sbdcsierra Chapter 508: First digest existing investments, then focus on infrastructure and people's livel
Chapter 508: First digest existing investments, then focus on infrastructure and people's livel
"Mayor, what about when we take over the car factory?"
Qi Tongwei asked.
Since the matter at Xichun Square did not yield the desired outcome, the only option was to change the subject.
"This is still under research."
However, your county has little chance of taking it over.
First of all, according to the provincial plan, all the car factories in our city will be concentrated in Quanshan District in the future.
Whether it's a state-owned enterprise, a joint venture, or even a private enterprise, they all need to gradually move there.
Secondly, the final approval is at the provincial level; even if the city approves it, it's useless if the province doesn't.
Third, the scale of your county's industrial park is almost catching up with that of the new district, and there are already over a thousand companies that have moved in.
You should first digest the existing investments and make them generate benefits as soon as possible.
Fourth, you should focus more on infrastructure and people's livelihood, and improve infrastructure and people's livelihood throughout the county.
Fifth, we should attach importance to the development of townships, ensuring that county towns and townships develop in tandem, and narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas…
Cheng Liqiang said.
To date, Xichun County has received nearly 150 billion yuan in investment, enough to allow it to surpass other districts and counties.
This will lay a solid foundation for the future development of Xichun County.
The new district has been complaining lately that the city is not investing enough in them.
Other districts and counties are also complaining that the city has given all its investment to Xichun County, while they are only given a small share.
The city now has to take into account both the new district and other districts and counties.
In particular, the city needs to increase investment in those counties and cities that, like Xichun, have developed relatively slowly, so that they can develop as soon as possible.
Only in this way can we eliminate weaknesses and enable the city's economy to develop faster.
In addition, many of the billions of yuan invested in Xichun County in the past year were loans, resulting in excessive debt.
Continuing to invest heavily will increase debt.
It will be troublesome if we can't pay it back then.
Although there are many enterprises in the industrial park of Xichun County, the vast majority of them were introduced from places like Shenzhen.
These companies cannot contribute tax revenue to Xichun County in the early stages, because according to the investment promotion policy, the revenue must be returned to them.
"Yes, Mayor!"
Qi Tongwei said.
Since Cheng Liqiang had already said that, he couldn't continue to dwell on the issue.
Continuing to pester him will only make Cheng Liqiang dislike him.
There is a lot of resistance from the city, which is probably largely due to the large amount of investment that Xichun County has made over the past year.
After all, Xichun County has received over 140 billion to nearly 150 billion yuan in investment over the past year, more than that of prefecture-level cities, and the highest in Jincheng and the entire province.
Many places will definitely be envious.
The city will definitely have to consider the balance and cannot prioritize Xichun County.
In other words, for the foreseeable future, Xichun County will have to rely on itself.
After bidding farewell to Mayor Cheng Liqiang, Qi Tongwei went to see Tian Qibing, the Party Secretary of the Municipal Committee, seeking his help.
The results were similar to those from Mayor Cheng Liqiang's side.
Then, Qi Tongwei went to Governor Ye Ruyun, but still didn't get the answer he wanted.
"County Chief Xia, how's the situation?"
Qi Tongwei had just returned from the city when he ran into Xia Deqing in the county government compound and asked him to come to his office.
"We need to cover the bulk of the investment in Xichun Plaza. The city and province think the investment cycle is too long and don't plan to invest much."
Those struggling car factories, neither the city nor the province intends to let us take over.
Upon arriving at the office, Xia Deqing explained the situation.
"My situation is similar. The city and province hope that we will first digest the existing investment zones and focus on infrastructure and people's livelihood construction."
Qi Tongwei also explained the situation.
"Then what should we do next?"
Xia Deqing asked.
Without support from the city and province, the investment for Xichun Square might not be raised, which would affect its construction.
If the car factory can't take over, they'll have to find another way to develop the industry.
Qi Tongwei may not need to care, but he has to.
