Recently, "China City Investment Attractiveness Index Report" was released. Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province, boarded the list of the top ten counties (cities) with the most attractive investment in 2020, once again impacting people's sight.
After the reform and opening up, the economic development center of China has gradually shifted to the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal areas. Therefore, at present, the most prosperous cities and counties in China are mostly concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal areas.
Benefiting from the radiation influence of national policies, Shenmu, located at the border of Shaanxi, Qin, Shanxi and Mongolia, has developed strongly in recent ten years because of its rich coal and other resources. And on 20 17, the county was withdrawn and the city was established.
Shenmu, which "set up a city from a county", kept the achievement of breaking through 100 billion yuan in 20 18, 20 19 and 2020 for three consecutive years after its GDP returned to 100 billion yuan in 20 17. And in the list of top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive competitiveness in China, Shenmu has been on the list for many years, among which Shenmu ranked 12 in 2020. At the same time, Shenmu ranks among the "Top 100 Counties and Cities with New Urbanization Quality in China" in 20 18 and "Top 100 Counties and Cities with New Urbanization Quality in China in 2020". In 2020, the GDP ranking of counties and cities in Shaanxi Province: Yanta District leads, Shenmu City ranks third, and the overall economic development level ranks first in the province.
In recent years, Shenmu is not only the strongest county in Yulin City, but also the strongest county in Shaanxi Province, leaving many counties and cities in coastal provinces such as Jiangsu, Guangdong and Zhejiang behind.
The reason is actually very simple. This county-level city across the river from Shanxi, a major coal-producing province, is rich in mineral resources.
Shenmu, as the largest county and city in Shaanxi Province, covers an area of 7,635 square kilometers and is endowed with unique coal resources. The coal storage area is 4,500 square kilometers, accounting for 60%, and the proven reserves are more than 56 billion tons, accounting for 1/4 of the total reserves of Shenfu-Dongsheng coalfield. It is the largest coal-producing county (city) in China, with a large number, shallow burial and easy mining.
Huge coal resources affect the industrial structure of Shenmu. According to the statistical bulletin of national economic and social development of Shenmu City in 20 18, the proportion of tertiary industry in Shenmu's GDP is 1.53%, 7 1.97% and 26.50% respectively. Industry is a real "pillar industry" for Shenmu. A series of industrial industries, such as electric power, coal chemical industry, energy carrying and building materials, led by coal, are the foundation of this inland county.
In this series of industrial chains, the production and sales of raw coal undoubtedly occupy an absolute proportion. It can be said that the rapid development of Shenmu economy is the result of "geographical location". Although it is located in the inland mountainous area, there is no barrier-free traffic between rivers and seas and plain expansion, but "having mines" is the greatest confidence!
Shenmu city "relies on mountains to eat mountains", makes full use of raw coal resources and embarks on the "fast lane" of economic development.
In 20 17, this small inland town completed the "withdrawal of counties and establishment of cities". In 20 18 years, the per capita GDP is 271498 yuan, which will overwhelm the four first-tier cities (Beijing: 1400 yuan, Shanghai: 13500 yuan, Guangzhou: 15800 yuan, Shenzhen: 24.2).
The course of Shenmu's withdrawal from county and establishment of city;
At present, there are seven county-level cities in Shaanxi Province, namely Hancheng, Huayin, Xingping, Shenmu, Binzhou, Zichang and Xunyang. In addition, Mianxian, Fuping, pucheng county, Jingbian, Suide, huangling county and other six counties also reported to the provincial government, requesting to withdraw counties and set up cities.
Aside from other areas, once Shenmu County, now Shenmu City, relying on coal "black gold", developed well. Especially after the county is removed and the city is set up, the system, mechanism and policies are more flexible, which is conducive to the implementation of relevant policies and better expand the space for urban development.
Compared with several other county-level cities in the province, Shenmu has the smallest population but the largest area. Mineral resources are the most, but industrial development is the most single; GDP is the highest, but it also faces the biggest challenge.
So Shenmu Qiang is based on resources. The transformation of resource-based cities has always been a prominent issue that needs attention and discussion in economic and social development.
After Shenmu withdrew its county and set up a city, the biggest problem it faced was how to avoid stepping into the ranks of resource-exhausted cities.
Although Shenmu has completed the initial accumulation of wealth by relying on energy and entered the "fast lane" of development, it is still an irrefutable and unavoidable problem that the industry is single, the resources are non-renewable and the capital outflow has not formed a positive closed loop of development in the local area. Looking around many brilliant energy-based cities, it goes without saying that we have not found a way to break the situation.
The completion of "withdrawing counties to set up cities" is the key to this breakthrough.
Some insiders have analyzed that the original meaning of "city" is trading market and commercial center, and the transformation from "county" to "city" is the key to the fullness of Shenmu's industrial layout and the broadening of its development path.
Railway transportation has always been the main mode of coal transportation because of its advantages of large volume, high speed and low cost.
Although Shenmu is limited by the special geographical location of the connecting zone between Ordos Plateau and Loess Plateau, the proportion of trade logistics in the overall industrial structure is slightly lower. However, we can't ignore its special location advantages, bordering Shanxi and Inner Mongolia and located at the head of Shaanxi urban belt.
When Shenmu completed the transportation of raw coal by railway, the huge traffic volume brought about about 1 100 million tons of internal transportation capacity. Whether Shenmu can broaden the "development lane" and enhance the proportion of interaction between logistics industry and commerce by means of "withdrawing counties and setting up cities" has become the top priority of Shenmu's future development.
