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New Trends in International Trade! Promoting the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and the western land sea new channel is a major decision and deployment made by the country to implement the regional coordinated development strategy and the opening-up strategy. Recently, the Expert Alliance of Chengdu Chongqing Double City Economic Circle Think Tank, Yuanming Think Tank Studio, and Chongqing Jingyu Provincial Situation and Development Planning Research Institute jointly released the "2023 Research Report on Accelerating the Construction of Chengdu Chongqing Double City Economic Circle and Western Land Sea New Channel", providing suggestions and suggestions for the construction of a modern new era and the continuous promotion of the two major strategies.

Significant achievements have been made in promoting the construction of the two major strategies

The Research Report points out that in the past three years of promoting the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle, focusing on the goal of "one pole and one source" and the positioning of "two centers and two places", Sichuan and Chongqing have adhered to the dual city linkage, dual core leadership, overall positive development, significant construction results, and are accelerating the formation of important growth poles and new power sources that drive high-quality development of the whole country. Sichuan and Chongqing have vigorously implemented a total of 248 major projects, accelerated the construction of 10 functional platforms in adjacent areas, signed more than 200 strategic cooperation framework agreements, and released 311 items on the "Sichuan Chongqing Communication Office" list... greatly improving the livability, convenience, and happiness of the people in both regions. In 2022, the GDP of the Chengdu Chongqing Double City Economic Circle was 7.75 trillion yuan, accounting for 6.4% of the national total and 30.2% of the western region.

In the past five years, the construction of the Western Land Sea New Channel has expanded to a new pattern of "13+2" provincial, regional, and municipal co construction, from serving Western China to serving RCEP and extending to the world, becoming the "economic artery" of the regions along the line. According to the data in the Research Report, more than 25000 rail sea intermodal trains have been operated in the new land sea channel in the west, effectively connecting the "the Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Relying on the new land sea channel in the western region, Chongqing has highlighted innovative leadership and achieved remarkable results: exploring the establishment of land trade rules and expanding the application of the "one order system" for rail sea intermodal transportation; The "Single Window" Western Land Sea New Channel Platform for International Trade has become the first platform to upgrade from local construction to a national standard version and promote its application nationwide. The declared business volume exceeds 123 million tickets, and the application rate of major declared business in international trade remains 100%, ranking first in the number of customs declarations in central and western China; It has become the only national logistics hub in China that combines "water, land, air, and production services", effectively promoting the development of the western region in the new era and the construction of inland open highlands.

Five strategic directions to seize development opportunities

Under the national construction of a dual cycle new development pattern, the strategy of developing the western region in the new era is further strengthened, and the strategic value of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle is highlighted. How to use the advantages of economic development, traffic location, open platform, international influence, policy superposition and other advantages to seize the development opportunity in the construction of modern new Chongqing, and then promote the construction of Chengdu Chongqing double city economic circle and new land sea channel in the west as a whole?

The research report suggests that Chongqing should accelerate the strategic positioning, layout, planning, linkage, and cooperation of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and the construction of the western land sea new channel.

Specifically, in terms of strategic positioning, it is recommended that Chongqing focus on the requirements of the central government's "two point" positioning, "two places and two highs" goals, and play the "three roles", focusing on major hubs, major ports, major logistics, major economy and trade, and major industries. It is also recommended to clarify the target positioning, strategic positioning, functional positioning, and value positioning of Chongqing in accelerating the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and the western land sea new channel, and to study and introduce relevant development strategies.

In terms of strategic layout, it is recommended that Chongqing strive to be the vanguard of high-quality development in the western region, accelerate the construction of the new land sea channel in the western region, and make it the "second project" of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, and fulfill its respective responsibilities in promoting the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle as the "first project" of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, optimize the layout, and complement each other.

In terms of strategic planning, Chongqing should consider planning a series of major policies, reforms, projects, and projects to supplement and incorporate them into the national level planning outline, based on the already issued "Outline of the Construction Plan for the Chengdu Chongqing Double City Economic Circle", "Overall Plan for the Western Land Sea New Channel", and "Strategic Plan for the International Trade Land Sea New Channel", and pay attention to the planning and integration with Chongqing's consumer goods industry, digital economy, commercial logistics Effective connection of special plans such as inland open highlands.

In terms of strategic linkage, Chongqing should strengthen the strategic linkage between the construction of Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", the Western Development, the Yangtze River Economic Belt construction and the construction of the "two horizontal and three vertical" western land and sea new channel, as well as the strategic synergy with the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and Hainan Free Trade Port, to play a synergistic effect.

In addition, in terms of strategic cooperation, it is recommended that Chongqing strengthen cooperation with central ministries and enterprises, as well as with other provinces (districts, cities) and urban agglomerations in inter provincial cooperation; In terms of international trade cooperation, we are fully connected to RCEP and ASEAN, relying on platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's multi-functional economic and trade platform and the China Singapore Interconnection Project to enhance the international influence of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle and the construction of the western land sea new channel.