[Abstract] What are the reasons for the change of the target of Pucheng administrative division adjustment? What changes will it bring to the overall development pattern of Weinan City?
Pucheng county, the most populous county in Shaanxi, is becoming the focus of Shaanxi's attention. The reason is that on July 20th, a news item on the website of Pucheng county government, "My county held a coordination promotion meeting on the work of withdrawing counties and setting up districts", indicated that Pucheng stopped promoting the road of withdrawing counties and setting up cities for five years and officially promoted the work of withdrawing counties and setting up districts.
What is the reason for the change of the adjustment target of Pucheng administrative division from planning "setting up a city" to "setting up a district"? What changes will it bring to the overall development pattern of Weinan City?
Lane change overtaking
In recent years, Pucheng aims to become a county-level city. The work report of Pucheng county government in 20021year also clearly stated: "to realize the goal of withdrawing counties and setting up cities, and to enter the' top ten counties' of county economic development in the province". Pucheng's "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" also takes the withdrawal of counties and the establishment of cities as the expected goal: "By 2025, the comprehensive strength will enter the top ten counties in the province's county economic and social development, and the withdrawal of counties and the establishment of cities will be successful."
Recently, Pucheng County's insistence has changed.
On July 20th, the "Coordination Promotion Meeting for Setting up Districts from Counties" was held in Pucheng County, and the work of "Setting up Districts from Counties" was officially promoted.
The meeting put forward "go all out, unite as one, and speed up the work of withdrawing counties and setting up districts" and demanded that the tasks be implemented item by item. It also announced the implementation plan for canceling the establishment system in Pucheng District of Pucheng County.
Pucheng county, which belongs to Weinan City, is located in the east of central Shaanxi Province and the middle of Weinan City. It is the birthplace of Beijing time. Pucheng is also the largest grain-producing county in Shaanxi Province, with good county economic development, ranking 12 in Shaanxi Province, second only to Linwei District of Weinan City and hancheng city, and ranking third in the city for a long time.
It is worth noting that among the 1 1 counties and cities in Shaanxi before Pucheng, there are four county-level cities, Shenmu, Hancheng, Xingping and Binzhou, and Xunyang, which ranks one behind Pucheng, successfully withdrew from the county to set up a city in February this year.
However, the division adjustment of Pucheng County has not been realized.
According to public information, after Pucheng first put forward the goal of "removing counties to set up cities" in 20 15, "removing counties to set up cities" has been written into the official documents of Pucheng County for years. In 20 16, Pucheng county government's work report put forward "to build a sub-central city in Weibei, and realize the goal of withdrawing counties and setting up cities".
According to the 13th Five-Year Plan of pucheng county, the idea at that time was to "promote Pucheng, Dali and Chengcheng to set up cities by counties and build regional sub-central cities", while Dali and Chengcheng were also actively promoting the synchronization of the three counties, and Weinan also wrote this into the 13th Five-Year Plan.
Five years later, the goals of the three cities have not changed, but on February 18 this year, Pucheng County Civil Affairs Bureau gave a reply to netizens about the situation of "withdrawing counties to set up cities", showing that its work of "withdrawing counties to set up cities" was not smooth sailing. "By the end of 20 16, all the 18 pieces of information about Pucheng County's withdrawal from the county and establishment of the city have been reported to the provincial offices.
However, because the economic indicators and population indicators failed to meet the requirements of the standard of setting up a city by withdrawing counties, the ministries and agencies did not report the information of withdrawing counties from Pucheng County to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The reply also said that "according to the data of 20 18 and 20 19, there is still a big gap between the economic indicators and the population indicators in our county".
Although the permanent population of Pucheng County ranks second in Weinan, there is a great pressure on the loss of permanent population in Pucheng in recent years. According to the results of the seventh national census, the permanent population of Pucheng County is 662,600.
Compared with 743,000 people in the sixth national census in 20 10, it has decreased by more than 80,000 people in ten years, a decrease of 10.82%. This achievement is higher than Weinan city, but Weinan is the city with the largest population loss in northwest China in the past decade.
Economically, the GDP of Pucheng County has just exceeded 20 billion in 2020. Although it is acceptable in Shaanxi county economy, it is still small, especially the industry is not too strong.
It is really difficult for such a small county to be upgraded to a county-level city. Although there is only one word difference between "county" and "city", the gap behind it is not small.
At present, there are seven county-level cities in Shaanxi, including Xingping, Binzhou, Hancheng and Huayin, which have experienced difficult operations behind the gorgeous turn. Pucheng's failure to "set up a city from a county" is largely due to the weak industrial economy in the county and its inability to support the development plan of a county-level city.
