Qingdao West Coast New Area: the pace of high-quality development faster and faster

"Our ocean economy is developing rapidly, new kinetic energy is blossoming at various points, the elements of science and technology innovation are accelerating and gathering, and the pace of high-quality development is going faster and faster." In the 2020 China Economic Trends Annual Meeting held on January 12, Sui Bin, vice mayor of Qingdao West Coast New District, said this in an interview with reporters.

Qingdao West Coast New Area is the ninth state-level new area approved by the State Council, and the total economic output has ranked among the top three of the 19 new areas for many years. Home appliances and electronics, ship marine industry, automotive, equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals and other five major clusters of output value accounted for Qingdao City, "half of the river". The new zone has two large deep-water ports, Qianwan Port and Dongjiakou Port, which are the world's seventh largest port and one of China's five largest foreign trade ports, with the world's most efficient automated wharf, and routes and trade with more than 700 ports in more than 180 countries and regions. The total number of talents in the region is nearly 600,000, accounting for one-fourth of Qingdao. There are 17 colleges and universities in the area, and it is the core area of the province's "1+N" film and television industry base layout, with the world's largest marine gene pool, the largest seaweed processing base, the largest film and television industry park, and other world firsts. It also has many special international cooperation platforms and ten functional zones, including international industrial cooperation parks, forums and exhibitions. The Qingdao Area of China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone is also located in the new area, with the advantages of early and pilot implementation of institutional mechanism innovation and a strong foundation for industrial development.

"We are now actively promoting the construction of international cooperation parks such as Sino-German Eco-Park, Sino-British Innovation Industrial Park, Sino-Japanese Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Industrial Park, and Sino-Russian Local Cooperation Park. At the same time, we are accelerating the improvement of six centers such as the National Exchange and Cooperation Center and six industrial bases such as the Intelligent Manufacturing Base, and constructing the Qingdao section of the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Qiaotou Fortress International Business District at a high standard, which provides a good platform carrier for industrial development." Sui Bin said, for Qingdao West Coast New Area, a variety of favorable conditions are accumulating thick into the momentum, the policy effect continues to amplify, the superposition of major strategic platforms, industrial empowerment potential is huge, the new round of opening up advantages are obvious, the development of the foundation continues to be consolidated.

Sui Bin told reporters that in 2019, Qingdao West Coast New Area by the sea is effective. A total investment of 340 billion yuan of 132 key projects in the marine economy to accelerate the landing, the world's largest offshore floating production storage and offloading device P70 delivery, the Huada Gene ultra-large sequencing system was completed and opened. Qingdao Port accelerates the transition to a hub port, trade port, concentrated box throughput historical breakthrough 20 million TEUs, cargo throughput exceeded 600 million tons.

The construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone (PFTZ) is rapidly gaining momentum. The Qingdao section of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone has been put into operation, 172 pilot tasks have been accelerated, and the experience of "one license (photo) pass" has been popularized throughout the country. The FTZ building was officially opened, and the six centers for international cooperation and exchange were put into operation. The introduction of more than 90 industrial projects, with a total investment of more than 90 billion yuan, more than 1,500 newly registered enterprises, and more than 20 financial institutions.

New kinetic energy accelerated gathering. Qingdao West Coast New Area is facing the world to gather projects and talents, and is making every effort to build a highland of projects and talents.In 2019, 280 industrial projects above 100 million yuan were newly signed, with a total investment of 404.3 billion yuan; the actual utilization of foreign investment was 1.1 billion U.S. dollars; and the total number of talents reached 600,000 people, of which 59 were academicians. The average annual growth rate of technology contract transactions is more than 20%, Qingdao Port International, Huicheng Environmental Protection, Haier Biological successfully listed, the region's listed enterprises reached 16.

The business environment is constantly being optimized. Efforts to create a more relaxed market access environment, the innovative implementation of the "license co-operation, access that is allowed to camp". Reduce the threshold for market access, reduce the number of application materials by 40%, and speed up the approval timeframe by 50%-60%. Optimize the integration of project construction approval process, reduce 18 operating links, engineering construction project approval time reduced to 80 working days.

Science and technology Innovation elements to accelerate the gathering. The main body of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Marine Science Research Center was completed, ship and marine engineering, green manufacturing and other five science and technology innovation centers basically completed. Nearly one hundred technological innovation platforms have been built at the provincial level or above, with enterprises as the main body. The total number of high-tech enterprises has reached 563, ranking first in the city for four consecutive years in terms of increment and total number. The number of high-end innovation platforms above the municipal level has exceeded 350; 13 state-level technology incubators and crowdsource spaces have been built. Ocean University of China Marine Science and Education Innovation Park and other 9 colleges and universities started construction, the resident colleges and universities reached 17.