At present, Shenmu has realized its great potential. In the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", Shenmu proposed to build a "five horizontal and seven vertical" railway network. Among them, Huang Shen Railway and Baoxi Railway leading to Huanghua Port in North China, and Haoji Railway (formerly Hua Meng Railway), a north-south freight corridor connecting Haole Baoji in Inner Mongolia and Ji 'an in Jiangxi, which was opened in 20 19, have provided Shenmu with stronger freight capacity and radiation capacity of railway network. Combined with high-speed lines such as Baomao, Chongqing Merchants and Shenjia, the railway and highway transportation capacity of Shenmu City has been greatly enhanced.
According to the data, in 20 17, Shenmu welcomed more than 5,000 trucks and nearly 10,000 cross-border trains every day, and the train transport capacity exceeded 1 100 million tons. However, this powerful internal transportation capacity is facing a vacancy-coming empty and walking everywhere. After Shenmu withdrew from the county and set up a city, the media in the province and experts in the industry discussed the topic of Shenmu's "idle production capacity exceeding 100 million tons, can it become a trade and logistics center".
How to turn this empty consumption into the carrying capacity of logistics is also an opportunity for Shenmu to become a huge logistics center in Shaanxi and further enhance the regional development potential.
At present, Shenmu West Station Logistics Park is being built into Shenmu comprehensive modern logistics service base, high-end industry cultivation and incubation base, industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration base and key base for undertaking industrial transfer.
The gradually accessible transportation network has given Shenmu Unicom the confidence to extend in all directions, and it can be said that the prospects are promising.
Before the establishment of Shenmu, many energy cities were trying to transform and develop and establish a complete industrial system. For example, in Ordos, its private enterprises have fought bloody battles in recent years, moving fast and rushing fiercely.
202 1, Shenmu accelerates industrial transformation and upgrading to create a new bright spot in industrial development. We implemented 456 financial investment projects and 74 enterprise investment projects/kloc-0, with an investment of 23.5 billion yuan.
Shenmu's coal-based industrial system has also begun to take shape, and the blue charcoal industry has developed rapidly. At present, it has formed a circular economy and industrial cluster covering power generation, chemical industry, magnesium metal and other fields.
At present, Shenmu City should also consider how to avoid homogenization and build a unique advantage with the help of "road expansion".
In fact, Shenmu broadens the development of "Lane" and enriches the industrial structure. The withdrawal of counties and the establishment of cities have also brought Shenmu the advantages of favorable policies and priority allocation of resources. More flexible management mechanism and greater autonomy are helping Shenmu's economy to further upgrade.
As we all know, before the county was established, Shenmu was famous as a "local tyrant" all over the country, and "money" was people's first impression of Shenmu. However, the crisis of private lending broke out in 20 12, which made Shenmu economy, which was dominated by coal industry, fall into a trough. It is estimated that more than 60% of private coal mines have stopped production or have difficulties in operation. The total amount of private lending may be as high as 20 to 30 billion yuan.
It is a pity for Shenmu to have money but not spend it. In fact, as early as 2009, some experts suggested that Shenmu be a county financial pilot zone. Even Huang Zhen, a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, has made plans for this. The core of the plan is: relying on active and rich private capital, introducing new formats through reasonable capital planning, building a financial center, and diluting the abnormal economic development problems caused by relying on energy industry and single format.
Imagine that if the planning of this regional financial center had been successfully promoted and put on paper, perhaps the "lethality" of this lending crisis would not be so great. Fortunately, Shenmu, who fell heavily, finally stood up.
It has promoted the "financial quotient", found the Shenmu of "Qian Shengqian" method, and had a longer-term development plan.
Shenmu County's "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" has decided to implement the development strategy of "internet plus Finance" to promote the development of the financial industry to a new level. According to the plan, Shenmu government will build a financial street and introduce various formats such as funds and securities, hoping to make Shenmu a financial center in northwest China. Although county-level cities have become regional financial centers, there are no cases in China. However, with Shenmu's huge cash and people who have experienced the subprime mortgage crisis, it is precisely when "formal financial activities" are needed to guide industrial development that "foundation+demand" can bring success.
At present, Shenmu focuses on developing modern financial industry and speeding up the reform of investment and financing system. A state-owned capital investment operation group was established, and a government investment guidance fund of 654.38+0.25 billion yuan was set up. At the end of 20 19, the deposit balance of financial institutions in the city was11669.4 billion yuan, and the balance of various loans was 49.424 billion yuan.
In addition to the financial industry that still needs to work hard, Shenmu also has the "capital" to develop tourism.
Shenmu has a special geographical position, and it is a border area where "the south is related to China, the north has Hetao, the left has the danger of Jinyang, and the right has the rush of Xialing". The unique geographical location endows Shenmu with a lot of tourism resources.
From Hongjiannao, the largest desert freshwater lake in China, known as the "God Lake", to Erlang Mountain, known as the "Hump Mountain"; Known as the "Eve of Chinese Civilization", Shijiao Site and Gaojiabao Town, where Lu Yao's Ordinary World is located, are extremely valuable natural and human resources. In addition, Shenmu City gives full play to the function of various exhibition halls at all levels to inherit urban civilization in terms of excavating urban culture; Relying on the history of coal formation, mining and utilization, we will develop industrial tourism, build a world-class coal geological theme park, express the spirit of the city and show its charm.
Shenmu city has precious and rich resources, whether it is a human landscape or a natural landscape. Whether it can be formed with natural landscape as the background and human landscape as the embellishment is the key point to develop Shenmu local tourism industry.
It has been four years since Shenmu withdrew from the county and set up a city. At present, the overall layout is being carried out in accordance with "promoting'136' and building a new Shenmu", and the construction of "a high-quality development demonstration city of the zigzag urban agglomeration of the Yellow River" is being accelerated. Whether Shenmu can take this opportunity to continue to take off, enrich the industrial layout and realize the transformation of urban development, let us pay attention to it for a long time.