Handan Mayor Fan Chenghua proposed in the government work report that this year is the year to accelerate the construction of a prosperous, civilized and beautiful modern regional central city. Handan City will further strengthen its overall awareness, highlight promotion and str

Last year, the GDP of Handan City was 411.48 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%, exceeding 400 billion yuan for the first time. This year, the GDP is expected to increase by 8%, the added value of industries above designated size will increase by 6.5%, and the actual use of foreign capital will increase by 7.5%. Above, the per capita disposable income of all residents increased by about 8.5%

Hebei News Network ( Hebei Daily reporters Liu Jianying and Chen Zheng) On January 23, the second session of the 16th National People's Congress of Handan City opened. Handan Mayor Fan Chenghua pointed out in the government work report that this year is the year to accelerate the construction of a prosperous, civilized and beautiful modern regional central city. Handan City will further strengthen the overall awareness, highlight the promotion and strive to be the first, and ensure the main indicators The growth rate ranks among the highest in the province, and the economic aggregate ranks first in the province.

In 2021, Handan City overcame many difficulties such as the impact of the epidemic, economic downturn, and crude steel production, and took multiple measures to expand domestic demand, smooth circulation, and stabilize growth, and the economy maintained stable and healthy development. The city's GDP reached 411.48 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%, exceeding 400 billion yuan for the first time; general public budget revenue reached 31.41 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1%; the added value of industries above designated size increased by 5.7%, and the actual utilization of foreign capital increased by 10.8%. The growth rates of major economic indicators are higher than the provincial average. This year's GDP is expected to grow by 8%, the added value of industries above designated size will grow by 6.5%, the actual utilization of foreign capital will grow by more than 7.5%, and the per capita disposable income of all residents will grow by about 8.5%.

In 2021, Handan’s Comprehensive Air Quality Index successfully dropped out of the “bottom ten” ranking of key cities in the country. Photo by Dong Yuan

Focus on investment projects to enhance high-quality development momentum

Handan insists on jointly pursuing industrial projects and physical enterprises to promote incremental growth and stock changes with high-quality investment and project construction.

highlights key projects and drives them. Multiple measures will be taken to expand effective investment. This year, 620 provincial and municipal key projects will be implemented, focusing on 220 newly started projects such as Saidi Yongyang metallurgical spare parts in Yongnian District, Wu'an Xinjinwanli high-end home appliance boards, and Wu'an Juxing Precision Foundry, Cheng'an County Dingzheng Heavy Machinery, Feixiang District Jinwuxing special high-end fasteners and other 100 continued construction projects, Fengfeng Mining Area MCC Furnace Lining New Materials, Daming County Junlebao Dairy, She County Jindong Light and Heat 100 projects guaranteed to be put into production, such as new heating media materials, and 200 early-stage projects such as Beijing CRRC Heavy Industry in Wei County, Huaji Intelligent Energy Saving Production Base in Feixiang District, and COSBER Automotive Testing Equipment Manufacturing in Yongnian District, have completed investments of more than 100 billion yuan.

focuses on the effectiveness of investment promotion. Formulate the city's industrial functional zone planning and the industrial investment planning of each development zone (park), build an investment big data platform, and improve the industrial resource database, investment enterprise database, merchant information database, and project information database. Adhere to recruiting domestic and foreign businessmen together, "create new ones from the middle" to improve existing stocks, provide equal policy treatment to local companies and foreign companies, and support existing advantageous companies in expanding their capabilities, transforming, and starting businesses. "Create something out of nothing" to increase the increment, focus on the "532" city-wide leading industries and county-level characteristic industry clusters, vigorously carry out targeted investment promotion, industrial chain investment promotion, and business-based investment promotion. During the year, 360 projects worth more than 100 million yuan were signed, and the Feixiang District Oriental was accelerated. Projects such as Yuhong new building materials, Guantao County Sany Construction Engineering, Linzhang County Haier Explosion-proof Special Electrical Industrial Park and other projects have been implemented to improve the performance rate of contracted projects.

