Investigation on the development of small towns to promote economic growth

Research Report on the Construction of Small Towns in Our City to Promote Economic Growth Report Xiangfan City Construction Bureau

In order to understand and master the current role of small town construction in the city in stimulating economic growth, and the existing problems, we should clarify the next step of work. Recently, we organized special classes and went deep into counties such as Zaoyang, Gucheng and Laohekou. The focus of townships and towns has been investigated. The overall feeling is that the construction of small towns not only directly stimulates the consumption of domestic consumption and related industries, but also plays an invaluable role in economic growth with its huge investment demand.
First, the construction of small towns has produced a huge pulling effect on economic growth. The driving force for economic growth is mainly reflected in investment and consumption. The construction of small towns has the investment function first, and can create a new consumption environment. The interaction between the two has produced a huge pulling force for economic growth.
1. As a kind of investment behavior, the construction of small towns directly drives the development of related industries such as construction, building materials and decoration. The construction of roads, bridges and houses in small towns can create a large number of employment needs for construction workers, which in turn will drive demand for thousands of related products such as building materials, metallurgy and electromechanical. At present, there are 77 towns and 240 natural towns in the city. The built-up area is 210 square kilometers. Since 1998, the fixed assets investment of small towns has reached more than 6 billion yuan, accounting for 25% of the city's total fixed assets investment. 50% of fixed asset investment. Among them, it sells more than 800,000 square meters of commercial housing, worth more than 300 million yuan, builds more than 4 million square meters of buildings, invests 1.25 billion yuan, and invests 480 million yuan in infrastructure. It builds 123 bridges, 623 kilometers of streets, and 425 kilometers of water supply. 466 km of water access, 298 public toilets, 1,204 streetscape flower beds. These demand absorbed a total of 28,000 people in the construction industry, consuming 600,000 tons of cement, 60,000 tons of steel and 10 billion bricks. Last year, Xianrendu Town in Laohekou City only used more than 10 million yuan in fixed assets for the construction of towns and villages. It suddenly drove the demand for construction and building materials. The full-load production of 4 brick factories in the town was still in short supply, and the price of red bricks rose. 30%; cement prefabricated panels rose 10-20%; 86 construction entrepreneurs were booming; more than 100 electric welders in the town were still in short supply, and they needed to borrow to catch up with the construction period.
2. The construction of small towns has improved the consumption environment, changed the consumption concept of village residents and raised the level of consumption. The construction of small towns has changed the traditional agricultural social form. Natural villages have been replaced by towns. The concept of small farmers’ consumption has been diluted by the market economy. After farmers enter the city, the concept of consumption and standards have taken a big step forward. Modern furniture, electrical appliances, telephones and even cars Into the home of ordinary people. In 2001, the city's small towns had 450 markets of various types, and the total sales of consumer goods reached 4.357 billion yuan, of which the consumption of small towns was 2.64 billion yuan. The per capita consumption level of small towns and towns is 2,200 yuan, 30% higher than that of rural residents. The purchase of high-end consumer goods such as color TV sets, freezers and locomotives is 900 million yuan. The penetration rate of telephones, color TVs and locomotives is 35%, 73% and 26% respectively. The rural areas are 32, 58 and 19 percentage points higher. With the increase in the proportion of living and using in the consumption structure, the Engel coefficient of small town residents decreased from 47% in 1998 to 40% in 2001, which is 8 percentage points lower than that of local rural residents.
3. The construction of small towns has accelerated the pace of population separation from agriculture and created conditions for the implementation of agricultural industrialization. The construction of small towns not only transferred a large number of rural population, but also created conditions for the scale operation and intensive management of agriculture. The reduction of agricultural population increased the per capita land area of ​​farmers, correspondingly increased the income of farmers and stimulated the consumption of farmers. By the end of 2001, the city had a population of 4.03 million, of which 1.17 million were liberated from the land and entered the town for non-agricultural production, accounting for 28% of the total rural population. More than 800,000 mu of cultivated land was transferred, accounting for the total area of ​​cultivated land in the city. 13%. The increase in the number of “farmers entering the city” has made it possible for local farmers to expand their agricultural production scale. According to statistics, at present, the number of rural households planting more than 20 mu in rural areas has increased to more than 60,000, accounting for 1/10 of the total number of households; the planting area is more than 1.6 million mu, accounting for 1/4 of the cultivated land area; the output value is 1.7 billion yuan. One third of the output value of the crop industry. The number of professional villages has increased from 97 to 317, which has promoted the formation of one-fifth of the large-scale farming industry. With an area of ​​1/4 of the cultivated land, it has created one-third of the output value of the crop industry; 1/2 of the aquaculture production value. Xinglong Town, Zaoyang City, the town of agricultural industrialization management company anti-rent land 200 acres, multi-party financing of more than 2 million yuan, the construction of high-tech agricultural demonstration base, the introduction of the world's advanced varieties, hired national first-class experts to do technical guidance, the implementation of farmers contracting, enterprises Management, the average income of Muping is 50,000-100,000 yuan, and the highest is 170,000 yuan.
