The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will bring great opportunities. As one of the national "four vertical, four horizontal and two networks" high-grade waterways, the related construction work has been included in the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network planning outline, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will bring great opportunities.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will bring great opportunities 1 Jiangxi Province is adjacent to Guangdong Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Anhui Province, Hunan Province and Hubei Province, so it can be said that its geographical position is very superior. But looking at the gdp of the provincial capital in 2020, Jiangxi Province has been surrounded by trillions of provincial capital cities. Although there are still many provincial capital cities that have not exceeded one trillion yuan, much lower than Nanchang, Jiangxi is the first to be surrounded.
In 2020, the gdP of Fuzhou and Hefei will reach trillions, while Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Changsha, which have already exceeded trillions, just surround Jiangxi. At this time, Nanchang's gdp was 574.5 billion, less than 600 billion. According to the current economic growth rate, this trillion-dollar cycle may last for several years.
So what can change this situation? The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Grand Canal will bring opportunities to Jiangxi.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Grand Canal, as its name implies, is a canal in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces. Zhejiang is connected with Jiangxi, and Jiangxi is connected with Guangdong, with a total length of 1.228 km, of which Jiangxi section accounts for 758 km. Through the existing rivers and a few artificial canals, the Yangtze River system and the Pearl River system are connected in Jiangxi, and then go to Guangzhou and Shenzhen to go to sea, and then go up to Hangzhou and the Yangtze River Delta. The Grand Canal benefited most from Jiangxi. Think about it, between the two regions with the strongest economy, it is difficult for Jiangxi's economy to fly. Of course, the canal is still very difficult. First of all, it involves three provinces, construction cost, construction period, shipping capacity of the canal and so on.
Judging from the cargo throughput of inland ports from 202 1 to 1 1, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province has completed135190,000 tons, ranking ninth among inland ports. Nanchang accumulated 33.66 million tons, ranking 39 th; Except Jiujiang and Nanchang, other cities in Jiangxi totaled 36.48 million tons, ranking 38th, ranking first with the growth rate of 148.4%. If the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Grand Canal is opened, the port cargo throughput will be greatly improved, which will bring considerable economic benefits to Jiangxi and inject new growth points for Nanchang to break through one trillion yuan at an early date.
Of course, Nanchang can also find another way, that is, like other provincial capital cities, merge counties of nearby prefecture-level cities, such as Fengcheng and Gao 'an in Yichun. After all, the area of Nanchang is only 7 195 square kilometers, and its ranking in the provincial capital is still relatively small.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will bring great opportunities. There is new news about the construction of Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal in the "Century Waterway Project".
Recently, some netizens left a message to Ye Jianchun, acting governor of Jiangxi Province, on the People's Daily "Leadership Message Board", asking about the progress of the construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal. "I want to ask about the current construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal? How much work has been done so far? "
In response to the above-mentioned netizens' comments, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Transportation recently replied that the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, as one of the national "four vertical, four horizontal and two networks" high-grade waterways, has been included in the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline". At present, the relevant state departments are jointly carrying out special research on key issues of the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal with Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces.
The newspaper previously reported that in early October of 200211,the full text of Opinions of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government on Promoting the Construction of a Strong Traffic Province (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions") was released, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal mentioned in it attracted much attention. According to the attachment of the above opinions, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal consists of the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Canal, of which the planned total length of the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is about 1.228 km (758 km in Jiangxi), and the planned investment is estimated to be about1.500 million yuan; The total planned length of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Canal is about 760 kilometers (4 10 kilometers in Jiangxi), and the planned investment is about 654.38+0.7 billion yuan.
In the main part of the Opinions, "Revitalizing the Millennium Golden Waterway of Jiangxi and Poyang Lake, building the century-old waterway project of Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, perfecting the layout of high-grade inland waterway network, giving full play to the advantages of north-south waterway and forming a new pattern of inland waterway" is included in the main tasks.
