(Source: "Economic Daily" 2025-1-22)

In the new era, realizing the coordinated development of the eastern, central and western regions and promoting the overall economic and social improvement of the western region is an important part of building a new development pattern. The national economic and technological development zones in the western region are important windows for opening up to the outside world and engines of regional economic growth. They should give full play to their demonstration and leading role, deepen cooperation with the eastern and central regions, promote resource sharing and complementary advantages, and help high-quality development in the western region.

Smooth open channels and build a new open and shared pattern. The Western Economic Development Zone should focus on promoting the construction of ports, cross-border transportation and information networks, speeding up the construction of an open logistics system and cross-border postal network, and improving relevant infrastructure support. Based on the interconnection of railways and highways, we will strengthen the layout of waterways and air transportation, and deeply integrate into key urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In addition, the comprehensive energy level and international influence of the open platform should be improved. Actively participate in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and strengthen collaboration with countries along the route in areas such as infrastructure and production capacity cooperation; inject impetus into the open development of the western region by holding high-standard international exhibitions, investment and financing exchanges, and technology trading activities; strengthen synergy with platforms such as free w88 pilot zones, comprehensive bonded zones, and cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones to enhance demonstration and driving effects; integrate the resources of provincial development zones with adjacent locations and complementary industries to create an innovation community that collaborates and complements each other.

Strengthen the driving force for innovation and build a modern industrial system with western characteristics. On the one hand, the Western Region Economic Development Zone should focus on its unique resource endowments and comparative advantages, develop characteristic advantageous industries, and cultivate and develop new productive forces through differentiated paths. Highlight the unique positioning of advanced manufacturing, strategic emerging industries and processing w88, actively undertake key elements and resources of domestic and foreign industrial chains, and enhance the ability to construct, build and strengthen industrial chains. On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen the leading role of scientific and technological innovation in industrial innovation. Lay out new R&D institutions and innovation platforms with regional characteristics, and strengthen the ability to tackle basic research and key core technologies. Promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerate the establishment of innovation consortiums with enterprises as the main body, and improve the market-oriented scientific and technological achievements transformation mechanism.

Optimize the business environment and consolidate the elements of high-quality development. The Western Region Economic Development Zone needs to strive to create a legal, international, market-oriented and convenient business environment. Pay attention to the coordination and linkage with the free w88 pilot zone, realize the integration of domestic and foreign rules and standards in the fields of intellectual property protection, government procurement, data flow, green development, financial services, etc., and create an open innovation highland in the western region. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of talent, data, finance and other factors. Further improve the talent policy system, attract high-quality innovative talents to take root in the west, and cultivate technological innovation talents and high-skilled talents needed by the industry; build a data center system to smooth cross-industry and cross-level circulation links to provide basic guarantees for the development of the digital economy; improve the financing system that adapts to the needs of innovative enterprises, use financial innovation to promote technological innovation, and provide important support for the innovative development of the western region.

(The author is a professor at the Institute of International w88 Rules, w88 casino)

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