4. The construction of small towns promoted the concentration of township and village enterprises, and stimulated economic growth through scale management and investment attraction. The construction of small towns has continuously improved the infrastructure of villages and towns, providing a broad space for activities for the secondary entrepreneurship of township enterprises. The gradual matching of urban transportation, communication, commerce, schools, culture and entertainment services, and the improvement of urban functions have provided a service guarantee system for township enterprises and promoted the formation of industrial parks. In the process of speeding up the construction of small towns, Wudian Town of Zaoyang City scientifically planned and built an industrial plot of 2 square kilometers. It has invested more than 90 million yuan to build water, electricity, roads and other infrastructure, and implemented special power supply for enterprises to attract 21 township industrial enterprises and more than 110 individual and private enterprises have formed aggregate advantages and gathered and developed. At present, the four pillar industries of machinery, textile, chemical industry and papermaking have been formed in the region, and 10 enterprises with an annual output value of over 10 million yuan have been cultivated. In addition, the improvement of the overall quality of small towns and the optimization of the environment make it a cornucopia of investment attraction. Shihua Town, Gucheng County has opened a new area of ​​1.5 square kilometers, which has attracted more than 30 enterprises to enter the district. More than 50 colleges and universities and research institutes have formed partnerships with enterprises in the new district. Each year, more than 100 scientific and technological projects and more than 200 each are introduced. Technical talents. At present, the new district of the town has been identified as a national-level Spark technology-intensive area and a demonstration zone for cooperation between the eastern and western regions of the national township enterprises.
5. The construction of small towns has promoted modern civilization. With the improvement of material conditions and the edification of the modern civilization, people are no longer limited to cultivating ordinary manual workers, but focusing on long-term goals and meeting the challenges of the market economy and the knowledge economy era. Consumption has quietly expanded. At the end of 2001, the city's small towns had 490 small Chinese schools, with 134,000 students, 11,000 faculty members, and family education expenses of 90 million yuan. At the same time, as people's income increases, the demand for cultural and entertainment consumption continues to increase. By 2001, the construction area of ​​various cultural and recreational facilities in small towns in the city reached 290,000 square meters, and the annual expenditure on cultural and entertainment reached 50 million. yuan.
The history of the construction of small towns in our city shows that the construction of small towns can stimulate the consumption demand of construction materials, the consumption of construction workers; the construction of housing can promote the decoration and decoration of household necessities; the construction of small towns itself also includes production investment. The normal operation of the economic support system has also stimulated the consumption of large quantities of production materials. The ratio of investment and consumption is very significant; the construction of small towns has improved the market system and stimulated the expansion of commodity trading volume; the construction of small towns has adapted to the needs of economic development. The main body of the construction puts forward higher requirements and stimulates the consumption of culture, education and other aspects of the residents. It can be said that the construction of small towns is accompanied by a whole body, with high correlation and large influence, showing a strong economic driving force.
Second, the current opportunities and problems in the construction of small cities and towns in our city At present, the construction of small cities and towns in our city faces many new opportunities. First, after more than 20 years of reform and opening up, the majority of farmers have not only solved the problem of food and clothing, but also have a certain material accumulation, improving living conditions and raising living standards are the urgent requirements of the majority of farmers, correctly guiding farmers to build houses and do a good job in infrastructure. Construction, the people's will, and the public will surely accelerate the pace of economic growth. Second, the current state is trying to start consumption, and the construction of small towns is one of the starting points. Seizing opportunities and improving policies will accelerate economic development. Third, the construction of small cities and towns in our city started early, the foundation is good, and the ideas are clear. It has a greater impact in the whole province and even the whole country. Changing pressure is the driving force, and taking advantage of the momentum will definitely push the economy of small towns to a new level. For these opportunities, most townships and towns are aware of their actions, and their actions are timely, but there are also a few places that are not paying enough attention. There are still some problems in the construction of small towns that need to be resolved.
