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Rise of Central China Plan

Add: This is a national strategy of China.

Err: it's not about Central China, it's specially about the Central China Economic Zone. The provinces included are different. But I have no idea how to solve this problem. There isn't a Wikipedia Page called Central China Economic Zone in English.

Q: Is that OK for me to use more Chinese resources?

Background：

Central China, which refers specifically to the Central China Economic Zone(simplified Chinese: 中国中部经济区) here, is a region bordered by the coast to the east and the interior to the west, and includes six neighboring provinces from north to south: Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan, with government offices in Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Wuhan, Nanchang and Changsha respectively. The Central China Economic Zone covers a total area of approximately 1,026,000 km². On 11 May 2021, the results of China's seventh national census showed that the Central Region accounts for 25.83% of China's total population.

Eastern China was the first to develop with the support of Chinese state policy, forming highly developed urban agglomerations and economic growth poles such as the Yangtze Delta and the Pearl River Delta. Later, the Chinese Communist Party proposed the "Western Development" strategy. Central China's economic development has lagged behind due to its geographical location, its large population and weak foundation, and the fact that the central region has not received national attention for a long time.

In order to solve this problem, in March 2004, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the first clear proposal to promote the rise of the central region.

History of development:

On 5 March 2004, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the first clear proposal to promote the rise of the central region in his government work report, and made further plans in his government work report in March 2005.

On 15 February 2006, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hosted an executive meeting of the State Council to study the issue of promoting the rise of the central region.

On March 27, 2006, Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee held a meeting to study the work of promoting the rise of the central region. Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. The meeting pointed out that promoting the rise of the central region is another major decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council from the overall perspective of China's modernization, following the strategy of encouraging the eastern region to take the lead in development, implementing the western development and revitalizing the old industrial bases such as the northeast region, and is a major task to implement the overall strategy of promoting coordinated regional development.

On April 15, 2006, the "Opinions of the State Council of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Promoting the Rise of the Central Region" (Zhong Fa [2006] No. 10, referred to as Document 10 of the Central Committee) was officially introduced, putting forward the general requirements, basic principles and main tasks for promoting the rise of the central region, and clarifying the positioning of the central region as an important national grain production base, energy and raw material base, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industrial base, and a comprehensive transportation hub, referred to as the "Central Government". The positioning of the central region as an important national grain production base, energy and raw material base, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industry base and comprehensive transportation hub, referred to as the "three bases and a hub".

In October 2006, the first Central China Investment and Trade Fair was held in Changsha. The six central provinces launched a large-scale investment promotion campaign.

In April 2007, with the approval of the Central Editorial Office, the National Office for the Promotion of the Rise of the Central Region was established in the National Development and Reform Commission, which is mainly responsible for the coordination and implementation of work related to the promotion of the rise of the central region.

On January 11, 2008, with the approval of the State Council, the State Letter [2008] No. 2 was issued to promote the rise of the central region inter-ministerial joint meeting system. The joint meeting consists of 18 departments and units from the Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, People's Bank of China, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, General Administration of Customs, State Administration of Taxation, State Administration of Environmental Protection, General Administration of Civil Aviation and Forestry Bureau.

On 23 September 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao hosted an executive meeting of the State Council to discuss and adopt in principle the "To promote the rise of the central area planning".

On 25 July 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to study and deploy further implementation of the strategy to promote the rise of the central region, and the meeting discussed and adopted Several Opinions on Vigorously Implementing the Strategy to Promote the Rise of the Central Region.

On December 7, 2016, Premier Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to consider the adoption of the plan for promoting the rise of the central region.

On 17 December 2016, the State Council approved the 13th Five-Year Plan for Promoting the Rise of the Central Region. According to the spirit of the State Council's approval, the central region will be built into an important national advanced manufacturing centre, a key area for new urbanization, a core area for modern agricultural development, a demonstration area for ecological civilization construction, and an important support area for all-round opening.

On May 21, 2019, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, president of the country and chairman of the Central Military Commission, hosted a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in Nanchang.

April 23, 2021, "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China State Council on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Central Region in the New Era" was presented.

Interpretation of Rise of Central China Plan:

The rise of the central region should include the following meanings: firstly, the development speed of the central region should be higher than the national average development speed; secondly, the living standard of the residents in the central region should be higher than the national average; thirdly, the development gap between the central and eastern regions should be narrowed; fourthly, the degree of building a harmonious society in the central region should be higher than the national average; fifthly, the regional economic integration and integration into economic globalization of the six central provinces Fifth, the speed and degree of regional economic integration and integration into economic globalization in the six central provinces should be higher than the average speed and degree of the other three regions.

The Central Rising Plan was first implemented during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The focus of development during this period was to build on existing foundations, upgrade industries, promote industrialization and urbanization, and rise to prominence by taking advantage of the "east" and "west" and industrial development. Strengthen modern agriculture, especially in the main grain-producing areas, increase investment in agricultural infrastructure, enhance the production capacity of grain and other bulk agricultural products, and promote the transformation and value-added processing of agricultural products. Support the construction of large coal bases in Shanxi, Henan and Anhui, and develop pithead power stations and coal-power joint ventures. Accelerate the restructuring of such advantageous industries as iron and steel, chemicals, non-ferrous metals and building materials, and form bases for high-quality raw materials. Support the development of equipment manufacturing industries such as mining machinery, automobiles, agricultural machinery, rolling stock, power transmission and transformation equipment, and high-tech industries such as software, optoelectronics, new materials and bio-engineering. Build a comprehensive transportation system, focusing on the construction of trunk railways and highways, inland river ports and regional airports. Strengthen the construction of logistics centres and other infrastructure and improve the market system.

Follow-up targets:

By 2025, the comprehensive strength and competitiveness of the region should be further enhanced, and marked progress should be achieved in innovation capacity, with its proportion of research and development input in the regional GDP reaching the national average, says the guideline.

By 2035, the region should put in place a modern economic system, basically accomplish socialist modernization and make substantial headway in common prosperity, according to the document.

Status / Significance:

The rise of the central region is directly linked to China's security strategy, the high, sustained and healthy development of the Chinese economy, the bridging of economic disparities between the east, the centre and the west and the achievement of overall well-off. Without the rise of the centre, China's overall prosperity will be difficult to achieve, and even if it is achieved, it will be flawed.