboring cities.

When discussing this, Su Xinghui also spoke. He gave examples of himself in Changshan County and Chongjin County, telling how he led cross-regional economic cooperation back then.

When he was in Changshan County, the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone he led played an important role in the economic development of Changshan County and more than ten surrounding counties. Today, the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone is already an important economic zone in central China, and the economic achievements made are remarkable.

And when he was in Chongjin County, he also led the Huan Yanglan Lake Economic Cooperation Zone. In addition, even Xiangjia County in Hudong Province on the other side of the Yangtze River had extensive economic cooperation with Chongjin County. The Yangtze River Bridge between the two counties would play an important role in the economic cooperation between the two counties and even the two provinces.

Su Xinghui's speech was a great shock to the thinking of these county leaders and gave them great inspiration.

In the past, they didn't have any thoughts of county cooperation at all. This concept didn't exist at all. The counties closed their doors to build cars. Of course, this was also very normal. In the past, there was a competitive relationship between counties. They had to compete for rankings, compete for limited resources in the city, and county leaders also had to compete with each other for political achievements in order to compete for limited promotion opportunities.

Su Xinghui's speech was truly refreshing to them, opened up their new ideas, and made them start thinking about the possibility of cross-regional cooperation and what benefits it had for them.

Su Xinghui's speech was also a great shock to some municipal leaders. They also thought about how to reasonably allocate resources, make the economy of each county complementary, and be able to complement each other, rather than vicious competition, causing waste in resource allocation, so that they could obtain competitive advantages at a higher level.

Su Xinghui also advocated that the county economy should not be small and complete like in the past, but should develop according to local conditions and formulate development plans suitable for the county, so that it can develop scientifically, reasonably, and efficiently.

In the past, due to special historical reasons, the county economy in our country was a small and complete economic model. Almost every county's economy was that kind of self-sufficient economy, from agriculture and animal husbandry to industry, to commerce, all walks of life were available, which can be described as small but complete.

Especially the five small industries, every county was very complete. Every county had small coal mines, small steel plants, small fertilizer plants, small cement plants, and small machinery plants. In addition to these representative five small industries, every county basically had various industrial enterprises such as glass factories, carton factories, printing factories, etc.

It must be said that such a small and complete economic model played an important role in that special era. However, with the progress of the times, this model is no longer suitable for the current era.

Because the natural conditions of each county are different, not every county is suitable for these industries. Many of these enterprises are repetitive construction, which has caused no small waste of resources. It can be said that it is half the effort.

Therefore, now it should be to develop the economy according to local conditions. Resources between counties complement each other, and each county develops economic industries suitable for the county. This is the reasonable and scientific development path.

Su Xinghui finally said that the county economy is dominated by agriculture and rural economy, and industrialization, urbanization, and modernization are the development themes and directions of the county economy. Baozhou City's goal is to let the urbanization rate of the whole city reach more than 50% in the 2010s.

Su Xinghui's speech caused a great response at the seminar. The participants all said they were very inspired, and even those experts said they benefited a lot.

To tell the truth, Su Xinghui can also be called an expert in developing the county economy. When he was in the Policy Research Office of the State Planning Commission, he published several papers in this regard. Therefore, it is not strange at all that his speech could cause such a great response.

This seminar still played a great role. The participants expressed their opinions and put forward many insightful opinions and suggestions on how each county should develop its economy. Those county leaders also prepared to invite municipal leaders and participating experts to their counties to conduct inspections and see how their counties should develop their economy.

If the six counties of Baozhou City can all develop leapfrog like Yinshan County, then the economic development speed of the whole Baozhou City will also develop at high speed like sitting on a rocket.