From the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to this year’s Two Sessions, Tianjin Binhai New Area has been pushed into an increasingly prominent position in the overall pattern of my country’s economic development. From the focus of Tianjin's development to being included in the national development strategy, Tianjin Binhai New Area has seen a series of new changes. Forming a hot spot for investment As early as 1993, Tianjin made the decision to strategically move eastward and began planning and building the Binhai New Area. Wang Kai, director of the Policy Research Office of Tianjin Development Zone, said that at that time, it was a "revolution at one's own expense." With the gradual development and growth of Binhai New Area, the strategic value of this area has been rediscovered. After the two sessions this year, Tianjin Binhai New Area has been heating up again and again. Staff here told reporters that in late March alone, meetings including the Sino-French Economic Seminar, the Asian Cultural Industry and Regional Cooperation Forum, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Science and Technology Shinkansen Forum were held in Binhai New Area. "In particular, the investment intensity is so large that it has been unimaginable for many years." Wang Kai said, "This is a huge change brought about by Tianjin Binhai New Area's inclusion in the national development strategy." The investment plan for transportation is exciting. In terms of railways, the Beijing-Tianjin intercity rail transit, jointly invested and constructed by the Ministry of Railways, Beijing Municipality and Tianjin Municipality, opened to traffic in 2008 and only takes 30 minutes from Beijing South Railway Station to Tianjin East Railway Station. The railway transportation between Beijing and Tianjin will be divided into four lines, two of which are used for passenger transportation and two for freight transportation. In addition, the intercity railway from Tianjin to Qinhuangdao, the railway from Tianjin to Baoding, and the backbone railway from Tianjin Port to the west must be built. In terms of highways, construction of the second Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway has started. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the third Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan expressway will also be planned and constructed. Large-scale infrastructure construction in Binhai New Area is also about to begin. At present, a 50 billion yuan financing plan has been formed, mainly used for the construction of transportation avenues from Tianjin to Binhai New Area and the internal infrastructure of Binhai New Area. Some major industrial projects have been approved by the state and put into construction. Ten projects including Tianjin relocation, Toyota Motor capacity expansion, and Tianjin Textile Park are under construction, and the expansion of the scale of important industries such as chemical industry and electronics is also brewing. According to data provided by the Tianjin Binhai New Area Management Committee, this year Binhai New Area will focus on promoting 10 major projects under construction and ensure that 10 major projects are started. The total investment is expected to be 180.9 billion yuan, and 34.4 billion yuan will be completed this year. The expansion of Tianjin Port Donggang Port Area, the expansion of Tianjin Airport, the establishment of Tianjin Bohai Bank, and the proposed construction of a million-ton ethylene project... Tianjin Binhai New Area is ushering in a new construction boom. Building an innovation highland What supports the construction of Tianjin Binhai New Area? This is a big issue facing builders. Tianjin Binhai New Area's advantage lies in manufacturing. Pi Qiansheng, director of the Tianjin Binhai New Area Management Committee, said that the first step is to build a modern manufacturing and R&D transformation base. "The limited resources and fierce competition leave us with no choice but to follow the development path of independent innovation." Wang Kai believes. When interviewing in Tianjin Binhai New Area, you can feel the vitality of innovation. The development zone to which Tianjin Binhai New Area belongs has set up "Technology Development Fund" and "Technology Risk Fund" respectively from 4% and 1% of its annual disposable fiscal revenue in 2000 to provide financial guarantee for independent innovation. At present, the total expenditure on "two funds" exceeds 1.3 billion yuan. Incentive policies attract key national and Tianjin scientific research institutions, engineering centers and universities to move into the area. By the end of 2005, Binhai New Area had established 42 national and municipal scientific research institutions, 44 postdoctoral workstations and more than 50 large enterprise R&D centers. Industrial enterprises apply for more than 250 patents every year, and the output value of the new zone's high-tech industries accounts for 44% of the total industrial output value. Continue to expand and strengthen advantageous industries such as electronic information, petrochemicals, automobile and equipment manufacturing, modern metallurgy, biomedicine, new energy and new materials, vigorously develop high-tech industries, form high-tech-led industrial clusters, and build important national industries. base. Pi Qiansheng said that this is the development direction of Tianjin Binhai New Area. By 2010, the output value of high-tech industries in Tianjin Binhai New Area will account for more than 50%. There will be 100 national and municipal R&D institutions, and 200 enterprise R&D centers at or above the municipal level. Binhai New Area will become a highland for independent innovation. Open up a scientific development path. At the TEDA Sewage Treatment Plant and New Water Source Company in Tianjin Binhai New Area, the person in charge of the company asked reporters to drink a glass of recycled water that had been treated to meet drinking standards. Just by sight and taste, it is impossible to believe that the recycled water entering your mouth was once smelly and black wastewater.
"The development and opening up of Binhai New Area must not be at the expense of resources and the environment." Pi Qiansheng said. Tianjin Binhai New Area must first develop its economy and strengthen itself, but it must also become a livable ecological city. This is a higher requirement. Although Tianjin Binhai New Area needs external funds, the environmental protection threshold for investment will never be lowered. They put forward the slogan of "green investment", and formulated access indicators for waste gas, waste water, noise, hazardous waste, water consumption, energy consumption, material consumption and other indicators for different regional functional divisions and different industries, and resolutely controlled the source of the project. . In Tianjin Development Zone, a series of environmental protection infrastructure such as sewage treatment plants, electroplating wastewater treatment centers, reclaimed water reuse projects, and waste incineration power plants have been established. Tanggu District has completely eradicated the alkali-slag mountain covering an area of ??more than 5,850 acres, moved 2.3 million square meters of mountains and restored land, produced 14.6 million cubic meters of engineering soil, filled 50,000 square meters of abandoned salt ponds, and initially built a mountain park, A school, a landscaped river and a group of residential areas with beautiful environment. Tianjin Binhai New Area is building four circular economy industrial chains including petrochemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, electric power and desalination. By 2010, energy consumption per unit of GDP will drop by more than 20%, new water withdrawals will drop by 30%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste will reach 95%. By saving water, energy, land, materials and recycling, Tianjin Binhai New Area will not only become a powerful economic zone, but also a new ecological zone.