increase investment in infrastructure and . Give play to the guiding and driving role of government investment and arrange a batch of transportation, water conservancy, electricity, communications and other infrastructure projects in advance. We will advance the preliminary work of projects such as the Handan Ring Section of National Highway 309 and Provincial Highway 104, and complete and open to traffic projects such as the reconstruction of National Highway 107, so as to realize the closure of the outer ring of the main urban area as soon as possible. Accelerate the preliminary work of the Chang-Han-Liao high-speed railway , Shi-Xing-Han intercity, Beijing-Wuhan Expressway, Handan-Qiu Expressway and other projects, plan and build the Handan Airport Airport Economic Zone, start the construction of suburban railway lines, plan a number of major transportation connection projects, and accelerate Build a regional transportation hub center. Promote the start of construction of water conservancy projects such as Maolingdi Reservoir in Shexian County, Longquan Flood Mitigation in Yongnian District, Minghe River Management in Jize County, and Yuefeng Canal Restoration, and accelerate the Louli Reservoir in Yongnian District, Dongmingyang Flood Mitigation, and Jinan New District Preparatory work for the Niuhe East Extension and Kuangmenkou Reservoir projects in Shexian County will be carried out to optimize water resource allocation and improve flood prevention and drainage capabilities.

Promote the transformation of kinetic energy and build a modern industrial system

Adhere to equal emphasis on adjusting the old and cultivating the new, Handan accelerates chain extension, repair, strengthening and chain building, and promotes the development of the entire industrial chain.

implements the industrial base reengineering project. Focus on the integration and reorganization of the steel and coking industries, promote four steel integration projects including Wu'an City's Jinan Phase II and Taihang Phase II, and start construction of six coking reduction and replacement projects including Fengfeng Mining Area Xinpengnan and Shexian Xinsen project. We will focus on the construction of projects such as the Taozhiyi Smart Construction Center in Qiu County and Xinfu New Energy Special Vehicles in Jinan New District to promote the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing industry. Implement a three-year "doubling" plan for new generation information technology, build a municipal-level industrial Internet comprehensive platform and an industry industrial Internet platform, implement 20 digital transformation and improvement projects, and strive to have 1,000 companies move to the cloud. Carry out a new round of technological transformation, strive to list more than 90 provincial "Thousands of Technical Transformation" projects, add more than 5 national-level "little giant" enterprises, more than 25 provincial-level " specialized special new " small and medium-sized enterprises, There are about 400 industrial enterprises above designated size.

implements the strategic emerging industry cluster development project. Focusing on industries such as new materials, new energy, biological health, security emergency, electronic information and networks, 10 high-tech industrialization demonstration projects will be implemented on a rolling basis, 20 key high-tech leading enterprises will be built, and the 718 Electronic Gas Institute of Feixiang District will be accelerated. Phase 1, the construction of Xinxing Jihua Emergency Industrial Park in Fuxing District, etc., and strive to achieve the output value of "Handan·China Gas Valley" to 2.5 billion yuan, create a national fuel cell vehicle demonstration city, and the added value of high-tech industries account for 17% of the proportion of designated industries.

implement the modern service industry innovation and development project. Improve the logistics system, focus on building a production and service-oriented national logistics hub, expand and strengthen three provincial-level smart logistics parks such as Hebei Zhijiang Logistics Park in Hanshan District, and plan and implement 58 key business logistics projects such as Shuifa International Logistics Park in Cheng'an County. Deepen the integration of culture and tourism, implement 28 cultural and tourism projects such as Changle Town in Shexian County, Yongji Water Town in Guantao County, and the reconstruction of the Ming and Qing ancient cities in Daming County, and build the Taihang Red River Valley Cultural Tourism Economic Belt and Grand Canal Culture with high standards With , we will focus on projects such as Zhaodu Water Town in Feixiang District and Intangible Cultural Heritage Water City in Guangping County, and successfully host the Sixth Municipal Tourism Development Conference. Promote consumption replenishment, carefully organize activities such as "Happy Handan Happy Shopping", give full play to the demonstration and leading role of the Huecheh Lane Historical and Cultural Street in Congtai District, Kaihe Matou Scenic Area in Cixian County, and actively apply for a national-level night-time cultural tourism consumption cluster. Accelerate the development of e-commerce parks such as Vipshop Zhongyuan Operations Headquarters in Fuxing District and Yunda Hebei Express E-commerce Headquarters in Linzhang County, and standardize the development of new business formats such as live streaming and social e-commerce. Online retail sales will increase by more than 10% throughout the year. There are more than 290 new service enterprises above designated size in the city, and the added value of the service industry has increased by more than 10%.

