In addition to the traditional Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, the purpose of establishing new municipalities directly under the Central Government is to improve the status of a city, obtain the support of national policies and funds, attract international capital investment, form regional economic centers and capital centers, and promote the development of surrounding areas. Chongqing's departure from the province to build a city, although not as immediate as expected, is obviously a successful example, basically achieving the expected results, and it can also be seen that the establishment of a municipality directly under the central government is important for regional economic development.
When chatting with friends, Wuhan, Zhengzhou and Xi 'an were proposed as the fifth municipalities directly under the Central Government of China. Among them, Zhengzhou and Wuhan, as the central cities in Central China, can be rejected without discussion.
The purpose of establishing a new municipality directly under the central government is to promote the economic leap of backward areas and realize the balanced development of the whole country through the economic radiation of the municipality directly under the central government. However, Central China enjoys a superior geographical position, convenient land, sea and air transportation and a relatively good economic foundation. The central part is located between the western resource area and the eastern economically developed area, and all provinces have their own economic strength, and the economic development has sufficient motivation and prospects, so there is no need for additional promotion. It is meaningless to set up a municipality directly under the central government, and Wuhan and Zhengzhou do not need to be considered.
The west has always been a relatively backward area in China, especially in the northwest. In the history of nearly a thousand years, China has been dumping the wealth in the southeast and filling the poverty in the northwest, relying on the relief and subsidies of the central government for a long time, and has never been able to realize the self-development of the northwest. Since the reform and opening up, the slogan of developing the northwest has been put forward for more than ten years, and it has not received the expected results. Then, after Chongqing is established in the southwest, it is not bad to set up a municipality directly under the central government in the northwest, which can promote the economic development in the northwest.
However, Xi is absolutely not allowed to leave Shaanxi and become a municipality directly under the central government. The reasons are as follows.
Xi divides all the areas in Shaanxi Province that have a little room for economic development into the existing areas as their own counties or districts. Lintong, originally from Weinan, was named Lintong District by Xi because of its tourism resources such as the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty and Mount Li. Yanliang, a thousand miles away in northern Shaanxi, has long been named yanliang district by xi 'an because of its national aircraft manufacturing base. The economic fist of Shaanxi Province has been incorporated by xi 'an. If Xi 'an leaves the province, it is equivalent to supporting a municipality directly under the central government and destroying a province. The rest of Shaanxi can only compare with African countries. This is not in line with the purpose of establishing a municipality directly under the central government, and it is unfair to the 40 million people in Shaanxi.
Moreover, after Xi 'an went out of the province, Shaanxi did not have a suitable city as the provincial capital. Baoji is too far to open the whole province, and Xianyang is too close. Xianyang has always been the satellite city of Xi, and Xi International Airport is located in Xianyang. If Xi 'an is a municipality directly under the central government, Xianyang will be within the Third Ring Road of Xi 'an as long as the urban area is slightly expanded. The topography of the three sections of Shaanxi is very different, and there is no new provincial capital at all. In any case, Xi 'an cannot build a city without provinces.
What's more, although Shaanxi is known as one of the six northwestern provinces, please look at the map of China. Xi is the center of China's central region, and it is completely the inheritance zone of the western resource area and the developed areas in the central and eastern regions. Xi 'an cannot become a municipality directly under the central government, just as Central China cannot set up a municipality directly under the central government. Apart from thinking, Xi has never been a backward area.
Also, don't expect Lanzhou to become a municipality directly under the central government. Between the western corridor and the eastern mountainous area of Gansu, there is no central city that can drive the whole province. Gansu leaves Lanzhou just as Shaanxi leaves xi 'an. In addition, due to the narrow terrain, Lanzhou cannot become a municipality directly under the central government that drives the whole northwest.
Where should the municipality directly under the central government in northwest China be chosen? A neglected city has been lying quietly in the northwest for nearly a thousand years, waiting for China people to develop and build it. Only this city is the center of northwest China and the hope of economic development in northwest China-Yinchuan.
Yinchuan Plain has been located in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, with superior terrain conditions and huge urban development space. It is surrounded by Helan Mountain in the west to resist sandstorms, and the Yellow River in the east is rich in water resources, which looks like Beijing in the west. The geographical location is moderate, the eastern part of northern Shaanxi is rich in resources, and the northern Hetao Plain is relatively developed in economy, close to Lanzhou and Pingliang, radiating Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi, close to Qinghai, and remotely controlling Xinjiang in the west. Assuming that Henan in Ningxia is included in Gansu and Yinchuan is established as a municipality directly under the central government, attracting international capital investment with the support of national policies and funds can completely promote the economic take-off of northwest China.
In fact, this is also the transformation of administrative regions, with the imaginary Yinchuan municipality directly under the Central Government replacing the original Ningxia Autonomous Region. However, for Ningxia, firstly, Henan is a pure mountainous area, which is harmless to Ningxia and beneficial to Gansu, and it is not difficult for the two provinces to coordinate. Secondly, Yinchuan Plain belongs to the municipality directly under the Central Government, and all residents are citizens. In the initial stage, they are committed to the country, and it is not difficult to mobilize people's minds. For the country, it is better to develop the west and balance the whole country than to waste investment by repeated construction in the eastern region. Second, even if there is no municipality directly under the central government, there are not a few subsidies to the western region every year. It is better to develop than to subsidize.
Don't say that Yinchuan is too small, its economic foundation is weak, and it doesn't have the conditions of a municipality directly under the central government. If there are ready-made super cities in the west, there is no need to discuss municipalities directly under the central government. It is precisely because the northwest economy is backward, it is impossible to form a leading city, and it is impossible to achieve regional economic take-off on its own, so the topic of developing the west will appear, and the topic of establishing a municipality directly under the central government in the northwest will appear.
To promote economic development, the establishment of a municipality directly under the central government is not magic, nor does it necessarily have magical changes. It depends on the country's economic policy and investment, as well as the development strategy and tactics of the municipality directly under the central government. But in any case, it is better to build a suitable economic center and capital center in the northwest than to enter the western development from the eastern capital and then leave with huge profits, which is more conducive to the development of the northwest. Because there is no economic center in the northwest, all the dividends from resource development will not stay in the northwest. Northwest China needs a capital base camp, and there is no more suitable place than Yinchuan in any case.
Only by establishing a municipality directly under the central government in the northwest, realizing capital localization in the northwest, and realizing economic take-off instead of resource export in the northwest, can we achieve the overall economic balance of the country, change the unbalanced pattern of dumping the rich in the southeast and filling the poor in the northwest for thousands of years, and realize the overall prosperity and real prosperity of the country.