
Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, July 31st Title: Chongqing: Strive to promote high-quality development and create high-quality life.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Yong, Han Zhen and Zhou Kai.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has visited Chongqing twice for investigation, participated in the deliberation of the Chongqing delegation at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress, pointed out the pulse of Chongqing’s development, and emphasized that "efforts should be made to play a supporting role in promoting the development of the western region in the new era and to promote joint construction ‘ Belt and Road ’ Play a leading role in promoting the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and point out that "accelerate the construction of inland open highlands and beautiful places, and strive to promote high-quality development and create high-quality life".
Keep in mind the entrustment and keep forging ahead. Chongqing takes big data and intelligence as the starting point to promote economic transformation and upgrading, accelerates the construction of inland open highlands with the support of channels, platforms and elements, creates a beautiful land with the concept of "ecological priority and green development", and strives to promote high-quality development and create a new chapter in high-quality life.

Chongqing urban landscape (photo taken on July 14, 2022, panoramic photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
Transformation and upgrading, and strive to play a supporting role in the western development in the new era.
On January 4, 2016, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Orchard Port for investigation and study, exhorting him to "build, manage and operate the port well, and serve the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt with first-class facilities, first-class technology, first-class management and first-class service, for ‘ Belt and Road ’ The construction service is good, and it is good for deepening the development of the western region. "
In recent years, Orchard Port has made great efforts to build a green and intelligent port, improve multimodal transport and expand port functions. It has been upgraded from a traditional inland river port to a "transit station" connecting the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the whole world. The data shows that in 2021, the total cargo throughput of Orchard Port was 20.871 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 40.6%; Many economic indicators, such as the volume of containers and the volume of goods shipped by ro-ro vehicles, have reached the best level in history.

The Yangtze River-Indo-China Peninsula International Intermodal Train (China Orchard Port-Vientiane, Laos-Yangon, Myanmar) on the new land-sea passage was launched from Chongqing Orchard Port (photo taken on April 7, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
A series of changes in Orchard Port is a microcosm of Chongqing’s efforts to play a supporting role in the western region. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chongqing has implemented an innovation-driven development strategy led by the intelligentization of big data, vigorously developed the digital economy and intelligent industries, and focused on implanting "smart factors" into traditional industries, moving from the old industrial base to the city of innovation, and striving to release the "spillover effect" to the western region.
In the frontier science and technology city of Yubei District, after the completion of the "Zhihuiyuan" project, the annual production capacity of more than 50 million smartphones will be formed; At the same time, an electric vehicle led by Changan Automobile, jointly launched by Huawei and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, was unveiled at this year’s Chongqing Auto Show, and it is planned to be delivered on a large scale at the end of the year.
Electronic information and automobile manufacturing, as two traditional pillar industries in Chongqing, are upgrading: the electronic information industry is expanding from OEM to "core screen device and nuclear network" and "cloud computing"; Automobile manufacturing has "jumped" from automobile and motorcycle parts to new energy and intelligence. In 2021, high-tech and strategic emerging manufacturing industries accounted for nearly half of Chongqing’s industrial added value.
The transformation and development of Chongqing has also brought more opportunities to the western region. Logo parsing is the basic common supporting technology of industrial Internet. At the end of 2018, the top nodes in Chongqing were launched and empowered the industrial Internet in the western region. Recently, the node has served 9 western provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities such as Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and connected 2,708 enterprise nodes. Its logo analysis system has been deeply applied to 19 industries such as automobiles and medical devices.
On January 3, 2020, when the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Committee, he stressed that it is necessary to promote the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area and form an important growth pole for high-quality development in the west. As a result, Chongqing and Chengdu, the "Gemini" cities in the southwest, have started a new journey of all-round cooperation and jointly created a high-level model of regional cooperation.
According to statistics, in 2021, Sichuan and Chongqing promoted the implementation of cooperation to build 67 major projects; In 2022, the two places launched another list of 160 major projects with a total investment of over 2 trillion yuan. Driven by major projects, the infrastructure in Chengdu-Chongqing area has become more and more dense, the modern industrial system has been accelerated, and the cooperation in scientific and technological innovation has been deepened, which has played a more and more supporting role in the western region.
Dare to try first, and strive to build a new situation of opening to the outside world
In mid-April 2019, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out during his inspection tour in Chongqing that Chongqing should increase its support for innovation, unswervingly push forward reform and opening up, and strive to take the lead in opening up and drive opening up in the western region.
In recent years, Chongqing has been exploring and innovating in the field of land trade: it has promoted the coordination mechanism of transnational customs, developed the electronic lock of "Guan Tietong" shared by temperature-controlled containers, customs and railways, and opened the first "International Letter of Credit for Railway Bill of Lading" & HELIP; …

The 10000th train of China-Europe train (Chongqing) loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts, daily necessities, etc. leaves from tuanjie village Central Station in Chongqing (photo taken on June 23rd, 2022, photo of unmanned aerial vehicle). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
After the successful operation of the China-Europe train, Chongqing opened the "Chongqing-Guangxi New" southbound passage. This passage connects the Silk Road Economic Belt in the north and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the south, and connects the Yangtze River Economic Belt together. The goods it carries flow to 319 ports in 107 countries and regions, covering more than 640 products.
Chongqing not only participates in the construction of an international logistics channel, but also relies on the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Sino-Singapore interconnection project to gather all kinds of open elements around the world and make it a bigger and stronger open platform. According to statistics, in 2021, 312 Fortune 500 companies settled in Chongqing, nearly 100 more than in 2012.

