In the automobile factory, mechanical arms are moving fast, and Chongqing's "smart manufacturing" new energy vehicles with a strong sense of technology are coming out of the automated production workshop one after another; at the port terminal, the whistle is blaring, and colorful containers loaded with goods are traveling from the mountain city to all parts of the world; in the streets and alleys, smart communities, parks, and hospitals are rising from the ground, and convenient services allow the people of Bayu to enjoy a comfortable life...

In March 2018, when General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the deliberation of the Chongqing delegation of the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress, he hoped that the cadres and people of Chongqing would "work hard to promote high-quality development and create a high-quality life."

In order to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Chongqing has strengthened the work orientation of steady progress and efficiency improvement, focused on serving the construction of a new development pattern, and has made solid and powerful progress in high-quality development, and the picture of high-quality life has become clearer. In the first three quarters of this year, Chongqing achieved a regional GDP of 2,224.388 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%.

Focus on activating the innovation engine and accelerating the rise of industrial capacity

As a traditional manufacturing center, Chongqing has a complete range of manufacturing industries and a good industrial foundation.

How to enhance the advantages? Chongqing¡¯s answer is: conquer new technologies, seize new tracks, and cultivate new momentum.

Walking into Chongqing Liyituo Software Co., Ltd., a car collision simulation experiment is being presented on the computer screen: as the parameters increase, the car suspension begins to bend and deform, and finally breaks.

"Through the technical research on computer-aided engineering software, we have tackled the industry's "hard bones" and achieved full digitalization of the testing process." Li Bo, the company's founder, explained while operating, "With the help of virtual simulation technology, we can accurately understand the fatigue and durability performance of the car and diagnose difficult-to-detect design defects."

As an important automobile industry base in China, Chongqing, which has 21 vehicle manufacturers and more than 1,000 large-scale enterprises, actively targets new development opportunities for intelligent networked new energy vehicles, comprehensively sorts out the pain points and difficulties of upstream and downstream products and enterprises in the industrial chain, and promotes the innovative development, transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry towards intelligence, high-end and green.

"New technologies foster new momentum. In the first half of this year, Chongqing's automobile industry maintained a good development trend, contributing 21.4% to the city's industrial growth. Among them, the output value of new energy vehicles increased by 33.8% year-on-year, contributing as much as 85% to the growth of the city's automobile industry." said Tu Xingyong, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission.

Walking into Chongqing Yuhai Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Bishan District, deputy general manager He Bo said that through the intelligent transformation of the production line, more than 400 robots and automation equipment were introduced, "the automation rate of injection molding machines has jumped from 5% to more than 50%, and the yield rate has increased to more than 99%."

In Jiulongpo District, in the casting plant of Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. of China Aluminum Corporation, large-scale ingots are freshly "baked"... From relying entirely on imports at the beginning to jointly forming a research team with universities and research institutes, after hundreds of experiments, Southwest Aluminum has successively broken through a series of key technical difficulties such as large-scale ingot preparation. So far, it has provided 30 specifications and more than 1,000 pieces of aluminum alloy materials for the C919 domestic large passenger aircraft.

The biopharmaceutical industry cluster is one of the emerging characteristic industry clusters that Chongqing is vigorously developing. Banan District is home to an international biocity with a planned area of 64 square kilometers. "The park has currently gathered hundreds of projects with an agreed output value of over 100 billion yuan. In the past five years, industrial investment has grown by more than 30% annually, forming a pattern of development in all fields with biopharmaceuticals as the core, chemical drugs, modern Chinese medicine, and medical devices." Li Rui, Party Secretary and Chairman of Chongqing International Biocity Development Investment Co., Ltd., introduced.

From research and development to production, Chongqing companies have vigorously activated the innovation engine and digitally empowered the industry to upgrade. In June this year, Chongqing held a conference to promote high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, proposing to focus on building a modern manufacturing cluster system, iteratively upgrading the manufacturing industry structure, and accelerating the construction of an important national advanced manufacturing center.

Promote a higher level of opening up to the outside world and serve the construction of a new development pattern

Chongqing manufacturing has been upgraded to "Chongqing smart manufacturing". How can it go global next?

To the east, take advantage of the Yangtze River Golden Waterway to go out to the sea; to the west, go directly to Europe through the China-Europe Express; to the south, the Western Land-Sea Corridor reaches Southeast Asia; to the north, the "Chongqing-Manchuria-Russia" train goes directly to Russia. Starting from "one line" to "one network", the channel with smooth internal and external connections supports Chongqing to build an all-round opening-up pattern.

