Strategy for revitalization of old industrial bases in northeast China

A major task set at the 16th CPC National Congress was to support the old industrial bases in northeast China and other parts to expedite their adjustment and transformation. It was a strategic decision in China’s overall plan to build a moderately prosperous society.

In October 2003, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council released policies on revitalizing these old industrial bases, formally launching the strategy.

Since the 18th National Congress, the CPC Central Committee, with Xi Jinping at the core, has made decisions for a new round of endeavors to revitalize the Northeast in the new era. This was underlined by a program issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on April 26, 2016.

The goals of the revitalization campaign include: By 2020, the Northeast will make significant progress in important fields and key links, and realize the target of building a moderately prosperous society together with other parts of the country. It will take 10 more years to realize a comprehensive revival, and become a region providing strong economic support to the whole country – a base for advanced and internationally-competitive equipment manufacturing, strategic major technological equipment, new raw materials, modern agricultural production, and important technological innovation and research and development.

Reforming further and opening wider are key to the revitalization endeavors. To accelerate the pace is a strategic measure to advance economic structural reform and make Chinese industry more competitive in international market, and a major task for coordinated regional development and a region providing strong economic support. As part of China’s opening-up strategy, the area is vital to the country’s national grain security and to ecological security in the north. It is also important to the security and stability of China’s neighborhood and northeast Asia.

振興東北老工業基地戰略

支持東北地區等老工業基地加快調整改造，是黨的十六大提出的一項重要任務，是黨中央從全面建設小康社會全局著眼做出的重大戰略決策。2003年10月，中共中央、國務院下發《關于實施東北地區等老工業基地振興戰略的若干意見》，標志著振興東北戰略正式啟動。黨的十八大以來，以習近平同志為核心的黨中央做出了實施新一輪東北振興戰略的歷史性決策。2016年4月26日，《中共中央、國務院關于全面振興東北地區等老工業基地的若干意見》發布，這是新時代推進新一輪東北振興的綱領性文件。

東北振興的發展目標是，到2020年，東北地區在重要領域和關鍵環節改革上取得重大成果，與全國同步實現全面建成小康社會目標;在此基礎上，爭取再用10年左右時間，東北地區實現全面振興，成為全國重要的經濟支撐帶、具有國際競爭力的先進裝備制造業基地和重大技術裝備戰略基地、國家新型原材料基地、現代農業生產基地和重要技術創新與研發基地。全面深化改革、擴大開放是振興東北老工業基地的治本之策。加快東北老工業基地全面振興，是推進經濟結構戰略性調整、提高我國產業國際競爭力的戰略舉措，是促進區域協調發展、打造新經濟支撐帶的重大任務，是完善我國對外開放戰略布局的重要部署，是維護國家糧食安全、打造北方生態安全屏障的有力保障，事關我國周邊和東北亞地區的安全穩定，意義重大，影響深遠。