Chapter 20 3. Opportunities in the Yangtze River Delta

On May 24, 2010, the State Council officially approved the implementation of the "Regional Plan for the Yangtze River Delta Region", positioning the Yangtze River Delta region as a world-class city group with strong international competitiveness.Yu Hongsheng, director of the Urbanization Development Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that the implementation of the Yangtze River Delta plan means that 1/5 of China's economy has finally been positioned. "Moreover, this is not just in terms of quantity, it is an important strategic step in the overall national strategy that has finally been taken."

Obviously, the era of the Yangtze River Delta has arrived.Moreover, the changes in the urban pattern of the Yangtze River Delta in the future no longer only mean the development of large cities, but also the rise of a group of small and medium-sized cities with distinctive characteristics.Stepping out of the tidal flats of Shanghai, there are many second- and third-tier cities in the fertile Yangtze River Delta region, waiting for you to "change your mind" and live and work in peace and contentment. In the southeast, the city of the Three Wus, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.Smoked willows and painted bridges, wind curtains and emerald curtains, there are hundreds of thousands of families.Clouds and trees surround the embankment and sand, raging waves roll in frost and snow, and the sky is boundless.Pearls are listed in the market, households are full of Luoqi, competing for luxury.

The Chonghu Lake is stacked in Qingjia, with Sanqiu osmanthus and ten-mile lotus.The Qiang pipe makes the sky clear, the water chestnut sings in the night, and the old man Lianwa is frolicking.Qianqi has high teeth, listens to Xiaogu while drunk, and enjoys the haze.In the future, I will return to Fengchi to praise the good times. ——Liu Yong "Watching the Sea Tide" When Liu Yong, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, was young, he went from his hometown of Chong'an, Fujian Province to Kaifeng to take an exam.After staying in Hangzhou for a while, I once wrote this que "Watching the Tide of the Sea".Luo Dajing, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, said in "Helin Yulu" that because Liu Yong described the prosperous and prosperous Jiangnan in his poems, Wan Yanliang, the gold master, coveted the Song Dynasty. "The word spread, Jin Zhuliang listened to the song, and was delighted to admire the 'three autumn osmanthus, ten li lotus', so he set up the ambition to cross the river with a whip." Luo Dajing said that there is no historical evidence to support it, so we can only talk about it.But the prosperity and fertility of the south of the Yangtze River can be seen from this.

Counting from the Warring States period, about 1000 years later, Ningbo was built in 400 A.D., together with Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuecheng (Nanjing), the initial pattern of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration was roughly formed. Some experts believe that the Yangtze River Delta jumped from a purely geographical concept to a regional economy in the early 1980s. On December 22, 1982, the State Council issued the "Notice on the Establishment of the Shanghai Economic Zone and Shanxi Energy Base Planning Office", deciding that 10 cities including Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing The Shanghai Economic Zone is formed, with Shanghai as the center and the Yangtze River Delta as its geographical scope, becoming the earliest prototype of the concept of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone characterized by geographical space.

On May 24, 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission announced on its website that the "Regional Plan for the Yangtze River Delta Region" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regional Plan") had been officially approved by the State Council for implementation.This is my country's first regional development plan across provincial administrative regions, and it is also the second milestone related to the blueprint for the development of the Yangtze River Delta approved by the State Council after the "Guiding Opinions on Further Promoting Reform, Opening Up, and Economic and Social Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region" format file.

The Yangtze River Delta region includes Shanghai City, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province, with an area of ​​210,700 square kilometers.The regional plan clarifies the strategic positioning of the development of the Yangtze River Delta region, that is, an important international gateway in the Asia-Pacific region, an important modern service industry and advanced manufacturing center in the world, and a world-class urban agglomeration with strong international competitiveness; by 2015, the Yangtze River Delta The region takes the lead in realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way; by 2020, it will strive to take the lead in basically realizing modernization.

Yu Hongsheng, director of the Urbanization Development Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that the Yangtze River Delta's economy accounts for about 20% of China's total economic output, which is unmatched by any other region in the country.The implementation of the Yangtze River Delta plan means that 1/5 of China's economy has finally been positioned. "Moreover, this is not just in terms of quantity, it is an important strategic step in the overall national strategy that has finally been taken." International experience shows that when the proportion of urban population in a country or region reaches 50% of the total population, it will enter the stage of development dominated by urban agglomerations. In 2000, the world's urban population accounted for 50% of the total population, the world's economic development has passed this "turning point", and urban agglomerations have sprung up all over the world.

