An exclusive investigation: a three-year debate on the suspense of Zheng-Bian integration
Core Tip: On February 20th, 20065438+0/kloc-0, a post named "Will Kaifeng be annexed by Zhengzhou" on Kaifeng Song Network Forum attracted enthusiastic attention from netizens. In the following three years, at Dahe Forum and Wang Song Forum of Henan Newspaper Network, "How should Zheng Bian * * * win?" Dozens of posts on related topics quickly became hot topics for discussion, and experts and citizens also put forward five reasons why Zhengzhou-Bian integration should be carried out.
On April 16 this year, in Henan Daily, an article "Thoughts on the Rise of the Central Plains" published by the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration Research Group clearly stated for the first time that the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian should be taken as a breakthrough to gradually promote the urban integration construction of the Central Plains urban agglomeration. In fact, as early as March 9 last year and July 27 this year, Kaifeng Daily reported this intention twice. Sun Quandang, secretary of Kaifeng Municipal Party Committee, proposed that Kaifeng should focus on the development to the west and gradually echo Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, to form a "conjoined city". On February 7th, 65438, the reporter of Zhengzhou Evening News learned that the idea of "Zhengzhou-Bian integration" had been taken seriously, and the provincial development and reform commission indicated that it would be considered in the 11th Five-Year Plan.
Folk Topics: From "Merger" to "Integration"
Although in the academic field, as early as 10 years ago, some experts put forward the viewpoint of "Zheng-Bian integrated development", but there were not many people concerned at that time, and what aroused people's strong concern was the online discussion. At this time, the theory of experts and scholars has also moved from their idea of "Zheng-Bian integrated development" to in-depth discussion, and put forward some practical ideas.
"Will Kaifeng be annexed by Zhengzhou" caused an online earthquake.
"I heard that Zhengzhou is planning Zhengdong New District, and the easternmost part reaches Putian Town. We will continue to develop Kaifeng West District. It can be expected that in the near future, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng will be adjacent, and Kaifeng may become a satellite city of Zhengzhou. "
200 1 12 On February 20th, a netizen named "Ye Xiaofeng" posted a post entitled "Will Kaifeng be annexed by Zhengzhou", which opened the prelude to public discussion on whether Kaifeng should strengthen cooperation with Zhengzhou. After the post was issued, it immediately attracted the enthusiastic attention of netizens. In more than two years, tens of thousands of people participated in the discussion of related topics. While netizens argued fiercely whether Zhengzhou should annex Kaifeng, some netizens jumped out of these arguments and expressed their views: "Although Zhengzhou and Kaifeng are completely different in culture, they can complement each other in economy." A netizen named pass also expounded the view that Zheng, Bian and Luo should cooperate with each other and complement each other.
In Dahe Forum of Henan Newspaper Network, the netizen "The Rise of the Central Plains" believes that Zhengzhou-Bian integration mainly refers to the actions of strengthening local cooperation such as economic ties, traffic interaction, efficient personnel flow and enhancing complementarity, and integration cannot be misunderstood.
Zheng Bian Integration 10 years ago was concerned by experts.
Professor Geng Mingzhai is the dean of the School of Economics of Henan University and the head of the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration Research Group. In an interview with Zhengzhou Evening News, Professor Geng said: "The Central Plains Urban Agglomeration Research Group published the article" Thoughts on the Rise of the Central Plains "in Henan Daily on April 16 this year, and proposed to take Zhengzhou-Bian integration as a breakthrough to gradually promote the urban integration construction of the Central Plains urban agglomerations. This is the first time it appears in the text. If you want to trace the source, it should be around 1995. When the Kaifeng Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government held a symposium on the construction of Heda University, I proposed at the meeting that the development of Kaifeng should not be separated from Zhengzhou, and we should try our best to rely on Zhengzhou's advantages to develop Kaifeng. 1997, Li Zhengxin, director of the Development Research Department of Henan Province, and I raised this point again when discussing the planning of Kaifeng. " According to Professor Geng Mingzhai, in March this year, when he spoke at the two sessions in Kaifeng, he once again put forward the proposal of relying on Zhengzhou to develop Kaifeng, which was endorsed by the representatives of the two sessions. Shortly thereafter, he raised the issue of Zheng-Bian integration at a symposium held by relevant provincial departments, which was recognized by the participants.
