Economic Daily full page praises Shandong: Innovation lifts the backbone of Shandong's economy
The Economic Daily, published on December 8th, published a special report titled "Innovation Strengthens the Backbone of Shandong's Economy" on its fourth full page, praising Shandong's goal of anchoring itself as the forefront of national high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. Through a series of effective combination punches, it continues to promote regional coordinated development and strives to forge a new path of high-quality development.
How can Shandong, a major economic province, anchor its goal of becoming a leading force in national high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and promote sustained innovation vitality? How to continuously shape new driving forces and advantages for economic development through high-level innovation? Through a series of effective combination punches, Shandong continues to promote regional coordinated development and strives to forge a new path of high-quality development.
Since the beginning of this year, Shandong has firmly shouldered the mission of "leading the way and shouldering the heavy burden", adhered to innovation driven development, and achieved a GDP growth of 5.6% in the first three quarters, 0.8 percentage points higher than the national average. The proportion of investment in the "four new" economy reached 58.4%. Nowadays, Shandong continues to maintain a steady and positive trend of improving quality, and its development momentum is constantly increasing.
Having confidence in stability
Industrial growth is an important foundation for Shandong as a major economic province. Entering the Laiwu factory of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Jinan Truck Co., Ltd. (Jinan Truck Stock), I saw heavy truck components slowly falling in the final assembly workshop. Soon, a complete "Shande truck" was successfully produced. Every day, nearly 600 complete vehicles can be produced from this workshop, "said Lv Tao, Deputy General Manager of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Jinan Truck Group. From January to October, Jinan Card Stock produced 86200 complete vehicles with an output value of 25 billion yuan.
As a core growth pole for future development, in recent years, Laiwu District of Jinan City has focused on promoting the construction of Shandong Heavy Industry (Jinan Laiwu) Green Intelligent Manufacturing Industry City. We will focus on 'building a good car', extending the chain around 'front and back of the car', and expanding and strengthening the equipment manufacturing cluster represented by the whole car, which is worth billions of yuan, "said Jiao Weixing, Secretary of the Laiwu District Committee.
Major projects are the ballast stones and strong engines that promote economic growth. On September 25th, the largest single investment industrial project in Shandong, the Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project, was officially put into operation, marking a new stage of green, low-carbon and high-quality development for the petrochemical industry in Yantai and even Shandong. Since the beginning of this year, Yantai has been selected as a provincial key project with a total investment of 819.1 billion yuan, ranking first in Shandong Province in terms of quantity and volume for three consecutive years.
Shandong attaches great importance to the leading role of technological innovation in enterprise development, and promotes economic stability through the advancement of enterprises. Recently, a key technology and industrialization project of Shandong Zaozhuang Tengzhou Prut Machine Tool Co., Ltd. was awarded“2024 Shandong Province Equipment Manufacturing Industry Science and Technology Innovation Award”First prize. The high-end equipment industry such as machine tools is one of the leading industries in Tengzhou. In recent years, relying on innovation driven, digital led, and project driven approaches, they have undertaken a total of 120 major scientific research projects at or above the provincial level, successfully broken through 5 bottleneck technologies, and obtained 185 invention patents.
The economic performance of Shandong in the first three quarters showed that the secondary industry grew by 6.9%, becoming an important "driving force" for GDP growth; The added value of high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 10.5%, which is 2.3 percentage points higher than the total industrial scale... A series of data shows that Shandong's economy has both quantitative and qualitative growth; There is both stability and continuous structural optimization. This' report card 'shows the effectiveness of Shandong's prioritization of industrial economy as the' number one project '.
Towards Green with Vitality
For traditional industries, Shandong is not starting from scratch, but relying on innovation to transform towards green and low-carbon.
The amazing data of "charging from 20% to 80% in about 18 minutes" and "normal operation from -35 ℃ to 65 ℃" comes from Weichai Group's first release of a full range of commercial vehicle power battery products on December 3rd. This series of products all apply blade battery technology, leading the trend of new energy commercial vehicle development.