A corner of Longhu Park in Handan. Photo by correspondent Zhou Shaozong

Implementing innovation drive to build a national innovative city

Focusing on building a regional science and technology innovation center , Handan will promote comprehensive innovation with scientific and technological innovation as the core and create new advantages for high-quality development.

creates a high-energy innovation platform. Carry out major platform innovation resource gathering actions, support the establishment of a national high-tech industrial development zone in Jinan New District, focus on the construction of 6 industrial technology research and development bases for high-quality steel and equipment manufacturing, and add more than 15 provincial-level innovation platforms. Implement the "Ten Hundreds, Thousands" project of innovative enterprises, with more than 15 provincial-level leading scientific and technological enterprises and cultivated enterprises, 100 new high-tech enterprises, and the cultivation of 1,000 scientific and technological small and medium-sized enterprises.

accelerates the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in many fields. Accelerate the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative innovation community such as the Peking University Handan Innovation Institute and the Peking University Handan Branch of the Peking Academy of Sciences, and deepen cooperation with universities and institutions in Beijing and Tianjin. Supported 718 institutes to apply for special gas equipment, hydrogen energy equipment preparation and Handan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.'s high-quality rails to apply for major national projects, transform more than 30 major scientific and technological achievements, complete equipment technology contracts with a transaction volume of more than 10 billion yuan, and increase social R&D investment. More than 10%. Implement the basic research action plan, set up municipal basic research projects, and break through a number of "stuck" technologies.

unblocks all-round talent introduction channels.Deepen the reform of the science and technology system, implement innovative talent policies, introduce academicians, leading scientific and technological talents, and innovative teams to bring fruitful projects to the city through flexible methods, and add more than 5 academician cooperative enterprises and more than 3 international science and technology cooperation bases.

accelerate the construction of a strong city with quality. Carry out special actions to improve quality and lead or participate in the formulation and revision of more than 10 international, national and industry standards. Implement intellectual property creation and enhancement projects to encourage high-quality creation with high-quality protection.

Deepen reform and opening up and create a first-class development environment

Adhere to using reform to solve problems and increase momentum. Handan uses openness to pool resources and add vitality, constantly gathering new potential for high-quality development.

Deepen reforms in key areas. We will comprehensively undertake and complete the key reform tasks of superiors with high quality, launch a number of independent reform items, and explore the implementation of reform pilot projects such as household metering of central heating and elderly care and childcare services. Complete the three-year action tasks of state-owned enterprise reform, clear out historical issues, do a good job in the follow-up work of centralized and unified supervision of municipal-level operating state-owned assets, and make state-owned capital and state-owned enterprises stronger, better, and larger. Continue to deepen the reform of " decentralization, decentralization and service of ", implement service models such as "sunshine approval" and " after is missing", vigorously implement the improvement project of nearby, online and self-service government services, and realize online processing of construction project approvals. Create 200 village-level comprehensive service station integration and co-construction demonstration sites. Implement the "Butterfly Plan" for listing, strive for the listing of three companies including Henggong Machinery in Cheng'an County, and provide guidance and registration for three companies including Feixiang District Piruite Gas.

further expands opening up to the outside world. Support the development and growth of the Wu'an B-type bonded logistics center, Jize Customs Special Supervision Zone, Yongnian Fasteners National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Base, and Handan International Dry Port. Improve the energy level and scale of 9 national and provincial foreign trade transformation demonstration bases, including Wu'an Fine Steel and Quzhou Bicycles (baby bicycles). Strive to create a national-level cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, build a Handan import and export product display and exhibition center, continue to operate the "China-Europe freight train", add 100 new export-performing enterprises, and build a new pattern of foreign trade development. We will coordinate the expansion, integration and upgrading of development zones, support the establishment of a national economic and technological development zone in Wu'an Industrial Park, and strive to achieve operating income of over 200 billion yuan. Promote the establishment of provincial-level high-tech industrial development zones in Congtai Industrial New City and achieve full county-level coverage of provincial-level development zones. The operating income of the city's development zones increased by 10%.

will make greater efforts to optimize the business environment. Implement projects to improve the market, government affairs, rule of law, finance, and credit environment, formulate policies around the needs of market entities, implement tax reduction and fee reduction policies to the letter, and continue to reduce corporate electricity, water, logistics and other costs. Regularly carry out bank-enterprise docking to promote the increase, expansion and price reduction of financing for small, medium and micro enterprises, and strive to exceed 100 billion yuan in new loans throughout the year. Establish a business environment complaint reporting and regular monitoring service mechanism, and severely crack down on arbitrary fees, fines, and assessments. Strengthen the construction of social credit and corporate integrity systems, and actively create a national credit model city. Efforts should be made to build a pro-Qing government-business relationship, improve the package assistance mechanism, make good use of the "Government-Enterprise Talks" and "Government-Enterprise Meeting Room" platforms, listen more to entrepreneurs' opinions, understand more about the difficulties of entrepreneurs, help entrepreneurs solve their difficulties, and let enterprises The family can operate with ease, develop with peace of mind, and concentrate on starting a business.

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