Compared with "setting up a city from a county", "setting up a city from a county" is relatively easier to realize, and Fengxiang has always been a precedent for the transformation of administrative division adjustment objectives, and has experienced the transformation from "setting up a city from a county" to "setting up a district from a county". Judging from the reality, "withdrawing counties and setting up districts" is actually the best choice for Pucheng at present.
Why does Pucheng seek "area"
In fact, Pucheng's implementation of "withdrawing counties to set up cities" at that time was not "wishful thinking".
The Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration Development Plan released in early 20 18 clearly stated that it is necessary to cultivate and develop small and medium-sized cities, and "promote the orderly establishment of cities in qualified counties such as Binxian, Pucheng, Sanyuan, Huating, Qin 'an and Gangu, and increase the number of cities".
Although Pucheng's population and economy are insufficient compared with the "standard of withdrawing counties and setting up cities", Pucheng still has reason to stick to Weinan.
After all, Pucheng is the second largest county in Weinan, with Chengcheng County and Dali County in the east, Linwei District in the south and Fuping County in the west. It has certain geographical advantages and profound cultural accumulation.
In its tertiary industry structure, agriculture accounts for about 20%. In the process of "secondary production", a modern agricultural park has been built, which has promoted the pillar industries of fruit and livestock facilities and cultivated characteristic industries such as honeysuckle, dairy goats and edible fungi. The brand awareness of "Pucheng Crispy Pear" and "Pucheng West Melon" has been greatly improved, and the comprehensive agricultural strength has been stable in the top three in Shaanxi Province, and it has been rated as "a strong modern agricultural county" in Shaanxi Province.
Compared with agriculture, the data of industrial development is not weak. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Pucheng County increased by 69% compared with the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, forming five industrial systems: energy and chemical industry, new materials, biotechnology, equipment manufacturing and food processing. Moreover, Pucheng's cultural tourism industry has developed well, and Pucheng's economic development has steadily improved in recent years.
However, the current problem in Pucheng is that although it has developed rapidly in the county industrial track, the industrial structure needs to be optimized; The degree of industrial agglomeration is not high, there is a lack of large projects, and the pressure of transformation is great.
At present, China's economic development is being driven by innovation, and the competitiveness of traditional industries is declining. Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of Pucheng resource-based industries will be further amplified, and the task of accelerating the conversion of old and new kinetic energy is very arduous. At the same time, the development of resource-based industries such as mineral development, energy and chemical industry will be severely challenged.
Therefore, Pucheng has always hoped to step on the node of urbanization process and put itself in a more favorable background or "window". Weinan Sub-center and Weibei Central City are its targets.
In the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration Development Plan, Weinan is positioned as an important node city and regional transportation hub.
In recent years, Weinan has been continuously integrated into the development of security, and the integration of west and Wei has been heating up. On 20 18, Weinan handed over Fuping plate of Yanfu Industrial Cooperation Park to Xi 'an for management.
Last year, Xi and Weinan signed the Cooperation Framework Agreement on Key Projects of West-Wei Integration to jointly promote the construction of eight key projects, including "rail transit, Fuyu industrial cooperation park, highway planning and construction, special railway line and logistics base, urban water supply and aviation industry development"; At the beginning of June this year, the opening of Xiqiao East District made "Xiqiao integration" a hot topic.
At the same time, Xi 'an Andu urban area is stepping up its construction. Shaanxi's "14th Five-Year Plan" puts forward: "Support Weinan to deepen the integration development with xi's security orientation, strengthen industrial cooperation, promote industrial diversification, and build a new modern industrial system".
Xi 'an is building a strong city of advanced manufacturing industry, and the important breakthrough direction is Weibei, which brings a historic opportunity for Weinan, which fully implements the "industrial multiplication" plan, to undertake Xi 'an industrial spillover.
Pucheng will naturally not miss this development opportunity. Relying on new materials and other advantageous industries, it has entered the ranks of the top counties in the province's county economic development 10.
Pucheng has also been positioned as "Weinan Sub-center and Weibei Central City" from the beginning, hoping to build Weibei Medical Center, Weibei Education Center, Weibei Business Center, Weibei Cultural Center, Weibei Tourism Center and Weibei Pension Center, and accelerate the process of integration into the Great Xi 'an Metropolitan Area.
At present, from the basic conditions, Pucheng County has been integrated into Xi 'an 1 hour economic circle.
