1. Six administrative regions were born
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China in the last century, in order to strengthen the state's administrative management and local stability and coordination, my country established a total of six administrative regions across the country, each administrative region governing multiple provinces (at that time, the six administrative regions were local first-level administrative regions, and the provincial level was only local second-level administrative regions). These six administrative regions are Northeast China, North China, East China, , Central and South China, , Southwest and Northwest.
Among the six administrative regions at that time, the Northeast region was , the three northeastern provinces , including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang; there were 5 provinces, cities and districts in North China, namely Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin and other places; the East China region was the administrative region with the largest jurisdiction among the six administrative regions, including Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Taiwan and Shanghai. The central and southern regions include five provinces and regions including Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi; the southwest regions include Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet; the northwest regions include five provinces and regions including Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Ningxia.
2. The two heroes of the Northeast and East China are coexisting. Northeast economy and transportation are half the world. In the 1950s, among the six major administrative regions of my country, the Northeast can be said to be a god-like existence. In that era when light industry was underdeveloped, half of the country's heavy industry was concentrated in the three northeastern provinces; at the same time, in that era when railway density was extremely low, half of the country's railways were concentrated in the Northeastern region, so the Northeastern region was also the region with the most complete railway network layout in my country at that time.
The good transportation infrastructure and industrial system have brought about a high prosperity of the Northeast region's economy. Liaoning, the largest province in the Northeast, has ranked among the top three in the country for a long time, and even surpassed Taiwan Province, ranking first among all provinces, cities and districts in the country; and Heilongjiang, the second largest province in the Northeast, has also ranked among the top ten economic provinces and cities in the country. At that time, another economically developed administrative region was the East China region of the six major regions. The total economic output of provinces and cities such as Taiwan, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Shandong ranked among the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the country.
3, and seven geographical partitions were born, and Central China and South China were divided into
, however, the six administrative regions of in my country did not exist for long. In 1954, the six administrative regions of the country were abolished (however, some universities and ID numbers are still named according to the six administrative regions that started construction). Since then, the provincial level has become the first-level administrative region of the local level. In 1958, geographical partitions began to be born. At that time, the country divided the country into seven geographical partitions based on factors such as geographical location, regional culture and historical origins. Although these seven geographical subdivisions are not administrative regions, they still play a certain role in exchanges, cooperation and recognition among provinces within the region.
The seven newly born geographical partitions are the Northeast region, North China region, East China region, Central China region , South China region , Southwest region and Northwest region; in the new seven geographical partitions, it can be seen that most areas are the same as the original six administrative regions, and there is no change, and the provinces, cities and districts included are still the same as the six administrative regions. The biggest change is the division of the central and southern regions. The original central and southern regions was divided into two parts, which were divided into central and southern regions. Among them, central and southern regions include Henan, Hubei and Hunan, while southern regions include Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan Province, which was later separated from Guangdong.
4. The national economy is blooming everywhere, and the central and southwestern regions have begun to emerge.
Within the twenty years after the establishment of the seven geographical divisions, it was a period of rapid industrialization in my country. With the support of the industrial mother machine in the northeast region, industries in the seven major regions in the country have achieved rapid development. Among them, the fastest-developed central China region has better transportation and economic foundations, and the southwest region that benefits from the Great Western Front policy.Therefore, in the 1960s, Hubei, Hunan, and Sichuan in the central China region gradually entered the ranks of the top ten provinces, cities and districts in my country; in the 1970s, Henan, which once withdrew from the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the country, once again entered the top ten.
In the 1960s and 1970s, although the economic ranking of the Northeast region declined, its industry was still very strong, and the industrial added value of still ranks among the provinces, cities and districts of my country; at this time, Taiwan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Guangdong in South China still maintained its existing leading advantages and ranked among the strong economic provinces and cities in my country. With the rapid development of my country's economy, a city has become a direct beneficiary. It is the world's free port, Hong Kong. Its total economic output has increased rapidly and began to enter the top three provinces, cities and districts in my country.