According to the data attached to the above opinions, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is an important part of the layout planning of the national high-grade waterway network of "four verticals, four horizontals and two networks". It can effectively enhance the location advantage of Jiangxi Province, promote the construction of the inland open economic experimental zone in Jiangxi Province, and promote the economic and social development of the province by improving the layout of the national high-grade waterway network, forming a new pattern of inland river transportation, efficiently connecting the three national strategic regions of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and re-establishing the dominant position of the north-south waterway in Jiangxi Province.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will bring great opportunities 3 1 17 Jiangxi released the government work report for 2022, with the goal of achieving positive results in the preliminary work of the Jiangxi-Guangdong-Jiangxi-Zhejiang Canal in 2022.
This is also Jiangxi's "planning" during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period. Jiangxi province's "14th Five-Year Plan" comprehensive transportation system development plan mentioned that efforts should be made to start construction in the "14th Five-Year Plan".
The Jiangxi-Guangdong-Jiangxi-Zhejiang Canal (also known as the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal) consists of the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Canal, with a total length of about 1988 km and a planned investment of about 320 billion yuan.
In terms of length, it is more than 0/00 km longer than the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (total length 1794 km, the longest mileage and largest project in the world at present).
In terms of investment, this not only exceeds the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (65.438+0269 billion yuan), but also exceeds the Three Gorges Water Control Project (248.5 billion yuan).
Therefore, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is regarded as a great project in the history of China's water transport in recent years, and a "century water transport project".
Behind the big investment is the significance of the canal: it connects the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, two important water systems in China, runs through the north and south, and reaches Beijing and Guangdong.
This is especially important for Jiangxi. In this "century water transport project", Jiangxi occupies 60% of the river reach, which is expected to restore its dominant position in the north-south water transport channel.
"The canal can significantly improve the traffic conditions in Jiangxi and put wings on Jiangxi's economic development." Ding, deputy director and associate researcher of the Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, told the Times Weekly reporter.
But can the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal help Jiangxi break the ice and tear off the label of "small transparency"?
"It depends on how Jiangxi can make better use of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal and fully tap its potential." Jinding's theory.
Connecting the Yangtze River and the Pearl River
The Yangtze River and the Pearl River are the first and second largest rivers in China, radiating the cities in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta respectively. Tens of thousands of ferries run on these two major water systems every year, transporting a large number of industrial products and raw materials to all parts of the country, which is the economic lifeline of China.
In 2020, despite the epidemic, the cargo throughput of the Yangtze River trunk line still reached 3.06 billion tons, up 4.4% year-on-year. In the same year, the cargo throughput of the Xijiang trunk line of the Pearl River reached 654.38+0.5 billion tons, up by 5.6543.8+0% year-on-year.
However, there is no direct waterway connection between the Yangtze River and the Pearl River.
Inland river ferries need to transport products between two water systems. They must first transport the goods to the Yangtze River estuary and the Pearl River estuary, then to the sea freighter and then to the destination. This obviously increases the cost, but reduces the efficiency.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal was built to connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is divided into two parts: the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Canal. Among them, the Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is the highlight, starting from Poyang Lake mouth in the north, entering Taojiang River through the main stream of Ganjiang River, and entering Beijiang River through artificial canal in Xinfeng County, realizing the connection of Jiangxi-Guangdong water system.
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi Canal is an artificial canal built between Changshan River in the upper reaches of Qiantang River and Xinjiang River in Jiangxi Province, which makes Qiantang River and Poyang Lake "hand in hand" and solves the problems that Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces are connected by mountains, roads and water do not convection.
After the completion of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River will be interconnected into a network, and the Huaihe River, the Yellow River, the Haihe River and the Qiantang River will also be connected in series from Hangzhou to Guangzhou.
The Canal can even undertake the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, upgrade the national trunk line system of canals to the "Jingguang Canal", and connect Beijing and Guangdong.
Connecting the north-south water system can directly reduce the transportation cost of bulk goods.
