西部地级城市竞争力评价与“十四五”国家级新区布局

我国正处于全面建设社会主义现代化强国的关键时期,同时世界正面临百年未有之大变局,这对我国广大西部地区与全国同步实现现代化提出了严峻挑战。《中华人民共和国国民经济和社会发展第十四个五年规划和2035年远景目标纲要》、关于加快推进绿色低碳循环发展经济体系、“一带一路”倡议等国家战略的实施给西部地区发展带来了新的机遇。从国家发展战略、经济水平、社会发展、区位条件、资源环境、科技创新和改革开放等七个方面对西部88个地级城市竞争力进行综合评估,并在此基础上,结合国家生态功能区划,选择乌昌石新区、呼和浩特新区、北部湾新区、拉萨新区、西宁新区、银石新区六个最具发展潜力和竞争力的区域作为西部未来拟建新区,提出国家新区建设布局向西部倾斜,以政策红利促进西部新区和新兴增长极建设,以创新催生新业态新经济发展,大力培育绿色低碳循环经济体系等政策建议,为“十四五”西部国家级新区布局和区域新兴增长极培育,加快西部大开发,优化国家宏观区域发展格局提供科学依据。

Comprehensive assessment of prefecture-level cities and future allocation of national new areas of Western China

China has entered a critical period of building a modern and powerful socialist country. Meanwhile, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, which poses severe challenges to Western China's modernization. Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Vision 2035, and decision-making of speeding up the formation of a new pattern of green and low-carbon economic development, and the Belt and Road Initiative have brought new opportunities for the national new areas in Western China. This paper makes a comprehensive assessment of the urban competitiveness of 88 prefecture-level cities in the western region from seven aspects, including national development strategy, economic level, social development, location conditions, natural resources and environment, scientific and technological innovation and reform and opening up. Besides, according to the national ecological functional zoning, six potential areas are selected, namely, Wuchangshi New Area, Hohhot New Area, Beibu Gulf New Area, Lhasa New Area, Xining New Area, and Yinshi New Area. This research put forward countermeasures and suggestions, including formulating preferential policies for the construction of national new districts in Western China, integrating superior strategic resources, and speeding up the formation of a new pattern of green and low-carbon economic system, so as to create a growth pole for regional development and to achieve the goal of modernization.