With the rapid development of highways and informatization, some adjacent urban agglomerations have formed closer economic, technological and cultural ties, industrial division of labor and cooperation have gradually become closer, and cities have formed a "same city" and integrated development pattern. The boundaries of urban agglomerations are difficult to distinguish. Large or giant urban agglomerations composed of several urban agglomerations have gradually formed. Their economic development has surpassed national boundaries and will have an important impact on world economic development. These large or giant urban agglomerations are known as Call it a world-class urban agglomeration.

At present, there are five world urban agglomerations recognized by the whole world: one is the Boswald urban agglomeration in the United States, with New York as the core, north to Boston, south to Washington, distributed in the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States; the second is the Great Lakes urban agglomeration in North America, Across the United States and Canada, with Chicago and Toronto as the core, distributed along the Great Lakes of North America; the third is the Tokaido urban agglomeration in Japan, with Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya as the core, across the largest Honshu Island in Japan; the fourth is the central and southern British urban agglomeration, With London as the core, it covers the southern island of Great Britain; the fifth is the urban agglomeration in northwestern Europe, spanning the continent of Northwestern Europe.

Since 2000, many people believe that the sixth largest urban agglomeration in the world should be in China, and it is the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, located in the "T" belt along the coast of China, is the largest urban agglomeration in China. It is composed of the urban agglomeration along the river and the Hangzhou Bay urban agglomeration. With Shanghai as the center, it includes Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and Shaoxing in Zhejiang. , Ningbo, Zhoushan and other six cities, Jiangsu's Nanjing, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Taizhou, Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Nantong, Suzhou and other eight cities.Its radiation area covers the two cities of Jinhua and Quzhou in Zhejiang.