After the completion of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, goods from Jiangxi can go directly to Guangdong and Zhejiang, and goods from Guangdong can also enter the Ganjiang River and Poyang Lake, enter Zhejiang Province in the east, enter the Yangtze River waterway in the north, and be transported northward along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Commodities such as coal in the northern region can also enter Jiangxi along the way.
Even in today's developed railway and highway transportation, the cost of water transportation is still far lower than that of land transportation in areas rich in water resources. It is estimated that the water transportation cost is 1/2 of the railway transportation cost, 1/5 of the road transportation cost and 1/20 of the air transportation cost.
As far as this canal is concerned, its significance is not limited to reducing transportation costs, but also lies in the water resources attracted by the implementation of the canal project, especially for the development of industry and agriculture, which is helpful to guide the industrial layout and regional economic development.
Benefits of large waterways
In this "century water transport project", the canal with a length of about 1 168 kilometers is located in Jiangxi. Jiangxi is undoubtedly the core area of this waterway.
At present, Ganjiang River, the largest river in Jiangxi Province, is one of the main tributaries of the Yangtze River, with an average annual runoff of about 68.7 billion cubic meters, which is greater than the water flow of the Yellow River. It has a total length of 766 kilometers and a drainage area of 83,500 square kilometers, which has great shipping potential.
During the Tang Dynasty, Jiangxi was the only way for commercial exchanges between Lingnan and Central Plains. Even after that, the focus of China's economic development gradually shifted to the south, but Jiangxi is still the only place for Guangdong's foreign trade port.
This is also the reason why Jiangxi actively promotes the construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal. Since 1980s, Jiangxi has participated in the compilation of several related planning and feasibility study reports of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal.
One of the basic conditions for the realization of this canal is to have a navigable third-class waterway.
To this end, Jiangxi has continuously promoted the reform of water transport in recent years. By the end of 2020, all six cascade shiplocks along the Ganjiang River will be completed, with three-level navigation conditions.
"Revitalize the Millennium Golden Waterway in Jiangxi, build the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, improve the layout of high-grade inland waterway network, give full play to the advantages of the north-south waterway, and form a new pattern of inland waterway transportation." In the "Opinions on Promoting the Construction of a Strong Traffic Province" issued in 20021,Jiangxi described the blueprint for the future in this way.
After the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is launched, Jiangxi, which is located in the north-south passage, is expected to become the biggest winner.
At present, the economic strength of Gannan is relatively weak, but it is rich in agricultural products and mineral resources. When the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is opened, these resources can be transported to the Pearl River Delta at a lower cost, and the sales market will be broadened. Coal transferred from the coastal ports of the Pearl River Delta can also be transported to Gannan more conveniently.
Not only that. Ding believes that the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will help Jiangxi to better undertake the industrial transfer and economic radiation in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, promote the economic and social development of Jiangxi, and drive Jiangxi's economy to by going up one flight of stairs in scale and quality.
By 2020, the GDP of Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, has not exceeded 600 billion yuan, but there are 1 or more trillion GDP cities in the provinces adjacent to Jiangxi, so this is dubbed by netizens as the "trillion club around Jiangxi".
In this context, Jiangxi's sense of existence has not been strong. After the completion of the canal, can it be used to solve the embarrassing situation of "Jiangxi Trillion Meeting"?
"By the end of 20021,one third of China's 24 trillion GDP cities will not have navigation conditions. It can be seen that the completion of the canal cannot be the necessity for Jiangxi to break the dilemma of' trillion clubs around Jiangxi'. " Ding believes.
In his view, the key to Jiangxi is to rely on the golden waterway of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, vigorously develop the waterway economy and hub economy, and change "flow" into "storage".
"Jiangxi should take the initiative to strengthen its ties with the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, actively undertake the economic spillover between the two places, and vigorously develop a modern economic system with Jiangxi characteristics." Ding said to him.
In fact, Jiangxi has been actively docking with the Pearl River Delta.
In 20021and 10, Nanchang signed strategic cooperation framework agreements with seven cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, Guangdong, and related development zones and enterprises signed 68 agreements respectively, with a total investment of about 86 billion yuan.