The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on June 15 to organize the cultivation of the fourth batch of specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, which will further focus on strengthening gradient cultivation, strengthening policy support, carrying

Langfang City, Hebei Province, explore the airport economic zone of Beijing Daxing International Airport. The picture shows the overall sand table of the Airport Economic Zone of Beijing Daxing International Airport. Picture/IC photo

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on June 15 to organize the cultivation of the fourth batch of specialized and new "little giant" enterprises. It will further focus on strengthening gradient cultivation, strengthening policy support, carrying out precise services, optimizing the development environment, Strengthen dynamic management and increase cultivation measures in five aspects.

On August 21, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the third batch of 2,930 "specialized, special and innovative" small giant companies. As of now, there are 4,762 "little giant" companies in my country that are specialized in new technologies.

Looking at the cities where they are distributed, core cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen have a large number of specialized and new “little giant” companies. However, there are also some small and medium-sized cities that perform well in this regard.

Langfang is one of them.

This city with an area of ​​only 6,400 square kilometers has an economic volume of only more than 350 billion yuan, less than one-tenth of Beijing, and only ranks sixth in Hebei Province.

However, Langfang has 20 specialized and new "little giant" companies included in the list. In terms of distribution density, it is second only to the provincial capital Shijiazhuang in the province.

How did Langfang do it?

"The Pearl of the Beijing-Tianjin Corridor"

Langfang, the smallest provincial municipality in Hebei Province, is known as the "Pearl of the Beijing-Tianjin Corridor". In Hebei Province, Langfang is not only the smallest in area, but also occupies the "geographical advantage" of Beijing and Tianjin.

Just like the place name, Langfang's geographical superiority is reflected in the "lang".

In addition to the three northern counties (cities) that intersect with Beijing and Tianjin, the urban area of ​​Langfang is located southeast of Beijing and is sandwiched between the two major cities of Beijing and Tianjin, forming a natural corridor.

Currently, you can take a high-speed train from downtown Langfang to the city centers of the two major municipalities in northern my country within half an hour.

In April 2017, Xiongan New Area was born, and Wen'an, Dacheng, Bazhou counties and cities in the south of Langfang entered a new track in connecting with Xiongan.

In addition to being located in the core area of ​​the "Golden Triangle" of Beijing, Tianjin and Xiongan New Area, Langfang also occupies a very important position in the economic development pattern of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

In 2021, Langfang achieved a GDP of 355.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. The total economic output ranks sixth in Hebei Province, second only to Baoding (372.5 billion yuan) among the four cities around Beijing, and the two are comparable.

Judging from per capita GDP, Langfang's "Seven Census" permanent population is about 5.464 million, ranking seventh among the 11 cities in the province. Based on this calculation, Langfang's per capita GDP in 2021 is about 65,000 yuan, second only to Tangshan and ranking second in Hebei Province.

Hebei Province ranks second in terms of GDP per capita and density of specialized and new “little giant” enterprises. This is not the only achievement that outsiders can praise Langfang for.

This city with a population of just over 5 million has experienced an average annual economic growth rate of more than 6% in the past five years (except for 2020). In 2021, 25 of the 33 industrial industry categories above designated size in Langfang achieved positive year-on-year growth.

In November 2021, the "19th Report on China's Urban Competitiveness" released by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences showed that Langfang ranked 70th in the country in terms of comprehensive urban competitiveness and ranked 70th in the country in terms of urban business hard environment competitiveness. 12th, 2nd in northern cities.

borders Beijing to the north and Tianjin to the east. The superior geographical location in the Beijing-Tianjin corridor undoubtedly gives Langfang the confidence to dare to think and compete.

In the strategic layout of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development of , Langfang not only has location advantages, but also reaps many policy dividends.

In the " Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Planning Outline ", Langfang is one of the important node cities to undertake the industrial transfer of Beijing.

For the " Beisan County " of Langfang, which borders Beijing, it is the first beneficiary of the policy dividend.

In March 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission released the "Coordinated Development Plan for Tongzhou District of Beijing City and the Three Counties and Cities of Sanhe, Dachang, and Xianghe Province of Hebei Province", and the barriers and obstacles that restricted the integration of "Three Northern Counties" into Tongzhou District were gradually cracked .

