I. Principles of formulating policies and the focus of support
(a) Principles of formulating policies. The implementation of the western development is a grand systematic project and arduous historical task, there should be a sense of urgency, but also fully prepared for a long and arduous ideological struggle. To adhere to the actual starting point, according to the objective law of work, proactive, according to the ability, based on the current, focus on the long term, integrated planning, scientific evidence, highlighting the key points, step by step implementation, to prevent the rise of a rush, against waste, do not engage in the "big hulong". To speed up the change of mindset, increase the reform and opening up, the implementation of science and education and sustainable development strategy, to play the role of the market mechanism combined with a good macro-control, the vast number of cadres and masses in the western region to carry forward the spirit of self-reliance with the support of the combination of all aspects.
(2) Key tasks and strategic objectives. At present and in the coming period, the key tasks for the implementation of the western development are: accelerating the construction of infrastructure; strengthening ecological environmental protection and construction; consolidating the basic position of agriculture, adjusting the industrial structure, and developing the specialty tourism industry; and developing science and technology, education, culture and health. The aim is to spend 5 to 10 years to make a breakthrough in the construction of infrastructure and ecological environment in the western region, and to have a good start in the development of the western part of the country. By the middle of the 21st century, the western region will be built into a new west with economic prosperity, social progress, stable life, national unity and beautiful mountains and rivers.
(iii) Key areas. The scope of application of the policy of western development includes Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, Tibet Autonomous Region, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The implementation of western development, relying on the Asia-Europe Continental Bridge, the Yangtze River waterway, southwest of the sea corridor and other transportation arteries, play the role of the central city, to line string points, point to point, and gradually formed in the western part of our country has the characteristics of the West Longhai Lanxin line, the Yangtze River, the upper reaches of the South (Ning) Guiyang (Yang) Kunming (Minh) and other cross-administrative regions of the economic belt, drive the development of other regions, step by step, focused on promoting the development of the western region.
Second, the policy of increasing capital investment
(a) Increase construction capital investment. Increase the proportion of central financial construction funds for the western region. State policy bank loans, international financial organizations and foreign governments preferential loans, in accordance with the principles of lending conditions, as much as possible to arrange for projects in the western region. For major infrastructure construction projects in the western region newly arranged by the State, their investment will be solved mainly by the central financial construction funds, other special construction funds, bank loans and the utilization of foreign capital, leaving no funding gap. The central government will adopt a variety of ways to raise special funds for western development. The relevant departments of the central government should fully reflect their support for the western region when formulating industrial development plans and policies and arranging special funds. Corporate funds are encouraged to invest in major construction projects in the western region.
(ii) Prioritize construction projects. Water conservancy, transportation, energy and other infrastructure, advantageous resource development and utilization, characteristic high-tech and military-to-civilian technology industrialization projects, priority layout in the western region. Strengthening of the western region, construction project legal person responsibility system, project capital system, project bidding system, project quality supervision and management system, project environmental supervision and management system and other systems of construction and construction projects in the early stages of the work.
(3) Increase financial transfers. With the increase in the central financial resources, and gradually increase the scale of general transfer payments from the central government to the western region. In agriculture, social security, education, science and technology, health, family planning, culture, environmental protection and other special subsidies in the allocation of funds, tilted to the western region. Arrangements for poverty-alleviation funds from the central government will be focused on the impoverished western regions. Funds for food and seedling subsidies and cash grants for grain and seedling subsidies for projects approved by the State for the implementation of returning farmland to forests and grasslands, natural forest protection, and sand prevention and sand control shall be paid mainly by the central financial authorities. Local financial revenues affected by the implementation of the projects of returning farmland to forests and grasslands and natural forest protection shall be appropriately subsidized by the central government.
(iv) Increase financial and credit support. Banks in accordance with the principle of autonomy of commercial credit, increase credit investment in the construction of basic industries in the western region, focusing on supporting the construction of railroads, trunk highways, electric power, oil, natural gas and other large and medium-sized energy projects. They will speed up the assessment and examination of the projects financed by the national bond, and ensure that the loans are put in place as soon as possible according to the progress of construction. For infrastructure projects with large investment and long construction period, the loan period will be extended appropriately according to the project construction cycle and loan repayment capacity. The State Development Bank will increase the proportion of new loans for the western region year by year. Expanding the scope of loans granted on the basis of the pledge of fee-charging rights or revenue rights of infrastructure projects. Increasing credit support for agriculture, ecological and environmental protection construction, advantageous industries, small town construction, enterprise technological transformation, high-tech enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the western region. Actively issuing student loans and student housing loans in the western region. Key projects with large amounts of loans for rural power grid reconstruction and loans for advantageous industries will be resolved by special arrangements by the head office of the Agricultural Bank of China and direct loans by the head offices of commercial banks. The company's main office is located in the city's central business district, and is located in the city's central business district, which is located in the city's central business district.
