Midwest Provinces Increase GDP Growth Targets

Yunnan is still an underdeveloped province compared with other provinces and cities in the country. The task of speeding up development is still very heavy.

Luo Zhengfu, vice governor of Yunnan Province, admitted at a meeting of the Western Development Conference of the national development and Reform Commission not long ago that Yunnan needs to accelerate its pace next.

At present, Yunnan has put forward 5 years.

It is not just Yunnan that makes such bold ideas.

Statistics show that most provinces and cities in the central and western regions have generally improved their economic development targets, which is in sharp contrast to the reduction of economic growth in some developed eastern provinces.

According to the data released everywhere, the growth rate of GDP in central and western provinces has been generally raised this year.

6 provinces and autonomous regions such as Jilin, Hunan, Xinjiang, Guangxi, Shaanxi and Guizhou have increased by 1 percentage points, and Yunnan has increased 2 percentage points.

Among them, Guizhou's economic growth rate is 14%, the target is the first in the country, and its growth rate has increased by 1 percentage points over the previous year.

Shaanxi is 13%, second of the country, and its target is 1 percentage points higher than that of the previous year.

The rest of the provinces and cities, such as Ningxia, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, etc., although the economic growth rate in 2012 has not improved, but also maintained at a high level of 12%-13%.

The relatively developed areas in eastern China have generally lowered the growth rate of GDP this year.

For example, the economic growth targets of Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and Guangdong are 8.5%, 11%, 9.5% and 8.5% respectively, and the target of economic growth is 0.5-1 percentage points lower than that of the previous year.

Regarding this, Chen Dongsheng, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the early development of the eastern region will further deepen the urgency of changing the mode of economic growth, so it is willing to focus more on structural adjustment and industrial upgrading.

In the Midwest, due to the low level of technology, the growth rate of GDP is slow in the light of the state's efforts to achieve a well-off society in an all-round way by 2020.

"The present situation is that the eastern part does not exceed 9%, and the west is not less than 10%."

He said.

Chen Dongsheng believes that the economic goals of the western provinces and cities are higher than that, but they must also consider the reality.

"The growth of disposable income of local urban and rural residents is not likely to maintain such a high growth rate every year."

He said.

At present, the western region's economic growth rate is higher, in fact, it is maintaining its development inertia.

For example, the growth rate of Yunnan's economic development has been accelerating continuously for nearly 3 years. From 2009 to 2011, it was 12.1%, 12.3% and 13.7% respectively. Guizhou in the past three years was 12.3%, 12.8% and 15%, and the economic growth rate was third in the whole country.

Chongqing was 16.5% in 2011, the fastest growth rate in China.

"The eastern region has entered a relatively advanced stage, and the slowdown in economic growth is the general trend.

In recent years, the central region is the best place for the development of the whole country. Hunan is a typical representative.

Xiao Yimin believes that heavy machinery, cultural industry and tourism have risen to become a pillar industry in Hunan, which will provide a strong internal drive for Hunan's GDP growth.

Some goals are difficult to achieve.

Reporters learned that this year

Chen Dongsheng believes that the income targets of the western provinces and municipalities are too high to achieve.

"To achieve the goal of revenue, we must not only increase the total amount of GDP."

This is also related to the rapid growth of these provinces in the past few years.

For example, the income of urban and rural residents in Chongqing increased by 15.5% and 22% respectively in 2011. In 2011, the per capita household income of urban residents in Yunnan province and the per capita net income of farmers in the whole province increased by 15.9% and 19.5% compared with that in 2011. In 2011, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Hunan and the per capita net income of rural residents increased by 13.8% and 16.8% respectively.

Zhang Jianhua, Professor of economics at Yunnan University, pointed out that the Midwest should consider whether the economy can pull up.

"The key to Yunnan's investment this year is whether investment can go up. If investment is well done and the GDP index can be completed, then the growth of resident income by 12% should not be a big problem."

He believed that Yunnan province is changing its economic development mode, and it should be changed from rough processing and resources to economic growth to rely on manufacturing industry and increase the processing income of resources.

The upgrading of these industries will contribute to the improvement of residents' income.

Xiao Yimin, Institute of economics of Hunan Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the national economy is basically the same as the target of economic growth.

The income target of the central and western provinces is very high, which is in line with the needs of changing people's livelihood and changing the mode of economic growth. However, for a long time, there is a gap between residents' income level and expectations.

He further said that the situation in 2012 was not very good.

For at a larger level, increasing income from urban and rural residents may not just be