"We also continue to polish the capital of film and television, the island of music, the city of beer, the exhibition of the waterfront 'four business cards'." Sui Bin told reporters that the film and television capital: Lingshan Bay Film and Television Cultural Zone has introduced a total of more than 290 film and television companies, filming film gross box office exceeded 10 billion yuan. The Island of Music: Qingdao Phoenix Music Festival and West Coast Drama Festival were successfully held, and the total box office of the Phoenix Music Festival ranked second among similar music festivals in the country; the Menuhin Music School and other music schools have settled down. City of Beer: The 29th Qingdao International Beer Festival was grandly opened, and the International Beer Festival Alliance was initiated, receiving more than 7.2 million visitors from home and abroad, which is the largest number of Qingdao International Beer Festivals ever held. The city of conventions and exhibitions: the annual meeting of the change-makers of Zhenghe Island and the Qingdao Forum of East Asia Ocean Cooperation Platform were held at a high level; the permanent venue of Boao Forum for Asia's Global Health Forum was settled on the west coast, and various kinds of conferences and exhibitions were held throughout the year, which were evaluated as "China's Top Ten Famous Conventions and Exhibitions District".

At the same time, to continue to expand opening up. Play a large functional area development and construction of the main force, the main battlefield, the main position, the implementation of differentiated development, driven by the development of new areas to improve quality and efficiency. High standards to promote the construction of Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone Qingdao Area, vigorously develop modern marine, international trade and other industrial clusters, to create the city's deepening reform and opening up of the experimental area, the advancement of high-quality development of the pioneer area and the construction of an international metropolis demonstration area. In-depth implementation of the "two together" strategy. Further expand opening up, promote the construction of China-Germany, China-Japan exchange and cooperation "international living room", to create a new platform for "Belt and Road" international cooperation. Accelerate the construction of Qiaotoubu International Business District. Strengthen the platform thinking, continue to enhance the "four business cards" international influence, make full use of festivals and exhibitions to enhance the vitality, increase the introduction of the promotion.

To optimize the quality of development. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. Around the marine economy, civil-military integration of the two national strategies, targeting integrated circuits, new displays and other 14 emerging industries, the "double recruiting and attracting" as a hand project, highlighting the introduction of a new generation of information technology, new energy, new materials and other industrial projects, and continue to grow the scale of strategic emerging industries. Implement a new round of enterprise technology transformation and upgrading action, promote the panoramic application of artificial intelligence, and promote the deep integration of new-generation information technology and manufacturing technology. Strengthen the investment orientation of the "four new" economy, and promote enterprises to invest more resources in the "four new" economy. The output value of strategic emerging industries accounted for the proportion of total industrial output value increased by 2 percentage points annually, and reached 30% within five years.

To accelerate the transformation of kinetic energy. The real economy as the foundation of the economy, accelerate the construction of a modernized economic system. Focusing on the "ten strong" industry, continue to cultivate a number of provinces and cities new and old kinetic energy conversion key projects, to create a modern industrial system with distinctive marine characteristics. Transform and upgrade traditional industries, promote industrial transformation and upgrading and technological transformation, and focus on cultivating pilot demonstration projects of "high-end manufacturing + artificial intelligence". Expand and multiply emerging industries, and lay out future industries such as 5G application, artificial intelligence and ultra-high-definition video. Improve and upgrade the six bases of information technology, recycling economy and intelligent manufacturing, accelerate the construction of the six centers of international cooperation and exchange center, international shipping center, international financial center, international trade center, industrial and commercial center, and science and technology innovation center, and create a new carrier for the transformation of kinetic energy. The new carrier of the transformation.

"To achieve these goals, we have to create the best business environment, take the initiative to benchmark Shenzhen, with the greatest determination, the most powerful measures to optimize the business environment." Sui Bin said, in accordance with the concept of one-off, one-stop service, the new area to further streamline the project construction approval links, compressed processing time, and actively implement the "land that is the start of construction", "license co-operation" and other initiatives to comprehensively improve the efficiency of project approval and landing. To optimize the "one network" and other intelligent examination and approval services, examination and approval of service matters "up to one run" full coverage. "We will also open the 'service through train', seriously treat enterprises and project demands, do think differently, take the initiative to serve, respond to requests, no need to not disturb."