Third, the policy of improving the investment environment
(a) vigorously improve the soft environment for investment. Deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises in the western region, accelerate the establishment of a modern enterprise system, and improve the strategic adjustment of the state-owned economy and asset reorganization of state-owned enterprises. Increase support for the reduction of the burden of state-owned enterprises in the western region, reorganization and transformation. Strengthen the cultivation and construction of commodity and factor markets in the western region. Actively guide the accelerated development of individual, private and other non-publicly owned economies in the western region, and, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, allow domestic enterprises of all kinds of ownership to enter all investment fields open to foreign businessmen in principle. Accelerate the establishment of a credit guarantee system for small and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprise service organizations. In addition to major national projects and projects with special provisions, all enterprises with their own funds or the use of bank loans to invest in the state to encourage and allow the type of industrial projects, project proposals and feasibility studies combined together in accordance with the provisions of the procedures for approval, the preliminary design, the report on the commencement of construction will no longer be reported to the government for approval, and accordingly simplify the approval procedures for foreign-invested projects. To further transform government functions, the implementation of the separation of government and enterprises, reduce the number of approvals, simplify the procedures, strengthen the sense of service, the elimination of administrative monopolies, regional blockades and protections, and strengthen the administration in accordance with the law, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors. Strengthen environmental protection, to prevent blind duplication of construction, according to law, the closure of poor product quality, waste of resources, serious pollution, do not have safe production conditions of factories and mining enterprises.
(ii) the implementation of preferential tax policies. Domestic-funded enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises located in the western part of the country to encourage the industry, within a certain period of time, reduced by 15% of the tax rate of enterprise income tax. Enterprises in national autonomous areas may, with the approval of the provincial people's government, be subject to a periodic reduction or exemption of enterprise income tax. For new enterprises in transportation, electric power, water conservancy, postal service, radio and television broadcasting, etc. in the western region, the enterprise income tax shall be exempted for two years and reduced by half for three years. The income from agricultural specialties produced by returning farmland to ecological forests and grasses for the purpose of protecting the ecological environment will be exempted from agricultural specialties tax within 10 years. The land used for the construction of national highways and provincial highways in the western region is exempted from the cultivated land occupation tax in accordance with the land used for railroads and civil aviation, and the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government shall decide whether to exempt the land used for the construction of other highways from the cultivated land occupation tax. For the projects of encouraged industries with domestic capital, encouraged industries with foreign investment and advantaged industries in the western region, the import of advanced technical equipment for self-use within the total amount of investment shall be exempted from tariffs and value-added tax on imports, except for commodities not exempted from tax under the state regulations.
(3) The implementation of preferential policies on land and mineral resources. For the western region of barren mountains, barren land afforestation and grass planting and slope arable land return to forest and grass, the implementation of who fallow, who afforestation and grass planting, who operates, who has the right to use the land and ownership of forest and grass policy. Various economic organizations and individuals can apply for the use of state-owned barren land in accordance with the law, and carry out ecological environment protection construction such as restoring forest and grass vegetation, and under the condition that the construction investment and greening work are in place, they can obtain the state-owned land use right in the form of granting, reducing or exempting the grant premium, and implementing the land use right for 50 years without change, and they can apply for the renewal of the land use right after expiry of the period, and they can inherit it and transfer it in return for a fee. If state-owned land use rights need to be recovered for national construction, compensation will be given in accordance with the law. Ecological forests planted on fallow land that enjoys national food subsidies cannot be cut down. Basic farmland is strictly protected, and a balance of arable land is realized. The construction land approval system is further improved, procedures are simplified, and land for construction is provided and guaranteed in a timely manner. Proceeds from the paid use of existing urban construction land will be used mainly for urban infrastructure construction. Increase policy support for the investigation and evaluation, exploration, development, protection and rational utilization of mineral resources in the western region. Formulate policies and methods to promote the sale and transfer of prospecting and mining rights in accordance with the law, and cultivate the market for mining rights.