In particular, the construction of Xi 'an metropolitan area has been named by the state, and it is only a matter of time before it is officially approved. In this case, Pucheng strategically changed its thinking and implemented "removing counties and setting up districts". Under the background of the development of an metropolitan area, Pucheng will take the initiative to undertake the industrial gradient transfer in the developed areas of eastern and central China and the industrial transfer in an economic circle, establish the Yellow River Golden Triangle to undertake the industrial transfer demonstration zone, and adjust and optimize the industrial layout.
From the perspective of national top-level design, "reasonably determining the city size, population density and spatial structure, and promoting the coordinated development of large, medium and small cities and small towns" has always been the goal of new urbanization, aiming at enhancing the self-strength of small and medium-sized cities and moving closer to the metropolitan area. Pucheng's brand-new goal of "setting up districts from counties" may not be as difficult as "setting up cities from counties".
Will change the spatial pattern of Weinan's development
According to Pucheng's "coordination promotion meeting for setting up districts from counties", Pucheng's "setting up districts from counties" has great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance, and has basically met the conditions for "setting up districts from counties".
Pucheng county listed four sincere reasons:
First, Pucheng can be integrated into Weinan urban space, expand the framework of Weinan main urban area, and form the complementary development of Lin Wei, Huazhou and Pucheng, which will help Pucheng to alleviate the contradiction between land supply and demand and accelerate urbanization in an all-round way.
Second, it is conducive to the overall utilization, rational planning and accelerated agglomeration of Weinan's industries, further accelerating the rapid development of emerging industries, civil aviation, cultural tourism and other industries, promoting the coordinated development of Weinan High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Pucheng High-tech Zone Park, and further enhancing the vitality of Pucheng's economic and social development.
Third, it is conducive to the overall improvement of urban high-quality public service resources and the coordinated development of basic public services such as basic education, municipal facilities, medical and health care, public transportation, social security and social welfare.
Fourth, it is conducive to winning more preferential policies and project support from higher authorities, better coordinating the implementation of ecological construction and environmental protection, better solving the problems of comprehensive management of Luohe River Basin, ecological restoration of quarrying area at the southern foot of Qiao Shan and management of coal mining subsidence area in the north, and continuously improving the environmental carrying capacity of the main functional areas.
That is to say, under the trend of cross-regional integration of Xi 'an and Weinan, Weinan is actively participating in the functional layout of Xi 'an metropolitan area, and Pucheng's withdrawal of counties and districts can better integrate into Weinan and then better integrate into Xi 'an metropolitan area. On the other hand, it can also optimize its own economic structure and obtain more resources.
In fact, Pucheng turned one of the goals of planning high-quality development to municipal districts, which also helped Weinan to carry the urban development strategy in recent years.
In the construction of "3+5+3" modern industrial system in Weinan, Pucheng and Jingkun Expressway are connected with Yanfu Cooperation Zone, which has strong advantages, and Pucheng will become an important node connecting Lianhuo Expressway.
In particular, the food industry, new materials, fine chemicals, energy and other industrial projects along the development axis of Beijing-Kunming Expressway will play a pillar role in Weinan's industry and have the unique advantage of building a strong chain along the line, which may change the situation that the emerging industries in Weinan are small in scale and weak in driving, and highlight the three-pole support of Weinan Central City, Yanfu Industrial Cooperation Zone and hancheng city.
After all, Weinan City is located in the southwest corner of Weinan City, less than 60 kilometers away from Xi 'an, while other counties and cities are too far away from Weinan City and deviate from the geometric center of the city. This administrative division leads to the weak radiation and agglomeration ability of Weinan to subordinate counties, making Weinan the city with the largest outflow population in northwest China in 10 years.
However, if Pucheng District is established, the urban development space of Weinan will change, at least the urban development space will be greatly expanded. In particular, the urban skeleton moving towards Weibei will help Weinan to enhance its radiation-driven ability, play its role as a central city, and form a complementary development pattern of Lin Wei, Huazhou and Pucheng.
It can improve its urban energy level and enhance Weinan's weight in Zheng Luowei Xi Cooperation Zone. In addition, Pucheng has obtained more indicators of industrial land and urban construction land, and at the same time, it has made more room for the industrialization and urbanization development of Weinan, and the industry and resources can be better integrated.
Under the general trend of the integration of the Western Wei Dynasty, the most obvious advantage of Pucheng's "removing counties and setting up districts" is that the original urban infrastructure will be incorporated into the overall urban planning of Weinan, which can realize the transformation from agriculture-led to industry-led.
In particular, it is worth discussing that under the situation that the population density of big cities is gradually saturated, the surrounding counties, as the main positions for the second venture, are undoubtedly an attempt to upgrade the industrial economy.