Last year, the State Council issued opinions on supporting the high-quality development of Beijing Urban Sub-center and proposed that by 2025, the integrated high-quality development system of Tongzhou District in Beijing and the "Three North Counties" of Langfang, Hebei will be basically established.

On December 22, 2021, the construction of the Beijing and Hebei sections of the factory access road started simultaneously, adding another key project to the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. The Changtong Road is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2024, and will become another important communication channel for Dachang County in Langfang City, Hebei Province to enter and exit the Beijing sub-center. Photo/photo by Beijing News reporter Zhang Lu

Advantages of "enclaves"

Looking at the map of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the three counties in the north of Langfang - the "Northern Three Counties" are particularly interesting.

"Beisan County" is located at the junction of Beijing and Tianjin. It consists of three county-level administrative districts: Sanhe City, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe County, which are affiliated to Langfang City, Hebei Province. With a total area of ​​1,277 square kilometers,

is not only the largest "enclave" in Langfang and the entire Hebei Province, it is also currently the provincial-level "enclave" with the highest administrative level and the largest area in the country.

For many people working in Beijing, the term "Beisan County" is no stranger, because many of them make their homes here and shuttle between Beijing and the suburbs of Beijing every day.

Take Yanjiao Town located in Sanhe City as an example. As early as 2015, media reported that according to statistics, about 400,000 people commute between Beijing and Yanjiao every day.

In addition to being the home of many people working in Beijing, the "Beisan County" is also highly dependent on Beijing economically.

For example, taking over Beijing's non-capital functions, the "Beisan County" has also been actively holding the "nose" of industrial collaboration. Official data from

shows that in 2021, "Beisan County" and Beijing jointly held project promotion conferences and other investment attraction activities, and signed 82 cooperation projects with a total investment of 87.7 billion yuan, and a completed investment of 2 billion yuan.

Taking technological innovation as an example, Sanhe City has built 19 science and technology innovation parks, housing 734 new-generation information technology, intelligent manufacturing and other technological enterprises, 61% of which are from Beijing. Behind

, Langfang City adheres to the direction of "Beijing R&D, Langfang transformation and industrialization" and actively introduces Beijing's scientific and technological innovation resources.

It is said that "it is easy to enjoy the shade with a big tree behind you", and it has taken over the decentralization of Beijing's non-capital functions and has been injecting impetus into the development of in Langfang.

According to statistics from Economic Daily , during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Langfang introduced a total of 552 projects from Beijing and Tianjin with a capital of 252.08 billion yuan; a total of 1,734 Beijing achievement transformation projects were signed, and the total transaction volume of technology contracts reached 5.81 billion yuan.

needs to be good at using clever skills to connect with Beijing. This can be reflected from the cultivation of national-level "specialized, special and new" small giant enterprises in Langfang.

According to local media reports, in recent years, Langfang City has taken advantage of its location adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin to actively undertake high-end industrial projects transferred from Beijing to Tianjin. It has guided the coordinated development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region and leading enterprises based on the actual situation of local industries, and coordinated the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to provide supporting facilities. Comprehensively improve the basic capabilities of local industries and the modernization level of the industrial chain, and solve the "stuck neck" problem in the manufacturing sector.

As of now, Langfang has a total of 20 "little giant" companies that specialize in new technologies, ranking 4th in Hebei Province.

In addition to "Beisan County" being an "economic enclave" to undertake the transfer of industries from Beijing, Daxing Airport also brings new opportunities to the development of Langfang in the south.

Among the 150 square kilometers of the Daxing Airport Airport Economic Zone, the Langfang area accounts for 100 square kilometers.

Langfang is also sparing no effort to promote the construction of the airport economic zone. Relevant data shows that Langfang Linkong Economic Zone completed a fixed asset investment of 430.4 billion yuan in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%.

The construction of Langfang Airport Economic Zone is also an important part of the development strategic plan of the entire Hebei Province.

In this year's Hebei Provincial Government Work Report, the key tasks for 2022 clearly stated that "it is necessary to accelerate the construction of the Langfang area of ​​the Beijing Daxing International Airport Airport Economic Zone and complete an investment of 30 billion yuan."