In Chongqing Pingchuang Semiconductor Research Institute Co., Ltd., the staff used equipment to attach chips (photo taken on April 15, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
Driven by the "two-wheel drive" of channels and platforms, Chongqing gathers global consumption resources, stimulates citizens’ consumption potential, takes the lead in cultivating and building an international consumption center city in China, and actively serves and integrates into the new development pattern of "domestic big cycle as the main body and domestic and international double cycles promote each other".
A few days ago, an international train carrying 207 cars left Yuzui Station in Chongqing, left the country via Khorgos Port in Xinjiang and finally arrived in Moscow. Today, Chongqing’s China-Europe trains "connect points into lines" and "weave lines into nets", reaching 180 cities in 23 European countries and transporting more than 50,000 kinds of goods.
In the International Consumer Center of Luhai New Channel in Yuzhong District, tens of thousands of special products from 23 countries are loved by consumers. In Guanyinqiao Business Circle in Jiangbei District, key projects with a total investment of 70 billion yuan were started; A number of new consumption landmarks such as Jiujie, Eighteen Ladders, white elephant street and Daijiaxiang have risen … …

This is the scene around Quchi Township, Wushan County (photo taken on May 19, 2022, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao photo
Adhere to green development and strive to create a high-quality life
In January 2016, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in Chongqing that "the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River should be placed in an overwhelming position for a long time now and in the future, with great protection and no major development."
As an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing always adheres to the principle of "ecological priority and green development" and strives to play an exemplary role in promoting the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Remote control of the central control room, inspection robots to check leaks and fill gaps, and industrial wastewater discharged after centralized treatment … … In July last year, Chongqing Changfeng Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., once equipped with old equipment, moved to Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone as a whole, and greatly improved its environmental risk management and control ability by relying on perfect supporting elements and advanced technical equipment.
Changshou District is a comprehensive chemical industry base with an early layout in Chongqing. In the past, the products were mainly based on basic chemical raw materials, which brought great pressure to the ecological protection of the Yangtze River. In recent years, the protection of the Yangtze River has promoted industrial transformation, closed and relocated 18 chemical enterprises along the Yangtze River, and extended the industrial chain based on chemical raw materials, effectively improving the ecological environment.

Citizens and tourists visit the mountain trail of Chongqing dadukou district Chonggang Cliff Line (photo taken on February 15th, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao photo
In recent years, Chongqing has implemented the "10-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River, and 5,342 fishing boats and 10,489 fishermen have retired; Comprehensively carry out water pollution investigation and management. Last year, the quality of surface water in the city was 11.1 percentage points higher than that in 2017; Further promote air pollution control. Last year, the number of days with excellent air quality in the city increased by 23 days compared with 2017 … …
In Dadukou Park in the early morning, willows and waterfowl are playing, and many citizens are walking by the lake. "In the past, there were many chimneys in Dadukou, the air was uncomfortable, and the environment was dirty, chaotic and poor. In recent years, earth-shaking changes have taken place here." Citizen Wang Zhongjie said.
Chongqing is a big city, a big country, a big mountain area and a big reservoir area, and the task of coordinated development is heavy. Through hard work, by the end of 2020, 1,919 poverty-stricken villages in Chongqing have been lifted out of poverty, and 1.906 million poverty-stricken people have all been lifted out of poverty. Nowadays, the "big countryside" is steadily moving towards rural revitalization: it has polished "ecological treasures" such as crisp plums and oranges, and has made tourist business cards such as "the light of the Three Gorges" and "the valley of stacked stones and flowers" sound.

In Ganyuan Village, Quchi Township, Wushan County, villager Zhang Xingqian was carrying crisp plums (photo taken on July 2, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
In Quchi Township, Wushan County, on the bank of the Yangtze River, a series of characteristic farmhouses in Bayu are hidden among lush fruit trees. "A few years ago, villagers mainly earned money by going out to work. In recent years, they have become rich by developing crisp plum industry and rural tourism. Planting crisp plums and opening homestays, my family earns four or five hundred thousand yuan a year. " Peng Bin, a villager in Ganyuan Village, Quchi Township, talked about the new changes in life and smiled happily.

Tourists visit Jie Fangbei Pedestrian Street in Yuzhong District, Chongqing (photo taken on August 20, 2019). Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Weishe
The main city of Chongqing constantly improves people’s living environment and living facilities, enhances the city’s "face value" and "temperament", vigorously develops the urban tourism industry, and becomes a well-known tourist destination, which not only lights up Chongqing’s "night economy", but also drives a lot of employment and entrepreneurship.
Development depends on the people and development is for the people. Fully implementing the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, Chongqing plans a domain from the overall situation, serves the overall situation with a domain, accelerates the construction of an inland open highland and a beautiful land, and strives to promote high-quality development and create a high-quality life.