55. The four major economic zones were established, Anhui and Jiangxi were included in the central part, Guangxi entered the western part
. After the wheel of time entered the 1980s, the original seven geographical zones had already begun to fade, and at this time, my country's main strategic tasks also underwent major changes. Developing the economy became the main tone of the country, so the four major economic zones began to be born. In the 1980s, my country divided the country into four major economic zones based on the level of economic development, combined with the objective needs of geopolitics and coordinated economic development, and has been used to this day. This is the last division of my country and the most changed division. The four major economic zones of
are the eastern region, central region , western region and northeastern region. The eastern region of this is mainly in the coastal area, and is the earliest region to implement reform and opening up in my country, including 10 provinces and cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan. The central region includes six provinces, cities and regions including Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui. Among them, Shanxi, the former North China region, was included in the central region because of its large differences in economic development levels from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region; the economic levels of Anhui and Jiangxi in East China are far lower than those in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, , so they are also included in the central region.
, and the western region is the largest and largest district among the four major economic zones, including Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. Among them, Guangxi and Inner Mongolia are included in the western region because their economic development level is lower than that of the original regions. The Northeast region is the smallest of the four major economic zones, with only the original three northeastern provinces, namely Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The regional cultural and economic foundations of the three provinces are very similar, and the economy is self-contained.
6. Transformation from heavy industry to light industry, the rise of the east and the recession of the northeast
The 1980s were the beginning of a great era in our country, which was not only the initial year of my country's reform and opening up, but also the beginning of my country's transformation from traditional heavy industry to light industry. In the 1980s and 1990s, my country set off a wave of reform and opening up. The eastern coastal area of entered a period of rapid industrialization with its geographical location advantages and national policy dividends, and its economy achieved rapid development. Zhejiang in the eastern region began to rise and entered the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the country. Guangdong has made rapid progress and became the third largest province, city and district in the country after Taiwan and Hong Kong. (At this time, Henan, only Henan, still remains among the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the central and western regions)
In the 1980s and 1990s, in addition to reform and opening up, it was also a critical period for my country to transform and upgrade from traditional heavy industry to light industry. Affected by this, the eastern region dominated by heavy industry began to gradually decline and began to enter a period of recession. After the 1980s, among the three major provinces and provinces in the Northeast, only Liaoning was still among the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the country, but its ranking had begun to decline; while Heilongjiang had already fallen out of ten places. With the rapid development of light industry, the provinces in the eastern region have quickly replaced the important position of the Northeast region in my country's industrial system.
7. Transforming to modern manufacturing, the Northeast has recession, and the eastern region dominated
. In the past twenty years after 2000, my country's economic structure changed again, and began to transform and upgrade from traditional manufacturing to modern manufacturing, and intelligent manufacturing and some emerging high-tech industries began to emerge. Under the influence of factors such as the financial crisis and carbon neutrality, traditional high-energy-consuming, high-pollution heavy industries and low-value-added manufacturing industries have fully entered the period of industrial transformation and upgrading.
In the regional economic development pattern, affected by industrial transformation and upgrading, traditional energy industry, steel metallurgy and heavy machinery manufacturing industries were seriously challenged. At this time, not only did the economy in the Northeast region decline, but the economic growth rate of the entire northern region was significantly lower than that in the south. Since 2006, Liaoning has begun to withdraw from the top ten provinces, cities and districts in the country, but has never returned to the top ten, and the entire Northeast region has entered a period of recession. After entering 2000, with the transfer and upgrading of global industries, Guangdong's manufacturing industry has gained rapid development and gained the reputation of "the world factory". At the same time, the halo of " Asian Four Little Dragons " began to fade away. Taiwan and Hong Kong withdrew from the top three of my country's provinces, cities and districts, and Guangdong successfully topped the top, becoming the first among all provinces, cities and districts in my country; the eastern region rose in an all-round way, and dominated one of my country's four major economic zones. The central region began to stabilize and rebound, and Hubei and Hunan returned to the top ten in the country. Since then, my country has gradually formed a step-by-step development pattern from the eastern region, central region, western region and northeastern region today.