Xu Tiegun, deputy director of Kaifeng Civil Air Defense Office, and Song Xiexin, researcher of Kaifeng Construction Committee, also conducted in-depth research on "Zheng-Bian integration". They wrote an article "Concerned about the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration", suggesting that Zhengzhou-Bianzhi "combined city" should be built through long-term investigation. Two months ago, when the Provincial Development and Reform Commission asked for instructions on the Eleventh Five-Year Plan of Henan Province, Xu Tiegun, deputy director, also wrote a "Several Suggestions on the Integration of Zhengzhou and Bian". On February 7, 65438, Xu Tiegun received a reply from the provincial development and reform commission, saying that he would consider and study his suggestion.
Advantages: Zheng Bianxian's five reasons.
"To realize the urban integration of the Central Plains urban agglomeration, it should be easy first and then difficult. The integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng is easier to achieve and should be achieved first. " Professor Yan Mingzhai said. For half a month, the reporter interviewed many experts, scholars and citizens in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. They put forward five reasons for taking the lead in realizing the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian in the Central Plains urban agglomeration.
One of the reasons: historical origins are constantly being deleted.
"Zheng He bian city, two cities, one is the long-term provincial capital of Henan, and the other is the rapidly rising capital metropolis. As the political center of our province since the founding of New China, they are destined to have too many similarities in cultural background. " On February 6, 65438, Xu Tiegun, deputy director of Kaifeng Civil Defense Office, told Zhengzhou Evening News, "Zhengzhou was once the political, economic and cultural center of Xia and Shang Dynasties, and Kaifeng was not only seven dynasties, but also the political, economic and cultural center of Henan from the Tang Dynasty to the early days of the founding of New China. They all have a deep cultural heritage, which also helps them to have more tacit understanding in the process of integration. "
The second reason: the distance between the two cities is only 30 kilometers.
Because of work, journalists often travel between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, from Zhengzhou Railway Station to Kaifeng Railway Station. If you choose express or express train, it only takes half an hour. If you choose to take the bus, it will take no more than one hour by car via Zhengzhou-Bian Expressway.
On February 7, 65438, Professor Geng Mingzhai said in an interview with Zhengzhou Evening News that with the rapid development of the city in the future, after the completion of Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou will expand eastward by 10 ~ 15 kilometers, and according to Kaifeng's plan, it will expand westward by at least 5 kilometers by 20 10. If these development and evolution factors are taken into account, the distance between the two cities in the future is only over 30 kilometers. He also said that at present, zhongmou county, which lies between Zheng and Bian, is developing at an unprecedented speed, which makes Zheng and Bian even more unconnected.
The third reason: Zhengbian City is developing in the opposite direction.
In the sixth issue of Henan Economic Reference, there is a passage in an article entitled "Suggestions on Building a" United City "in Zhengzhou: At present, the main direction of Zhengzhou's expansion is eastward, and the Kaifeng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have determined the strategy of focusing on the development of the western district in urban construction. Speaking of this content, Song Xiexin, one of the authors of this article and a researcher of Kaifeng Construction Management Committee, said that Zhengzhou's eastward development and Kaifeng's westward strategy will inevitably bring the two cities closer and closer in space.
The fourth reason: leisure Kaifeng has obvious advantages.
Many Zhengzhou citizens have this experience. They drove to Kaifeng Gulou night market with their family or friends, ate snacks, and then returned to Zhengzhou in the dead of night. Kaifeng has a unique advantage in life and leisure because of its profound cultural heritage and heavy historical accumulation, among which Gulou night market has become the most influential food brand in the Central Plains. As Professor Geng Mingzhai said, to some extent, Kaifeng has become the "back garden" for Zhengzhou people's leisure and entertainment. "The price of commercial housing in Kaifeng is much cheaper than that in Zhengzhou, which is also 1 square meter. In Kaifeng, it only costs about 1000 yuan, while in Zhengzhou, you have to spend 2,000 yuan or more. " Professor Geng Mingzhai said that many Zhengzhou citizens around him bought houses in Kaifeng. I usually work in Zhengzhou and go back to Kaifeng with my family on weekends.
The fifth reason: even if it is mutually beneficial, it is mutually beneficial.