Weichai is not only a leading enterprise in the traditional power field, but also firmly embraces the trend of new energy development in commercial vehicles. Based on the layout of the entire new energy industry chain, Weichai Power's pure electric solutions have covered heavy-duty trucks, light-duty trucks, and micro trucks VAN、 We will actively explore diversified technological routes such as hybrid power, flexible fuel internal combustion engines, and hydrogen energy in all fields including passenger cars and engineering machinery.
For Jining, a typical coal resource-based city, the transition to green and low-carbon also brings development vitality to the local area. In recent years, Jining City has repositioned its development plan, goals, and direction for the new energy industry, with Ningde Times New Energy as the leader, focusing on building the largest new energy industry base in the north to increase, supplement, and strengthen the chain, accelerating the layout of the new energy industry, and creating a green and low-carbon development demonstration zone and new energy industry cluster. Through industrial restructuring and energy structure optimization, Jining has transformed coal mining subsidence areas into valuable resources for the development of new energy industries.
In Yanzhou District, Jining, the first phase of the Shandong Times New Energy Battery Industry Base project, which is currently under construction, has begun to take shape and is expected to be officially put into operation in April next year. The second phase project is also being constructed synchronously, almost two years ahead of the original plan. After the third phase of the entire Jining base is put into operation, it will become the largest production base for power batteries and energy storage batteries in the north by CATL, "said Zhang Jinju, the external liaison person in charge of Shandong Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Binzhou City, which thrives on aluminum, has two sets of intriguing data. From January to October, the electrolytic aluminum production in Binzhou decreased by 0.1% year-on-year, while the downstream aluminum profile production increased by 15.4% year-on-year; The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 9.5% year-on-year, while industrial electricity consumption decreased by 0.4% year-on-year.
The traditional industries represented by the aluminum industry are the biggest assets of Binzhou and the main battlefield of new industrialization, "said Lei Can, Deputy Director of the Binzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology. The energy consumption of recycled aluminum is only about 5% of that of electrolytic aluminum. Binzhou has started by increasing the production capacity of recycled aluminum and continuously improving the added value of products. Currently, the annual production capacity of recycled aluminum has reached 2.625 million tons, driving the growth of downstream aluminum profile production while achieving significant energy-saving and consumption reduction effects. From January to October, Binzhou ranked first in Shandong Province in terms of the growth rate of six major economic indicators: added value of industrial enterprises above designated size, total retail sales of consumer goods, retail sales of consumer goods above designated size, tax revenue, total imports, and total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size.
The results of industrial transformation and development are obvious. Zhang Qing, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province, introduced that in the first three quarters, the added value of Shandong's high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 10.5% year-on-year; New breakthroughs have been made in the integration of data and reality, with both the electronic information manufacturing industry and the software industry achieving double-digit growth, and the key software industry ranking first in the country for the first time in terms of scale. As of the end of September, new and renewable energy accounted for 46.6% of Shandong's total electricity consumption, and all newly added electricity was supplied by green power.
Driven by new energy
In the first three quarters, the production of intelligent products such as virtual reality devices and integrated circuits in Shandong achieved a growth rate of over 20%. Shandong is advancing towards the new, cultivating new tracks, opening up new spaces, and new quality productivity is becoming the strongest lever for this industrial province to shape new advantages.
Many years ago, Weifang gathered more than 160 metaverse related enterprises, including GoerTek, and continued to produce application scenarios in various fields such as cultural and tourism industries. Since last year, Weifang has issued a series of policy documents such as the "Action Plan for Building a Metaverse Technology Innovation and Industry Capital (2023-2026)" and "Several Policies on Accelerating the Development of the Metaverse Industry", providing comprehensive support for industrial development from project attraction, enterprise development, land security, talent introduction, financial services, and other aspects; Enterprises, associations, universities, and research institutes also rely on the effective integration of industry and education in the metaverse industry to provide essential support for the development of the metaverse industry.
