The Golden Decade for Guizhou
Since 2011, Guizhou has been one of the country's top three provinces by economic growth rate for ten consecutive years. Between 2010 and 2020, its ranking in the country rose from No.26 to No.20 in terms of GDP and from No.31 to No.25 by per capita GDP. The hard-earned achievements made the ten years an exceptional golden decade.
On the one hand, Guizhou made unprecedented achievements in transportation, water conservancy, electric power, communications and other infrastructure in the decade. As of the end of 2020, the length of expressways open to traffic in Guizhou reached 7,607 kilometers, the fifth longest in the country, following Guangdong, Sichuan, Hebei, and Yunnan. Its expressway network also stayed among the densest in the country.
On the other hand, many of Guizhou's social indicators hit record highs, including Engel coefficient, per capita housing area, enrollment rates at senior high schools and institutions of higher learning, and healthcare provision. Starting from 2012, the Engel coefficient of urban residents in Guizhou had stayed at the well-off line (below 40%), while that of rural residents reached the well-off line for the first time in 2015 and had since stayed at the level. At the end of 2020, a notable growth was seen in the number of private cars per 100 households, which was 45 among urban residents and 23 among rural residents; there was also an increase and improvement in per capita housing area among permanent residents of the province, which stood at 40.41 square meters in urban areas and 49.23 square meters in rural areas.
The golden decade is an important outcome of Guizhou's full and faithful application of China's new development philosophy. It is a reflection of not only economic and social development, but also continuing improvement in the quality of the environment.
贵州发展“黄金十年”
自2011年以来,贵州省连续10年经济增速保持全国前三。地区生产总值从2010年的全国第26位上升到2020年的第20位,人均地区生产总值从第31位上升到第25位,创造了极为不易、极不平凡的“黄金十年”。
一方面,近10年来,贵州省的交通、水利、电力、通信等基础设施建设取得空前成就。截至2020年年末,全省高速公路通车里程达7607千米,居全国第5位,仅次于广东、四川、河北、云南,综合密度保持全国前列。
另一方面,贵州全省恩格尔系数、人均居住面积、高中及高等教育入学率和医疗条件等社会指标也创造了历史最佳纪录。自2012年以来,贵州城镇居民恩格尔系数稳定在富裕水平(低于0.4);2015年农村居民恩格尔系数首次达到并稳定在富裕水平。2020年年末,全省每百户家庭拥有家用汽车的数量明显提高,城镇为45辆,农村为23辆;全省常住居民人均住房面积既有增加又有所改善,其中城镇为人均40.41平方米,农村为人均49.23平方米。
“黄金十年”是贵州全面准确贯彻落实中国新发展理念的重要成果,它不仅体现为经济社会发展指标,也体现为不断改善的生态环境质量指标。