At the Guoyuan Port Terminal, ships and trains are frequently coming and going, and large yard cranes are like giant hands, carrying boxes of freight "building blocks". "Goods are transported through the Western Land-Sea Corridor, which is time-saving, price-favorable, and can also provide a package of logistics services, technical guarantees, and after-sales services..." At the beginning of this year, Zheng Yijun, chairman of Zhaotai Trading (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., flew to Malaysia to open up the market. The convenient logistics channel conditions allowed both parties to sign the order immediately...

The channel is widening, and trade is more prosperous. In 2022, Guoyuan Port will complete a cargo throughput of 25 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 20%; and a container throughput of 880,000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 73%.

The continuous prosperity of trade has also forced the construction of channels to innovate continuously. In previous international trade, sea transportation was a "bill of lading", while international railways were "waybills", which did not have the function of property rights certificates and were difficult to obtain recognition from financial institutions. Chongqing explored the "one-bill system" pilot for railway and sea transport, connecting the global shipping network through railway container trains, and creatively established a full-process service model of one entrustment, one insurance, one order to the end, and one settlement, providing more convenience for enterprises to carry out cross-border trade.

The construction of channels was tried first, and more people, logistics, and capital flows came to the mountain city.

Connecting land and sea, embracing the world, Chongqing's pace of opening up is steady and fast, the quality of opening up is getting higher and higher, and the service to build a new development pattern is more powerful.

As night falls, the Chongqing Chemical Terminal in Changshou Economic Development Zone is brightly lit, and containers will be sent to Southeast Asia along the Western Land-Sea Corridor; Fengjie navel oranges rely on multimodal transport of "rail, road, water and air" to be exported to RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) member countries; Chongqing Shuangfu International Agricultural Products Market in Jiangjin District distributes and sells seafood, Thai fragrant rice, durian and other ASEAN imported agricultural products shipped by train...

An inland open highland at the junction of the "Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt is accelerating its rise.

Creating a high-quality life and improving people's well-being

Governing the country has regularity and benefiting the people. In recent years, Chongqing has effectively brought the fruits of high-quality development to a wider range of people and continuously improved people's well-being.

Smart supermarkets, smart fitness, smart home stores, restaurant robots...In Yuanyang Street, Liangjiang New District, digital empowerment makes residents' lives more convenient.

"To meet the needs of residents, we have built a network of convenient facilities and a "quarter-hour" convenient life service circle with full community coverage, balanced layout and reasonable levels." Deng Ke, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Yuanyang Street, told reporters that they have also developed the "Old Squad Leader" mediation applet to deal with conflicts and disputes online in a timely manner, forming an intelligent mediation system with the "Old Squad Leader" as the carrier and supported by streets, business departments, community neighborhood committees, grid members, professional legal workers, etc.

In addition to the bustling business district, digital tentacles are constantly extending from cities to rural areas, allowing the "feeling of benefits to the people" to be implemented and write a vivid footnote for creating a high-quality life.

"The water pipe joint in the bamboo forest behind my house is leaking, and I hope it will be repaired as soon as possible." In Fangniu Village, Nanshan Street, Nan'an District, a villager wrote a message through the "Villagers Say Things" window of the "Weicun" village affairs management platform applet.

"Immediately arrange for staff to notify the Nanshan Water Plant." After the reply, Wang Xue, secretary of the Fangniu Village Party Branch, quickly deployed personnel to handle the matter and promptly replied to the villagers on the mini program with the results. The entire process took less than 24 hours.

There is no small matter in people's livelihood, and every little detail matters.

Xiazhuang Village in Wushan County, once a "sinkhole village", has carved out a "precipice road to heaven" and developed the citrus industry. This year, the village's citrus orchard is expected to produce about 200,000 kilograms, which will increase the income of more than 80 local villagers. Small citrus has become the "fruit of wealth" for the villagers; Xiannvhu Town in Fengdu County, located on the top of the mountain, has turned environmental disadvantages into development advantages. More than 500 farmers are engaged in the alpine vegetable industry, and have built a special agricultural product processing plant and an alpine fruit and vegetable picking garden, achieving an average increase of more than 20,000 yuan per household; in Taoranju Wawu Town, Qiaotou Town, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, the amount of investment projects attracted exceeded 150 million yuan, radiating and driving more than 300 households to eat "tourism meals" through various ways of linking farmers and leading farmers, such as expanding business formats, land transfer, and equity dividends.

On the 82,000 square kilometers of Bayu land, the vast number of cadres and masses in Chongqing have worked hard to promote high-quality development and stride towards a better new life.

(Reporters Wu Dan, Qu Xinming, Zheng Xue Feiteng and Liu Xinwu participated in the interview and writing)

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