First, the combination of small town construction and economic construction is not close enough, and there are more cases of small towns catching small towns. Insufficient understanding of the role of small towns in stimulating the economy, in the economic construction, especially in promoting the secondary entrepreneurship of township enterprises, agricultural industrialization, the role of the small towns construction is not effective.
Second, policy measures are not in place, and funds for construction of small towns are seriously scarce. In the previous stage, most towns and towns poured a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources into the construction of small towns. However, because most towns and towns in our city are eating finances, the financial lack of adjustment means, local finances can not get more funds. The development of small town construction, coupled with the relatively low income of farmers to work in the town is relatively difficult, so relying on farmers to build a large-scale city has little potential; in addition, the precipitation of rural foundation funds, rural bank savings, also make The problem of funding shortages is highlighted. In recent years, the state, provinces and municipalities have launched a number of archives to speed up the development of small towns. The municipal finance has allocated 4 million yuan of special funds for the construction of small cities and towns, and the towns and towns have collected small towns to maintain the tax return problem and township units and Individuals charge 3% of infrastructure support fees and 70% of urban state-owned land transfer fees. The market management fees levied by the industrial and commercial departments in townships and towns must be guaranteed 50-70% for local infrastructure construction or market construction, etc. However, these good policies have not been well implemented, and the contradiction between the shortage of funds for construction of villages and towns and the acceleration of small town construction and economic growth has become more prominent.
Third, the planning of some towns and villages and towns is lagging behind, and it does not meet the needs of the current development of rural economy and the development of small towns. The facilities of municipal facilities and public facilities are imperfect; the development of urban areas lacks individuality and the characteristics are not obvious; the scale of towns is small, the aggregation effect is poor, and the functions of urban comprehensive services are not fully utilized; detailed planning of small towns and village construction plans and excellent rural residential design The lack of timely programming has led to a monotonous form of construction, and the phenomenon of building a house in rural areas still exists.
Third, deepen reform, establish industrial concepts, and accelerate the implementation of strategic towns that drive economic growth. Towns are not only the carrier of productivity, but also a kind of productivity. The construction of small towns is the construction of industry. Therefore, it is necessary to change the concept of investing in small towns as a non-productive investment, and to build small towns as an important industry, and to engage in urban construction like industrial construction. It should be recognized that: First, the investment in infrastructure by urban construction has driven the development of the building materials industry, construction industry, transportation industry, electromechanical industry, and circulation industry. Second, it has effectively utilized land resources. It has developed idle land and cultivated new financial resources. Third, it has expanded the space for economic development and employment, and opened up a new world for economic development. Fourth, many of its infrastructure inputs are also operational inputs. , bridging, power, communications, water plants, parks, etc., can be used business methods, and quickly recover investment and achieve higher benefits; fifth, it has a strong demonstration and radiation effect on the vast rural areas, can It promotes and promotes the rapid development of the rural economy; sixth, it has strong attraction and cohesiveness, can guide capital concentration, form economies of scale, produce “aggregation effects”, and improve economic efficiency; finally, it also gives workers new ideas. New visions and new technologies are conducive to the improvement of the quality of workers. All in all, urban construction, especially basic industrial construction, has a comprehensive benefit of input and output, which is much higher than other industries. To make urban construction into industrial construction, we must eliminate those obstacles and create a good policy environment. Cultivate a good "popularity" atmosphere, the government, departments and the public will build together, finance, finance and enterprises will join forces to accelerate the construction of small cities and towns, stimulate economic growth, and promote rapid and healthy economy.
1. It is necessary to emancipate the mind, raise awareness, and enhance the sense of urgency and historical responsibility for accelerating the construction of small towns. Judging from the economic development of Juguan, the urbanization level of our city lags far behind the level of economic development and has become an important factor restricting the further development of the economy. According to the internationally accepted development model, our current economic level should match the urbanization rate of 60% of the population, but in fact only 43%. Therefore, the historical debt problem of small town construction in our city is still quite prominent. It is necessary to further emancipate the mind, abandon the traditional thinking formula of production and consumption determined under the conditions of a planned economy and a shortage of economic conditions, and firmly establish a new concept of investment and consumption under the conditions of market economy to stimulate economic development and even determine production to a certain extent, from the economic market. The concept of development of urbanization, rural urbanization, and internationalization of trade is to recognize the necessity and urgency of accelerating the construction of small cities and towns, stimulating economic growth, and enhancing the historical responsibility of large-scale development and construction.
