National Development and Reform Commission: The annual growth rate of GDP in the central and western regions is higher than the national average of the country

Zhongxin Jingwei, September 20th. On the 20th, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference on regional coordinated development. Huang Microw, deputy leader of Hainan's comprehensive deepening of the Leading Group for Reform and Opening and Advanced, said that over the past ten years, the GDP in the central and western regions has increased from 2.22 trillion yuan to 49 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate higher than the national average.

A reporter asked: In the background of many unfavorable factors this year, the central and western regions still maintain a higher overall economic growth rate. My first question is what new results have achieved in the economic and social development of the central and western regions in the past ten years; The second problem is that there are still problems with imbalances in the central and western regions. How will the next step crack?

According to Huang Microw, the central and western regions include 18 provinces, and the land area and population account for 82%and 53%of the country, respectively, and play an important role in the coordinated development of the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development of the central and western regions has achieved significant results.

First, the economic strength has improved steadily. In the past ten years, the GDP in the central and western regions has increased from 22.2 trillion yuan to 49 trillion yuan. The average annual growth rate is higher than the national average. The total economy accounts for 2.2 percentage points. The per capita GDP and the Eastern Region The ratio was increased by about 5.8 percentage points, and the relatively gap between regional development was further reduced.

The second is that the infrastructure has changed significantly. As of the end of 2021, the mileage of railways in the central and western regions exceeded 90,000 kilometers. Since 2012, the new railway mileage has accounted for nearly 70%of the country's proportion; highway mileage has exceeded 3.5 million kilometers. The construction of the area of ​​the Grand Channel and the "five horizontal, four vertical and four outbound" comprehensive transportation channels in the western region has accelerated, and the level of regional infrastructure is accelerated, unblocked, and equalized.

Third, the ecological environment has improved significantly. In the past ten years, the central and western regions have further promoted key ecological projects such as returning farmland to forests, retreating herds, and comprehensive governance of water environment in the basin. The water quality of the water inlet section is kept in category II, and the area of ​​the national nature reserve accounts for more than 90%of the country's proportion, and the national ecological security barrier has been further consolidated.

The fourth is the accelerated development of characteristic and advantageous industries. Traditional industries in the western region have accelerated transformation and upgrading, and new economies such as clean energy and digital economy have flourished. The proportion of electricity cross -provinces and regions has reached more than 70%of the country. ; Central region's grain production bases, energy raw material bases, modern equipment manufacturing and high -tech industrial bases have achieved remarkable results. Grain output accounts for more than 30%of the country's proportion for many years, and the manufacturing output value has reached one -quarter of the country.

Fifth, the people's living standards have improved significantly. In 2021, the per capita disposable income of residents in the western region and the central region exceeded 27,000 yuan and 29,000 yuan, respectively, which turned over ten years ago; the urbanization rate of resident population exceeded 57%and 59%, respectively. Re shrinking, the coordination of urban and rural regions has further improved.

"The problems of imbalance in the development of the central and western regions are still relatively prominent, the overall development level is still not high, the internal development of the region is differentiated, and the level of openness to the outside world needs to be improved. There are still many shortcomings in infrastructure construction, social and people's livelihood, etc. to promote the west to promote the west. The rise and the rise of the central region need to pay long -term hard work. "Huang Microw said that in the next step, we will thoroughly implement the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council" Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of the West in the New Era " "Opinions of the Central China" in the Central Region "promotes the comparative advantages of the central and western regions, and build a modern industrial system; strengthen support and accelerate the construction of major engineering projects; close the key links to continuously promote deepening reform and expand opening up; strengthen the strengthening; strengthen Coordinate and coordinate, promote the integration and development of key areas; increase support, make up for the shortcomings of shortcomings in the field of people's livelihood, and promote the development of the western region and the rise of the central region to reach a new level. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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