The Yangtze River Delta is still the "Golden Triangle" with the strongest comprehensive strength in China.According to the report of Jiangsu Urban Development Research Institute, the GDP of 25 cities in the Yangtze River Delta reached 7.17941 trillion yuan in 2009, accounting for 21.4% of the national GDP.Shanghai's GDP increased by 8.2% over the previous year.Among the 13 cities in Jiangsu, Suqian, the fastest-growing city, grew by 14.2%, and Nanjing and Suzhou, the slowest, both grew by 11.5%. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, 6 cities have fiscal revenues exceeding 30 billion yuan. The top five cities in fiscal revenue in 2009 are: Shanghai (254.03 billion yuan), Suzhou (74.518 billion yuan), Hangzhou (52.079 billion yuan), Nanjing (43.451 billion yuan), and Ningbo (43.277 billion yuan). In 2008, the national urbanization rate was 45.68%, approaching the "turning point" of 50%. As early as 2000, the urbanization rate in some coastal areas had exceeded 50%.With the rapid development of urbanization, more than 10 regional urban agglomerations have been formed across the country.It can be said that China is the country with the fastest growing urban agglomeration in the world. Since 1997, the governments of 16 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region have established a joint conference system to consciously promote the development of urban agglomerations. The regional economy has developed rapidly. The land area accounts for only 1% of the country's total, and the population accounts for only 11% of the country's total. %, but it has created 21% of the country's total economic output, 25% of local fiscal revenue, 24% of technology market turnover, and more than 30% of total import and export volume. It is the most economically developed and technologically advanced region in the country. It has the conditions and possibility to become the sixth largest urban agglomeration in the world. Zhou Zhenhua, director of the Development Research Center of the Shanghai Municipal Government, clearly pointed out that due to the shortening of time and space distances, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has entered a new era - the era of urbanization.From the history of the world's urban development, it has now entered a higher level, which is to highlight the concept of "urban area".The magnification of the urbanization effect will inevitably have a very significant impact on the internal connections of such a dense urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta, and the economic ties between cities will become closer. Gan Chunhui, director of the Scientific Research Department of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, borrowed the title of the book to describe the urbanization: "The Yangtze River Delta is more flat."The improvement of some transportation facilities represented by high-speed rail, high-speed train, high-speed rail network, and Hongqiao transportation hub has made the Yangtze River Delta more flat, and it has brought a new view of time and space to the cities of the Yangtze River Delta. In the era of urbanization, we began to think about living and studying in different cities.Urbanization has brought new opportunities to the adjustment and upgrading of the industrial structure of the cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Gan Chunhui said: "We know that after capital is monetized and digitized, it can flow quickly in the world, but there are some services that cannot be completely relied on digitization. The integration of cities and the improvement of transportation facilities are crucial for the development of these services. The industry has brought good opportunities. In fact, the barriers between provinces, cities, and regions are still high, and the integration of cities has also brought new challenges to the coordination between governments. If you can follow this trend, you can inject new impetus into the development." Zhu Jinhai, deputy director of the Development Research Center of the Shanghai Municipal Government, imagined the changes in the urban pattern of the Yangtze River Delta in the future. We now focus on large cities. Wu Jiang. Chen Jianjun, a professor at Zhejiang University, pointed out the practical significance of urbanization from another angle: "I personally think that urbanization in China's specific context cannot be carried out in large cities, nor in small cities. It is necessary to follow the road of urban clusters, which is the kind of network Large, medium and small cities form a relatively reasonable urban system, which is the connotation of new urbanization that we should consider in the future.” No matter what experts say, ordinary people have already begun to enjoy the benefits brought by the "integration" of the Yangtze River Delta. Wang Mei (pseudonym), who roams freely between the city and the landscape, is a media person working in Shanghai.She said: "Abandoning the level of economic development, I am happy to look forward to the future Yangtze River Delta from the perspective of life." As a financial center, Shanghai is the best stage for financial media. Wang Mei's work is getting more and more busy for this, so she has to take a good vacation for herself occasionally.Therefore, she is used to find a weekend, after breakfast at home in Shanghai, go out to take the subway, and directly transfer to the high-speed rail or maglev to Hangzhou at the station. "Of course, there is no need for complicated ticket buying procedures, and the ticket fee is directly deducted from my account. Sitting in a spacious and comfortable car, as long as I want, my mobile phone can receive any radio station or TV station in the Yangtze River Delta smoothly all the way. program. An hour later, I was already in Hangzhou." After seeing the ten scenic spots of the West Lake, Wang Mei’s Shanghai friends who get off work in Hangzhou should also get off work, and meet together to taste authentic Longjing shrimp and West Lake vinegar fish by the West Lake.After she is satisfied, it is time for her to return to her "second home" - "I have my elders in Lin'an. The elderly people don't like the busy Shanghai, so they moved to the Yiyang Villa in the mountains to enjoy negative ions every day." From Hangzhou to Lin'an is like going to the next door neighbor's house for a visit. "I don't have to worry about their health. There are many Shanghai doctors who come to the outpatient clinics every week. I say goodbye to the hard work of waiting in long queues at the hospital in the past. The universal medical insurance card also saves the trouble of reimbursement afterwards." Therefore, Wang Mei eagerly expects that the radius of living in the future will be expanded to the Yangtze River Delta, so that she can walk more freely between the city and nature. With the continuous acceleration and deepening of the integration process of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, it is inevitable to raise requirements for the improvement of the internal function of Shanghai as a regional central city.Rong Yueming, director of the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Office, said that the relationship between regional integration and Shanghai as a regional central city is the premise of each other.The development of Shanghai, at this stage today, can no longer be discussed only from the perspective of Shanghai itself. It must be considered in the context of regional integration, and it is necessary to have a good grasp of the various competitions and games inside and outside the Yangtze River Delta. Relationship.In fact, the key to the success of Shanghai's economic transformation depends on whether Shanghai's function as a central city in the Yangtze River Delta region can be realized. Zhao Xiaolei, director of the Institute of Finance and Economics of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, pointed out that urbanization is more of a challenge to Shanghai. The business costs in Shanghai are definitely higher than those in the surrounding areas. After the completion of the Hongqiao hub, you can reach Kunshan in half an hour, and the surrounding areas will become "Shanghai", and the flow of people, goods, and capital will flow out.But Shanghai should not look at things this way. If Shanghai’s industries are at the same level and have the same structure as those of surrounding cities, it will certainly not be able to compete with Kunshan and Wujiang. However, it should not respond to challenges from the perspective of reducing business costs, but should be added. The business cost needs to be compared relatively. If the income is high, the business cost will be correspondingly high. Shanghai must find a way to increase the income. It is not afraid that the business cost will be higher than that of the surrounding areas, so as to form a high ground and make the high cost a threshold to enter the flow of various resources in Shanghai. If you want to exceed this threshold, you will not be able to enter if it is too low.The core of Shanghai should be to do finance. If finance is strengthened, the barriers to entry will be higher, and the income will be higher. At the same time, the industrial structure of the surrounding cities will be staggered. This kind of competition is not vicious competition, but complementary competition. Therefore, even under the trend of urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta, it is impossible to expect Shanghai to reduce various costs.As the central city of this region, Shanghai will only become more and more expensive, in order to ensure a certain threshold and height, and use the energy of money to screen those who enter Shanghai. Those who do not meet the "Shanghai standard" can experience and accumulate in other cities in the Yangtze River Delta, but if they meet the "expensive" standard of Shanghai, you can easily "consume" Shanghai, so whether to stay or not is not her Shanghai has the final say.There is only one Jack Ma in Hangzhou, so he is a unique treasure; while in Shanghai, there are more than 500 Jack Ma, no matter how powerful Alibaba is, it is only one in five hundredth. Life is like this, taking a step back to the sea and the sky is really not a nonsense.