Wenzhou, Xuzhou and Dalian are all heading towards cities with trillions of GDP this year, and the plot is ups and downs.
As the first echelon of "quasi-trillion cities", the economic growth rate of the three cities in the first quarter was significantly higher than the national level of 5.4%, but the "format" changed: Wenzhou achieved a GDP of 240.37 billion yuan in the current period, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year, with both leading the total volume and growth rate; Xuzhou's total economic output last year was higher than Dalian's 2 billion yuan, but the growth rate of 5.9% in the first quarter of this year slowed down compared with last year, while Dalian's current growth rate reached 6.2%, an increase of 1 percentage point from the whole year last year, and GDP surpassed Xuzhou's 2.86 billion yuan.
By 2024, mainland China has generated 27 trillion cities, followed by Wenzhou, Xuzhou and Dalian with a total economic output of more than 950 billion yuan.
GDP advancement trillions is related to economic scale and urban energy level, and it also enhances confidence in development and a sense of gain in people's livelihood. For this year's "crossing the line", the three places have a sense of urgency that they are no longer waiting for.
Wenzhou achieved a regional GDP of 971.9 billion last year, an increase of 6.3%, and the growth rate remained above 6% for seven consecutive quarters. This year, it made every effort to sprint for the "double ten thousand" cities, that is, the GDP exceeded one trillion yuan and the permanent population reached tens of millions.
Xuzhou and Wenzhou were divided into two ends of the Yangtze River Delta, with GDP reaching 953.7 billion last year, an increase of 6.4%. "Solidly moving towards a trillion-dollar city" was determined as the theme of the city's work this year.
Dalian is the "first city of Northeast economy" and the "high jump team" for the revitalization of Northeast China in the new era. The total economic output last year was 951.7 billion yuan. After the first quarter of this year's economic operation data was released, "Dalian released" pushed a long article: "Full strike and sprint for a trillion-dollar GDP city!"
In the first quarter, the national stock policies and a package of incremental policies continued to make efforts and demonstrated results. The three cities accelerated the promotion of scientific and technological innovation, transformation and upgrading, and achieved a good start to economic operation. Wenzhou achieved a regional GDP of 240.37 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 6.7% higher than that of the country and Zhejiang Province; Xuzhou achieved a growth rate of 225.17 billion yuan, a growth rate of 5.9%, with a growth rate of 0.5 percentage points higher than that of the country and Jiangsu Province; Dalian achieved a growth rate of 228.03 billion yuan, a growth rate of 6.2%, 0.8 and 1 percentage point faster than that of the country and Liaoning Province, respectively.
The Paper observed that compared with last year, the competition positions of the three cities changed from "Wenzhou first in total volume, Xuzhou first in growth rate, and Dalian rear" to "Wenzhou leads both in total volume and growth rate, and Xuzhou rear".
GDP is composed of the added value of the first, second and third industries. From the analysis of industry types, Xuzhou's tertiary industry added value growth rate in the first quarter reached 7.1%, the highest among the three markets, but its tertiary industry added value accounts for the lowest proportion of GDP, so the total added value of the tertiary industry is less than that of the other two. At the same time, the proportion of the added value of the secondary industry in Xuzhou to GDP is higher among the three cities, but the growth rate of the added value of the secondary industry in the first quarter was slower than that of the national (5.9%), and the gap with Wenzhou (7.2%) and Dalian (9.0%) was relatively obvious; among them, the growth rate of industrial added value above the scale was 7.9%, while Wenzhou and Dalian both reached double digits.
In the first quarter of this year, Wenzhou's industrial added value increased by 11.5%, and 16 industries including automobile manufacturing, electrical machinery, computer communication and electronics recorded double-digit growth, forming the main support for the rapid growth of the industrial economy. At present, Wenzhou's "5+5+N" industrial cluster construction has shown results. Last year, the growth rate, increase and proportion of industrial added value above the scale ranked first in Zhejiang. In the first quarter, the five traditional industries and five strategic emerging industries were "dual-wheel drive", with added value increasing by 14.6% and 14.4% respectively, of which the digital economy grew by 15.3%, and the new energy industry accelerated its chain growth, with a growth rate of 20.8%.
Dalian's industrial added value increased by 10.9% in the first quarter, an increase of 3.2 percentage points from January to February. From the perspective of category, the added value of manufacturing increased by 10.9%; among key industries, the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 18.4%, and the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 17.6%, which has maintained double-digit growth for 23 consecutive months; from the perspective of product output, generator sets, civil steel ships, and integrated circuit wafers increased by 282.8%, 248.2% and 94.5% respectively.
On the other hand, Xuzhou's fixed asset investment growth rate reached 4.9% in the first quarter, significantly higher than Wenzhou's 0.4% and Dalian's 3.5%, which will promote economic growth in the next stage.
This year, the expected economic growth targets of Wenzhou and Xuzhou are both around 6%, while Dalian is above 5.5%. The second quarter is a time node that connects the past and the future, and it is also a critical period for exports to be further under pressure. It is urgent to accelerate consumption and investment to drive growth and respond to changes.
According to the deployment, Wenzhou will make every effort to tackle effective investment, increase investment and boost consumption, give full play to the role of industry as a "ballast stone", adhere to "projects are king", and make the basic economic foundation bigger and stronger. Xuzhou will vigorously implement special actions to boost consumption, focus on "attracting large and strong" and "extending chains and supplementing chains" to improve the quality of project attraction, focus on "fast construction" and "fast results" to improve project promotion quality and efficiency, promote industrial strength, and accelerate the cultivation of new quality productivity. In late March, Dalian has issued 36 policies and measures to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, enhance the vitality of domestic demand, promote reform and opening up, and coordinate urban-rural integrated development, and continue to promote economic recovery and improvement.