Small and medium-sized enterprises with large quantity, wide coverage, and strong innovation vitality are the "driving force" for developing new quality productivity. Weifang focuses on cultivating single champion enterprises, deeply empowering them from four aspects: policy, technology, digital and service, continuously strengthening the single champion matrix, fully leveraging the leading and driving role of single champions, and comprehensively enhancing the independent and controllable capabilities of the industrial and supply chains. There are already 27 national level manufacturing industry champions in the local area, ranking second in Shandong Province, and 178 provincial-level manufacturing industry champions, maintaining the first place in Shandong Province for four consecutive years. In addition, Weifang has been successfully selected as one of the first pilot cities for the transformation of new manufacturing technologies in China; Selected as one of the first 10 typical cases of digital transformation in the manufacturing industry nationwide; Selected as a pilot city for national industry finance cooperation for three consecutive times.
On November 29th, the industrial brain of Shandong's construction machinery industry was launched in Linyi. Wang Shicai, Vice President of the Information Technology Research Institute of Shandong Lingong Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd., said that as a joint unveiling unit of the engineering machinery (loader) industry brain, they rely on their own digital transformation and development to build the engineering machinery industry brain, which will effectively promote the intelligent transformation of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain and is of great significance for optimizing and upgrading the industrial structure.
This industrial brain is equivalent to a data manager and intelligent center of the overall construction machinery industry, divided into government side and industry side, which can help enterprises achieve supply chain optimization, chain stabilization and extension, industrial governance, intelligent transformation and digital transformation, and integration of data and reality, "said Wuhan Qing, the person in charge of Linyi Yimeng Yungu Commercial Operation Management Co., Ltd.
The cultivation of new quality productivity cannot be separated from the source of financial vitality. Since the beginning of this year, Agricultural Bank of China Shandong Branch has focused on cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, improving the technology finance service system, and increasing science and technology innovation loans by 20.1 billion yuan in the first 10 months, with a growth rate of 25.1%; Supporting the construction of green, low-carbon, and high-quality development pilot zones, the balance of green loans reached 219.7 billion yuan, an increase of 66.3 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, with a growth rate of 43.2%.
In 2023, the total digital economy in Shandong will reach 4.3 trillion yuan, accounting for over 47% of GDP. Data, as a new type of production factor, has become a key element and driving force for the development of new quality productivity. Shandong focuses on the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements, takes multiple measures to strengthen the construction of the data element market, accelerates the release of the potential of data elements, and provides strong momentum for high-quality development, "said Yu Jintao, Deputy Director of the Shandong Provincial Big Data Bureau. Since the beginning of this year, Shandong has been striving to build a digital economy with data as the key element, fully releasing the efficiency of data real integration, and empowering high-quality economic and social development; The Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Reform of Market oriented Allocation of Data Elements have been issued, gathering over 210 billion pieces of data, providing over 50 billion data sharing services, and opening up 29.8 billion pieces of data. The provincial open "Shulin Index" ranks first in the country; Deeply carry out the "Data Element X" action and create more than 2000 typical cases of big data innovation applications.
In the first three quarters, the added value of Shandong's large-scale computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 12.1% year-on-year; The software business revenue has exceeded 1 trillion yuan... The industrial digitalization index and manufacturing digital transformation index are both among the top in the country.
Having courage in facing difficulties
Economic provinces shoulder the heavy burden not simply by contributing more GDP, but by accelerating breakthroughs in pain points and difficulties. Shandong continuously strengthens reform and innovation, fully stimulating the driving force and vitality of economic development.
Not long ago, Jintai Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd. in Binzhou City successfully sent 11 used fuel semi-trailer tractors worth 6.5 million yuan to Kazakhstan, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in independent export of used car enterprises in Binzhou City. In March of this year, the export qualifications for second-hand cars in China were fully opened up, and the demand for enterprises to obtain qualifications, seize opportunities, and expand foreign trade markets is particularly urgent. Immediately, Jintai Company dialed the help hotline of Binzhou Private Economy Development Service Center and completed the application for export vehicle license in just 2 working days, ensuring the timely delivery of subsequent orders.
