CCTV News: On the morning of January 9, 2025 (Thursday), the State Council Information Office held a press conference. Chen Yajun, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, Chen Xinwu, member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, Li Wenqing, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, and Cao Junjie, member of the Standing Committee of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle, introduced the relevant situation in the past five years of construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle and answered reporters' questions.

Chen Yajun, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that five years ago, in January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the sixth meeting of the 19th Central Financial and Economic Commission and made the major decision to "promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle". In October of the same year, he presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to review the "Outline of the Construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle", which pointed out the direction for the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle and provided guidance. Since then, the General Secretary has been concerned about the development of the Twin Cities Economic Circle. He has visited Sichuan and Chongqing many times to inspect and guide, emphasizing that the Twin Cities Economic Circle must give full play to its unique advantages and better serve the overall national development. He must adhere to the Chengdu-Chongqing game and become an important growth pole and new source of power to drive high-quality development in the west as soon as possible. He must jointly sing the "Twin Cities Story" in the new era and promote the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle to go deeper and more practical. This fully reflects the General Secretary's high attention and kind care for the Twin Cities Economic Circle.

In the past five years, relevant state departments have worked with Sichuan and Chongqing to deeply understand the spirit of the General Secretary’s important instructions and instructions, resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, firmly establish the idea of ​​a chess game and the concept of integrated development, and promote various tasks and measures in a row. The construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle has achieved remarkable results, which can be summarized by "four new".

First, the construction of an important economic center with national influence has achieved a new leap. From the perspective of total economic output, five years ago, the GDP of the Twin Cities Economic Circle was less than 6.3 trillion yuan, and it is expected to grow to 8.6 trillion yuan in 2024. It has reached two trillion yuan levels in five years, and its share in the country has increased from 6.3% to more than 6.5%, which has significantly enhanced its support and driving effect on high-quality development in the western region and even the country. From the perspective of the industrial system, the two places jointly built four trillion-level industrial clusters, including electronic information, equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, and special consumer goods. The output of automobiles and electronic information accounts for more than 1/10 of the country. Productive service industry is booming, modern and efficient characteristic agriculture is being cultivated at a faster pace, and the popularity and reputation of the Bashu Cultural Corridor continue to improve.

Second, the construction of a science and technology innovation center with national influence has shown a new atmosphere. In terms of innovative layout, the construction of Chengdu-Chongqing Comprehensive Science Center has been fully launched, the Western Science City has been officially listed in Chongqing and Chengdu, and the China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City has been accelerated and a number of national key laboratories have been reorganized. In terms of collaborative innovation, the Sichuan-Chongqing Innovation Cooperation Plan has been implemented in depth, the science and technology resource sharing service platform has been launched, 12 high-tech zones have established a strategic alliance of collaborative innovation, and the two provinces and cities have shared more than 14,000 large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment.

Third, new breakthroughs have been made in the construction of a new highland for reform and opening up. On the one hand, reforms in key areas continue to deepen. The comprehensive reform of market-oriented allocation of factors has been comprehensively promoted, so as to achieve the same standards in market access in other places and the mutual application and mutual application of business licenses; the Chengdu-Chongqing Financial Court, the first special court in the country that governs financial cases across provinces, was established, and the first provincial-level new district jointly built across provinces, Sichuan-Chongqing Gaozhu New District was established and put into operation. On the other hand, the level of opening up to the outside world continues to improve. Deepen the construction of the new western land-sea channel, and the routes radiate to 548 ports in 126 countries (regions) around the world; from 2021 to November 2024, the China-Europe Express (Chengdu and Chongqing) had a total of 16,000 trains, accounting for 25.2% of the total number of national operations.

Fourth, new progress has been made in the construction of high-quality living places. In the field of ecological environment, an environmental protection inspection linkage mechanism has been established and implemented, the average concentration of PM2.5 has generally decreased, and the first cross-provincial and municipal joint office of the river chief system in the country was established, and the annual average water quality of the Sichuan-Chongqing section of the main stream of the Yangtze River has reached Class II level. In the field of public services, we will deepen the implementation of the convenient life action in Sichuan and Chongqing. The "Sichuan and Chongqing Joint Service" covers 355 government service matters, realizing "going into one door and doing two places". Pension insurance, housing provident fund, etc. have achieved barrier-free transfer and continuation, and 161 medical examination and inspection results of public hospitals have been mutually recognized.

After five years of construction, the innovation momentum has become stronger, regional development has become more coordinated, the green background has become more solid, the open development is more effective, and the people's livelihood sharing is more accessible. The development level and comprehensive strength have continued to improve. These achievements are achieved thanks to the foresight and strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the concerted efforts and courage to do good deeds in the party committees and governments of the two places, and the hard work and hard work of the cadres and the masses in the two places.

At present, the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle has entered a new stage of in-depth advancement. The National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments and Sichuan and Chongqing to thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee, further promote the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle to go deeper and more practical, and accelerate the construction of the Twin Cities Economic Circle to become an important growth pole and a new source of power to drive high-quality development in the country.