2. Focus on solving the core problems that hinder the construction of small towns and establish a sound financing mechanism. The rural deposit of 3 billion yuan is far from enough for the investment demand of 20 billion yuan. The solution to the problem must be to establish a diversified financing mechanism. We suggest that the municipal government should adhere to the policy of substituting awards for the construction of pure public welfare infrastructure in small towns, implement corporate development for income-generating construction projects, adopt government subsidies, and focus on natural capital contributions. Further broaden the social investment channels for small town construction, such as investment in residential construction, set up a small town construction investment company, use market economic means to attract 3 billion yuan of rural deposits after several years of rolling development; township enterprises solid production Investment, you can take a block of shares, take half of the company's profits every year to expand the investment of re-production; liquidity can take the enterprise to take a little from the profit, from the bank to lend a little, raise funds to raise a little to solve the problem; For the construction of public welfare infrastructure, the city must adhere to the policy of subsidizing the awards and mobilize the enthusiasm of the township government. In short, we must continue to implement the preferential policies that have been introduced to support the construction of small towns. In addition, we must also take a long-term perspective, from the perspective of adapting to the requirements of the market economy and achieving long-term sustainable development, explore diversified financing mechanisms, and encourage township and village enterprises and urban and rural residents to actively participate in the construction of small towns, such as water supply and power supply. Production and processing, etc., can be funded by means of shareholding or fund-raising loans, dividends or repayments from profit; for public welfare projects, take a bit of benefit units, squeeze a little fiscal, and work together to solve the problem together; Building houses in cities and towns, adopting the method of real estate development, first build and then sell. At the same time, it is necessary to encourage farmers to build houses in the town and continue to play the main role of farmers to build houses. For urban infrastructure such as drainage channels and roads, it is necessary to join hands with real estate development to gradually repay loans from land appreciation and property appreciation. Establish a long-term benefit concept, do not collect loans at a time, otherwise increase the cost of real estate, affect consumption, can only be counterproductive.
3. Standardize management and create a relaxed policy environment. The market economy calls for small government and big society, and the construction of small towns needs a relaxed policy environment. If the peasants in the town are overburdened and unprofitable, then the small towns will have no gravitation. Therefore: First, the farmers in the town should be warmly welcomed, enthusiastic service, no checkpoints; second, on the basis of full argumentation and scientific planning, appropriately relax the policy of land use for small towns and simplify the procedures for granting land; third, farmers Into the town to build a house, in addition to the necessary land acquisition fees, urban construction support fees, reduce the remaining charges. As long as the peasants build houses, as long as they meet the planning requirements, the department cannot forcefully raise the standards for building houses and increase the burden on the peasants. Fourth, for the homesteads that are ploughed by the squatting house, the peasants should be responsible for the reclamation themselves, or they should be rehabilitated by the peasants themselves, or The farmer voluntarily invites people to recuperate. As long as the fertility reaches normal level, the land department should be exempt from reclamation fees. If the houses of the peasants entering the town have been sold or transferred, there should be no problem of reclamation. Fifth, the peasants entering the town should be treated equally with the permanent residents of the town and do not engage in discriminatory policies. It is even more difficult to charge the so-called expansion fee. Sixth, strictly implement the central government’s policy of extending land contracting for another 30 years, so that farmers in the town can eat reassurance. Farmers voluntarily choose to enter the city or stay in the countryside, so that the market economy can play its proper role. effect.
4. Vigorously develop the village and town economy and enhance the regenerative capacity of small town construction. The development of small towns is an irreversible trend in the process of human development, but it cannot be contrary to the laws of the economy. It is necessary to strengthen the guiding ideology of economic construction and to guide the healthy development of small towns. Enhance its hematopoietic function. For example, if we use financial guarantees and bank loans to build small towns, we must have economically beneficial projects to ensure that the investment can be recovered normally. Therefore, while building small towns, we must vigorously develop township and village enterprises, increase the reform of township and village enterprises, use the mechanism of private economy to graft township and village enterprises, improve economic efficiency, and guide township and village enterprises to concentrate in small town industrial zones to realize township enterprises. Second venture. We must also effectively reduce the burden on farmers. Through the development of agricultural industrialization, leading enterprises and farmers will reach a community of interests, guide farmers to adjust their breeding structure, increase the scientific and technological content and added value of agricultural and sideline products, and enable farmers to become richer and more farmers. Walk into small towns, participate in the construction of small towns, and promote the development of small towns. The construction of small towns will stimulate economic growth, promote the development of small towns with economic strength, and achieve a benign circle of production, circulation and consumption of the national economy.