Gu Limin, Deputy Director of Binzhou Private Economy Development Service Center, said that Binzhou has implemented the Action to Achieve Entrepreneurs' Dreams, established a processing mechanism of "dream collection, precise assignment, supervision and implementation, completion and cancellation of accounts, and follow-up evaluation", and has efficiently fulfilled more than 6300 dreams for enterprises.
Since 2022, Binzhou has launched the "Breaking Zero" reform project and continuously optimized the business environment. Regarding land as a key factor for enterprise development, we have changed the previous practice of 'whoever owns the land issues the certificate' and restructured the approval process to achieve a systemic 'zero breaking' reform in the approval procedures for leasing land projects. Du Xuewen, head of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Binzhou Administrative Approval Service Bureau, said that leasing land has saved enterprises time in land application, reduced land costs by 70%, shortened project construction cycles, and built bridges for upstream and downstream related enterprises to cooperate nearby.
For example, Zhanhua Gallium Element Co., Ltd. leases 40 acres of idle land within the factory area of Shandong Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group, and uses its alumina mother liquor to extract metallic gallium, providing 120 tons of metallic gallium to the country annually. At present, 25 projects in Binzhou have processed construction approval procedures according to this model, integrating 1770 acres of land and promoting investment of 7.35 billion yuan.
Nowadays, various regions in Shandong are constantly making breakthroughs in solving the problem of high-quality development. Bingshuo Lianhua Metal Co., Ltd. is a key foreign-funded project in Lanshan District, Rizhao. This summer, Bingshuo Lianhua Industrial Park is preparing to start construction, but the planning, land, environmental impact assessment and other procedures involving multiple departments have left the company's general manager Feng Junhua flustered. At a critical moment, the Lanshan District Administrative Approval Service Bureau proactively arranged for a specialist to liaise with Feng Junhua, streamline procedures, processing procedures, and application materials, and handle multiple procedures simultaneously. Normally, it takes about 3 months from obtaining the land certificate to obtaining the construction permit. Through the "land acquisition and construction start" green channel opened by the administrative approval service department, the company obtained the land certificate and construction permit on the same day, allowing the project to start construction in the shortest possible time and successfully avoid rainy season construction.
Focusing on improving project service efficiency and continuously deepening the reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects, Rizhao has launched more than 140 reform measures this year, such as "land acquisition and start construction" and "bundling" approval for environmental impact assessments. A high standard construction project service zone has been established, and "approval services entering parks, enterprises, and projects", "policies benefiting enterprises, procedures for handling affairs, and value-added services" have been carried out on a regular basis, fully safeguarding the "barrier free" landing and commencement of projects, assisting enterprise development, and optimizing the business environment.
Recently, the Jiuzhou Tongda Health Project in Liaocheng Dong'e Economic Development Zone encountered problems such as land relocation and formalities during construction. The service specialist of Jiuzhoutong Project in Donga Economic Development Zone adopted the "segmented" commencement procedures, approved the construction and pushed forward. It took only 35 days to complete the relocation of 275 above-ground appendages, helping the project to start construction one month in advance.
Since the beginning of this year, Zibo has made project construction a top priority, building a full-process and full-cycle service system, and has issued energy-saving commitments for five major projects approved by the province to ensure an energy consumption index of 1.25 million tons. Sorting out and distributing two batches of "urgent problems to be solved" related to the start and landing of the project, involving 215 problems in 130 projects.
"We will strengthen our confidence, take the lead, work hard to implement policies, expand effective investment, tap consumption potential, ensure and improve people's livelihood, complete the annual goals and tasks at a high level, and continue to play a major role in the economic province." Sun Qisheng, deputy secretary-general of the Shandong Provincial Government, director of the General Office, and spokesman for the provincial government, said.
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