The ranking of national central cities was released: Guangzhou lost to Tianjin
It is easy to understand that Guangzhou ranks behind Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in the ranking of national central cities. However, Guangzhou also lost to Tianjin, ranking only fifth. Yesterday (17), the Research Report on Strengthening Guangzhou's Status as a National Central City released by Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences showed that although Guangzhou's GDP exceeded 800 billion yuan last year (2008) and its economic aggregate ranked third among major cities in the mainland, factors such as low level of internationalization, weak ability of scientific and technological innovation and backward development of financial industry have become the main bottlenecks restricting Guangzhou's status as a national central city.
There are three shortcomings in comprehensive strength.
Whether a city's economic strength is strong or not determines whether it is in the economic center of the country or the world in terms of commerce, exhibition, logistics, tourism and manufacturing. Judging from the overall economic scale, Guangzhou's economic aggregate is relatively small. In 2008, Guangzhou's GDP was lower than that of Shanghai and Beijing, higher than that of Tianjin, ranking third in the mainland.
There is a big gap between Guangzhou and national central cities in developed countries. In 2008, the total economic output of Guangzhou was only about 1/5 of that of new york, about 1/8 of that of Tokyo, and the per capita GDP was only about 1/5 of that of Tokyo. The proportion of tertiary industry in GDP is also lower than the average level of central cities in developed countries (above 75%).
The proportion of R&D investment in Guangzhou is insufficient. In 2008, Guangzhou's expenditure on R&D was 654.38+05.36 billion yuan, ranking third among national central cities, but only accounting for 654.38+0.9% of GDP, which was 0.7, 3.9 and 654.38+0.7 percentage points lower than that of Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin respectively. At present, Guangzhou's R&D investment is about 7% of Tokyo's, new york's 10%, accounting for 1.9% of GDP, which is lower than new york's 4.3% and Tokyo's 3.4%. There is also a big gap between the concentration and strength of other universities and scientific research institutions.
The level of foreign trade is an important indicator to measure the economic vitality of a city. In 2008, the total import and export volume of Guangzhou's commodities was US$ 8195 million, which was about a quarter of that of Shanghai, a third of that of Beijing and a ninth of that of Hong Kong, and equivalent to that of Tianjin. In terms of international trade, foreign investment and the number of multinational companies, there is a clear gap between Guangzhou and the national central cities of developed countries. For example, in 2008, the import and export trade of Guangzhou was only 2% of that of Tokyo and 8.8% of that of Singapore.
Guangzhou should build "five centers"
The report pointed out that Guangzhou should focus on building "five centers" and strengthen its status as a national central city. That is, through the construction of Guangzhou international commodity exhibition and trading city and commodity trading center, the "Guangzhou price" of international trade center and commodities will be constructed; Focusing on FedEx Asia-Pacific transshipment center and supporting the construction of Nansha Bonded Port Area, we will speed up the construction of Guangzhou Airport, Nansha and Huangpu to build a modern logistics center in Asia; Building a world-class university and strengthening the function of regional cultural and educational centers; Taking the construction of Guangzhou Futures Exchange as a breakthrough to strengthen the function of the southern financial center; Focus on Sino-Singapore knowledge city and national science and technology construction projects, and strengthen the function of South China science and technology innovation center.
The report also suggested that Guangzhou should deepen the reform and opening up in key areas and key links. First, carry out the reform of the Ministry system, set up administrative organs according to the requirements of the Ministry system, and promote the further decentralization of management authority to districts (county-level cities); The second is to deepen the reform of rural economic system in Guangzhou and actively cultivate and develop the circulation market of rural land contractual management rights; Third, reform the public service investment system, on the basis of strengthening international cooperation, learn from the advanced experience of Singapore, Hong Kong and other cities, reform the public service investment system, and encourage social organizations to participate in social management; Fourth, rebuild new advantages of system and mechanism, and speed up the experiment of innovative development mode and urban-rural integration development in Guangzhou national development zone, such as the integration of Guangzhou and Foshan with the Pearl River Delta.