Qi Tongwei increased the GDP of Xichun County, the most backward county in the city, from 5.1 million yuan to 28.78 billion yuan in four or five months, and then increased it to 68.98 billion yuan in a year.
In addition to the investment and construction of the industrial park, a first-class six-lane dual-way main highway, a water supply of 13 m3/day and a 220kV dual-circuit power supply, the textile city and the new city;
The development of Xichun Group and its subsidiaries and beverage companies, the introduction of hundreds of companies from Pengcheng, and the investment of US$2.1 million + RMB1 million in a thousand-acre OEM factory and LCD panel factory, etc.
Qi Tongwei has already achieved a great deal. If the county's GDP reaches 10 billion by the end of the year, his achievements will be outstanding.
Qi Tongwei just needs to wait to be promoted to deputy director level.
But he couldn't.
He is preparing to succeed Qi Tongwei as the county party secretary.
Being the Party Secretary of a county with a GDP of 10 billion yuan can help him advance faster in the future, and may even allow him to be directly promoted to Vice Mayor, becoming a full-fledged provincial-level official.
Therefore, he needs to achieve more to ensure his performance is outstanding enough to smoothly take over Qi Tongwei's position.
"In accordance with the requirements of the city and the province, we will absorb the existing investments, make them generate benefits quickly, and drive the development of the county."
Increase investment in infrastructure and public welfare construction, including transportation construction in townships, as well as upgrading and transforming power grids, drinking water systems, and irrigation systems.
We also need to upgrade and renovate schools and hospitals in townships to improve education and medical conditions throughout the county.
Ideally, new schools and hospitals should be built directly.
Continue the development and construction of the new city, and accelerate the development and construction of the old city.
Applications and regulations related to railways and light rail.
Qi Tongwei said.
Previously, he and Xia Deqing had only discussed the township's transportation infrastructure, the upgrading and renovation of the power grid, drinking water and irrigation systems, as well as railways and light rail.
Now we need to add education and healthcare, two major projects related to people's livelihoods, to the list as well.
"In that case, we will be under great financial pressure!"
Xia Deqing said.
The hospitals are alright; there's basically only one in each township. The construction costs aren't high, but the medical equipment costs are relatively high.
There are many schools, at least three in the townships alone: a township middle school, a township primary school, and a township kindergarten, as well as village schools scattered in the countryside.
"Even if there is a lot of financial pressure, we still have to do it, but we can do it in batches, instead of all at once."
First, address the livelihood and infrastructure development in the poorest townships.
Those with better conditions can wait until later.
The railway can be applied for and constructed gradually, after all, our first-class highway with six lanes in both directions will be put into use by the end of the year.
In two years, there will also be a highway connecting the city to the neighboring Yucheng, so there will be no traffic pressure for the time being.
As for the light rail, we built it mainly to solve the problem of employees commuting between the county town and the industrial park. We will do whatever is most efficient.
Ideally, all employees living in the county town could be transported to the industrial park in just a few trips.
It can be built according to the standards for above-ground subways.
As for funding, we'll rely on land sales, and we'll try our best to raise land prices.
On the other hand, they rely on the Xichun Group and beverage companies.
The beverage company aims to go public next year, at which point it will sell a portion of its shares to recoup its initial investment.
Qi Tongwei said.
Xichun County currently has no better channels for obtaining funds and can only rely on land sales and the Xichun Group and beverage company.
"If we sell land, land prices won't rise much in the short term."
High land prices lead to high housing prices, and consequently, high down payments and mortgages.
Even with a county subsidy of 5000 yuan per unit, the sales of houses will not be good.
If sales are poor, developers will acquire less land. If developers acquire less land, land prices will not rise, and revenue from land sales will decrease.
The only way to increase land prices is to wait for the approval of Xichun Plaza and for construction to begin.
But approval for Xichun Plaza won't come so quickly, and even if it does, we don't have enough money to get it started.
Xia Deqing explained the difficulties he was facing.