October 27, 2021, Hebei The main bridge of the railway overpass on Guangming Road in Langfang City was successfully rotated, and the two steel truss bridges were rotated separately and then closed smoothly.This project spans both the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway and the Beijing-Shanghai Railway. It is the first of its kind in the construction of a high-span steel truss bridge in China. Picture/IC photo

How to maintain the advantage of population growth?

Among the cities surrounding Beijing, Baoding and Langfang are often compared together. In the development of these years, the two cities have both competed and won together.

Xinjing Think Tank found that in terms of the total economic output of various cities in Hebei Province, Baoding and Langfang have occupied the fifth and sixth positions for a long time.

In the past ten years, Langfang has been narrowing the gap as a catch-up. In 2012, the gap between the two reached the highest level in ten years, when Baoding surpassed Langfang by more than 90 billion yuan. Since then, this gap has gradually narrowed, and the gap between the two has narrowed to more than 17 billion yuan in 2021.

However, in terms of city area and population size, Baoding exceeds Langfang. However, in terms of population increase, compared with the "Sixth Census", Langfang has the largest population increase in Hebei Province, with an increase of 25%, and a total increase of 1.1 million people in ten years.

stands on the new starting line. Langfang also has another important city coordinate - an important financial "cow" in Hebei Province.

Langfang general public budget revenue in 2021 is 39.05 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. Although the growth rate is 0.5 percentage points lower than that of Hebei Province, it ranks third in terms of volume, second only to Shijiazhuang and Tangshan in the province. , surpassing Cangzhou, Handan and Baoding, which ranked first in terms of economic aggregate.

However, the development of Langfang also faces some practical problems.

Taking the "robbing of people" that many big cities are keen on in recent years as an example, Langfang should be one of the cities with the fastest population growth among northern cities in the past decade or so.

As mentioned above, in the ten years from 2010 to 2020, Langfang’s population increased by more than 1.1 million people, and the growth rate of 25.36% was much higher than the national growth level of 5.38%. The population increase accounted for 40.1% of the entire province in the same period, and both the increase and the growth rate ranked first in Hebei Province.

As Hebei Daily pointed out, Langfang’s population has grown by more than one million in the past 10 years, which is due to the in-depth implementation of major national strategies such as the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the accelerated construction of Xiongan New Area, and the integrated development of Beisan County and Tongzhou District. "Tianshi".

However, it should also be noted that while the influx of people is accelerating, Langfang is also faced with the problem of how to retain people, especially due to the strong attraction of the two major cities of Beijing and Tianjin. Langfang's internal strength is undoubtedly the key to breaking the situation.

Regarding the household registration system, Langfang is also constantly introducing measures.

In 2020, the Langfang People's Government website released the full text of the "Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of the Household Registration System (Trial)", which was also interpreted at the time as the beginning of "robbing people" around Beijing. Taking Beisan County as an example, the towns surrounding the capital require having a legal and stable residence, a legal and stable occupation and participating in urban social insurance as the basic settlement conditions, and at the same time fully liberalize the settlement conditions for talents.

Langfang’s “14th Five-Year Plan” and 2035 long-term goals clearly point out that the time has come for Langfang to develop rapidly and the general trend has been achieved. At the same time, it was also proposed to continue to seize the major opportunities for the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, continue to undertake the decentralization of Beijing's non-capital functions and promote the coordinated development of transportation, industry, and ecology.

It is worth noting that Langfang has also proposed the goal of reaching 500 billion yuan in economic volume during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and the city's GDP reaching 1 trillion yuan by 2035. This also means that Langfang has officially opened the door to 10,000 yuan. Billion City launches a sprint. Whether

can achieve these goals and achieve leap-forward development will undoubtedly determine whether Langfang can further integrate Beijing and Tianjin and take advantage of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and this depends on Langfang, the "Pearl of the Beijing-Tianjin Corridor" city. of wisdom. Written by

/Researcher at Xinjing Think Tank, Editor by Zha Zhiyuan

/Proofread by Li Xiaoxiao

/Li Lijun