(4) use price and fee mechanism to regulate. Deepen the price reform, and further increase the proportion of market-adjusted prices. Rationalization of the "West-East Gas Transmission", "West-East Electricity Transmission" prices, the establishment of natural gas, electricity, oil, coal production and marketing price formation mechanism. Accelerate the pace of water price reform, gradually raise water prices to a reasonable level in accordance with the requirements of water conservation, and improve the collection and management of water resource fees. The unified management of water resources in river basins will be strengthened, and the planned water use and water allocation system will be strictly enforced, so as to promote the rational utilization and development of water resources. A charging system for urban sewage and garbage disposal has been universally implemented, with fees earmarked for sewage and garbage disposal. Pollution prevention and protection of water resources in the upper reaches and source areas of rivers will be strengthened. Fares for inter-provincial and provincial and regional air feeder routes in the west are priced independently by the operators. Special tariffs may be applied to new railroads in the western region. Enhance the universal service of post and telecommunications in the western region.
Fourth, expand the policy of opening up to the outside world
(a) further expand the field of foreign investment. Encourage foreign investment in the western region of agriculture, water conservancy, ecology, transportation, energy, municipal, environmental protection, minerals, tourism and other infrastructure construction and resource development, as well as the establishment of technology research and development centers. Expand the opening up of the western region to the outside world in the field of trade in services, expand the pilot program of foreign investment in banks, commercial retail enterprises and foreign trade enterprises to municipalities directly under the central government, provincial capitals and capital cities of autonomous regions, and allow foreign-funded banks in the western region to gradually operate Renminbi (RMB) business, and allow foreign investors to invest in the western region in accordance with the relevant regulations in the field of telecommunication, insurance and tourism, and to set up Sino-foreign equity joint venture accounting firms, law firms, engineering design firms The opening up of some areas to the outside world allows foreign investors to set up joint venture accounting firms, law firms, engineering design firms, railroad and highway freight forwarding enterprises, municipal public utility enterprises, and enterprises in other areas that have been committed to opening up. The opening up of some areas to the outside world is allowed to be piloted in the western region.
(2) Further broaden the channels of utilizing foreign capital. Pilot projects of utilizing foreign investment in the form of BOT and pilot projects of utilizing foreign investment in the form of TOT will be carried out in the western region. Allow foreign-invested projects to carry out project financing including RMB. Support qualified foreign-invested enterprises in the western region to be listed on domestic and overseas stock markets. Support enterprises in the western region belonging to industries encouraged and permitted by the state to attract foreign investment through transfer of operating rights, granting of equity, mergers and reorganization. Actively explore the introduction of foreign investment in the form of Sino-foreign joint venture industrial funds and venture capital funds. Encourage foreign joint ventures in China to reinvest in the western region, and enjoy the treatment of foreign-invested enterprises if the proportion of foreign investment in their reinvestment projects exceeds 25%. For foreign investment in infrastructure and advantageous industrial projects in the western region, appropriately relax the restrictions on the share ratio of foreign investment, and appropriately relax the ratio of RMB loans provided by domestic banks for fixed asset investment. Certain projects in the western region are allowed to appropriately increase the proportion of foreign preferential loans for the total investment. For the introduction of foreign advanced technology and equipment for the advantageous industries and export-earning projects in the western region, the State will provide support in the arrangement of foreign commercial loan targets. Actively seek multilateral and bilateral grants to prioritize projects in the western region.
(3) vigorously develop foreign trade. Further expand the autonomy of foreign trade operations of production enterprises in the western region, and encourage the development of advantageous products for export, foreign engineering contracting and labor cooperation, investment in factories outside the country, especially in neighboring countries, and relax the restrictions on the entry and exit of personnel. Appropriate care will be taken in the import management of technical equipment urgently needed for the economic development of the western region. Overseas tourists entering from important tourist cities in the western region will be granted visas on arrival and other convenient entry visa policies in accordance with the conditions. The implementation of more favorable border trade policy, in the export tax rebates, import and export commodities business scope, import and export commodities quota, license management, personnel exchanges, etc., to relax restrictions, and to promote China's western region and the adjoining countries and regions to open up each other's markets, and promote the healthy development of regional economic and technological cooperation with neighboring countries.