Professor Geng Mingzhai said: "The first prerequisite for the development of a city now should be the development of others. You can only develop when others develop and everyone's purchasing power goes up. So now it can be said that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng are mutually beneficial, and the points are mutually contained. " Researcher Gu, director of the Institute of Economics of Henan Academy of Social Sciences, told Zhengzhou Evening News that there is still a big gap between Zhengzhou and other regional central cities in China in terms of population size and economic aggregate. Developing regional economy is the general trend. Across the country, many places are planning and implementing the economic circle strategy. If Zhengzhou does not strengthen cooperation with neighboring cities including Kaifeng, the gap between Zhengzhou and neighboring cities and other regions will become wider and wider, and Zhengzhou's radiation capacity as a regional central city will gradually weaken.
An exclusive investigation: the folk conception of the suspense of Zheng-Bian integration
Core Tip: Experts believe that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng have more objective conditions for integration than other cities in the Central Plains urban agglomeration. In other words, the possibility and feasibility of Zheng-Bian integration is greater. Although the realization of Zheng-Bian integration can only be expected at present, it is conceivable that in the post-integration era, if you want to take three or five friends to visit the night market in Gulou and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Long Ting, it will be as convenient as the same city, and the obstacles of people flow, logistics, capital flow and information flow between Zheng-Bian will be eliminated one by one. Assuming it is feasible, where should the first step of "Zheng-Bian integration" go? How to achieve integration? What kind of goal will be achieved in the end? Let's listen to the voice of the people.
Imagine canceling the "toll"
Professor Geng Mingzhai, Dean of the School of Economics of Henan University, said in an interview with Zhengzhou Evening News that Kaifeng has the advantages of leisure and entertainment, such as Gulou Night Market, Long Ting, Qingming Shanghe Garden and so on. And the low real estate price is very attractive, but the expensive toll restricts the unique advantages of Kaifeng.
Geng Mingzhai calculated an account for the reporter: driving a private car and running a round trip between Zhengzhou and Yanbian, the cost of gasoline is around 20 yuan, while the toll of expressway is as high as 50 yuan. Even if you take Zhengzhou-Bian Highway, the two toll stations will come to 40 yuan once, which makes many Zhengzhou citizens who are interested in Kaifeng flinch. He suggested that expressway and National Highway charges between the two cities should be cancelled as soon as possible to reduce the cost of people flow and logistics between the two cities. Geng Mingzhai said: "Many of my friends also work in Zhengzhou. They also said that if the toll from Zhengzhou to Bianzhi is cancelled, more people will be willing to live in Kaifeng for leisure. " "To realize the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian, it is necessary to establish a fast and convenient transportation system between Zhengzhou and Bian to promote the rapid interaction of urban elements between the two cities." Xu Tiegun, deputy director of Kaifeng Civil Air Defense Office, said: "The important role of transportation in the flow of people and logistics between convenient areas is self-evident. Although Zhengzhou and Bian Shi have good accessibility on railways and highways, they are still obviously not enough to meet the requirements of integration. "
Gu, a researcher at Henan Academy of Social Sciences, said that it is very feasible to realize the integration of Zhengzhou-Bian transportation. At present, Jinshui Road, Nongye Road, huanghe road and other main roads in Zhengzhou have extended eastward, while the road west of Kaifeng has also extended westward, with a docking distance of only over 30 kilometers. It shouldn't be difficult to repair these roads.
Suppose there is a bus connection between Zhengzhou and Yanbian.
Xu Tiegan suggested: "We should immediately start to open buses between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and take certain measures to reduce the cost of personnel exchanges between the two cities;" The light rail connecting the two cities and expressway from Kaifeng to Xinzheng Airport should also be given priority; If it is difficult to cancel the expressway toll station between cities at present, at least the charges for bus traffic should be cancelled; One or two high-grade highways will be built between Zhengzhou-Bian Highway and Lianhuo-expressway to form a multi-level, broadband, fast and convenient transportation system between Zhengzhou and Bian. Kaifeng should also plan a light rail to connect with Zhengzhou's planned light rail. "
Lu Haiyang, a citizen of Zhengzhou, believes that the integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng will definitely benefit Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, especially the citizens of the two cities will get greater convenience in their lives. He suggested that when opening public transportation, we should learn from the practices of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration. "I went to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou for a business trip a while ago and found that the bus IC cards in these three cities are universal. The practice of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan is to set up a bus joint-stock company in the bus and transportation departments of the three cities, open two or three bus lines from each of the three cities to another city, and establish a bus hub station among the three cities to disperse the people in each city. "
Imagine building another yellow river bridge in mie muk.
