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GDP of 8 satellite towns showing significant growth
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Tuesday, 01 October 2013 19:32
It is learned from the pilot work meeting for the satellite towns of Ningbo that after three years’ development, the construction of the eight satellite towns of Ningbo has achieved great results, realizing the historic leap from the "town" level to the "municipal" level.
Statistics show that the average GDP of the 8 satellite towns in 2012 stood at 5.6 billion yuan, up by 57% over the period before the implementation of the pilot. The finance budgetary revenue reached 700 million yuan, almost double that before the pilot period. The investment on the fixed assets reached 2.2 billion yuan, up by 150%, and the area of the built-up district reached 10 square kilometers, up by 14%. The aggregation rate of the constant population in the built-up district has increased by 56%, an increase of 13.7 percent points. Both the per capita disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of rural residents have grown by over 50%.
The decentralization and promotion of reforms on administrative system serve as the breakthroughs for the construction of the satellite towns. In accordance with the requirements of delegation and responsibility division, the pilot towns have delegated about 300 items of administrative approval authority and over 400 items of administrative penalty, by means of direct delegating, appointing and organization extending, which has facilitated the business for the enterprises and people in the surrounding villages and towns and enhanced the efficiency of approval.
Strengthening the supply of such major elements as land, capital and talent is the key link of the development of the satellite towns. Based on the comprehensive financial support, the pilot towns have been given priority in developing township banks and microfinance banks, which has provided strong financial support for the construction of the satellite towns.
Expansion of effective investment and acceleration of function cultivation are the focus of the development. In recent years, 42.3 billion yuan has been invested on fixed assets in the pilot towns, with the infrastructure gradually improved and public service facilities gradually optimized. Besides, the pilot towns have made more efforts in business and capital introduction and the promotion of development from block feature industry to modern industrial cluster. So far, the pilot towns boast 153 enterprises with an output value of 100 million yuan and 83 nation-level high-tech enterprises, and breakthroughs have been made in terms of the listed companies.
