Liaoning is accelerating industrial restructuring, building a modernized industrial system, encouraging the development of various enterprises in competition, cultivating and strengthening market entities, improving the level of opening up and cooperation, and promoting coordinated regional development.
On April 4, the Information Office of Liaoning Provincial People’s Government held the fourteenth in a series of themed press conferences on “Implementing the Spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC — Carrying Out the Three-Year Action Plan for Comprehensive Revitalization and New Breakthroughs”.
The journalist learns from it that this year, Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Liaoyang and Shenyang-Fushun Reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone will focus on the integrated development of Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area, striving to achieve new breakthroughs in promoting economic growth, and advancing high-quality economic and social development.
Anshan will improve the level of opening up and cooperation and create a new frontier for opening up. In 2023, it will deepen economic and trade cooperation with the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative and RCEP member countries, and increase the trade volume with the five Northeast Asian countries to over 9 billion yuan. It will also create a high-capacity platform for opening up, add two or three new bases for foreign trade transformation and upgrading, and achieve a total import and export volume of 25.4 billion yuan. Besides, it will actively integrate into the construction of the Northeast Sea-Land Corridor, build a logistics hub centered around Anshan Land Port, featuring multiple supporting parks, and promote the construction of bonded logistics centers.
Fushun will leverage the advantages of location, channels and platforms, and explore new approaches to opening up and cooperation. This year, it will strengthen cooperation with key regions to further openness, and align closely with strategic initiatives such as the Northeast Sea-Land Corridor, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. It will also proactively participate in the construction of China Railway Express (Shenyang) Hub, and jointly develop a multimodal transportation logistics system with Shenyang. Additionally, it will create a high-capacity open platform, and make full use of the policy synergies of Shenyang-Fushun Reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone and the Shenyang Area of China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone, to boost its attraction to capital, talent, and technology.
Benxi will deeply integrate into Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area, and build a regionally complementary economic layout. This year, it will strengthen its “one-to-one” deep paired cooperation with Shenyang, encourage key enterprises such as Bensteel Group and Huayue Precision Processing Co., Ltd. to provide supporting collaboration for cities in Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area, and cooperate with Shenyang and Liaoyang to jointly build an industrial park for supporting services in Shenyang Airport Economic Zone.
Liaoyang will expand the space for regional cooperation and accelerate coordinated regional development. In 2023, it will firmly seize the opportunity presented by the rise of Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area as a national strategy to accelerate the construction of a new pattern of cooperation across multiple industries and areas. In addition, it will spare no effort to build itself into a strategic node for industrial security in Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area, with a focus on jointly building Shenyang Airport Economic Zone, Shenyang Urban Tourism Circle, the Anshan-Liaoyang cross-city steel industry cluster, and a well-known production base for magnesite materials.
Shenyang-Fushun Reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone will focus on improving people’s well-being and strengthen the infrastructure construction. It will deepen its urban renewal efforts this year, promoting the construction of the K1 subway line and the Boguan station of Shenyang-Changbaishan High-Speed Railway, extending two Shenyang bus lines into the zone, starting five new local bus lines, and implementing 19 municipal road construction projects.