Xu Tiegun also suggested building another Yellow River Bridge between Zhongmou and Kaifeng. He said that after the completion of the bridge, it will play a powerful role in the construction of Zhengzhou-Bian urban belt, promote Kaifeng economy, promote the economy along provincial roads 2 19 and 327, and especially promote the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian. After Zhongmou's economy developed, it played the role of "bridgehead" between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and the integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng was more operable.
Imagine that telephone and postal services will be in the same city.
"Now is the information society. Reducing the cost of information exchange will also greatly promote the economic integration of the two cities and promote their economic development. " Yan Mingzhai said. With regard to telephone and postal services in the same city, Xu Tiegun has the same idea. Kaifeng and Zhengzhou can use area codes. If you can apply for 028 together, the telephone between the two cities can be charged according to the local call. In terms of postal services, postage should also be charged in the same city, and the mailing time from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng should be shortened to the same city. Xu Tiegun believes that if telephone and postal services are integrated in the same city, the benefits of telecommunications and postal enterprises will not decline. "I have many relatives and friends in Zhengzhou. Because the call is charged by long distance, sometimes I don't call if I can. If Kaifeng and Zhengzhou realize the same city call, the phone bill will be increased invisibly, and the phone bill will be spent. More. "
Imagine five deposits and withdrawals "same city treatment"
Li Chunxiao, a citizen of Kaifeng, said that the cancellation of handling fees for deposits and withdrawals in different places should be an important part of the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian. A convenient, fast, safe, efficient and low-consumption financial network can greatly shorten the spatial distance between enterprises and residents in the two cities.
A citizen surnamed Zhengzhou who works in Bank of Communications also agrees with the idea of "one city bank". He believes that Zhengzhou-Bian financial integration in the future should include at least three aspects. First, establish an integrated deposit and withdrawal system between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, realize the deposit and withdrawal of residents in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, build an electronic exchange system covering enterprises and institutions in the two cities, improve bank account management, and establish a bank account management information network. Secondly, establish an integrated payment and fund settlement system. In addition, an integrated loan certificate management system should be established to realize cross-regional lending and loan information resource sharing of financial institutions, realize the universality of Zhengzhou Kaifeng loan certificate, and finally realize ATM withdrawal in different places. Cardholders can deposit and withdraw money and inquire at ATMs of any bank within the scope of the two cities, and the transfer of funds between the two cities will be changed from different places to the same city.
Imagine Kaifeng becoming the back garden of Zhengzhou.
Song Juexin, a researcher of Kaifeng Construction Management Committee, believes that in terms of the functional distinction between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, Kaifeng should be built into the "back garden" of Zhengzhou, strengthen the function of serving Zhengzhou, focus on leisure tourism, cultural education, medical care and holding large-scale conferences and exhibitions, and focus on building large halls, scientific research institutes and medical institutions to create the best living environment.
In the near future, large-scale conferences and exhibitions held in Zhengzhou can be hosted by Kaifeng, or large-scale conferences held in Zhengzhou can start from Kaifeng and gradually improve their functions. Liu Yong, an associate researcher at the Henan Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng have higher labor and land costs than other cities in the Central Plains urban agglomeration, so they have no comparative advantage in the production of general agricultural products, such as ordinary vegetables and some aquaculture and animal husbandry. As the leader of the Central Plains urban agglomeration, Zhengzhou should disperse the production of these agricultural products to surrounding cities such as Kaifeng, and Zhengzhou should focus on developing flowers, seedlings and pollution-free vegetables with high technical content and high added value in agriculture.
Imagine Kaifeng becoming the industrial base of Zhengzhou.
A netizen named "Kaifeng East" boldly put forward the view that "Kaifeng can be built into an industrial base in Zhengzhou".
