The CCP Qingdao Municipal 12th Congress held from March 28th to April 1st put forward the development goals and tasks of Qingdao in the future five years. To be specific, Qingdao will take the priority to build itself into an important innovation center in eastern coast of China, a domestic important regional service center, an international advanced marine development center and advanced manufacturing base with international competitiveness, continuously enhance the development quality and effectiveness and improve the city quality and energy level, strive to enter the list of national central cities and speed up the construction of an international inhabitable, happy, and innovation-oriented city.
More optimized development quality. The economy will maintain steady development and embrace positive signals and the average annual growth of GDP will be around 7.5%. Industries will reach medium and high levels, strategic emerging industries will become new economic engine, new economies such as future industry will begin to take shape, the proportion of added-value generated by the service sector will increase dramatically, marine economy will take its full economic advantages and play an increasingly important role in driving economic development. Qingdao will also be characterized by regional coordination, urban-rural integration, harmony between material civilization and spiritual civilization and dramatically increasing the level of military-civilian integration.
More beautiful environment for living. Remarkable effects will be achieved in air, water and soil pollution prevention and control, marine ecological environment will improve continuously, the average density of air PM.5 will be reduced to below 20%, municipal solid wastes separation and collection will be basically achieved all over the city, Pollution abatement of crude waste zero-landfill, light and noise have been well achieved. The city of the mountain and sea will possess unique charm, urban life will be comfortable and convenient and the city will run safely and orderly.
More livelihood welfare. Public services and guarantee system such as employment, education, culture, medical treatment, aged care, housing, social security and public safety will further improve, basic public service quality and equalization level will enhance continuously, the per capita income for urban and rural residents will achieve the goal of doubling ahead of schedule, people’s life will have more guarantee, dignity and happiness.
More innovation dynamics. Innovation drive will become the “main engine” for energy conversion and connotative development, a batch of vital technologies with core competitiveness will be successfully developed, a batch of scientists, experts and various talents with international horizon and expertise will be gathered, a batch of high-level universities, scientific research institutes and R&D teams will be introduced, a batch of key enterprises with independent innovation capability will be cultivated and the all society research and development input will account for over 3.2%.
The higher level of internationalization. Cultivate a new batch of native transnational enterprises, bring in a batch of modern enterprises and international organizations, the total foreign trade volume, foreign investment utilization and investment abroad will maintain the leading level among cities of the same grade, the number of permanent foreign resident population, overseas students and inbound tourists will increase sharply, business environment such as law enforcement level, government administration efficiency, market order and regulations in line with world norms will improve remarkably. Yu Feng
(Theme photo: A glimpse of beautiful sceneries in Qianhai, Qingdao.)