(4) Promoting regional collaboration and counterpart support. On the premise of preventing duplication of construction and prohibiting the transfer of outdated technology and environmental pollution, in the areas of investment, finance, taxation, credit, economic and trade, industry and commerce, labor, statistics and other aspects of the active adoption of forceful measures to support the eastern and central enterprises to the western region to invest in the establishment of factories, equity participation in the acquisition of mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer and other forms of cooperation. Under the guidance of the central government and local governments, all aspects of society are being mobilized to strengthen east-meets-west support, to further increase support for impoverished and ethnic minority areas in the west, and to continue to promote the "prospering the borders and enriching the people" initiative. Focusing on the key areas of western development, the development of various forms of regional economic cooperation.
V. Policies to attract talents and develop science and technology education
(1) Attract and utilize talents. The development of policies conducive to the western region to attract talent, retain talent, and encourage talent entrepreneurship. Along with the wage reform, establish allowances for difficult and remote areas, and raise the wage level of the personnel in the organs and institutions in the western region so that it gradually reaches or is higher than the national average level. Relying on the key tasks of western development, major construction projects and important research topics, provide good working and living conditions to attract domestic and foreign specialized talents to devote themselves to western development. Reform the household registration management system, allowing residents of other regions who invest and operate in the western region and participate in its development to retain their household registration of origin, and allowing those who have a legal and fixed residence, a stable occupation or a source of livelihood in cities (including prefecture-level cities) and small towns below the prefecture level in the western region to apply for a permanent residence registration in cities and towns in accordance with their own wishes, so as to encourage a reasonable transfer of surplus agricultural labor and a reasonable movement of population across regions. Expanding the exchange of cadres between the eastern and western regions. The relevant departments of the central government, colleges and universities and scientific research institutions in the eastern region should strengthen their intellectual services and talent support for the western region. Strengthen the introduction of foreign intelligence in the western region. Relying on the relevant departments of the central government and the more economically developed coastal regions, the training of leading cadres and ethnic minority cadres and the training of civil servants, professional and technical personnel, and enterprise management personnel in the western regions shall be strengthened.
(2) Playing a leading role in science and technology. Increase various types of scientific and technological program funds to the western region of the tilt support, and gradually increase the amount of scientific and technological funds for the western region. Focusing on the key tasks of western development, strengthen scientific and technological capacity building, organization of key **** technology research, accelerate the promotion and application of major technological achievements and the pace of industrialization. Support the development of industrialization of military-to-civilian technologies. Support scientific research institutions and colleges and universities in the western region to strengthen applied and basic research with special characteristics. Deepen the reform of the science and technology system, accelerate the transformation of scientific research institutions engaged in applied research into enterprises, strengthen the union of industry, academia and research, and promote the close integration of science and technology with the economy. Allow and increase the proportion of development funds that enterprises in the western region withdraw from their sales. Increase the support of the Innovation Fund for Science and Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for projects with conditions in the western region. For scientific and technological personnel to set up science and technology-based enterprises in the western region, simplify business registration and raise the upper limit of the proportion of equity, options and intellectual property rights into shares.
(3) Increase investment in education. Continue to implement compulsory education projects in impoverished areas, increase national support for compulsory education in the western region, increase capital investment, and strive to accelerate the realization of nine-year compulsory education. Support for the construction of higher education in the western region, expanding the scale of enrollment in colleges and universities in the eastern and central regions in the western region. Increase the implementation of the project of schools in the eastern part of the country to support schools in poor areas in the west, and the project of schools in large and medium-sized cities in the western part of the country to support schools in poor areas in rural areas. Building a distance education system in the western region. Strengthen the education and training of rural grassroots cadres and farmers in scientific and cultural knowledge.
(4) Strengthening cultural and health construction. State arrangements to subsidize the construction of local cultural facilities, radio and television construction investment and cultural relics funding, tilted to the western region. Further implementation of the national economic policy of cultural propaganda units, and prosperity of literary and artistic creation. Promoting the construction of "village-to-village" radio and television broadcasting in natural villages, and further expanding the effective coverage of radio and television broadcasting. Promoting the development of cultural undertakings in border areas and ethnic minority regions. Supporting the building of culture and spiritual civilization in western regions. Strengthening support for the construction of health and family planning in the western region, focusing on the establishment of a sound primary health care system in rural areas.