He analyzed that recently, the provincial government put forward a plan to build the "Zhengzhou-Bian Industrial Corridor", and Kaifeng City also put forward a strategy for industrial rejuvenation. With Zhengzhou becoming a national regional central city, more and more manufacturing bases will appear around it, and some large-scale projects will begin to settle in Kaifeng. He also believes that in terms of transportation, Kaifeng also has the conditions to be an industrial base. Expressway of Lianhuo, Arongqi to Shenshen and Rizhao to Nanyang are less than half an hour's drive from Kaifeng, and expressway from Kaifeng West District to Xinzheng Airport has also been put on the agenda, which provides great convenience for industrial development.
Exclusive investigation: the threshold perspective of Zheng Bian's integration suspense
Core Tip: According to experts and some citizens, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou have many convenient conditions and advantages compared with other cities and Zhengzhou if they are integrated into the Central Plains urban agglomeration. However, many experts and citizens have also raised some practical difficulties in realizing the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian. Song Xiexin, a researcher of Kaifeng Construction Management Committee, said: "To realize the integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, there are still several thresholds to be crossed."
Threshold-Zhengzhou radiation needs to be strengthened
In September, 2004, in the list of Chinese mainland's best commercial cities published by Forbes magazine, Zhengzhou's market size index and market potential index ranked 105 and 82nd respectively, which was far from Wuhan and Jinan. Experts pointed out that the lower the market size index and market potential index of a city, the more limited its radiation power, while Zhengzhou ranks lower in these two aspects and cannot form a strong radiation effect on neighboring cities. Song Xiexin, a researcher of Kaifeng Construction Management Committee, also believes that Zhengzhou is really close to Kaifeng from a distance, but at present Zhengzhou mainly focuses on cohesion and attracting investment, and has not yet formed a strong radiation force to surrounding areas.
Many netizens in Kaifeng also put forward different opinions on the short-term implementation of "Zheng-Bian integration". They believe that Zhengzhou-Bian cooperation is definitely a general trend, but at present Zhengzhou is still in the stage of capital accumulation, unlike Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities with very strong economic strength, and unlike Shanghai and other big cities where investment has reached saturation, investment projects need to be dispersed to surrounding areas. Besides, at present, if Zhengzhou-Bian integration is implemented, it needs to invest a lot of money to build infrastructure such as transportation, and now Zhengzhou does not have enough money. For the connection between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, Kaifeng city also needs to invest a lot of money in infrastructure construction, and Kaifeng city does not have that much money at present. Therefore, the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian is a long-term process. A Kaifeng citizen once said with emotion: "Although Zhengzhou-Bian integration is something to come, such plans and ideas are already very encouraging, even if we wait 10 or 20 years, it is also very exciting."
Wei Jianling, who is doing business in Zhengzhou East Building Materials, said that if Zhengzhou and Kaifeng are integrated, the logistics between the two cities will save many obstacles, and the business of Zhengzhou East Building Materials will be more prosperous. However, he hoped that the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian was the natural result of economic development, and the government should not interfere too much. If the government violates economic laws and forcibly promotes integration under the signboard of the so-called urban agglomeration, it may not be a good thing for Henan, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.
Threshold two Kaifeng ancient city complex must be broken
Kaifeng is a city with profound historical and cultural background. Kaifeng people have strong feelings for their own city and deep ancient city complex. A few years ago, when we first talked about the cooperation between Zheng and Bian, there were many voices of opposition because of Kaifeng people's ancient city complex. Although after in-depth discussion and rational thinking in recent years, it has been recognized by most people that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng can develop together through the integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, some citizens still think: "If Zhengzhou and Kaifeng cooperate, Kaifeng will become a vassal of Zhengzhou."
A netizen named "Fly" said on the Internet: Since ancient times, Kaifeng has developed independently. If Kaifeng is pushed to the west desperately, it is equivalent to positioning Kaifeng as a satellite city of Zhengzhou. This is by no means sensational. There are five satellite cities about 50 kilometers outside Paris. Zheng Bian is now 60 kilometers apart, and if we push further west, Kaifeng will become a vassal of Zhengzhou politically. Of course, it is hard for me to accept that my hometown, once the most prosperous place in the world, the birthplace of football and the most technologically advanced capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in China's history, will disappear from the map.
