Part of Ha Long city in Quang Ninh province (Photo: quangninh.gov.vn) Dated September 14, 2005, theresolution focused on socio-economic development and ensuring defense-securityin the delta region by 2010 with a vision to 2020.
At a recent conference held by the Party Committee of Quang Ninh to review the outputs of the resolution, head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anhrecommended the province further orient planning and management options thatfit current conditions.
Tran Tuan Anh, who is also a Politburo memberand head of the Steering Committee for the implementation of Resolution 54,suggested Quang Ninh continue capitalising on its own potentials forcomprehensive development. The recommendation is that the province switch frombrown to green growth and optimize the effectiveness of modernisation andindustrialisation.
It is necessary for Quang Ninh province tochange the mindset and better tap its geographical location and geo-economicstoward rapid and sustainable growth that supports human development, he added.
As heard at the conference, the province guidesits growth toward sustainability, and improved labour productivity, andeconomic competitiveness. The document’s targets include the growth of thelocal economy associated with ensuring social welfare and justice,environmental protection, climate change adaptation, and defense-security.
As a result, the provincial economy hasmaintained an average growth level higher than the regional and nationalaverages, at 10.12% per year during the 2005 - 2020 period. In 2020, the rate hit10.05%, ranking second in the Red River Delta region.
In 2021, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Quang Ninh province maintained a double digit growth rate, at 10.28%, ranked second in the country after Hai Phongcity. Its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) per capita, meanwhile, stayed at 176.32 million VND (7,533 USD),15 times higher than that in 2005, pushing the province to the top place in theregion. The local economic structure also shifted towards sustainabledevelopment, with the service and industrial sectors increasing, and converselyagriculture, forestry and fishery sectors gradually declining.
Quang Ninh has always been in the groupof provinces and cities contributing the most to the national budget. Its totalsocial investment capital in 2021 reached 88.728 trillion VND, accounting for8.8% of the region’s total, ranking third in the delta after Hanoi and HaiPhong. The province’s proportion of state capital decreased sharply from 79.9%in 2005 to 32.8% in 2020, while its efficiency of using investment capital was thehighest in the country.
In addition, Quang Ninh has seen itsadministrative reform, business climate, and competitiveness continuouslyimproved. Since 2013, the province has maintained nine consecutive years in thegroup of five provinces and cities with the best quality of economic managementin the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) rankings. The province led theRed River Delta region in the period and the nation for five consecutive years from2017 to 2021.
Quang Ninh province now is considered havingrelatively complete transport infrastructure nationwide with airports,highways, and modern seaport systems. The operation of local projects in thefield promote socio-economic development, modernize the transportinfrastructure, and ensure a faster connection regionally and internationally.
The province has also activelyimplemented many contents of memoranda of understanding on cooperation signedwith other provinces and cities in the region such as Hanoi, Hai Duong and HaiPhong, and achieved important outcomes.
It has set a goal to have modern industry and service sectors and become one of the region’s comprehensive and dynamic development hubs by 2025.
It aims to increase its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) by 10% on an annual average during the period, and the per capita GRDP to over 10,000 USD by 2025. The urbanisation rate is expected to surpass 75%, while the rate of poor households to go down to below 1%.
Quang Ninh will also work to maintain its leading position nationwide concerning the provincial competitive index (PCI), public administration reform (PAR) index, Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS), and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI)./.
VNA