Under the guidance of this idea, this netizen advocates that Kaifeng should develop to the southeast. He thinks that there is no central city in the east and south of Kaifeng, Kaifeng and Shangqiu are separated by Quan Min and Lankao, and Kaifeng and Zhoukou are also separated by three counties. Kaifeng has a broad space for development there. Only by advancing to the southeast can it truly become the center of eastern Henan and promote the great development of the eastern Henan plain.
Threshold 3: The positioning of Zhengzhou and Bianzhi needs to be more clear.
Professor Geng Mingzhai from the School of Economics of Henan University believes that Zhengzhou and Kaifeng should have a clear positioning and realize complementary functions as soon as possible. To realize the integrated development of the Central Plains urban agglomeration, the functional orientation of each city should focus not only on its own characteristics and needs, but also on the characteristics and needs of the whole urban agglomeration, so that the leading function of a city in the cluster becomes the most important part of the whole urban agglomeration. For example, the advantages of Zhengzhou's urban functions lie in commerce, information exchange and transportation. It is necessary to enlarge this function to the whole urban agglomeration and make it a commercial transportation platform for the whole urban agglomeration, while weakening Zhengzhou's residential and leisure functions and dispersing it to other surrounding cities. Accordingly, Zhengzhou's urban construction should increase investment in this area; The leading function of Kaifeng city lies in tourism, leisure and residence, and this function should be strengthened and expanded to the whole urban agglomeration to absorb the tourism, leisure and residence needs of cities in the cluster, especially Zhengzhou, which is very close. In this way, the construction of Kaifeng should focus on tourism and leisure infrastructure, urban greening and beautification, service standards of restaurants and hotels and real estate development.
Gu, a researcher at the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, believes that there are still prominent repeated investments and industrial similarities among cities in the Central Plains urban agglomeration. If Zhengzhou and Kaifeng want to achieve integration, they must break the administrative barriers in industrial division of labor and development, let all kinds of production factors flow freely, realize the real optimal allocation of industrial resources by the market, and form an industrial layout with reasonable division of labor and complementary advantages.
Need to establish a coordination mechanism for threshold four
Song Yixin told the reporter of Zhengzhou Evening News that because both Zheng and Bian are provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, they have equal political status and have no direct jurisdiction. Therefore, when formulating urban development strategies, they can only consider the scope allowed by their own administrative power, and can only allocate resources within this scope, but can't take into account the surrounding cities and can't form complementary advantages with them. Sometimes, even considering this level, due to power constraints,
"For example, the planned light rail between Xingyang and Zhongmu, due to the restrictions of the administrative system, Zhengzhou could not include Kaifeng in the strategic planning when formulating this plan." Song Nuoxin said that in fact, the light rail can reach Kaifeng as long as it extends for more than ten kilometers. If this wish can be realized, it will play an inestimable role in strengthening economic and cultural exchanges and personnel flow between the two cities. However, due to the restriction of the administrative system, it is difficult to put this desire into practice, which also hinders the implementation of Zhengzhou-Bian integration to a certain extent, and such problems often appear in other aspects. In this regard, Song Xiexin said that this objectively requires a coordination mechanism of more than two cities, and the provincial government (which can entrust the National Development and Reform Commission) needs to take the lead in setting up a more authoritative coordination agency to undertake the coordination task.
Threshold 5 The concept of "I fall behind when others develop" should be changed.
"In the past, we all thought that the relationship between cities was competitive, and when others developed, they would compete for our resources. Now it seems that this concept has fallen behind. " Professor Geng Mingzhai said, "Under the condition of market economy, the openness between cities is getting higher and higher, and the demand for exchanges and cooperation is getting stronger and stronger. It is impossible for a city to eat all over the world on its own. "
Professor Geng Mingzhai also pointed out that although the development of the situation requires close cooperation between cities, most cities are still in a wait-and-see state and cannot take the initiative to take the pace of exchanges and cooperation and achieve alliances with other cities. In fact, in a highly open region, the development of twin cities will not only restrict its own development, but also promote its own development. It can even be said that the premise of the development of one's own city is the development degree of the surrounding cities. Gu, a researcher at Henan Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with Zhengzhou Evening News that the integration of Zhengzhou and Bian is the general trend of economic development and is beneficial to both cities. It is not that Zhengzhou is strong, and the integration of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng will hold Zhengzhou back.
Threshold six, departmental interests hinder the realization of integration
Geng Mingzhai told reporters that the realization of Zheng Bian integration will involve the distribution of interests between some functional departments and even provincial departments. Therefore, how to balance their interests will also become an unavoidable problem in the process of Zheng-Bian integration.
The dispute of departmental interests has been verified in the integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. At the beginning of the integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, it was proposed to realize the bus interchange among the three cities, but the progress was slow in seven years. Southern Weekend pointed out in an article that the reason for this situation is that buses are public welfare and are managed by the Construction Bureau, while long-distance outside the city is operational and managed by the Transportation Bureau. After the reform, the interests of the transportation bureau will be damaged, and the degree of damage will be different in each city. The reform directly affects the interests of departments and localities, so the big bus system cannot appear for a long time. This paper further points out that the "fragmented" passenger transport system in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan is only one aspect of the interest struggle in the long process of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan integration.
Geng Mingzhai said that in fact, these disputes of interests can also be solved through flexible forms of cooperation. In the process of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan integration, the bus problem is solved through the establishment of joint-stock companies by relevant departments.
(Reporter Zhang Intern Ma Jichao/Wen)
The construction of expressway in Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, opened the curtain of urban integration in the Central Plains.
Xinhuanet Henan Channel 1 1.4 (Reporter Gu) The strategy of "Central Plains Urban Agglomeration" to promote regional coordinated development in Henan Province has entered the implementation stage, and the construction of Zhengzhou-Bian expressway, which is about to start, officially kicked off the curtain of urban integration in the Central Plains.
The Proposal of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development in Henan Province, which was just adopted by the Tenth Plenary Session of the Seventh Henan Provincial Party Committee, clearly puts forward the requirements of accelerating the construction of urban agglomerations in the Central Plains and promoting regional coordinated development, and puts forward specific development goals and measures; The construction of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng-expressway, which has entered the design stage before and has been promoted in a low-key manner, has also surfaced.
According to the person in charge of the relevant departments of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the 39.2-kilometer Zhengzhou-Bian Expressway has a two-way 10 lane, and there is no toll station, from Jinshui East Road in Zhengzhou City to Kaifeng City. According to the current progress, the project is expected to start before the end of this year and strive to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of next year. By then, working in Zhengzhou and relaxing in Kaifeng will become the real life of some people.
Two years ago, Henan Province incorporated the strategic concept of Central Plains urban agglomeration into the outline of Henan Province's plan for building a well-off society in an all-round way. According to the plan, the Central Plains urban agglomeration is centered on Zhengzhou, including Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Xuchang, Pingdingshan, Luohe and Jiyuan. In 2004, the total local economy of nine cities accounted for 56% of the whole province, and in 20 10, the total local economy of this region will exceed 1 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 60% of the total local economy. The construction of Zhengzhou-Bian expressway has opened a breakthrough in the construction of the Central Plains urban agglomeration with Zhengzhou as the center and Zhengzhou-Bian industry as the outline.
The proposal just passed proposes that during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, Henan will strengthen Zhengzhou's position as a central city, build Zhengzhou into a national regional central city, and strive to build the Central Plains urban agglomeration centered on Zhengzhou into an important modern logistics center, regional financial center, advanced manufacturing base and scientific and technological innovation base. Efforts should be made to develop the industrial outline of Zhengzhou-Bian city, accelerate the integration of Zhengzhou-Bian city, and close the economic ties and functional docking between Zhengzhou, Xinxiang and Xuchang. Pingdingshan, Jiaozuo, Luohe and Jiyuan should become bigger and stronger as soon as possible based on their functional orientation and characteristic advantages, and play an important supporting role in the Central Plains urban agglomeration.
The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission said that the practice of developed countries in the world and advanced regions in China has proved that urban agglomeration construction is an effective means to accelerate the development of urbanization. People in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei have become strategic highlands for China to participate in international competition. At present, the Central Plains urban agglomeration has also been listed as a key development area during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period. Through Henan's unremitting efforts, in the near future, the Central Plains urban agglomeration is also expected to become the main platform for Henan's opening to the outside world and introducing the east to the west, an important growth pole for promoting the rise of central China and an open economic zone with strong comprehensive competitiveness in the central and western regions.